If you see a problem, then you should try to work it out. Alex Knoll always thinks so. He is a 12-year-old boy from Post Falls, Idaho, in the United States.

Three years ago, a man couldn’t open a heavy door from a wheelchair. Alex saw it and wanted to help him find automatic doors.

However, there was no way for the disabled to look for such service. So he made an app called Ability App.

The app can help disabled people learn about access before they go somewhere. It gives information such as locations of wheelchair ramps and restaurants with Braille menus. Sometimes, people can also make friends using it.

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres liked Alex’s idea. She had him on her show and surprised him with a $25,000(163,200yuan) to improve the app. Alex has yet to set a date for his app to come out. But he wants to make it happen as soon as possible.

1.What do we know about Alex Knoll?

A.He is 9 years old. B.Three years ago he couldn’t walk.

C.He often sits in a wheelchair. D.He likes to work out problems.

2.What can the disabled get from the Ability App?

a. They can learn where to use wheelchairs.

b. They can find out which restaurants have Braille menus.

c. They can use it to make friends.

d. They can use it to look for jobs.

A.abc B.abd C.acd D.bcd

3.What surprise did the host give Alex?

A.She asked Alex to be on her show. B.She gave Alex a lot of money to improve the app.

C.She set a date for the app to come out. D.She make Alex’s app become popular.

4.What does the story mainly tell us?

A.As long as you try, then you can solve any life’s problem.

B.This app is only used by the disabled people.

C.If you lend a hand, then, others would also help you.

D.It’s not easy for people with disabilities to live well.

One Sunday evening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for his walk. He was walking along the sidewalk, Suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner at high speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the street where he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt and needed help.

The two drivers were arguing.

“You came around the corner too fast,” one man said.

“No!” said the driver of the white car, “That’s not true! Your car was parked in a wrong place.”

Stanley listened to their argument and then said the white car driver was wrong to drive too fast. The driver of red car asked Stanley to prove he was right in court(法庭). Stanley gave the driver his name and telephone number.

Next Thursday morning, Stanley was asked to go to the court. The lawyer(律师) for the driver of the white car asked him a lot of questions about what he had seen. Then he asked Stanley how old he was.

“I’m eighty-two,” answered Stanley.

“Do you usually wear glasses ?” asked the lawyer.

“Yes, I do,” answered Stanley.

“Were you wearing them on the night of the accident?” the lawyer asked.

“No,” replied Stanley.

Then the lawyer said, “Why should the court believe you? You are eighty-two years old, you were not wearing your glasses, and it was dark. How far can you see in the dark?”

Stanley thought about it for a minute. “Well,” he said, “when it’s dark, I can see the moon. How far is that?”

1.The car accident happened ___________.

A.one Sunday morning B.next Thursday morning

C.one Sunday evening D.next Thursday evening

2.The cause of the accident is that ______.

A.the red car was going too slowly

B.the white car was going too fast

C.the drivers were sleepy

D.Stanley was in their way

3.Stanley was asked to go to the court because _________.

A.he wanted to make money

B.he promised to be a witness

C.he was a lawyer

D.he was badly hurt in the accident

4.Maybe the red car driver contacted Stanley by ______.

A.writing a letter to him

B.sending an email to him

C.paying a visit to him

D.making a phone call to him

5.We can learn from the story that ________.

A.Stanley was a clever and humorous man

B.Stanley wore glasses when the accident happened

C.the lawyer thought that Stanley could see clearly

D.Stanley was not able to see the moon

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