A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour. It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening, because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were these words: “Four hours from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “Before 5:00 p.m. I get 10 shillings (先令)an hour and after 5:00 p.m. 15 shillings.”
1.
The actress bought a house in the center of the city because .
A.
she liked to live in the busiest place
B.
she didn’t like to live in the country
C.
she wanted to work harder than before
D.
she didn’t want to live in old house
2.
In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress .
A.
gave him two tickets for her show
B.
sang and danced for four hours
C.
decided to give him 3 pounds
D.
invited him for a big dinner
3.
The actress got the painter’s bill .
A.
to ask for the money of his painting work
B.
to ask her to pay for his watching her show
C.
in which he showed his thanks for the tickets
D.
in which he expressed his dissatisfaction
4.
It can be learned from the text that one pound is shillings.
Here comes the last term of Junior 3. Terrible! The big exam is coming in less than two months. You still have a lot to do. How will you spend it? We invited three students to share their stories. Dou Yi, 15,Beijing My chemistry used to be poor in the past. I got scores of around 40 on every test. During the last term, I decide to beat chemistry. I will start to work hard. In class I take every possible note. After school, I spend most of my time studying chemistry. My parents also ask their friend, a chemistry teacher, to help me . Finally in the latest exam, I got 65! How happy I am! Wang Zhaolin, 16, Chongqing My foot got hurt a week before the big PE exam . Luckily, I recovered（康復） in time. For PE , all you need is to practice. Sports can also help you relax. Be careful not to get hurt as I did. Wang Feixuan, 15, Xi’an My experience is that for Junior3, every minute of the last term is important. Don’t waste any of them. I try to remember English words while waiting in line to get my lunch. I read textbooks on the bus to and from school. I work hard at home and sometimes stay up late studying. Want to have fun? Leave it for the summer holiday after the big exam!
1.
Dou Yi, from Beijing, works hard on chemistry by .
A.
taking every possible note
B.
spending all his time playing
C.
asking a chemistry teacher for help
D.
Both A and C
2.
Wang Zhaolin thinks if you want to get better score in PE, you have to .
A.
relax yourself well
B.
practice really hard
C.
get hurt a week before the exam
D.
sleep well
3.
In Wang Feixuan’s opinion, .
A.
every minute of the last term is important
B.
students still have a lot of time to waste
C.
if you want to have fun, do it now
D.
you only need to work hard at school
4.
Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A.
The big exam is coming less than two months from now
B.
Dou Yi’s chemistry is much better now
C.
Wang Zhaolin’s foot got hurt after the PE exam
D.
Wang Feixuan tries to remember English words while waiting in line to get her lunch
