Poor Tim is too nervous to start his speech. Someone should remind him________.

A. how to talk           B. whether to speak          C. what to say           D. when to tell

Poor, but so rich at heart
Two years ago, my parents died in a car accident. __(A)__then, my elder brother and I have had to work part-time to make a living. I have been working as a part-time waiter in a restaurant for six months, and now I’ve just got my salary(薪水).
I was walking back to school and saw the notice board in the lobby(大厅). There was a notice __(B)___ for donations for the earthquake. A girl called Amanda was reading the same notice.____(C)____. You could see that easily from her fancy clothes and gadgets(小玩意儿).
“Aren’t you going to donate?” I asked, (D)“People there must be having a really hard time. All their houses have been destroyed by the earthquake. They’ve got nothing ____(E)____, no place to live, nothing to eat or…”
“Sorry, I don’t have money to spend on that!” she laughed. “I have 10 new dresses to buy. I need to get a new phone. And then I’m ____(F)___ to fly to Paris for the weekend.” (G)With these words, she walked away.
I took the money from my pocket and walked to Mrs. Tawreen’s office.
“Excuse me, ma’am.” I said. “I don’t have too much for a donation, just 300 yuan. Could I just donate this?”
Mrs. Tawreen smiled: “Wow, 300 yuan, my dear? Well, (H)I have to tell you that, of all the donations we’ve received from our students so far, it’s the largest amount. And yes, you may donate right now.”
I put the notes into the donation box. Maybe my brother and I would have to miss a few meals this month, but it would make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate(幸运的) than us.
任务一：从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填入B、E、F
plan         ask         leave
【小题1】B _____________ 【小题2】E_____________  【小题3】F_____________
任务二：将文中D、G、H划线部分翻译成汉语。
【小题4】D ___________________________________________________________
【小题5】G___________________________________________________________
【小题6】H ___________________________________________________________
任务三：在A处空格中填入适当的词或短语。
【小题7】 ______________
任务四：选择适当的句子还原到文中C处。
【小题8】______________
A. She came from a poor family.
B. She couldn’t afford the donation.
C. She came from a very wealthy family
任务五：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题9】Why would the writer and his brother have to miss a few meals that month?
_______________________________________________________________
【小题10】Is the writer rich or poor at heart?
_______________________________________________________________

Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was  _21_  to work in a zoo. He was very  _22_  and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job. The boss told him that their monkey had just died and it would be two months  _23_  they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey’s place.

As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey! Take this place yourself. You look more like a monkey than I do.” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t look like a monkey, but we’ll  _24_  you up.” Martin thought about it for a while. Though he didn’t like the idea, he had to make a living after all. So he __25_  the job in the end.

The next day Martin started to work. It wasn’t  _26_ . The only thing he didn’t like was the tiger in the cage next to him. But, as there were strong bars(铁栏杆)  _27  them, he soon got used to his neighbour.

One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars. Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage. That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke him up. Martin had to _ 28_  the bars again quickly to get back into his own cage. He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move. He hid his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming. The next few seconds seemed like hours. Then he  _29  the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don’t be  __30_ , old man, I’m in the same boat as you.”

21. A. told              B. paid          C. wanted              D. chosen

22. A. sad             B. worried       C. surprised                 D. happy

23. A. before           B. since         C. after              D. ago

24. A. pick             B. dress         C. bring             D. give

25. A. took             B. gave           C. loved              D. lost

26. A. good            B. clean         C. bad              D. nice

27. A. behind           B. among        C. before            D. between

28. A. climb            B. lift             C. move                    D. jump

29. A. saw            B. heard         C. made             D. thought

30. A. angry            B. sad            C. unhappy          D. afraid