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

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

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

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

A . writing a letter to him B. making a phone call to him C. paying a visit to him

5.We can learn from the story that ________.

A. Stanley was a clever and humorous man

B. Stanley was not able to see the moon

C. the lawyer thought that Stanley could see clearly

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.

Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, just leave it alone, or make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.

1.“Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” is used to say that ________.

A. pets have the right to inherit (继承) money

B. money can make pets happy

C. it’s the best way to spend money

D. some pets are as important to their owners as their children

2.According to the passage, scientists bring the dogs to hospital because____.

A. they are ill and they need to see the doctor

B. they can make the patients happier

C. they can help the doctor find out the problems

D. the doctors can do experiment on them

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A lot of people are interested in dogs.

B. Dogs can help people do many things.

C. Pets are lovely and need care and protection.

D. We have done a lot of things for pets.

If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.

  In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.

  People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

  This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor to show respect. This also showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.

  Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

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1.“Give me five” is a gesture to _______.

A. make people laugh B. ask for money

C. celebrate success D. give me five yuan

2.The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of _______.

A. toes B. hands C. arms D. feet

3.When you ______, you give your friends high fives.

A. lose your money B. go back home

C. win a football game D. pick up some money

4.The gesture started in _______ according to the story.

A. Rome B. America C. China D. Britain

5.Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ______.

A. they were proud of their emperor

B. they were happy to see the emperor

C. they wanted to show their respect to the emperor.

D. they wanted to show there were no swords in the emperor’s hands

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