A call came into Jimmy Gilleece’s bar this past March. A newly married woman who had spent the afternoon at the dive(潜水) beach bar in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina couldn't find her wallet. She didn't care about her ID, credit cards, or $150--- but her wedding ring was inside it。

Gilleece, 42, the boss of the bar, didn’t like the idea that there was a thief at his place. So he set out to find the wallet. He spent hours looking for the footage (录像) from 16 different cameras, watching the woman’s every step in the bar. Finally, a young man caught his eyes. He picked up something from the place where the woman stood and put it in his pocket.

Gilleece posted the picture on the bar’s Facebook and asked if anybody knew who the guy was. Within hours, 17-year-old Rivers Prather came and said he had taken the wallet and told Gilleece he'd done it because he hadn’t eaten for two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was not real, so he took the money, and threw the wallet into the ocean. Then he bought a sandwich.

Prather wasn’t getting along with his family and lived in the woods for weeks. Gilleece saw him for what he was: more of a kid than a thief, Gilleece wanted to help him somehow. He found two local divers to search the waters where Prather the wallet. After waiting for hours worriedly but luckily, a diver came out from the water with the wallet in his hand, and inside was the ring.

“Most people would give the footage to police, but the boss chose to help me,” Prather told CBS News. “I say thank you to him every day. ”

1.What's the relationship between Gilleece and Prather?

A.Friends B.Relatives C.Strangers D.Teammates

2.What is the right order of the following?

a. A local diver helped find the wallet b. The bar boss tried to find out the truth

c. A newly married woman lost her wallet. d. The young man came and told the truth.

A.c-b-a-d B.c-b-d-a C.b-c-d-a D.b-e-a-d

3.The bar boss didn’t give the footage to police because ________.

A.the wedding ring was not real B.the young man often came to his bar

C.the woman didn't care about her wallet D.he wanted to give the young man a chance

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Love me, love my dog. B.Practice makes perfect.

C.All is well that ends well D.Actions speak louder than words

You may have heard of people who are allergic(过敏)to seafood, smoke or pets. But did you know that some people were allergic to Wi-Fi signals(信号)?

Rose White, a 44-year-old woman from Britain, first found herself being allergic to Wi-Fi signals in 2015. She had a cough, heart trouble and great pains in her head when she stayed at the places covered with Wi-Fi signals.

Rose has tried many ways to keep away from Wi-Fi signals In the past six months, she either slept in her car or in tent which she had put up in the woodland and in the fields. She even tried sleeping in a shed (棚子). Being completely tired, Rose had no choice but to quit her job and moved 370 kilometers away from her home to avoid Wi-Fi signals, but failed. Because of the hard life, she got a stomach problem.

She is now living in a small house in the rural area in England. There are far fewer Wi-Fi signals.However, the house, which belongs to her friend, will be sold to others, so she, has to move again soon.

Rose is planning to move to a more rural area. She is also planning to buy a camper van(野营车)so that she can drive away from Wi-Fi signals whenever she is feeling uncomfortable. As she can not work to make money, she has to raise money online. She is hoping to raise 15,000 pounds. So far,she has raised over 1, 600 pounds. She still has a long way to go.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.Which is not Rose’s allergic symptom(症状)?

A.Stomachache. B.Heart trouble C.Headache

2.What did rose do to keep away from Wi-Fi signals?

A.She slept in tent in the woodland.

B.She bought a small house in the countryside.

C.She moved to a more rural area.

3.What does the underlined word “quit” in paragraph 3 mean?

A.leave B.begin C.change

4.Why does she have to move again soon?

A.Because the place she lives in is near the Wi-Fi signals.

B.Because her friend decided to sell the house.

C.Because she wants to move to a new place.

5.What does the sentence “She still has a long way to go.” in the last paragraph refer to(指的是)?

A.It's not easy for her to raise enough money.

B.It's difficult for her to find a place without Wi-Fi signals.

C.There will be a lot of difficulties for her to deal with.

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