A man went to a farm．While he was there，he saw a pig with a wooden leg．This surprised him so much．He decided to ask the farmer about it．

    “This isn't a common pig and l am very lucky to have him．”said the farmer．“Only two days ago there was a fire in chicken shed(鸡舍)when 1 was away from the farm．The pig noticed this and immediately let all the chickens out into the yard．He then phoned the firemen(消防员)and asked them for help．”

    “AIso．a few weeks ago，when I was driving my truck down a steep hill，the truck hit a tree and 1 was badly hurt．The pig rushed to the truck and pulled me out of just before the truck caught fire．”

    When the farmer was just about to tell another story，the man said，“Yes, yes，but what about the wooden leg?”

    “Well．”said the farmer，“when you’ve got a pig as good as that，you don’t eat it all at once”

    (    ) 1.The man was surprised because he saw a farmer with a wooden leg.

    (    ) 2.The pig was very unusual and the farmer was proud of it.

    (    ) 3.The farmer was once saved by the pig.

    (    ) 4.The pig lost a leg while he was trying to save the farmer's chickens.

My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon, Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

One Saturday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still there. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack could stand it no longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.

1.From the story, we know that Jack is ________.

A. Dick’s good friend      B.  a large police dog     C.  a young man

2.Where does Dick walk with his dog every Saturday afternoon?

A . In his room           B. In the street          C.  In the park

3.Jack became very worried one afternoon because ______.

A. he couldn’t be taken out for a walk at the usual time.

B. a young man came to visit Dick that afternoon.

C. Dick walked around his room several times.

4.What does the word “stand” mean in the passage?

A 站立         B理解       C忍受

5.Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?

A. Try to take the man laugh.

B. Like the young man very much.

C .Ask the young man to leave.

Peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier (边界) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __36__ the hill towards the frontier, __37__ a bike with grass on it. When the bike __38__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __39__ him take the grass off. Then he would examine the straw very __40__ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets __41__ he let him tie (捆绑) the grass again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __42 __ to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found __43__. He was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not __44__ to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked __45__ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets __46__ usual, he __47__ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things __48__ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I promise I shall not tell __49__ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for __50__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."

Many years ago there lived two brothers in London. They were both very rich. They had   1   ideas about money. They were quarrelling（争吵）about what would happen if a poor man could  2  a million pound note. One thought that anyone with such a note would have   3  he wanted; the other thought that it would be   4  for him to get anything with the note（钞票）.They couldn’t agree with each other. So they   5  to make a bet (打赌).
It happened that a young man named Henry was wandering through the street that day, who had come to Britain only chance.  6  home and job, he looked pale（苍白的）and  7  . Suddenly he saw an apple   8   away by a child. The man was so hungry that he was thinking of picking it up to eat. Just as he was   9 out his hand, he heard a voice calling him. He looked up and saw the two   10. They gave him an envelope. They told him not to open it until two o’clock. They said, “Nothing but money in it.” Then they left…

One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard. Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools. I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids. When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, "Free ice cream!" To make sure of his words, I asked, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" "Free ice cream. Choose whichever you like." he said, smiling.
After I was certain that the man was just giving away the ice cream, I talked with him for a long time. He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream, and that's what he was now doing. With his mother's support, he kept doing what he loved even during hard times. Now, however, some large companies are helping him his plan.
The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their heart told them to do with their lives. I kept asking him, "So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream? It seems like a very unusual goal." "Yes, just meeting people and making them smile," he replied. At that point he handed me my ice cream. I thanked him, but what I got from him was much more than just an ice cream. It can't easily be explained in words. I believe what he is doing is exactly what a great person does all the time: small acts of big love.
【小题1】From the story we know that the writer was most probably_______ at that time.