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     BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — An old postcard changed the lives of an eleven-year-old boy and
a very sick woman. The postcard had a picture of the steamship Titanic. The Titanic was the largest
ocean ship in the world. It hit an iceberg (冰山) and sank on April 14,1912. More than 1,500 of the
2,200 people on the ship were killed.
     The postcard was passed from one person to another for more than 80 years: Then it appeared at
a card show for people who liked to collect post cards. An eleven-year-old boy, Joey Russell, came to
the show with his grandfather. His grandfather knew everything about the Titanic and its trip from
England to New York. " Let' s buy that postcard ," he told Joey.  " It will be important someday."
     Two years later, Joey's grandfather took him on a special trip. They went on a trip to the North
Atlantic Ocean to watch as workers pulled the Titanic up from the bottom(底)of the ocean. Joey put his
special postcard in his bag for the trip. On the ship, Joey met Edith Haisman. This woman was on the
Titanic when it sank. She was one of the people who were rescued. Joey pulled the postcard out of his
pocket.  " Please sign this , Mrs. Haisman ." he said. She was happy to write her name on the back of
the postcard.
     When Joey got home, he put the postcard away and forgot about it. Then Kate Shelley, one of
Joey 's friends , told him that her mother was very sick. She needed an operation , but there was a
problem. The operation was very expensive, and the family needed $80,000 to pay for it. Friends and
relatives tried to help. But where could they get so much money?
     Then when Joey went to see the new movie " Titanic" , he had an idea. " Millions of people are
seeing this movie and reading about the Titanic ," Joey thought. He remembered the old postcard with
Edith Haisman 's signature on it.  "Maybe I can sell it for some money. Then I can help Kate 's mom."
     Joey told his mother and father about his idea to help Mrs. Shelley. His parents helped him try to sell
the postcard to the person who would pay the most money for it. Joey's story was on television and in
news papers. Joey and Kate even went to New York to be on a national TV show. After the show,
many people called in to offer money for the Titanic card. Someone bought it for $60,000.
     Joey's kind heart and the old Titanic postcard worked together to save a woman' s life.
1. Joey Russell           .
A. decided to buy the postcard at a shop        
B. showed great interest in collecting postcards
C. took the postcard with him to see Mrs. Shelley
D. asked Mrs. Haisman to sign her name on his postcard
2. What does the underlined word " rescued" mean in the sentence?
A. Be made safe from danger.          
B. Be on an ocean trip.
C. Be working on board.              
D. Be asked to sell the postcard.
3. When did Joey Russell have the idea of selling his old postcard for money?
A. When Kate Shelley told him of her mother' s sickness.
B. When he went to see the new movie "Titanic".
C. When he was reading the new book of Titanic.
D. When he remembered Mrs. Haisman's signature on his card.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Titanic arrived in New York at the end of April, 1912.
B. At the age of 13, Joey Russell got Mrs. Haisman's signature.
C. Joey Russell sold out his postcards on a national TV show.
D. The Titanic card was sold to many people for $60,000.
5. Which of the following is NOT true about the old postcard?
A. The Titanic was the largest steamship in the world in 1912.
B. The steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank about a hundred years ago.
C. Over two thousand passengers were killed in the ocean accident.
D. More than eighty years had passed before the postcard belonged to Joey.
将下列单词或词组填入空格.每空格限填一词,每个单词或词组只能填一次。
A. get ready for     B. look after C. sweetly D. monitor
E. successful          F. cute         G. hardly   H. countries      I. need
     It was a bright Saturday and we were sitting in a modern restaurant. We were all students together
many, many years ago. We had finished the noodles at the end of the meal, when the        1     said, "Let's
take it in turns to talk about our experiences."
     Cathy started, "I have travelled a lot. I have visited many     2      because of my work. I have seen the River Amazon,  stopped in Paris and seen the snow  in Canada.  I've  also been  riding  on a  camel in the
Arabian Desert."
