A Long long ago, there was a young man called Karim. He 1 caps to make a living around several villages. One day, he was passing through a forest. He felt 2 and wanted to have a rest. He saw a tall mango tree and put his bag of caps beside him and slept under the tree. When he woke up, he 3 there weren’t any caps in his bag! “Oh,” he said to himself, “Did 4 steal all my caps ” But then he noticed that the mango tree was full 5 cute monkeys wearing colorful caps! He shouted at the monkeys and they shouted back. He made faces at 6 and then the monkeys made faces, too. He 7 his own cap angrily and put it on the ground. The stupid monkeys threw their caps, too! Karim didn’t waste a second, collected the caps and was on his way. Fifty years later, young Abdul, grandson of Karim, who also sold caps, was going through the same 8 . The same thing happened to him———the monkeys took all of his caps when he was asleep under the tree. Abdul didn’t know 9 he should do, and suddenly he remembered the story his grandfather told him. Then Abdul waved at the monkeys, danced... 10 , he threw his cap on the ground. Just then, one monkey, walked up to Abdul, laughed and said, “Do you think only you have a grandfather ” 1．A．bought B．washed C．borrowed D．sold 2．A．tired B．busy C．happy D．thirsty 3．A．asked B．thought C．found D．heard 4．A．somebody B．everybody C．nobody D．anybody 5．A．with B．of C．at D．in 6．A．him B．her C．them D．it 7．A．took off B．took away C．took up D．took out 8．A．sand B．forest C．pool D．river 9．A．where B．when C．who D．what 10．A．At least B．In fact C．At last D．In short 【参考答案】1-5 DACDB 6-10 CABDC Word Collection： 1.take off脱下；起飞 take after与（父母等）相像 take away带走；拿走 take care of照顾，照料 take up占用；开始从事 take place发生；举行 take on呈现 take pride in(=be proud of)为...自豪 take in吸收，吸入 take action采取行动 take out拿出；取出 take it easy从容，不紧张；放轻松 B Tariffs (关税) work differently than how Trump says they do Since Donald Trump's 11 （elect）won in November, one word has been in the news everywhere: tariffs. Trump plans 12 （throw） around a lot of tariffs in his second term, saying that a 10 percent tariff will be placed on all goods brought into the US and a 60 percent tariff will be placed on Chinese goods, CBS News reported.He 13 （warn） of more tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada if certain conditions aren't met, as he said in a Nov 25 online post. But what are tariffs, and why is Trump using them A tariff is a tax on goods imported from 14 （other）country, explained The Guardian. Trump has said that foreign countries pay these tariffs, but it is actually US companies importing the goods that pay them. These costs 15 （pass） on to US consumers（消费者). Trump also wants to use tariffs 16 （make）up for $7.5 trillion (about 55 trillion yuan) in government revenue losses (收入损失）from planned tax cuts, The Guardian noted. Experts argue tariffs make goods ... ...
