Passage One A、wealthy Persian Prince loved good stories. The older he grew，the fonder he became of them.But he always regretted they had to have an enD、So he decided to give half his wealth and his beautiful daughter to the man who could tell him a story without an enD、Anybody who failed would be sent to prison for life. The risk was so great that nobody cameto the palace to tell the Prince a story for a whole year. Then one day a tall, handsome young man came and said he wanted to tell a
Passage Three For anyEnglishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist. Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare.EveryEnglishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work our greatest writer.All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property ofEnglish-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the wo
Passage Two Packaging is an important form of advertising. A、package can sometimes motivate someone to buy a product. For example, a small child might ask for a breakfast food that comes in a box with a picture of a TV character. The child is more interested in the picture than in the breakfast fooD、Pictures for children to color or cut out, games printed on a package, or small gifts inside a box also motivate many children to buy products or to ask their parents for them. Some packages su
Passage Four Most cities and/or states in the U. S. collect a sales tax on almost everything you buy. You must ask when you move into a new community how much the local sales tax is, and what items are and are not taxable.Both taxable items and the amount of tax vary considerably from place, from one of two percent in some places up to eight or ten in others. The New YorkCity sales tax, for examples, is currently 8%, so if you buy a pair of $ 40 shoes you will actually have to pay $ 43.20. This
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