I’m an American and I’m an English teacher in Beijing. I’ve 　1　 here for more than ten years. It’s possible 　2　 me to stay here all my life.

I remember when I first came to Beijing, I saw old houses 　3　. The roads were narrow. Usually a big family crowded (拥挤) 　4　 a small and dark house. But now the roads are 　5　 and people’s living conditions have improved a lot. 　6　 some changes seem to be not so good. 　7　, there were several rows of tall trees with a long history in front of our buildings, but for 　8　 the road wide, people cut them down. What a 　9　!

My parents live in New York, 　10　 I go home every other year. But every time when I stayed there for a few days, I begin to miss my home in Beijing.

(   ) 1.A. lived               B. left            C. studied                     D. learned

(   ) 2.A. of               B. for               C. with                    D. at

(   ) 3.A. anywhere        B. where             C. everywhere                     D.nowhere

(   ) 4.A. to               B. out               C. into                     D. with

(   ) 5.A. wide              B. clean            C. dirty                        D. narrow

(   ) 6.A. Because         B. But                   C. So                           D. Since

(   ) 7.A. Of course      B. For example   C. At times     D. Such as

(   ) 8.A. showing       B. making       C. building      D. digging

(   ) 9.A. pleasure        B. surprise       C. change    D. pity

(   ) 10.A. and                B. but                 C. for         D. because

I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.                       
“What for?” I asked.
“I’m going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.    
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over. “I’m busy to
do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help." I said.
A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading. " Stones. One Dollar Each”. He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.
After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn't.
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn't hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted. "I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar — if you believe in yourself, you can do anything."
【小题1】Why didn't the writer help his son?

There was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The plane began to fall down. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes (降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses.

“I must go,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes and jumped out. The first person stood up, “I’m a doctor,” he said. “I help people live longer and I save lives.” He took a parachute and jumped out.

The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to attend an important match. I know I will win the game because I’ll be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.

Two men were left---an old businessman and a young mountain climber. At this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “ Young man, I am old but you are still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled. “Don’t worry,” He said. “ We can both jump out because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever man jumped out with my backpack.”

1.All the people became worried because_________.

A. they couldn’t find the parachutes          B. they saw the pilot jump out first

C. they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enough parachutes for each person.

D There was too much smoke and they couldn’t jump out from the plane.

2.The clever man jumped out with_________.

3.All the people thought of themselves except____________.

4.Who do you think was the most kind-hearted man?

A the pilot、B the mountain climber  C the businessman     D the doctor

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It was one of the hottest days of the dry season.  If we didn't see any rain soon, we would lose everything.
One day when I was in the kitchen, I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking towards the forest. He was clearly trying to be as still as possible.   Several minutes after, he had gone into the forest, he ran out again, towards. the house.  This activity went on for an hour, walking carefully to the forest and running back to the house.  I really wanted to know what Billy was doing.
Finally I followed him into the forest.  I found that he was holding a cup of water. He walked very carefully not to drop the water.
I saw a baby deer lying on the ground.  It lifted its head to drink the water in my son's cup.  After the deer drank up, Billy jumped up and ran back to the house to get more water.  When he saw me, he said, "I'm not wasting. " I found that his eyes were filled with tears.
“I know. " I watched the most beautiful heart working so hard to save another life.Tears ran down my face.  As my tear drops began to hit the ground, other drops and more drops and more suddenly joined them   I looked up at the sky.   It was raining.
Some people would say this was all just a huge coincidence  (巧合).   Those miracles(奇迹)  don't really exist （存在).  Ｉ would like to believe it was a miracle.   All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm just like the actions of one little boy saved a life.
【小题1】We can know the writer was _______.