Mum went to Peter’s bed and said, “I want to borrow Tim’s radio for you.” Peter touched the letter in his pocket and said, “Thanks, Mum ! But you are so tired now.” “Today I want to send you a special gift on the radio. It will surprise you. I will come back soon.” Mum said and quickly left in the heavy snow.

Peter took out the letter. He got it in the afternoon. Mum didn’t know about it. Mum wrote in the letter: The 26^th of this month is my son Peter’s birthday. Could you please bless(祝福）him on Happy Family? He has been ill for one month. The radio station wrote on the top: I’m sorry to tell you that we have canceled(取消） this program.

Mum came back with a radio. She walked very slowly. There were lots of snow on her clothes. And the program began quickly.

Next Peter got very surprised. “Originally(原来），we planned to cancel this program, but lots of people like it very much. Now, let’s bless the following people together, Kate, Martin, Linda...”The list was long. Mum was too tired and she fell asleep. Peter didn’t hear his name to the end. But he was quite moved(被感动). He woke up Mum, “Mum, I heard my name just now. They said I am a very good boy. I am very happy. Thank you for your nice birthday gift, Mum!” Mum smiled with tears. Peter also smiled with tears. He believed it was the best birthday gift for him.  

根据短文内容判断正（T) 误（F)

1.Mum went out to borrow a radio for Peter.

2.It was rainy on Peter’s birthday.

3.Mum didn’t know that the radio station had planned to cancel the program.

4.Mum was too busy to listen to the program.

5.Peter was moved because he heard his name on the radio.

完形填空
Once, a king showed two men a large basket(篮子) in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well(井). After they  1  their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last, one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish(愚蠢的) work? We can   2  fill the basket.”  The other man answered, “That is   3  of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I’m not going to work at something so   4 .” He   5  his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying  6 . Finally, the well was almost   7 .
As he poured(倒) the last bucket(桶) of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it   8 . It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came.   9 _ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You   10  so well in this little thing,” he said, “that now I know I can believe you with many things.”

— _____do you like the cakes in our shop?

—They’re very______. I will come here more often in the future.

A . What ; hard     B. What; delicious    C. How; bad    D  How ; delicious

I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten(幼儿园) party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes.

I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change(零钱). It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank(猪形储蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money. “

It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that. “I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills(纸币) and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and touching(令人感动的) as all these strangers seemed to react(反应) with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”

I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this. “ The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I was left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”

1.What is this passage mainly about?

A. Love and goodness.                       B. Culture and tradition.

C. Friendship and honesty.                  D. Communication and understanding.

2.Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A. Because the boy had saved some money.     

B. Because they both didn’t need to give anything.

C. Because the cashier didn’t look down on the boy.

D. Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy. 

3.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy’s shirt.

b. The cashier counted the boy’s money.

c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.

d. The boy went to the line to pay.

A. b, a, c, d           B. b, c, a, d           C. d, b, c, a           D. d, c, a, b