【题目】When a tornado hit the small town of Otwell, Indiana years ago, Kathryn Martin, 32, who lived 60 miles away in Evansville, couldn’t get the news out of her mind. “I kept thinking, ‘Those poor people. Somebody’s got to help them,’” she says. She knew firsthand what they were going through.

Six months earlier, a tornado had struck her town, taking the lives of her 2-year-old son, C.J. and her mother-in-law. “It was the most terrible experience of my life,” she says. “That____will never go away, and it broke my heart to think about what these families were going through in Otwell.”

So Kathryn loaded her car with juice boxes, snacks and toys and drove to Otwell. She gave the items to the Red Cross, and as she was leaving, she saw a couple sorting through the ruins of their home while their children were watching. So Kathryn stopped and gave a few toys to the kids and played with them for a while. “The parents couldn’t thank me enough for what I did for their children,” she says.

On the drive back to Evansville, Kathryn came up with an idea to help more kids. She talked her family, friends and neighbors into joining her and spent the next few months organizing fundraisers. Finally, in August 2007, she showed C.J.’s Bus, a 35-foot school bus that was turned into a mobile playroom.

In the following years, stocked with video games and DVDs, toys, crafts, books and more, the bus traveled to disaster-torn towns, giving the children there a safe place to play. So far, C.J.’s bus has traveled to three states affected by tornadoes or floods, cheering up more than 756 children, aged 3-13.

1When she heard that Otwell was hit by a tornado, Kathryn Martin__________.

A. felt it was the most terrible experience of her life

B. wanted to do something for the people there

C. was afraid that a tornado would strike her home

D. was extremely worried about her family members

2What does the underlined word “grief” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Sadness B. Worry

C. Disaster D. Influence

3What do we know about C.J.’s Bus?

A. It is a school bus that can take children to travel.

B. It is a bus giving homeless children a safe place

C. It travels to a place to offer help when a disaster hits it.

D. It is aimed at raising money for places affected by disasters.

【题目】My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the other day and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in, I greeted them and told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to the blackboard, the class broke out a roar. They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be in and to see this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who was in the next room came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!

"Good heavens," I said. "Will someone please tell me what is so funny?"

"Oh, God, "said the teacher. "You have a brown sock stuck to the back of the skirt!"

So that's how I found my husband's missing sock.

"Oh, well," I said to the class, "Let's just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电学). "

【1】From the passage we know that the writer cannot be __________.

A. a physics teacher

B. a good wife

C. a cleaner

D. a clever woman

【2】What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?

A. The class didn't pay attention to what the teacher said.

B. The class began to laugh loudly.

C. Another boy made faces in the classroom.

D. Another teacher came in.

【3】The reason why the writer couldn't find one of her husband's socks was that __________.

A. it was torn to pieces while being washed

B. her husband himself had taken it away

C. she had left it in the washing machine

D. it was stuck to the back of her own skirt

【4】 How did the writer react (反应) when she got to know why her students laughed?

A. She gave an explanation for the matter in a clever way.

B. She wanted to punish those students who laughed at her.

C. She tried to persuade the class to study physics well.

D. She regretted not having taught her students physics well.

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