One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no__________to get food for his large family.

“You look__________. Why don’t you work?” I asked. “ Simply because I cannot get work,sir. ” “If I give you work, what you want?” “As long as I can get bread for my family, sir. ” he_________.

I decided to find out if he really meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you will__________a brick under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping. “Thank you, sir. I will. ”

I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my__________. I never thought he would do what he had promised(承诺).

When I came back five hours later, I saw him__________walking, with the brick under his arm. I stopped him and gave him__________pounds. He thanked me and told me that some people had__________to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He would go and ask them for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the brick. I did.

Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he explained that he was the brick man and had his own business now. “You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most__________thing I have as it has brought me good luck and success.”

_________, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness(坚定) in doing even a very little thing.

1.A. place B. money C. plan D. time

2.A. funny B. sick C. serious D. strong

3.A. answered B. -aske C. spoke D. told

4.A. break B. carry C. fix D. hide

5.A. business B. lesson C. programme D. research

6.A. also B. already C. even D. still

7.A. four B. five C. six D. seven

8.A. continued B. forgotten C. offered D. refused

9.A. beautiful B. expensive C. important D. interesting

10.A. As a result B. At last C. In a word D. In fact

You love reading, and you're dying to get your hands on a book. With the right knowledge,

it’s easy to choose a good book!

Go to the library first. Answer these questions. What writers do you like? What are your interests? See if the library has computers. If it does, you can use it to find a certain book by a certain writer, or keywords of your interests. If you like a certain book, search the book up and read its summary(概要).That will help you decide if the book is right for you.

Search your house next. Often good books are quietly collecting dust(灰尘) in your own house. Maybe you forget about one. Probably, you will find some books that you can read, and they won’t even cost you any money.

Then, ask someone to recommend a good book. You can ask your older brothers or sisters, your mom, your dad, your best friend, or even your English teacher. They have something in common with you and can often make excellent book recommendations. You should ask people that like the same type of books, so that you can get books that match your need.

Join a book club , please. It helps you know who else likes the same books as you, and you can read books that other members have read and have a good discussion about them.

Finally, read the first part of each book. If that holds your attention(注意力) , read a few more pages. If it still holds your attention, then it’s probably a book for you. If you have many books, this can take much time to choose from them. Keep doing this until you have a few good books.

1.to choose a good book

Go to the library

Use the computer to search books by2.or interests.

Search up a book that you like, read its summary and3.whether to read on.

Search your house

Look through the good books that lie4.in your house for long. You will probably find a good one that has been forgotten.

Ask someone5.recommendations

Turn to your6., friends or teachers for excellent book recommendations.

Ask those who share the same interest in certain types of books with you.

Join a book club

It gets you to7.those who like the same books as you.

You and other members read the same books and8.them together.

Read the first part of each book

If the first part attracts you, keep9.to see if it is a good for you.

10. a few good books from many will take much time.

Do you often drink bottled drinks? Of course _______ is so cool to get a cold one right out of the fridge, right? But all those plastic bottles use a lot of oil and _______ the environment. Americans buy _______ bottled water than any other nation in the world. In order to make all these bottles, 17 million barrels (桶) of oil _______up. That’s enough oil to keep a million cars going for twelve months.

Many people choose _______ the bottles away after having the bottled drinks. In fact, instead of going out with the trash, plastic bottles can be turned into carpeting for clothing. Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle _______save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours._______ , for every six water bottles we use, only one is recycled. The rest are sent as garbage ( 垃圾 ). Or, even worse, they end up _______ trash on the land or in rivers and oceans.

So why don’t more people drink water from the kitchen? Some people drink bottled water _______ they think it is better for them, but that’s not true. The chemicals in the bottles themselves may get into the water which can do harm to people.

So next time when you have drinks or water, please ______________ to use a glass at home or carry water in a steel bottle. And if you want to do something more, try to collect plastic bottles and send them for recycling.

1.A. this B. it C. that D. there

2.A. have polluted B. will pollute C. pollute D. polluted

3.A. many B. much C. more D. most

4.A. will use B. will be used C. used D. was used

5.A. collect B. to collect C. throw D. to throw

6.A. can B. may C. must D. need

7.A. Lucky B. Luckily C. Unlucky D. Unluckily

8.A. with B. as C. like D. for

9.A. because B. Unless C. if D. although

10.A. to try B. try C. trying D. tried

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