A moment later the robbers' captain came to the rock and said in a loud voice,“Open, Sesame!”Immediately a door opened in the robbers entered and the door shut again.

　　After a long time the door opened and the robbers came out. Then the captain said“Shut,Sesame!”And the door closed at once. Then the robbers got on their horses and rode away. Ali Baba came up to the rock and said,“Open, Sesame!”The door opened. He saw all kinds of diamonds and gold in the cave. He filled several bags with gold and diamonds. He put the bags on his donkeys. Then he said, Shut,“Sesame!”The door closed at once and he rode back to the town.

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    There was a famous church in London．It was 110 meters high．The center of the church was like a bell．The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform（平台）was built so that the artist could put up a ladder（梯子）on it and paint the ceiling．The platform was about 70 meters over the ground．

    One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling．Also on the platform was his assistant，who was mixing paints．The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing．To have a better look at his painting，he stepped back again．Suddenly，his assistant shouted，picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top．The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him．

    “What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily．“Are you mad?” His assistant replied．“I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting．But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform．You were in great danger．I wanted to make you move forwards．If I had not made you run forwards．you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform．”

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．The story happened in _______．

A．America                B．France                 C．Germany                D．England

2．Why did the artist step back again?

A．To see how his work was progressing．

B．To have a better look at his painting．

C．To paint a bowl in his painting．

D．To pour some paint on his painting．

3．What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He painted a famous painting himself．

B．He ran forwards to stop him．

C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting．

D．He stopped mixing the paints．

4．Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?

Note：a：artist；b：assistant；c：painting；4．←：the direction of the movement

5．After reading the passage，what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done

B．He would punish（惩罚）the assistant for having destroyed his painting．

C．He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life．

D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more．

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 there, 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.
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(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
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 special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
In the early morning, 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 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 gave her a hug(拥抱). She held on me and said, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
【小题1】The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.