阅读下面的材料,然后根据材料内容回答所提问题。

A lady and her husband walked into the president of Harvard’s outer office. “We want to see the president,” the lady said softly. Looking at the couple who wears usual clothes, the secretary said, “He’ll be busy all day.” “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary did nothing for them, hoping that they would finally go away. They didn’t. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” the secretary finally told the president.

The president looked down at the couple. The lady told him, “We had a son that had studied in Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to build something for him in Harvard. “Madam,” the president said angrily, “we can’t put up a statue(雕像) for every person who attended Harvard and died.”

“Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly, “we mean we would give a building to Harvard.” The president looked at their usual clothes, and then said, “A building! Do you know how much a building costs? It took us over seven and a half million dollars to build Harvard.”

The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a university?” Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they built a university with their name—a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

How are we supposed to treat others who can do nothing for us? Don’t judge a person by his appearance.

1.Why did the secretary do nothing for the couple at first?

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2.Was the president of Harvard friendly to the couple?

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3.According to the story, how much did it cost to start a university?

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4.What did the couple do with their money in the end?

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5.What can we learn from the passage?

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“What would have happened if I hadn’t lost that necklace? Who knows? ” Mathilde’s heart is filled with sadness and regret...This is the tragedy and ironic(讽刺的) ending of “The Necklace”written by Guy de Maupassant(居伊.德.莫泊桑).

The story takes place in Paris. One day, Pierre gets an invitation to a palace ball. He thinks it important to him, and decides to go to the party with his wife Mathilde, a young woman who admires upper-class lifestyle very much.

65.Hearing the news, she gets worried and nervous instead of excitement and happiness, She is so poor that she has no new dress and no jewelry(珠宝) to wear, 66.她甚至可以想象她会被别人嘲笑。

Her husband spends 400 francs on a new dress and she herself borrows a diamond(钻石) necklace from her good friend Jeanne .67.这对夫妇在宫廷舞会上感到非常成功。But on their way home, she finds the necklace is no longer around her neck. They rush back to look for it. But they can’t find it .The young couple borrow a great deal of money and buy a necklace that is exactly like Jeanne’s. It costs them 36,000 francs.68.So they have to work day and night to pay back the money they have borrowed. After ten years of hard work to pay back all the money, Mathilde looks so old that Jeanne even can’t recognize her when they meet. When Jeanne hears the story, she tells Mathilde the necklace isn’t a real diamond necklace. It is worth 500 francs at most.

Vanity (虚荣)may lead to the loss of ourselves. Accept who we are ! 69. Be true to ourselves or others, and it will lead us to get happiness.

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Forgive others and make your heart light

A kindergarten teacher decided to have her class play a game. The teacher told each student to bring a plastic bag with a few _______ in it to school. Each student would “name” their potatoes after people they did not like. Therefore, the number of potatoes would be different depending on how many people each student _______.

The next day, all the students brought their potatoes to school. Some kids had just one or two potatoes, while ______ had as many as five or six. The teacher then told the children that they would have to carry their potatoes with them ______ they went for one week.

Several ______ passed by. Some of the students started to complain, ________their potatoes began to rot (腐烂) and smell bad. The students who carried more potatoes also complained about how _______ their bags were.

One week later, the game was over. The teacher asked, “How did you feel about carrying around your potatoes for a week?”

The students ______ once again. The teacher simply smiled and said, “This is what it’s like to carry hatred (仇恨) in your heart. You have to carry it with you wherever you go. If you can’t ______ carrying rotten potatoes for one week, can you imagine having hate in your heart for an entire lifetime?”

It can be ________ to carry hate in your heart for a whole lifetime. Forgive others and move on with your life.

1.A.tomatoes B.potatoes C.cabbages

2.A.disliked B.liked C.missed

3.A.I B.they C.others

4.A.whenever B.whatever C.wherever

5.A.hours B.days C.weeks

6.A.as B.so C.if

7.A.dirty B.heavy C.small

8.A.compared B.completed C.complained

9.A.stand B.enjoy C.practise

10.A.exciting B.relaxing C.tiring

Chile is a passionate (热情的) South American country. Sports meets there are full of fun and energy!

On June 8, our school _______ "interescolar", a two-day event held every year. High schools in Chile come together to compete in sports like javelin (标枪) throwing, running and a relay race.

I did a lot of cheering in the morning. In the afternoon, the freestyle dance competition that we were waiting for _______ came. My schoolmates and I had _______ our dance for the past two months.

The _______ were simple: choose any theme (主题), be creative, stand out and keep the performance within 10 minutes. My school's theme was based on the musical The Sound of Music. We were put into groups according to the _______ in the movie, like children, soldiers and puppets (木偶). I was in the soldier group.

When it was our school's turn, we raced onto the _______ field in front of the stadium which was full of thousands of people. The children and puppets _______ first. Then, I rushed out with the other soldiers, carrying a red flag. We got in circle and waved our flags to the music while the other dancers were inside the circle.

We put our _______ into this dance and our bodies knew what to do. As we gave our final bow, I looked around at the faces of my classmates and out into the audience, knowing that it was a job well done. We won the first place!

1.A.took up B.gave up C.pointed out D.took part in

2.A.suddenly B.finally C.really D.certainly

3.A.practiced B.noticed C.changed D.watched

4.A.symbols B.tests C.rules D.tasks

5.A.pictures B.characters C.fans D.texts

6.A.huge B.dry C.wild D.low

7.A.waited B.left C.danced D.sang

8.A.clothes B.hearts C.messages D.interests

One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their _______, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah." said the son. "So what did you _______ from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that _______ to the middle of our garden and they have a creek(小溪)that has no end. We have imported lanterns(灯笼)in our garden and they have the _______ at night. Our patio(院子)reaches to the front yard and they have the _______ horizon(地平线). We have a small piece of land to live on and they have _______ that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have _______ around our property(财产)to protect us, but they have friends to protect them."

With this the boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how _______ we are."

Too many times we _______ what we have and concentrate on(把注意力集中在)what we don't have. What is one person's ________ object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective(观点). Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty(恩赐)we have, instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy in all you have, especially your friends.

1.A.trip B.tour C.visit D.travel

2.A.expect B.regret C.keep D.learn

3.A.reaches B.gets C.arrives D.spreads

4.A.dark B.darkness C.stars D.day

5.A.beautiful B.full C.longer D.whole

6.A.a sky B.a road C.fields D.earth

7.A.dogs B.walls C.guards D.servants

8.A.poor B.rich C.weak D.happy

9.A.miss B.forget C.remember D.consider

10.A.valuable B.useful C.priceless D.worthless

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