Jo Berry’s father was a member of the British Parliament. He was killed by an IRA bomb in 1984. Jo was 27 years old at the time. Jo remembers knowing that she did not want to blame and become bitter. She knew that she wanted to find a way to bring something ____ out of the death of her beloved father.

Berry tells that she started a journey with no map but with a trust that step by step she would find her way. In November 2000 she met Patrick Magee, the man____ her father's death. He had been released from prison as part of the Good Friday Peace Agreement.

When Jo looks back on that day, she remembers being____. Would she regret meeting him? Then the door opened, Patrick arrived and they sat and talked together for three hours. This visit had a sense of strength that Jo had never felt before. Finally Patrick said, "I have never met anyone like you before. I don’t know what to say. I want to hear your ____ Although there were many difficulties, Jo and Patrick continued their meetings and became friends. This made a deep change in both of them. Jo came to realize that if she had lived Patrick's life, she might have done what he did. Patrick came to realize how many innocent victims were created by his ____.

This friendship has been healing for both Jo and Patrick. They now travel the world telling their stories. A play. The Bomb, has been written about them. Jo often does workshops after the play is shown, especially for young people.

Jo and Patrick now work together for____. They speak for The Forgiveness Project They have spoken in Spain, Austria, South Africa and Israel.

1.A. painful B. positive C. interesting D. meaningless

2.A. responsible for B. related to C. keen on D. guilty about

3.A. amazed B. delighted C. ashamed D. scared

4.A. pain B. story C. excuse D. apology

5.A. innocence B. diligence C. reference D. violence

6.A. peace B. charity C. profit D. fame

Peter’s uncle lives in the country. Once in summer, Peter goes to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they go for a walk or for a drive in the car and pass somebody, his uncle waves to the passer-by. Peter is surprised and says, “Uncle George, you seem to know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”

“I don’t know all these people,” answers his uncle. “Then why do you wave to them?” “Well, Peter,” says his uncle, “when I wave to someone who knows me, he is pleased. He goes on his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to someone who doesn’t know me, he is surprised and says to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everybody happy.”

1.Peter goes to the country .

A. for his winter holiday B. to see his sick uncle

C. to spend summer with his uncle D. because he gets into trouble

2.When passing somebody at any time, .

A. George stops and says hello to the passer-by

B. George waves to the passer-by

C. Peter waves to the passer-by

D. George introduces the passer-by to Peter

3.Peter when he sees what Uncle George does.

A. always asks his uncle “Who is that man?”

B. is very happy

C. is not surprised at all

D. is very surprised

4.George tells Peter .

A. he knows all the people

B. he does not know all the people

C. he only knows one of the people

D. he does not know any one of the people

5.George does that .

A. to make everybody happy B. to make Peter happy

C. only to make a joke D. to make himself happy

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