     Joyce said, "1 have been very     3     and am rich. I have opened many businesses, worked  hard and
had plenty of good ideas. So if you 4     help in doing business, I'll always be glad to give you a hand."
     "Well,  I have done a lot of good things.  I         5       people in hospital, raise money for the hospital's
services and help people," said Ricky.
     Next was Ken. Once he was a     6       little boy; now he was a serious older man with heavy glasses
and not much hair.  "I have worked in a science research centre.  I have been  busy in  my laboratory day
after day. I have always been thinking about the future ana helping us    7   it" Then there was silence.
     "So what about you. Mary?"
     Mary smiled     8    , "I have done everything you have done."
     "How can that be ?"
     "I have travelled all around the world and into space and into the past and many other wonderful things, all through the world of books..."
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       At the age of 61 , Daddy Bruce opened his restaurant in a poor area of Denver. There is doubt
about whether his    1   was the best in town but there is no doubt about the man himself. He was a   2   
man, and he started a rare and fine tradition to feed people ?not just his customers (顾客),  3   the poor
and the homeless.
       Every Thanksgiving, Daddy and his son began cooking for the   4   He wanted them to have a
great   5   on this important day of their country.
       In the early years he   6   for everything by himself. But as   7   went on , the crowds grew and
the costs rose. That's when Daddy's supporters joined   8   in his project. From then on, more and
more people began to step in to help.
       They donated trukeys and potatoes. And they   9   their time to stand behind and beside the old
man and offer to cook and serve.  10   seemed that there was an endless supply of food to feed the
poor. No one ever walked away   11   from Daddy Bruce. Daddy started the whole thing and he
didn't stop it until a few years ago   12   he aged towards ninety and had become too old to work on.
       He was one of the few people who   13   to see a city street named in his honor. In 1991 ,one
of the streets in his hometown was named"Daddy Bruce". A few years later,he died.
       When he was asked why he   14   to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over
twenty-five years,his reply was simple. "You can't beat love.  15   beats love. If you give just one
thing, you get three things back. That's why I do it. " And he did it well.
(     )1. A. breakfast        
(     )2. A. selfish          
(     )3. A. and              
(     )4. A. homeless        
(     )5. A. rest            
(     )6. A. looked          
(     )7. A. life            
(     )8. A. actively        
(     )9. A. spared          
(     )10. A. What            
(     )11. A. satisfied      
(     )12. A. when            
(     )13. A. came            
(     )14. A. happened        
(     )15. A. Everything      
B. lunch        
B. kind          
B. so            
B. elderly      
B. dinner        
B. cared        
B. time          
B. quietly      
B. spent        
B. There        
B. thirsty      
B. which        
B. lived        
B. had          
B. Anything      
C. supper      
C. serious    
C. but        
C. public      
C. break      
C. sent        
C. history    
C. wildly      
C. wasted      
C. It          
C. hungry      
C. that        
C. wanted      
C. volunteered
C. Something  
D. food          
D. stubborn    
D. or          
D. disabled      
D. bath          
D. paid         
D. plan        
D. carefully   
D. killed         
D. This           
D. happy          
D. while          
D. wished          
D. refused        
D. Nothing        
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     Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
     When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't just drive to a store, and back home. He
 always looks __1__ up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for any thing unusual such as 
 strange cars, loud noises. __2__ windows, or people gathering on street corners.
     Tim belonged to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch
 group meet on the third Wednesday of every month. That's __3__ Tim gets together with about ten of his
  neighbors to discuss community safety. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the
 police__4__ their homes, streets, and families safe.
     Tina Stedman, president of their neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. "People seem to think
 that crime happens to other people but not to them. Well, it's __5__ happened to me," she said, "but I
 don't think anyone has the right to steal from other people or to make them feel unsafe sitting in their own
  homes."
     Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors look out for one another, "We watch each
 other's homes. We keep watch out the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a group of four
 or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the police. For example, if we
  notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for __6__ or someone destroying property, we
 report to the police." 
    Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups help a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, 
 "Police are good people, but they can't do everything."
(     ) 1.A. carefully
(     ) 2.A. dirty    
(     ) 3.A. where    
(     ) 4.A. keep      
(     ) 5.A. ever      
(     ) 6.A. work      
B. clearly
B. nice    
B. why    
B. hold    
B. never  
B. people  
C. happily  
C. old      
C. when    
C. let      
C. often    
C. service  
D. widely      
D. broken      
D. how        
D. protect    
D. sometimes    
D. trouble      

根据短文内容回答下列问题。
 
      In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing ever happened.
     On a Friday night, a poor young artist' stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many
 people slowed down their paces, and put some money into the hat of the young man.
     The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his hat on the ground
 gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on me ground and
  put some stones on it. Before long, the young violinist ,was surrounded with people, who were all
 attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an i
 mportant thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it soon."
     Seeing this, it caused a great excitement and people wondered what it could be. After about half an
 hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his
  shoulders and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest man and would
 certainly come here"
     The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?"
     The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"
     "Lottery, it's lottery," said the man.
     The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked.
     George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, and then he danced with the
 violinist.
     The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an office clerk. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a
 bank a few days ago. The awards opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very
 happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put in the hat. How
 ever the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned
 to attend advanced studies in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and! would fly that morning. However
 when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he
  cancelled-the flight and came pack to where he was given the lottery ticket.
     Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in needed to pay the tuition fee and you had
 to play the violin in the subway station every day to make the money. Then why didn't you take the lottery
  ticket for yourself?"
     The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be
 happy forever."
1. Where did the poor young artist play the violin?  
     He played his violin _____ in New York
2. What attracted the people, the music or the words on the paper?
     ___________________________________.
3. What did George Sang put into the young artist's hat on Friday?
    He put _____ into the hat.
4. Why did the young artist cancel the flight to Vienna?
    ________________________________________
5. The young artist didn't need money, did he?
    ______, _____.
6. What can we learn from the young artist?
    ___________________________________.     

 
用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空, 必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
  Tim is twelve and he is a student. His father 1._____ (be) a teacher and his
mother is a singer. His parents get up at six o’clock in the mourning. They
2._____ (brash) their teeth and have showers. Then they have breakfast. Tim
3._____ (get) up at 7:00. He 4._____ (have) hamburgers and eggs for breakfast.
Tim 5._____ (take) to school with his father. His mother 6._____ (go) the
number 23 bus to go to work. His mother 7._____ (work) very long hours. She
8._____ (sing) well. The bus usually takes her:home at 23:30.People love
to listen to her!
1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5._____
6._____ 7._____ 8._____ 9._____ 10._____
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     The train I was travelling on was already half an hour late. I had to arrive in Vienna at 7:15 in time to
catch the   7:25 train  to Paris,  but there  was  no hope of  that now. I told the conductor about it . He
advised   me  to  get off  two stops  before Vienna  station and take a  taxi .  When the time came,  the
conductor even helped me with my bags. He wished me good luck as I jumped off. And a few minutes
later, I was racing towards the centre of the city in a taxi.   It was almost 7:25 when we stopped outside
the sta?tion. I paid the driver quickly, took hold of my bags quickly and hurried inside. "Paris train" was
all I had time to say to the official (铁路职工) I saw.  You can guess how  I feel when he pointed  to a
train that was just moving out of the station.
1. The writer arrived at Vienna station at .
A. 7:15  
B. 7:25  
C.7:45  
D. 7:55
2. Why did the writer get off the train two stops be ? fore Vienna station?
A.He wanted to have a rest .        
B.He wanted to catch the 7:25 Paris train.      
C. He wanted to go to Paris by taxi        
D. He wanted to meet the official.  
3. How did the writer feel at Vienna station?
A. He felt lonely.  
B He felt angry.  
C. He felt surprised      
D. He felt sad.
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