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Question: I come from a poor family, and my parents do what they can to pay for my education. What I want to do is let my parents live a happy and comfortable life. Where can I find riches? Do I need to leave school and find a well-paid job?

Answer: You are a considerate child.   1  An African farmer heard tales about other farmers who discovered diamond mines. These tales excited the farmer so much that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and hunt for diamonds himself.

So he sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent, searching unsuccessfully for the gleaming （闪烁的）stones.   2  

Meanwhile, back on the farm, the man who had bought his farm happened to be crossing a small stream on the farm one day.   3  He picked it up. It was a sparkling stone — a good size stone — and, admiring it, he later put it on his mantel（壁炉架）.

Several weeks later, a visitor looked closely at it, then he nearly became unconscious. He told the farmer it was one of the largest diamonds ever discovered. The farmer said that the stream was full of these brilliant stones, and his farmland was covered with them.   4  

If the first farmer had taken time to study and prepare himself — to learn what diamonds looked like in their rough state w and to thoroughly explore the farm he had before looking elsewhere, his wildest dreams would have come true.   5  

A．I’d like to give you some advice on how to find the riches.

B．Now do you have any idea of what you should do to find the riches?

C．Finally, he threw himself into a river and drowned.

D．However, something special he was carrying dropped into the stream.

E. Needless to say, the farm turned out to be the most productive diamond mine.

F. Before I answer your questions, I want to tell you a story.

G. Suddenly he saw something gleaming at the bottom of the stream.

Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, strict man—not the kind of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager knowing little about life, I wanted a father who could  【小题1】 the mysteries of the human journey. In college, when friends called home for  【小题2】, I would become  【小题3】 for what I didn’t have.
Then one night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, he  【小题4】 the problem with me. Obviously my knowledge of law helped him a lot. I talked through the problem with him,  【小题5】 the motives of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies.
He  【小题6】 patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I’m a  【小题7】 man.”
My father is a  【小题8】 scientist who has a good knowledge of the building blocks of nature.  【小题9】, human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized he was simply not skilled at  【小题10】 people. It’s not in his  【小题11】 to understand human desires.
It was no one’s  【小题12】 that my father showed no interest in human emotions while I placed great importance on them. We are sometimes born more sensitive, and dreamy than our  【小题13】 and become more curious, and idealistic than them.  【小题14】 I, who knew my father as an intelligent man, had never understood his intelligence didn’t cover all of my  【小题15】 feelings.
I believe that coming home has  【小题16】 me years of questions and confusion. I nowadays consider my parents as people who have other relationships than just being my parents, relationships that  【小题17】 and define them.
Best of all, I nowadays regard my parents as  【小题18】: people who ask me for advice; people who need my  【小题19】 and understanding. And I’ve come to see my past in a  【小题20】 view. Knowing them makes me feel safe in where I come from and where I’m going.

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A few years ago I was at an international conference with nearly 700 participants. One afternoon I_1  a very crowded talk by a famous author. The hall filled quickly and soon there were no  2   left , so many dozens of people were standing around the edges.

I saw a very elderly man, stooped(驼背的) slightly with age,   3   against the wall. I immediately got up, told those sitting beside me to   4   the place for him and made my way to him. When I offered my seat to him , he looked  5    and started to refuse , but I would have   6   of that. He asked me my name and thanked me deeply, and then made his  7   back into my row and sat comfortably. Many people who  8   our exchange turned to say what a kind thing I had done. I kept saying , “it’s nothing  9  . I m from Canada, it’s normal for us to help other people!” 

A few minutes later, the man sitting next to the elderly man  10   to leave the hall for another talk and the elderly man   11   to me to return and sit beside him.   12   I resisted, thinking someone else might need it more, but people sitting around him started to repeat my  13 , asking me to come and sit! So I returned and sat beside the gentleman for the  14  .

when the talk was over ,the man thanked me again and  15   asked if I knew who he was . I had no idea. He then looked quite delighted and  16  me a household name that I recognized immediately!

I was astonished to have been sitting next to him,  17  he was excited to think I had given up my seat for him  18   knowing who he was! Again I had to tell him where I come from , and it’s the  19   thing to do! I have felt more blessed to be a Canadian since that day, for seeing how easy it is to  20  someone and how rare it seemed to so many people.

