[单项选择]

Once a thief stole a bag of corn from a farmer’s house. The farmer went to the judge and told him about this. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took many sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, "Come before me again tomorrow. I shall know which of you is the thief because the thief’s stick will be one inch longer than any of the others. "The thief was afraid of the judge’s words, and so cut an inch off his stick.
The next day, people saw the thief’s stick was one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken to prison.

What did the thief steal（）
A. A bag of rice.
B. A bag of corn.
C. A stick.

[单项选择]

Once a thief stole a bag of Corn from a farmer’s house. The farmer went to the judge and told him about this. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took many sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, "Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the thief’s stick will be one inch longer than any of the others."
The thief was afraid of the judge’s words, and so cut an inch off his stick.
The next day, people saw the thief’s stick was one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken to prison.

What did the thief steal（）
A. A bag of rice.
B. A bag of corn.
C. A stick.

[单项选择]

Once a thief stole a bag of corn from a farmer’s house. The farmer went to the judge and told him about this. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took many sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, "Come before me again tomorrow. I shall know which of you is the thief because the thief’s stick will be one inch longer than any of the others. "The thief was afraid of the judge’s words, and so cut an inch off his stick.
The next day, people saw the thief’s stick was one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken to prison.

Why did the judge give each man a stick（）
A. To play a joke.
B. To beat the thief.
C. To find out the thief.

[填空题]A thief stole some ______ (value) paintings from the museum.

[填空题]The thief stole the lights, (make)（）the stairs even darker.

[填空题]The thief stole the lights, (make) ______ the stairs even darker.

[单项选择]The passengers (saw) the thief (stole) (on the bus), but they (didn’’t say) anything.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

[填空题]The writer himself once suffered from the "inventor’s disease" but later found a way to solve the problem.

[简答题]In the international trade, once an order from the importer is accepted by the exporter,’ he should send a letter to the importer to confirm his acceptance of the order. If the exporter finds it difficult 10 accept the importer’s order because the goods ordered are not available or prices have changed, he should send a reply too.In this case, the exporter may recommend some substitutes, suggest other opportunities to de business together or just decline the order, but should never forget to show his regret and to give the reasons for refusal.