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

Millie is a little girl who is at the age of nine. She is a pupil in a primary school. She works hard at her subjects. In class, she takes an active part in all kinds of activities. She looks smarter than her classmates.

One day, she was doing her homework after supper as usual. Her father was not in. Her mother was taking a shower in the bathroom. After she finished her homework, Millie asked her mother to check it for her, but her mother didn’t answer her. A few minutes later, her mother was still in the bathroom. Millie felt strange. She knocked at the door. But her mother had no answer. She pushed the door open and found her mother lying on the floor. At the same time, she smelled something terrible. It was the gas. She quickly opened the window, turned off the gas and called 120 and 110 for help. Soon some doctors and policemen came and sent her mother to the nearest hospital. Her mother was saved at last.

Why did the little girl know how to do that? That was because she had learned how to save herself and others in danger in school.

1.Although Millie is ______, we should learn from her.

A. a primary school pupil

B. a college student

C. a nineteen-year-old girl

D. a middle school student

2.What was her mother doing while Millie was doing her homework?

A. She was shopping.

B. She was working.

C. She was taking a shower.

D. She was watching TV.

3.Why didn’t her mother answer her?

A. Because she was angry.

B. Because there’s something wrong with her mother.

C. Because she wasn’t at home.

D. Because she is busy doing the housework.

4.The accident happened ______.

A. in Millie’s home B. in the cinema

C. in a hospital D. in a school

5.We should be ______ like Millie when we are in danger.

A. brave and calm B. shy and afraid

C. worried and frightened D. kind and strange

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