1. A. missed            B. gave           C. expected         D. attended

2. A. seats              B. rooms         C. topics            D. rows

3. A. turning            B. walking        C. leaning           D. lying

4. A. move             B. spare          C. take              D. hold

5. A. glad              B. satisfied        C. disappointed       D. surprised

6. A. nothing           B. none           C. something         D. anything

7. A. living            B. fortune           C. direction           D. way

8. A. witnessed         B. confirmed         C. remembered        D. experienced

9. A. easy             B. popular            C. special            D. funny

10. A. agreed           B. refused             C. chose             D. forgot

11. A. sent             B. signaled            C. rolled             D. said

12. A. At last           B. At least             C. At most           D. At first

13. A. action            B. name              C. dream            D. address

14. A. game            B. discussion           C. course            D. talk  

15. A. quietly           B. loudly.              C. proudly           D. angrily  

16. A. shared            B. told                C. asked             D. answered  

17. A. as if              B. even if             C. so                D .but  

18. A. by               B. without              C. through           D. after

19. A. strange           B. secret               C. normal            D. hard  

20. A. help              B. accept              C. praise            D. trust   

SINGAPORE - Singapore on Thursday stuck to its I8-year ban on the import and sale of chewing gum (口香糖), which has become an international symbol of the city-state's image as a strict society.                                     
"The government stands by its decision to ban chewing gum. Chewing gum has not been a significant problem since that ban took effect, there have been concerns that lifting the ban on chewing gum could result in chewing gum litter and weaken ongoing efforts to control littering." Maliki Osman, parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of National Development, told parliament.
Osman said as the reason for the imposition (强迫接受) of the ban is still suitable,  "the government's position is that the ban shall remain." He was responding to a question in parliament from Denise Phua, a fellow member of the ruling People's Action Party who argued that the ban had been used to criticize its tough governance laws.
"I think this ban ... now needs a re-thinking. Surely Singapore will not consider banning sweets because of sweet wrapper litter or ice-cream stick litter," she said.
Singapore, known worldwide for its high-quality clean image, banned the import and sale of chewing gum in 1992 in a bid to cope with the problem of people sticking the gum on chairs, tables, lifts and other public areas.
One of the key reasons for the ban had been the disturbance of services on Singapore's subway train system because of chewing gum being stuck on the doors and causing delays. Singapore partially lifted the ban in 2004 by allowing the sale of chewing gum used for health reasons, such as dental health gum, after the conclusion of a US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
Australian tourist Hazel Lane, 48, said keeping the ban on chewing gum was sure Singaporeans wouldn't want to spoil their "ridiculous" and she told AFP that she's own environment and their own image. Angel Wong, 34, a tourist from Hong Kong, however, welcomed the news. She said,  "I come from a country that doesn't have the ban and there's always chewing gum all over the floor, To me the ban doesn't change my image of Singapore so it’s a good thing because it keeps the environment clean."
1. The ban on the import and sale of chewing gum was started in 1992 ______.
A. when people began to buy the gum everywhere
B. to bid to stop people sticking the gum in the public
C. because the gum delayed the subway
D. when the country was in a bid to show its city-state's clean image
2. What can we learn about the ban according to Maliki Osman?
A. The government will keep it ongoing forever.
B. It will lead to littering the chewing gum everywhere.
C. More and more concerns about the ban will make chewing gum out of control
D. Banning chewing gum is still one of the important jobs of the government now.
3. According to what Denise Phua said in paragraph 4, we can know that she ______.
A. would say yes to the ban
B. would think more about the ban again
C. would like the government to take the ban on second thought
     D. argued that the ban should be cancelled
4. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. whether the ban needs changing or not has become a problem to be discussed
B. Singapore's subway train system was delayed by chewing gum
C. chewing gum will soon be banned in many countries
D. only the ban has led to the friendly environment in Singapore
5. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. There is such a ban in China and Australia.
B. Different people have their own ideas about the ban.
C. The ban is either welcomed by China or by Australia.
D. The ban does good to keep the environment clean.

I come from a city on the United States’east coast. It’s a ten-hour flight for me to get home from Shanghai. When I got off the plane, I took photos of the blue sky and white clouds along the way. After two weeks, I returned to Shanghai. Much to my surprise, the blue sky in Shanghai that I liked before was not as blue as that in the US. I couldn’t help wondering what had happened.

A few days later, I went to tour Waitan (a famous tourist attraction in Shanghai) by the Huangpu River with some of my friends. There we saw five Ferrari sports cars by the side of the road. The red and yellow cars looked so nice that everyone was looking at them. However, when I turned my head, I noticed the sky over Waitan, I was shocked to find that the buildings in the Lujiazui area on the other side of Huangpu River could hardly be seen. It was then that I realized that Ferrari cars could be bought with money, but a blue sky couldn’t.

Shanghai is an important economic (经济的) and trade center in China. It has made great contributions (贡献) to the whole nation’s economic development. However, we need to protect the environment during economic growth. Pollution is poisoning our air and our rivers. Without clean air and rivers, how will people be able to survive?

1.The author mentioned the Ferrari sports cars in order to _______.

A．tell us that Shanghai is a developed city

B．ask us to stop driving sports cars

C．tell us how much people like cars

D．focus our attention on air pollution

2.What can we learn about the author?

A．He comes from Shanghai.

B．He likes to visit different places.

C．He wants to buy a Ferrari sports car.

D．He is socially responsible (责任).

3.Who might be interested in this passage?

A．Those who love Ferrari sports cars.

B．Those who care about the environment.

C．Those who want to travel in Shanghai.

D．Those who like to take photos.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A．Money Can Buy Ferraris, But Not a Blue Sky

B．Where People Should Live

C．Different Opinions on Cars

D．Different Places Have Different Skies