On a freezing afternoon, I picked up a wallet in the street. There was no identification(身份证) inside. Just three dollars, and an old letter that looked as if it had been carried around for years. I opened the letter and saw that it had been written in 1924——almost 60 years ago! I read it carefully, hoping to find some clue(线索) to find the wallet’s owner.

It was a “Dear John” letter. The writer, in a delicate script(娟秀的字迹),told her lover, whose name was Michael, that her mother did not allow her to see him again. It was signed Hannah and her phone number. So I called.

“No, of course! We bought this house from Hannah thirty years ago. Hannah had to live in the nursing home many years ago. Maybe you can go there.”

Then I phoned the nursing home and was told, “Yes, Hannah is with us. Hannah was a sweet, silver-haired old-woman with a warm smile and friendly eyes. ”

I went up to the third floor of the nursing home. I showed her the wallet and the letter. The moment she saw it, she took a deep breath. “Young man,” she said, “this letter was the last contact I had with Michael. ” She then said deeply: “I loved him very much. But I was only sixteen and my mother felt I was too young. I never did marry, I guess no one ever matched up to Michael...”I took the elevator to the first floor. As I stood at the door, holding the letter to the guard. He looked at it closely and said, “Hey, I know ,the letter is Mr. Goldstein’s. He’s always losing it.”

“Who’s Mr. Goldstein?” I asked. “He’s one of the old-timers on the eighth floor. That’s Michael Goldstein’s wallet, for sure.” We went there where Michael Goldstein was reading a book. I told him I know where Hannah is. He grew pale. “Hannah? You know where she is? How is she? When that letter came, my life ended. I never married. I guess I’ve always loved her.”

“Michael,” I said. “Come with me.” We three took the elevator to the third floor. We walked toward the Hannah’s room, still watching TV. Michael Goldstein went over to her. “Hannah,” he said softly. “Do you know me? Hannah, I’m Michael, Michael Goldstein. Do you remember?”

“Michael? Michael? It’s you!” He walked slowly and they embraced(拥抱) tearfully. A perfect ending for a love affair that had lasted nearly 60 years.

1.What do you think is the best title of the passage?

A. Forever Love. B. A Beautiful Girl.

C. Kindness and Chance D. A Great Story.

2. A “Dear John” letter is a letter for____________?

A. love B. marriage.

C. refusing D. party.

3.According to the story, we learned that___________.

A. when in Rome, do as the Romans do

B. Rome is not built in one day

C. All shall be well and Jack shall have Jill

D. Practice makes perfect

4.The writer's purpose of writing this story is to______

A. show how great and loyal the real love is

B. show where there is a will there is a way

C. prove what a surprise Hannah got

D. prove how they regretted to see each other.

Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

A. to see one of his friends

B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D. to see one of his relatives

2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B. their hotel was too small

C. the room was not very clean

D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D. Mark Twain made a joke

4.From the story we know _____.

A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

There was little rain in some place for two years and a lot of people died of hunger.So a man reported a famine(饥荒)to an official(官员).The official asked,“How much wheat have you harvested?”

“Thirty percent of the normal yield(产量),”the man replied.

“How much cotton?”

“Twenty percent.”

“How much rice?”

“Twenty percent.”

The official got mad,“You've already had seventy percent of the harvest,how dare you trump up(谎报)famine then?”

The man said,“I've never seen such a terrible famine in my life of a hundred and several scores of years.”

“How could you have lived so long?” asked the official.

“Look,I'm over seventy years old.My eldest son is over forty and my second son is over thirty.The total is a hundred and several scores of years.” All the people hearing this had a good laugh over that.

1.A great _______ happened in the place.

A. flood B. disease

C. drought D. war

2.The man said _______ .

A. people had a bad harvest B. some of the crops were bad

C. people lost their farms D. people had little food

3.The word “mad” in the story means _______ .

A. sad B. happy

C. angry D. excited

4.The official didn't think _______ .

A. the people were hungry B. the famine was terrible enough

C. the people had to be helped D. the drought was serious enough

5.Hearing the clever answer,people laughed at _______ .

A. the official B. the old women

C. the hungry people D. the policemen nearby

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