Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ﹩10,000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
【小题1】Jack has sent them each ﹩200 a month to help some poor children ________.
A.only in WashingtonB.only in England
C.only in AfricaD.around the world
【小题2】Jack learned about the children’s progress by ________.
A.visiting them each otherB.getting a report each year
C.staying with themD.talking to them in English
【小题3】The underlined words “for a good cause” means ________ in Chinese.
A.施舍B.行善C.优惠D.赏赐
【小题4】The money Jack gave the children wasn’t used for the children’s ________.
A.clothingB.medicineC.studyD.playing
【小题5】What’s the main idea of the story?
A.Help others, and you’ll feel happy
B.It’s necessary to write letters to poor children
C.Live a simple life., and you can give others help
D.It’s the most important to help the children in Africa

One day, Jack's wife was in their bedroom. She found many things in an old box. “look at all these umbrellas,” Jack's wife said to him, “There are eight and they are all broken.” “I'll take them all to the umbrella shop and mend them,” Jack said, “They are too good to throw away.” Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They'll be ready tomorrow, ” the shopkeeper said.
That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. he sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!” the woman said, “That's my umbrella.” “ I'm so sorry,” Jack said And gave it back to her, “ I took it by mistake. Please forgive(原谅) me. ”
The next day he got the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on a bus. As he sat down, a voice (声音)behind him said, “ You have certainly had a successful (成功的) day ! ” He turned around and saw the same woman again. He almost (几乎) took her umbrella the day before.
【小题1】Jack's wife found the umbrellas in _______.
A.an old boxB.a busC.a shopD.the street
【小题2】On the bus, Jack returned the old woman _______ .
A.one of his old umbrellasB.a new umbrella
C.her own umbrellaD.his wife's umbrella
【小题3】The next day, on the bus, Jack met ______.
A.his wifeB.the shopkeeperC.an old friendD.the same woman
【小题4】 At the end of the story, the woman thought that ______ .
A.Jack took others' umbrellas away
B.Jack sold many umbrellas
C.Jack had her umbrella in his hand
D.Jack had a nice day
【小题5】 Which sentence ( 句子 ) is NOT true ?
A.Jack's wife found some umbrellas in their bedroom.
B.Jack took the umbrellas out to throw them away.
C.Jack took the old woman's umbrella by mistake.
D.The old woman thought Jack was not a good man .

Maybe everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.
  I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
  One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor’s hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left.
【小题1】--The young visitor stayed a long time, didn’t he?
  --_____.

A.Yes, he didn’tB.No, he didn’t
C.Yes, he didD.No, he did
【小题2】Jack became worried because _____.
A.he wanted to go out for a walk
B.he wanted to play with him
C.he didn’t know the young man
D.he wanted to eat something
【小题3】Jack sat down in front of the visitor because _____.
A.he wanted the visitor to talk to him
B.he wanted to talk with the young man
C.he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is
D.he wanted the visitor to leave
【小题4】The visitor went on talking and _____.
A.he paid no attention to his hat
B.he paid no attention to Jack
C.he didn’t know that his hat was taken away by Jack
D.he didn’t like Jack
【小题5】Jack went out of the room, but came back with _____ in his mouth.
A.food
B.nothing
C.something
D.the visitor’s hat

Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved   31   very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send   32    of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally  33    a plan. They would toss(抛) a coin. The loser would go  34  into the mines (煤矿) and, with his earnings(赚得的钱),   35   his brother studying at the college. Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support the other brother studying at the   36   .  

     James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much   37   than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he   38  , he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

        39   James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began, James  40  up from his seat to drink a toast (举杯祝酒) to his dear   41   .  He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your   42    will come true. I will take care of you. "

     But Jack said   43   , "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it' s too  44   . Now I can' t even hold a glass. "

     To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother' s hands with   45   towards the sky.

He called his drawing "The Praying Hands", which became very famous years later.

1.A. paintingB. booksC. schoolD. money

2.A. anyB. allC. bothD. neither

3.A. looked outB. worked outC. took outD. got out

4.A. offB. awayC. upD. down

5.A. supportB. agreeC. followD. let

6.A. homeB. mineC. collegeD. school

7.A. betterB. worseC. cheaperD. older

8.A. arrivedB. graduatedC. walkedD. waited

9.A. BeforeB. WhenC. ThoughD. While

10.A. pickedB. turnedC. lookedD. stood

11.A. brotherB. sisterC. fatherD. mother

12.A. wayB. ideaC. dreamD. practice

13.A. happilyB. surprisedlyC. angrilyD. softly

14.A. earlyB. lateC. goodD. helpful

15.A. legsB. feetC. armsD. fingers

 

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