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It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of work, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our city offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger(陌生人) would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it made our confidence in humanity（人性）stronger as a whole. And it has also influenced us to be more mindful(在意的) of ways we can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be continuing for ever.
【小题1】Why was the bike so important to the couple?

A．the couple worked60 hours a week.	B．people were busy before Christmas
C．the stranger brought only the bike.	D．life was hard for the young family.

【小题3】How did people get to know the couple's problem?

A．From radio broadcasts.	B．From a newspaper.
C．From TV news.	D．From a stranger.

【小题4】What do the couple learn from their experience?

A．Strangers are usually of little help.

B．One should take care of their bike.

C．News reports make people famous.

D．An act of kindness can mean a lot.

In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities(品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults(过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experiences and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!
【小题1】Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?

A．Understanding.	B．Honesty.
C．Reliability.	D．A sense of humor.

【小题2】If you have fair-weather friends, __________.

A．you will become rich

B．you can be sure that you get real friends

C．you will be refused when you get into trouble

D．they will give you all that they have when you need help

【小题3】This passage mainly discusses _________.

A．the qualities of a friend

B．how to get along with friends

C．the importance of having a friend

D．the importance of the qualities of a friend

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.
Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.
Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】Jeff’s right leg was cut off because he had_______.

【小题2】 From the passage we know that Boston is _______.

A．in the west

B．half between the east and west

C．near Los Angeles

D．in the east

【小题3】It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.

A．about four and a half months	B．over two hundred days
C．almost twenty-five weeks	D．less than half a year

【小题4】The underlined word “disabled” means _______.

【小题5】The fifth passage tells us that _______.

A．people should give him more money

B．people can do anything they want to do

C．some disabled men will become lawyers

D．disabled people also can run

One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "
If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. "
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed (使恢复) and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
【小题1】The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because_________.

A．he was very thirsty

B．his arms were strong

C．it was a good example

D．he wants to share the water with students

【小题2】"A glass of water" in this passage referred to (指)_________.

【小题3】According to the teacher, you may feel_________ if you put down the burden sometimes.

【小题4】This was a lesson about_____

A．how to relax oneself in life

B．how to solve a physics problem

C．how to keep fit by drinking water

D．how to study well

【小题5】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.

B．All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.

C．The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood.

D．All the students can understand the teacher’s lesson.

I was born（出生） in a small river. When I was young, the river was my home. I did not know my father or mother, but I had many, many brothers and sisters. I swam（游泳） and played with them.
At that time I did not look like my father or mother. I had no legs, but I had a long tail（尾巴）. So I looked like a fish.
Then my tail became shorter and shorter. And now I have four legs and a very short tail.
I know I’m going to have no tail at all soon. I’m going to be like my father and mother. Then I’m going to jump（跳）out of the water. I’m going to live on the land（陆地） and in the water too. I’m going to eat a lot of insects---a lot of bad insects（昆虫）.
What am I?
【小题1】The rive was my home when I was born.
【小题2】I had no father or mother, but I had many brothers and sisters.
【小题3】I was a fish when I was young.
【小题4】I’m going to look like my father and mother.
【小题5】I am an insect.

Little Mike’s grandma died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandma used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very kind. She was sitting there, watching pigeons(鸽子).Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very glad.
They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it grew dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged the old lady and she gave her sweetest smile.
When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. “I met a granny in the park. Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on grandma’s face.”
The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy. “He was as lovely as Brittany.” She said. Her son was surprised, because he had never seen her so happy since Brittany, her grandson, died weeks ago.
【小题1】Little Mike went to the park and ________.

A．played with pigeons

B．fed pigeons

C．met an old lady

D．saw a friend of his grandma’s

【小题2】The old lady’s smile showed that _______.

A．he had hoped to meet the boy

B．she wanted to get some drinks

C．she missed her grandson

D．she liked the little boy

【小题3】Mike felt very glad because_______.

A．he gave the granny food and drinks

B．the old lady was as kind as his grandma

C．he had seen his grandma

D．she liked the little boy

【小题4】Mike and the old lady________.

A．were good to each other

B．knew each other well

C．often met in the park

D．did nothing that afternoon

【小题5】What can we learn from the story?

A．When one feels unhappy, he must go to a park

B．Old people are always kind and happy

C．Children and old people should get on well with each other

D．When people are kind to each other, they will feel happy

On a Friday night，a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day，the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said，“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd，took the violinist’s shoulders and said，“I knew you would certainly come here.”The violinist asked，“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).”The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.
Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500，000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music，the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning，he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily. If I lose honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”
【小题1】The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.

【小题2】George Sang put__________ into the violinist’s hat on a Friday night by mistake.

【小题3】George Sang was very__________ to see the young violinist the next day.

【小题4】The underlined word“cancelled”means __________ .

【小题5】What’s the best title(标题)for this passage?

A．The meaning of honesty

B．An office worker and a lottery ticket

C．The importance of being honest

D．A violinist and an office worker

Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55,” I said.
A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You failed!” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.
“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
【小题1】In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .

A．lowered my head	B．covered my score up
C．walked home alone	D．explained immediately

【小题2】 A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought ____. .

A．I did a bad job in the test.	B．I gave a good excuse.
C．I became the worst student.	D．I stood in his shoes

【小题3】 We can infer from the passage that _____..

A．the father was strict with his child.

B．the writer was always poor in tests.

C．Mr. Right was worried about the writer.

D．the writer was always happy with his scores.

【小题4】Which is the best title of the passage?

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