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北京市燕山区2016届九年级上学期英语期末测试
SCENE I
One dollar a week
The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff White, comes in.
WHITE What are you doing this evening, Towers?
CHANDLER (Smiling) Tonight I'm going to live like a man with a million dollars!
WHITE What are you talking about? You haven't got a million dollars!
CHANDLER How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff?
WHITE Eighteen dollars. Why?
CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week?
WHITE All of it, of course.
CHANDLER Well, I don't. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then, every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember.
WHITE What do you do?
CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York, eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then take a taxi home!
WHITE (Surprising) Why?
CHANDLER Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of the richest people in America, and to make them think that I'm rich, too.
WHITE You're crazy!
CHANDLER (Laughing) Perhaps I am!
Mrs Black comes in.
MRS BLACK Ah, Mr Chandler. I wanted to see you.
CHANDLER Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening!
MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven't paid me for your room this month. When am I going to get the money?
CHANDLER Soon, Mrs. Black. Very soon.
Mrs Black looks at Chandler's clothes.
MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can't pay for your room. Is that right?
CHANDLER (Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs Black!
An American named Crum invented potato chips in 1853, although that was not his intention (意图). He was a chef(厨师长) at a beautiful restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. A regular dish on the menu was fried (油炸的) potatoes, which was an idea that had started in France. At that time, French fried potatoes were cut into thick slices (片).
One day, a dinner guest at the restaurant sent back his fried potatoes to the chef because he did not like them so thick. So Mr. Crum cut the potatoes a little thinner and fried them. The guest did not like those either. That made Mr. Crum angry, so he thought he would just show the man. He sliced the potatoes paper-thin and fried them, thinking that the man would say nothing about it. However, to his surprise, the man loved the thin potatoes very much. Other guests tried them and also liked them. So, Mr. Crum's potato chips were added to the menu. They were called Saratoga Chips.
Finally, Mr. Crum opened his own restaurant to sell his famous chips. Now potato chips are packaged (包装) and sold in stores.
Who invented {#blank#}1{#/blank#}? |
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was an American chef at a restaurant. |
A dinner guest {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his fried potatoes to the chef because they were so thick. |
The chef was probably glad in the end because {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. |
Now potato chips are packaged and sold {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. |
Name | Personal Information |
Fei Junlong | Born in 1965 in Jiangsu, China An astronaut (宇航员) Traveled in Shenzhou VI in outer space with Nie Haisheng from October 12th to October 17th, 2005 |
Yao Ming | Born in 1980 in Shanghai, China The son of two great basketball players Joined the Houston Rockets (休斯敦火箭队)in June, 2002 |
Jay Chou | Born in 1979 in Taiwan, China A popular singer Favorite music: Hip-Hop |
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) | Born in Sweden A scientist Known for the Nobel Prizes |
Helen Keller (1880-1968) | Not able to see or hear Worked hard and became one of the famous writers in America Wrote a lot, such as The Story of My Life |
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