My mother often asked me, " What is the most important part of the body?"Through the years, I would guess at_________I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us, so I said, My _________,Mommy"She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But you_________thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

Many years have passed. Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, “No.But you are getting smarter every year, my child”.

Then last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying._________my father cried. It was only the second time I saw him cry. My mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final__________to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

I was shocked when she asked me this now I always thought this was a game between her and me.

She saw the confusion(迷惑)on my face and told me, “This________is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life. Today is the day you need to learn this important lesson. "I saw her eyes well up with tears (眼泪).She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your__________"

I asked, "ls it because it holds up your head?"

" No, She replied,"it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one _________they cry. Every body needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear, I only hope that you have enough love and________that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic(同情的)to the pain of others. People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget ________you made them feel.

1.A.if B.what C.that

2.A.eyes B.ears C.hands

3.A.enjoy B.stop C.keep

4.A.Even B.Perhaps C.Especially

5.A.hello B.goodbye C.sorry

6.A.question B.problem C.answer

7.A.head B.heart C.shoulder

8.A.when B.after C.before

9.A.classmates B.friends C.teachers

10.A.what B.how C.who

Earlier this year in Norway, people buried a steel bottle with plant seeds, a wristwatch and rock samples (样本) in it. Why did they do this? They were making a time capsule(时间胶囊).

Time capsules are small collections of goods or information that are stored somewhere safe. They can be opened by people many years later, giving future people a view of life in the past.

They may contain (包含) newspaper articles, popular music recordings, and photos. Historians can use time capsules to learn more about societies that lived in the past.

One of the earliest time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On Dec 31st, 1900, the city picked several photos and letters to be placed in a box. The box was then locked until Dec 31st, 2000. The things inside the capsule give us a look at Detroit in the past. There were photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. Some of them even gave predictions for the future. One person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000. But in fact, the city’s population was about 951,000 that year.

Humans have even sent time capsules into space! The US sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft (旅行者号航天器) in 1977. They are called the Voyager Golden Records. They contain sounds and pictures that show the diversity of human life and culture. For example, they have music by German composer (作曲家) Beethoven and pictures of plants, insects and landscapes (山水风景画). The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system(太阳系). It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us.

1.A time capsule________.

A.is a subject about societies that lived in the past

B.is a small collection of things stored in a safe place

C.collects medicines and buries them deep underground

D.collects music recordings which will be popular in the future

2.The earliest time capsule was locked for________ .

A.23 years B.77 years C.100 years D.218 years

3.From the collections in the Detroit Century Box, we may learn________.

A.what people wore in the past B.what Detroit was like in 1977

C.what would happen to Detroit in the future D.what the population of Detroit is in 2000

4.What does underline word “diversity” in paragraph 5 probably mean in Chinese?

A.思想性 B.普遍性 C.预见性 D.多样性

5.The Voyager Golden Records________.

A.contain pictures and plants B.were sent into space by Germany

C.have traveled far from the solar system D.have been found by the aliens

If you were asked to recite lines of poetry that have the Chinese character “hua”—which means flower—how many could you recite?

He Liran, 13, had to tack on this challenge on a TV show aired by Shandong TV. He Liran, a student at the Harbin No 163 Middle School in Heilongjiang, competed with over 100 other students. The competitors took turns reciting lines of poetry that used the word “hua”, with He Liran replying to each one.

One competitor used the line “As if the vernal breeze had come back over night; adorning thousands of pear trees with blossoms white.” He Liran replied with “After one night of wind and showers; how many are the fallen flowers!”

At the end, He Liran won, reciting more than 60 out of the 127 lines that were recited in the competition.

Her lifelong love of reading helped her win. Her father started reading poems to her when she was just 4 years old. She has been a bookworm ever since.

Though busy with schoolwork, she spares time to study at least one poem each day. She thinks ancient poetry is still important, even in modern times.

“Once, I walked along a small path in a forest. The scenery was the same as what is described in the line ‘On the sandy path between pine-trees there is no mud’, which comes from one of Su Shi’s poems. At that moment, the line from his poem naturally came to my mind and I realized that poems can be part of our daily lives,” she said.

1.He Liran started to learn about poetry at the age of________.

A.4 B.6 C.8 D.l3

2.The underlined line in Paragraph 3 probably mans “________” in Chinese.

A.一树梨花压海棠 B.雨打梨花深闭门

C.千树万树梨花开 D.梨花满地不开门

3.According to the text, the competitor________will probably win the competition.

A.that likes ancient poetry best B.that studies at least one poem each day

C.that has recited the most poems with “hua” D.that can recite 127 lines of poems

4.Which of the following is TRUE about He Liran?

A.She competed with over 163 other students. B.Poetry plays an important role in her life.

C.She won the competition in her school. D.She thought of Li Bai’s poem when walking in a forest.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Interest is the best teacher. B.One tree can’t make a forest.

C.Better late than never. D.Actions speak louder than words.

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