1there was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. he didn’t know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to __1__ all his money for him.
it __2__ the little girl six days to count all the money. when she told the millionaire that he had forty-two __3__ dollars, he was __4__ with joy and asked, “how much __5__ do you want?” he thought that __6__ she was only a child, he could __7__ her into taking a very small amount of money.
the girl said, “well, i worked for six days, so i think you __8__ pay me for six days. give me two pennies for the first day. each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.
the __9__ thought that in this __10__ he would only h**e to give her a __11__ dollars. what a __12__ little girl! so immediately, he __13__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her __14__
on the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
each day after that, he g**e her __15__ number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. and by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
1. a. bring b. count c. send d. hide
2. a. had b. needed c. got d. took
3. a. million b. dozen c. thousand d. hundred
4. a. pride b. wild c. surprised d. moved
5. a. dollars b. number c. time d. pay
6. a. as if b. though c. if d. because
7. a. warn b. advise c. cheat d. set
8. a. could b. would c. should d. might
9. a. girl b. millionaire c. two d. people
10. a. measure b. way c. point d. means
11. a. few b. little c. less d. much
12. a. nice b. clever c. fine d. foolish
13. a. ordered b. asked c. had d. persuaded
14. a. mind b. heart c. word d. plan
15. a. good b. great c. a d. the
名师点评。一个富翁雇了一个小女孩为他数钱，她用了六天才把钱数完。付工钱时，富翁想欺骗她，但聪明的小女孩用了一个简单的办法得到了富翁所有的钱。
答案简析。1．b。由于不知道自己到底有多少钱，所以找个人帮他“数”钱。
d项意为“隐藏”。
2．d。根据it takes sb. some time to do sth.结构判断答案用d。
3．a。因为他是一个百万富翁。
4．b。be wild with joy意为“欣喜若狂”，表示the man当时的心情。
5．d。pay在此指“需要支付的钱”，也就是“工钱”。由于前面是how much，所以不能用dollars。
6．d。从下文可知，此处表示原因。
7．c。由the man 的心理及前面的only a child推知，此时想“欺骗”
那个女孩。8．c。should表示“应该”。
9．b。此处指“富翁”。
10．b。in this way为固定短语。
11．a。只有few可以修饰dollars。
12．d。从下文中可以看出小女孩其实很聪明，但是富翁却以为她“愚蠢”。
13．c。h**e sb. do sth.意为“让某人做某事”。其余三词后面的动词不定式都要加to。
14．a。change one’s mind意为“改变主意”。
15．d。the number of表示“……的数目”，而a number of表示“许多……”
h**e you ever asked yourself why children go to school? you will probably __1__ they go to learn languages, geography, history, science and all __2__ subjects. that is quite __3__,but __4__ do they learn these things?
we send our children to school to __5__ them for their future work and life. nearly everything they study at school has some practical use __6__ their life, but is that the __7__ reason they go to school?
there is __8__ in education than just learning facts. we go to school above all __9__ how to learn, so that when we h**e left school we can go on learning. if a man really knows __10__,he will always be successful, because whenever he has to do __11__ he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way.
the uneducated person, on the other __12__,is __13__ unable to do it, or does it badly, so the purpose of school is not just __14__ languages, geography, science, etc, but to teach pupils the __15__ to learn.
1. a. speak b. say c. talk d. tell
2. a. theb. other c. the other d. other the
3. a. trueb. real c. fact d. wrong
4. a. howb. where c. why d. what
5. a. stopb. ask c. ready d. prepare
6. a. atb. inc. on d. with
7. a. bestb. only c. just d. first
8. a. many b. much c. more d. most
9. a. learn b. to learn c. learning d. learned
how to learnb. why to learn
c. how does he learnd. why does he learn
anything newb. something new
c. new anythingd. new something
way b. word c. foot d. hand
both b. either c. neither d. not
learn b. to learn c. teach d. to teach
subjects b. reasons c. way d. knowledge
名师点评。本文阐述了我们在学校不仅仅要学好各门功课，更重要的是要学会如何去学习。有了好的学习方法，我们在离开学校时才能去自学更多的知识，解决人生道路上的各个疑难。
答案简析。1．ｂ。强调说话的内容只能用say。
2．ｃ。other subjects指“别的一些功课”，而the other subjects指“别的所有的功课”。根据文意，应选择后者。
3．ａ。很显然，上文提到的内容也是学习的目的之一，完全正确，故选择true。
4．ｃ。该句起引起下文的作用，而下文主要解释为什么要学习，故选择why。
5．ｄ。prepare sb for sth是固定搭配，意思是“使某人为某事作好准备”。
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