In Binjiang Street, I had this amazing experience. While I was waiting for the bus, I saw a beggar (乞丐) carrying a sign which said that he ___ a cup of hot coffee.

As soon as I read it. I knew it was time for me to do ___ for him. I ran across the street ___, thinking that getting him a cup of hot coffee would be great. I went to Starbucks (星巴克) nearby and asked the young lady behind the counter (柜台) to give me a cup of ___. I then walked back to the street corner where the man had stayed. As I went up to ___, I found that the closer I got, the more joy (快乐) in his eyes I could see.

When I handed him the hot coffee, I just said, “This is for you, my dear.” I could see so much joy in his face and even a ___ was running down. He kept thanking me and holding his coffee ___ the biggest treasure and prize in his life. It made me cry that a simple action can bring so much joy and make someone feel really warm.

I walked back to the bus stop happily. When the bus driver opened the door and I wanted to ___ the bus fee (费用). To my surprise, he waved me through and said, “Honey, you don’t need to pay.” He explained that it ___ his heart to see that I gave away (赠送) free coffee.

This amazing moment was the ____ in my heart and it gave my day and my life a new start. It brings me such a joy to simply love and bless.

1.A. would like B. like C. want D. need

2.A. anything B. something C. thing D. nothing

3.A. loudly B. sadly C. hardly D. quickly

4.A. juice B. tea C. coffee D. orange

5.A. he B. him C. his D. himself

6.A. tear B. rain C. water D. time

7.A. for B. with C. like D. in

8.A. spend B. pay C. take D. cost

9.A. waved B. beat C. hit D. touched

10.A. warm B. warmer C. warmest D. most warm

My name is Linda. I was cute, active and happy—until that day when I was two years old. I had a bad fall and hurt one of my eyes. The doctor said that if the eye was taken out, my face would look worse, so my blind eye lives on with me.

People often ask me uncomfortable questions about my eye or even play jokes on me. When the kids played games, I was always the “bad guy”. Everyone looked down on me. Yet every time mom noticed I was unhappy, she would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world.” It helped me move on in life.

As a child, I thought mom meant: Be careful or you will fall down or knock into something because you are not looking. As a teenager I always looked down to hide my shame, but I found that people liked me when I held my head up high. In high school I was even made monitor. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the love that is inside.”

Mom’s love gave me confidence. Finally I was able to look people in the eye. I learned not only to appreciate (欣赏) myself but to have deep love for others.

1.What happened to the writer when she was two years old?

A. She couldn’t see anything. B. She broke her leg.

C. She hurt one of her eyes.  D. She fell off her bike.

2.How did the writer feel before she had a bad fall?

A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Lucky. D. Nervous

3.What does the underlined word looked down on mean in the passage?

A. 鼓励 B. 轻视 C. 欣赏 D. 培养

4.Which of the following about Linda is TRUE?

A. She was not a monitor in high school.

B. She held her head up high all the time.

C. She often played games with her friends and was always the “good guy”.

D. Her mom gave her confidence and finally she could look other people in the eye.

5.What can we learn from this passage?

A. We should love our parents.

B. We may feel sorry for what we did.

C. We should learn to accept and appreciate ourselves.

D. We always have a good time when we play with our friends.

J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (《哈利·波特与密室》) was published in July 1998.

American and British people both speak English. But there are a lot of differences in the ways they speak. J. K. Rowling made some changes for American kids in the Harry Potter books. For example, she used parking lot (停车场) instead of car park.

In October 1998, J. K. Rowling travelled to the United States for the first time to sell her books. At first, J. K. Rowling was worried that American children wouldn’t like her book as much as children in the United Kingdom did. But she was wrong. “When I did public readings,” she said, “they even all laughed in the same places as British children.”

J K. Rowling was surprised that many of the children had already read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The book wasn’t even published in the United States yet. They had ordered the book from England on the Internet because they couldn’t wait.

J. K. Rowling was more successful than she had ever dreamed. In the publishing world, no children’s books had ever been as popular as the Harry Potter books. Even popular children’s book writer Dr Seuss did not sell so many books.

When she returned to America, J. K. Rowling was met by, not just children, but crowds of adults. Why were so many adults reading a book written for children? It is because a really good story attracts people of all ages.

1.What language do American and British people both speak according to Paragraph 2?

A. Chinese. B. English. C. Russian. D. Japanese.

2.In 1998, J. K. Rowling went to the United States ________.

A. for holiday B. for a visit C. to sell her books D. to visit some friends

3.What made J. K. Rowling surprised according to Paragraph 4?

A. American children liked her books

B. American children didn’t like her books

C. British children liked her books.

D. British children didn’t like her books

4.What does Dr Seuss do?

A. A worker. B. An engineer. C. A writer. D. A doctor.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. Only children liked J. K. Rowling’s books.

B. Only adults liked J. K Rowling’s books.

C. Older people aren’t attracted by J. K Rowling’s books.

D. People of different ages are attracted by J. K. Rowling’s books.

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Think about how you use artificial (人造的) light every day. In the morning, a light on your clock shows the time. When you use your computer, television, and a phone, their screens light up. Traffic lights tell you w 1. to stop and go when you drive. You turn on lights in your car and in your house at night. These are just some of the w2. you use artificial light. Now think a 3. living without artificial light. How different would your life be?

In the past, people use fire for light at night. Then from 3,000 BC, people started using candles. After that lamps (灯) were i 4., people used oil and gas to light the lamps. Finally, in 1879, Thomas Edison invented a safe and easy way to use the electric light bulb (电灯泡). His invention c5.our world.

Before the light bulb, it was so d6. at night that people could not do much work. Electric light changed that. Business grew. People could do more at night and they could do things during the day more e7.. If you look at a picture of our planet from space at night, you can see how the light bulb changed life on Earth.

We depend on electric light from energy sources (来源) like oil, gas, or coal. But those energy sources c8.pollution. One answer to this problem is to use a c9.source of energy, for example, solar power (太阳能). Scientists have found a way to catch the energy of the sun’s light and save i10. to use later. So now the sun can light our homes at night.

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