About once a month I have to go to Bedford for my work. One day I went into a   21  there to have something to   22  . The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.
About an hour later I was   23  to go. The waiter   24  me my coat. Something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. I took a   25  look at the   26  . “Oh, you’ve brought   27  coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine,  28  it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.”
“Oh, then I   29  someone has taken your coat and left his,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing   30  sometimes.”
I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold   31  in it. The waiter and I   32  to go to the police station.
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked at the station.
“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”
He   33  the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.
“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I   34  you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and   35  I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the   36  of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel, so how did my ring   37  in the coat?”
“Did anyone sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.
“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”
“You may remember this   38  ,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here isn’t the thief.”
The policeman laughed. “No,” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and   39  our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the   40  coat away with him.”

【小题1】
A.hotelB.restaurantC.companyD.shop
【小题2】
A.doB.buyC.eatD.make
【小题3】
A.askedB.gladC.invitedD.ready
【小题4】
A.showedB.returnedC.broughtD.dressed
【小题5】
A.specialB.closeC.usualD.near
【小题6】
A.waiterB.boxC.coatD.pocket
【小题7】
A.no one else’sB.another’sC.other’sD.someone else’s
【小题8】
A.butB.andC.insteadD.for
【小题9】
A.knowB.wonderC.supposeD.find
【小题10】
A.appearsB.happensC.meetsD.changes
【小题11】
A.ringB.coinC.penD.sign
【小题12】
A.realizedB.thoughtC.wantedD.decided
【小题13】
A.searchedB.rememberedC.telephonedD.asked
【小题14】
A.returnB.thankC.payD.help
【小题15】
A.thenB.soC.yetD.however
【小题16】
A.thingB.priceC.storyD.problem
【小题17】
A.comeB.putC.setD.get
【小题18】
A.personB.ringC.boxD.coat
【小题19】
A.afterB.beforeC.likeD.as
【小题20】
A.rightB.goodC.sameD.other

When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific__16_ that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to  17  . She wanted to help, 18  she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to  19  and hand out to people. When _20_ to the homeless shelter, I passed out the _21_ meals. I began making sandwiches and   22   them with the crowd. I had the containers with my  23  cookies in them and began to  24  , offering them to anyone near me.
I  25  an old gentleman and said, “ Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, “ What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I __26_, and his eyes   27   a little bit and said,  “ No one has  28   called me sir.’ So he was completely moved.
It __29_  me.
I explained I had been raised that  30  color and social status, everyone deserved(应得) respect. It   31   me to think that just because he was homeless, no one  32   him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand   33 no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every   34   person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the __35__ it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?

【小题1】
A.accidentB.incident C.eventD.affair
【小题2】
A.participate B.join C.chooseD.go
【小题3】
A.however B.butC.yet D.so
【小题4】
A.bringB.fetchC.collect D.take
【小题5】
A.arrivingB.gettingC.reaching D.coming
【小题6】
A.remainedB.remainingC.remainD.left
【小题7】
A.sharedB.gaveC.helpedD.assisted
【小题8】
A.classmate’sB.schoolmate’sC.sister’sD.family’s
【小题9】
A.walk aroundB.knock aroundC.come around D.stand around
【小题10】
A.wentB.came C.approachedD.met
【小题11】
A.hadB.calledC.wouldD.do
【小题12】
A.wateredB.criedC.tore D.dropped
【小题13】
A.alreadyB.ever C.stillD.yet
【小题14】
A.hitB.occurred C.struckD.beat
【小题15】
A.in spite ofB.regardless ofC.concerned aboutD.for fear of
【小题16】
A.strengthenedB.saddenedC.frightenedD.pleased
【小题17】
A.handed B.offeredC.provided D.supplied
【小题18】
A.whatB.when C.whether D.why
【小题19】
A.single B.poorC.ordinaryD.normal
【小题20】
A.lesson B.class C.truthD.reality

How hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.
At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you “young lady”. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you-this young lady-heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.
But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say; “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.”
“No”, they say, “your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.” Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.
Another time you tell your grandma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.
“Good, now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.” To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl can’t do such easy work.” You wish then you were a child again.
But the fact is, you are growing up, and you can’t help it. That’s the way it goes!
【小题1】The passage is told about _______ problems.

A.a growing-up boy’sB.a teenage girl’s
C.an old woman’sD.a grown-up’s
【小题2】It is clear that the writer, as a teenager, ________.
A.is pleased with the present life
B.is unhappy about growing up
C.doesn’t think her present life happy enough
D.knows happy life will come to her soon
【小题3】How does she know her prayer has been answered?
A.People treat her as a young lady.
B.She is no longer a kid.
C.People begin to call her teenager.
D.She can join women in all kinds of activities.
【小题4】From what her parents say, we know _________.
A.they don’t believe she is already a teenager
B.it’s dangerous for a girl to spend money
C.they love her more than before
D.they still regard her as a child
【小题5】Having heard her grandma’s criticism, _________.
A.she has to lie in bed, doing nothing
B.she knows she has already worked the whole afternoon
C.she wishes she were not growing up
D.she finds it isn’t her turn to do knitting

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.
“J. C.” , he replied.  
She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens’ victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic (体育的) but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.
“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.”
Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.
Owens’ Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs.
“Sure, it bothered (烦扰) me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living had to eat.”
In time, however, his gold medals (奖牌) changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”

  1. 1.

    Owens got his other name “Jesse” when _______

    1. A.
      he went to Ohio State University
    2. B.
      his teacher made fun of him
    3. C.
      his teacher took “J
    4. D.
      ” for “Jesse”
    5. E.
      he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet
  2. 2.

    In the Big Ten meet, Owens _______

    1. A.
      hurt himself in the back
    2. B.
      succeeded in setting many records
    3. C.
      tried every sports event but failed
    4. D.
      had to give up some events
  3. 3.

    We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the U.S. at that time because _______

    1. A.
      he was not of the right race
    2. B.
      he was the son of a poor farmer
    3. C.
      he didn’t shake hands with Hitler
    4. D.
      he didn’t talk to the US president on the phone
  4. 4.

    When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the medals ________

    1. A.
      have been changed for money to help him live on
    2. B.
      have made him famous in the U.S
    3. C.
      have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life
    4. D.
      have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

    1. A.
      Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete
    2. B.
      Golden Moment—a Life-time Struggle
    3. C.
      Making a Living as a Sportsman
    4. D.
      How to Be a Successful Athlete

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