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                        Who’s  Really fmporianif 

     Several years ago,a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in the USA.

     One was a rich banker,another owned one of the largest Companies in the world,and the third owned many buildings in the centre of New York.

      The reporter was talking to them about being important.

      “How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

        The banker thought for a few moments and then said ? “I think anyone who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”

        The reporter turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” he asked.

        The owner of the very large company Shook his head. “No ?” he said ? “I don ’t. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You ’d only be important if while you were visiting the President,there was a telephone call from the President of Russia,and the President of the United States said he was too busy to answer it. ”

       The reporter turned to the person who owned many buildings. “Do you agree with that?” 

      “No,I don't”’ he said. “I don’ t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”

      “Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter asked. 

      “Oh ? I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang,and the President picked it up,listened and then said, ‘ It's for you. ’ That's really I important. ”

A) Choose the best answer according to the passage.

() 1. What kind of person was talking to three of the most important people in the USA?

   A. A reporter. B. A banker. C. A president. D. A visitor.

() 2. Who did the banker think was really important?

   A. Himself. B. People who owned large companies.

   C. People who owned large buildings. D. Visitors to the White House.

() 3. What did the owner of a large company think the President of the United States would do if he had a really important visitor?

   A. Not answer the phone.

   B. Introduce the visitor to the President of Russia.

   C. Invite the visitor to dinner.

   D. Let the visitor use the telephone of the White House.

() 4. What did the owner of many large buildings think would happen to an important person at the White House?

   A. The visitor would meet the President’s wife.

   B. The visitor would meet the President of Russia.

   C. The visitor would receive a phone call there.

   D. The visitor would phone many important people.

B) Fill in the blanks with the proper words.

      A  television reporter was 1. to three people about 2. you can tell if someone is really 3. . One of them thought that anyone who was invited 4.

the White House was important. Another thought that a 5. wasn ’ t important unless the  6. refused to answer the 7. when he or she was there. The third thought that  8. visitor was only important 9. while he was at the White House there was a phone 10. for him.

A) 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C

B) 1. talking   2. how   3. important   4. to   5. visitor   6. President   7. phone   8. the   9. if   10. call

題目來源：2016年英語文化之旅初中英語聽讀空間八年級下冊 > Topic 3 Story

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