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　　Long, long ago, a donkey （驴） fell in a dry well. The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to think out what to do. Finally, the farmer thought the animal was too old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, so he decided not to try to save the donkey.

　　The farmer invited his neighbors to 1 him. They began to shovel （铲） dirt into the well. The donkey cried harder. Then a few shovelfuls later, he quieted down. The farmer looked 2 the well, and was surprised by what he saw.

　　While every shovelful of dirt hit his 3 , the donkey would shake（抖）it off and take a step up on the new layer （层）of dirt. 4 the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, the donkey would shake it off and take another step up.

　　Soon the donkey stepped up out of the well and ran away, to the 5 of all the neighbors.

　　The 6 we get from this story is that if life shovels some dirt on us, we must get out of the well and not let it cover us. We must learn to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our 7 is a stepping-sone（石头）. We can get out of the deepest well by never 8 !

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A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed(划) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn’t fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true stories like these in a book called Very Strange People.

Here is part of the contents(目录) of Very Strange People. The contents lists the names of the chapters(章) or parts of the book. It also tells on what page each chapter begins.

Chapter                                                            Page

One       A Dog’s Life  ..........................................3

Two      A Lucky Pilot(飞机师)  ................... ..............14

Three    High Wire Act(走钢丝)  .................... .............33

Four   Fat Men  ............................................... 41

Five     Over the Falls  .........................................43

Six      A House without an end  ................... .............53

Seven    Row, Row, Row Your Boat  ................. ..............60

Eight  The Tower Builder  ....................... ..............85

1. In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, but soon he fell back into it again! You may read about this story in Chapter _____.

2. One morning in New York City, people saw a man walking on a rope between two tall buildings. You may read this story in Chapter _____.

3. The Earl feeds his dogs better than most people do. This story may begin on Page ______.

4. Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished. So she kept on adding more and more rooms. Her story may appear on Page _____.

5. In Chapter 4, Robert could not enter any hospital room because of _____.

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. The doctors had to cut off most of his right leg to save his life. Every day Jeff puts on a man-made leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim and play soccer. He can also run.

When he was 22 years old, Jeff ran across the United States, from the East to the West. He ran 5,150 kilometers. That’s about 26 kilometers each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.

On his way, in every city people gave Jeff money. The money which Jeff received was not for Jeff himself. It was for the American Cancer Society(协会). The society used the money to learn more about cancer. At the same time, Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled.

Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: skiing, swimming, playing soccer and running. He finished college and now he is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people but also for everybody.”

1.Why did the doctors cut off most of Jeff’s right leg?

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2.How many plastic legs did Jeff wear out when he ran across the United States?

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3.What did Jeff talk to people about on his way from the East to the West?

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4.Did he only run for the disabled people?

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5.What can we learn from this story?

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A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.

For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

1.Where did this story happen?

2.Who got in the car to move the box?

3.The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

5.What do you think of the man?