British people are famous for drinking tea. 1  both Sahar and Bobby Green became young millionaires（百萬富翁） 2   they opened a chain of American-style（美國風(fēng)味的） coffee shops in the U.K.

    Having the idea：It started when Sahar took a weekend   3   to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening , in a Thai restaurant，Sahar told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style     4  in London ,Bobby   5   they start their own coffee shop. Sahar fell in love with the  6.

   Doing the Research： 7  in London , she spent a whole day on the London subway , getting off the train at  8  stations to  9  the coffee. “It was terrible ,and I know there was a gap （缺口） in the market.”  10   November 1995 , they opened their first Coffee Republic  11   in central London.

   Making it work：The first year was very  12   There were problems finding and keeping staff, and British people  13  the names of American coffees , like Latte and Macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to  14 .Today , there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the county and the company has revenues（收入） of $30 million a  15.

1．A．But             B．Although         C．So                  D．And

2．A．when                B．before                     C．until                       D．By

3．A．trip                   B．walk                       C．time                       D．call

4．A．coffee            B．tea                          C．juice                       D．milk

5．A．ordered             B．a(chǎn)greed                    C．decided                   D．suggested

6．A．rule                   B．joke                        C．decision                  D．idea

7．A．Returns             B．Returned                 C．Return                    D．Back

8．A．same                 B．large                       C．small                      D．different

9．A．smell                 B．taste                       C．buy                        D．sell

10．A．In                   B．On                         C．At                          D．After

11．A．shop                B．school                    C．college                    D．club

12．A．exciting           B．happy                     C．difficult                  D．easy

13．A．a(chǎn)re not used to B．a(chǎn)re used to              C．were not used to   D．were used to

14．A．start                B．work                     C．give up                  D．continue

15．A．night               B．person                    C．day                        D．year

Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people．At one time 1 did not like their students to  2  with them．Perhaps it was too easy．Pens can leak(漏)and it is  3 to spill(溢出，流出)the ink．But it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them．

    Ladislao Biro  4  for a newspaper in Budapest．He spent all day  5  his desk．Day in and day out，he corrected  6  of thin，cheap paper with a pen and ink．He often had to stop to   7  his pen and it did not write  8  on the thin paper．He and his brother George  9  some experiments．They wanted a pen that did not leak，with ink that did not spill．Why not  10  a little ball at the end?

  Two Englishmen，Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles，liked the  11 . It was the  12 in the second World War．The Air Force(空軍)  13  a non-leak，non-spill pen for the men to write with in  14 ．Martin and Miles made and  15  many thousands of Biro “writing—sticks” to the Air Force.

1．A．factories                B．schools            C．shops               D．restaurants

2．A．play                      B．write                C．come               D．meet

3．A．easy                      B．hard                 C．free                 D．popular

4．A．1eft                       B．waited              C．looked              D．worked

5．A．on                         B．near                 C．a(chǎn)t                    D．in

6．A．mistakes                B．books               C．pages               D．diaries

7．A．mend                    B．fill                    C．brush               D．change

8．A．well                      B．down               C．out                  D．up

9．A．kept                      B．finished            C．began               D．studied

10．A．find                     B．wear                C．grow               D．use

11．A．matter                 B．result               C．meaning           D．idea

12．A．day                     B．time                 C．break               D．year

13．A．bought                 B．took                 C．needed             D．preferred

14．A．planes                  B．ships                C．trains               D．buses

15．A．bought            B．lent                C．moved            D．passed

A woman saw three old men sitting outside．She said．“I don’t think I know you．but you must be very hungry．Please come in and have something to  1  ．”

    “We don’t go into a house  2  ．”they answered．“Why is that?”she asked．

    One of the old men said�！癏is name is Wealth(財(cái)富)，this is Success, and I am Love．Now go in and  3  with your family which one of us you want in your house．”

    The woman went in and told her family all that happened．She said．“Let’s invite Wealth．We have been so  4  ．”Her husband disagreed．“My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man?”Then her daughter asked．“Would it be  5  to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”In the end，the family decided to take the  6  advice．

    So the woman went out and asked．“Which one of you is   7  ? Please come in and be our guest．”Love got up and started walking to the house．The other two also got up and  8   him．Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I  9  invite Love．Why are you coming along?”The two old men answered，“If you invited Wealth or Success．the other two would have to  10  , but as you invite Love，wherever he goes，we go with him．Where there is Love，there is Wealth and Success．”

1．  A．say          B．eat                  C．use

2．  A．together        B．a(chǎn)lone              C．crowdedly

3．  A．play        B．exercise            C．discuss

4．  A．poor           B．rich                C．lucky

5．  A．worse         B．better              C．less

6．  A．father’s        B．mother’s           C．daughter’s

7．  A．Love           B．Wealth            C．Success

8．  A．1eft        B．followed            C．stopped

9．  A．only    B．hardly              C．never

10． A．join in         B．go along with    C．stay out

Three soldiers were on their way home from the war．They arrived at a small village, they were very tired and （1）,but they had no food or money．The only thing they did have was a cooking pot（鍋）．

The soldiers built a small cooking fire,（2） their pot on it, and poured in some water． When a few villagers asked what they were doing, one of the soldiers answered that he was making stone soup． A few more villagers walking by stopped to （3）what was going on when they heard about it．

“Any soup needs salt and pepper,”the first soldier said,（4） some children ran to fetch salt and pepper．“Stones can be used to prepare good soup, but tomatoes would （5） it so much better,” the second soldier added．One woman said“Why, I think I have a tomato or two! ”She ran to get the tomatoes．

“Some cabbage would be a proper choice for a good stone soup! ”said the third soldier．Another woman said,“I think I can probably find some cabbage,”and （6）she ran．

“If only we had a bit of beef and some potatoes, this soup would be fit for a rich man's （7）．”The villagers thought it over, then ran to fetch what they had in their homes．A rich man's soup, and all from a few stones! It seemed like （8）!

The soldiers said“, If only we had a little milk, this soup would be fit for a king! ”And so other villagers （9） to get some milk．

“The soup is ready,”said the cooks,“and all will （10）it, but first we need to set the tables．”Some of the villagers said,“Such a great soup would be better （11）some bread and cakes,”so they brought the （12） two things and the meal was （13） by all．Never had there been such a （14） meal．Never had the villagers had such delicious soup, and all made from stones! They ate and drank and danced well into the night．

In the morning, the villagers gathered to say goodbye．“Many thanks to you,”they said,“for we shall （15）go hungry now that we have learned how to make soup from stones．”

1．A．hungry          B．bored          C．sleepy         D．sick

2．A．drew            B．threw          C．left           D．placed

3．A．see                     B．tell             C．imagine        D．notice

4．A．but              B．so             C．or             D．while

5．A．cook            B．do            C．invent         D．make

6．A．a(chǎn)bout            B．in             C．off           D．out

7．A．health            B．money         C．dream         D．table

8．A．a(chǎn)rt              B．magic          C．interest        D．supper

9．A．tried             B．returned       C．managed       D．came

10．A．want           B．buy             C．use            D．taste

11．A．over           B．besides         C．with          D．like

12．A．first           B．last            C．other          D．only

13．A．enjoyed        B．given          C．needed          D．brought

14．A．cheap         B．proper         C．special        D．public

15．A．later           B．ever           C．sometimes     D．never

He has realized that he      his wallet in the shop．

A．1eft              B．forgot                         C．borrowed      D．sold