Joe was driving home on a country road one winter evening. He spent several months looking for a new _____ since the factory he had worked in is closed. It was a lonely road. Not many people had a reason to be on it unless they were leaving.

He almost didn't see a small car ____ at the side of the road. He thought the driver might need help, so he pulled up in front of the car and got out. An old lady was in the car. At first she was worried. “He didn't look ______. He looked poor and hungry,” she thought. He could see that she was _______. He said, “I'm here to help you, Madam.”

All the lady had was a flat tire(瘪的轮胎). While Joe was _____, the lady opened the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she couldn't ____ him enough for helping her in such a situation. Soon Joe Was able to change the tire. She asked how much she owed(欠)him. Joe never thought about money. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could ____ that person the help.

A few miles down the road, the old lady saw a small restaurant She decided to eat something and _____ herself up before she finished her trip home. The waitress looked young and poor. After she finished her meal, she handed a 100-dollar bill to her. When the waitress went to get her change, the lady left without being _____. The waitress then found some words on a piece of paper, “You don't owe me a thing. Someone once helped me, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here’s what you _______. Don’t let the chain (链) of love end with you.”

1.A.job B.place C.factory D.house

2.A.put B.stopped C.set D.parked

3.A.honest B.safe C.polite D.nice

4.A.excited B.surprised C.nervous D.shy

5.A.working B.thinking C.looking D.talking

6.A.pay B.love C.thank D.praise

7.A.send B.give C.pass D.bring

8.A.warm B.put C.cheer D.pick

9.A.watched B.known C.noticed D.heard

10.A.see B.want C.say D.do

As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she met with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.

“Watch it, dwarf (矮子),” the boy shouted, as he kept away from the little third grader. Then, the boy imitated(模仿) the way Amy limped(跛行)when she walked.

Amy closed her eyes for a moment.

“Ignore (忽视)him!” she told herself as she headed for her classroom.

It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. The teasing made Amy feel lonely.

Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. That’s why she was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter.

“There’s a Christmas Wish Competition on the newspaper,” she said. “Write a letter to Santa Claus and you might win a prize.”

Out came the pencil and paper and Amy went to work on her letter. She wrote:

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy(大脑性瘫痪). I just want one day where no one laughs at me.

Love,

Amy

The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa Claus made the front page of the News Sentinel. The little girl’s story spread quickly. She asked for such a simple, yet unusual Christmas gift - just one day without teasing.

Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to carry her head high.

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel.

1.The underlined word “teased” means___________.

A.argued with B.talked about C.cared for D.made fun of

2.Amy’s mother shared the news of a Christmas Wish Competition that day because she knew ___________.

A.Amy’s school life was not good

B.her daughter was teased by a fifth grader

C.the competition would change Amy’s life

D.Amy’s sickness went much worse than before

3.We can infer(推断)from the underlined sentence “Back home at the dinner table that evening,

Amy was quiet” that Amy was___________.

A.nervous B.sad C.happy D.moved

4.What’s the best title(标题)for the passage?

A.Amy’s Day B.Mother’s Love

C.Amy and a Tall Boy D.Amy’s Christmas Wish

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Almost every Chinese remembers the two sentences of the famous poem(诗 ). 65. “Every grain() on the plate comes from hard work”. But sadly, many of us don’t get the real meaning of these sentences: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that food Chinese people waste every year is enough for 200 million(百万) people for a year.

Do we have too much food? No, according to the UN World Food Program, 66. there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well known for being generous (慷慨的). Many even feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food on the table.

67.幸运的是,很多人明白节约食物的重要性。Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, lost her job because she took some leftover (剩余的) food home for her son.

68.Many people agreed with her and said that it was not right to waste food.

What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here is some advice:

1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order what you want to eat. 69.如果你不能吃 完所有食物,把剩余的食物带回家。

2.Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great. But your body needs it.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, such as vegetables and fruit.

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2._________________________

3._________________________

4._________________________

5._________________________

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