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　　Mr Green lives in a village. He has a few farms and is the richest there. And he has pigs, chicks, cows and sheep. He works in the fields with some workers, and his wife has to do all housework at home. So she's very busy and asks her husband to employ a girl to help her, but he doesn't agree.

　　“There're so many chicks, dear,” said the woman one day, “I can't look after them at all.”

　　“That's easy,” said Mr Green. “There's Mr Black's farm outside our enclosure walls and the chicks. We'd better make a few holes in the walls and chicks will go to his farm through them and eat his vegetables.”

　　“That's a good idea!” the woman said happily.

　　And soon Mr Black knew about it. He told Mr Green and his wife about it. They promised they would stop their chicks doing it but they didn't keep their promises at all. The man thought for a while and found a way. He put nearly twenty eggs near the holes one afternoon. And that evening, when Mrs Green was counting her chicks, he cried out in his farm, “Oh, I'm lucky today! I've found twenty eggs in my farm.”

　　Of course, the woman saw it herself. And the next morning Mr Black found all the holes had been stopped up(堵死).

1．The Greens and the Blacks live ________.

[　　]

A．in the different villages

B．in the same town

C．far from each other

D．next to each other

2．Mrs Green is busy because ________.

[　　]

A．she has a few farms

B．she has to do much housework

C．she has to help her husband

D．she isn't strong enough to do all

3．Mr Green doesn't agree with his wife because ________.

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A．he has little money to employ a helper for his wife

B．he thinks his wife is very lazy

C．he tries his best to save money

D．he has enough time to help her to do some housework

4．Mr Green made some holes in the walls to ________.

[　　]

A．let his chicks go to Mr Black's farm

B．lay(产) some eggs in Mr Black's fields

C．make Mr Black angry

D．watch his chicks

5．The Greens thought ________, so they stopped up the holes night.

[　　]

A．Mr Black would kill their chicks

B．their hens laid the eggs in Mr Black's fields

C．Mr Black's chicks would go to their farms

D．Mr Black would tell the police about it

　 Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice. I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the mete.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I pay for you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She hugged me tightly, too. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

46. How was the old woman?

A. She was fine, but she wanted to have a family. 　B. She missed her hometown very much.　　

C. She was ill, but not serious. 　　　　　　　　 D. She was ill and she was dying..

47. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city　 　B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money　　　 　　D. reach the destination on time

48. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A. wanted to do her a favor　　　　　　　 　 B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance　 D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

49. What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.　　　　　　　　　 　

B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

50.What’s the best title for the passages?

A. Under The Same Roof 　　　　 B. Unlucky Woman　

C. Hard Life 　　　　　　　　　 D. Great Doctors and helpless woman

One day I was watching a movie at home and tears dropped from my eyes as I saw a touching scene. My three-year-old son came to me and asked me why I was crying. I   31  slient as I couldn’t explain to him it was just an emotional thing. To my surprise, he  32   my face with his little hand and said, ” Dear Mom, stop crying! You see  33   will be fine. You’re my good girl. So just get up and let’s get ready for school.” On hearing him saying this to me I could not help  34   .It was so funny for a child to say so .Later I  35   that he had repeated(重复) almost the  36   thing that I told him when he was crying.

The first time a child begins to speak, he tries to  37   what his parents have been telling him for a long time. Usually parents  38  with the words ”Mama” ,”Papa” and so on .But as the child  39   learning and possibly starts speaking on his own without being  40   ,we as parents always forget he’s still being tutored by us. The only difference is that we’re now doing that in a more   41   way than before. We always use words that we don’t want our child to say, and when he says those words, we  42    where he has learned them. Even then , some of us don’t realize that the child has learned the words only from us only. 43   We start to put the blame ( 指责) on either his friends or somebody who has talked to him when we are not present.

So if you want your child to have perfect   44   , you’ll have to set a good example to him. And if you can’t do this, you have no right to expect your child to have such a thing. After all, the parents’ words and behavior have a great  45   over his child.

31. A. became          B. got           C. set          D. kept

32. A. touched         B. hit           C. smelled      D. tasted

33. A. something       B. everything    C. nothing      D. anything

34. A. singing         B. shouting      C. laughing     D. crying

35. A. suggested       B. thought       C. realized     D. believed

36. A. strange         B. bad           C. same         D. exciting

37. A. ask             B. copy          C. practice     D. decide

38. A. start           B. deal          C. end          D. live

39. A. considers       B. hates         C. practices    D. continues

40. A. taught          B. watched       C. given        D. advised

41. A. same            B. similar       C. active       D. passive

42. A. wonder          B. doubt         C. believe      D. suppose

43. A. Though          B. Still         C. Besides      D. Instead

44. A. education       B. life          C. behavior     D. health

45. A. influence       B. use           C. scene        D. sight