All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”

　　For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.”

　　One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!”

　　1、 ( C )The housewives learnt about the of free goods _______.

　　A. on TV

　　B. from the manager

　　C. at the supermarket

　　D. from the newspaper

　　2、 ( C )Mrs. Edwards ________.

　　A. is always very lucky

　　B. had no friends

　　C. hoped to get free shopping

　　D. gets disappointed easily

　　3、 ( D )Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________.

　　A. make her unhappy

　　B. cheer her up

　　C. buy things with her

　　D. stop her buying things

　　4、 ( A )Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to _______.

　　A. buy another thing

　　B. talk to the manager

　　C. pay for her shopping

　　D. find her shopping

　　5、 ( D )Mrs. Edwards must have been ________.

　　A. pleased

　　B. delighted

　　C. proud

　　D. disappointed

　　Legend tells us that the city of Rome was established in 152 BC. It‘s a fact， however， that by 100 AD， Rome was the center of a vast empire. It ranged from Syria in the east to Spain in the west. It stretched from Britain in the north to Africa in the south. All or part of 27 of today’s countries were included in the Roman Empire. All of their people were ruled by one government， that of Rome. All educated citizens spoke the same language， Latin. And one of the empire‘s many outposts was called Londinium. This unimportant town would later become London， England， and the center of another empire.

　　The Roman Empire collapsed about 1，5000 years ago. Yet in some ways， it is still with us. Take the letters you are reading fox example. English， like many other languages， uses the Roman alphabet while also borrowing many word. The laws of many European countries are based on ancient Roman laws. Roman ruins are scattered throughout Europe，

　　North Africa， and the Middle East. In some places， Roman roads and water courses are still in use. To this day， and European in North Africa is likely to be called “Roumi”—Roman. Even modern place names are often inherited from ancient Rome. Both Greece and Germany bear the names given them by the Romans rather than the names that their own people first called them.

　　1、 ( D )The most northern part of the Roman Empire was _______.

　　A. Spain

　　B. Africa

　　C. Syria

　　D. Britain

　　2、 ( C )The main idea of paragraph 2 is that Roman culture is ________.

　　A. dead and buried

　　B. based completely on language

　　C. still part of the present

　　D. unimportant to history

　　3、 ( A ) In the days of the Empire， the Roman government was probably _______.

　　A. strong

　　B. divided

　　C. weak

　　D. poor

　　4、 ( C )What happened first?

　　A. Londinium was an outpost

　　B. The Roman Empire fell apart.

　　C. The city of Rome was founded.

　　D. London became the center of an empire.

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