One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard. Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools. I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids. When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, "Free ice cream!" To make sure of his words, I asked, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" "Free ice cream. Choose whichever you like." he said, smiling.
After I was certain that the man was just giving away the ice cream, I talked with him for a long time. He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream, and that's what he was now doing. With his mother's support, he kept doing what he loved even during hard times. Now, however, some large companies are helping him his plan.
The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their heart told them to do with their lives. I kept asking him, "So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream? It seems like a very unusual goal." "Yes, just meeting people and making them smile," he replied. At that point he handed me my ice cream. I thanked him, but what I got from him was much more than just an ice cream. It can't easily be explained in words. I believe what he is doing is exactly what a great person does all the time: small acts of big love.
【小题1】From the story we know that the writer was most probably_______ at that time.

One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard. Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools. I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids. When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, “Free ice cream!” To make sure of his words, I asked, “I’m sorry, what did you say?” “Free ice cream. Choose whichever you like.” he said smiling.

After I was certain that the man was just giving away the ice cream, I talked with him for a long time. He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream, and that’s what he was now doing. With his mother’s support, he kept doing what he loved even during hard times. Now, however, some large companies are helping him his plan.

The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their heart told them to do with their lives. I kept asking him, “So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream? It seems like a very unusual goal.” “Yes, just meeting people and making them smile,” he replied. At that point he handed me my ice cream. I thanked him, but what I got from him was much more than just an ice cream. It can’t easily be expressed in words. I believe what he was doing is exactly what great people do all the time: small acts of big love.

39. From the story we know that the writer was most probably _____ at that time.

A. a middle school student                            B. a primary school student

C. a middle school teacher                            D. a primary school teacher

40. Why did the writer ask the ice cream man what he had said again?

A. Because he was not sure whether what he had heard was true.

B. Because the ice cream truck had never been here.

C. Because the ice cream man said in a low voice.      D. Because his hearing was very poor.

41. With his mother’s and some large companies’ support, _____.

A. the man became rich                                B. the man could produce ice cream

C. the man could travel                                 D. the man realized his dream

42. That the ice cream man traveled around and gave away ice cream for free was to _____.

A. help poor students go back to school for their studies

B. make friends with people and make them happy

C. encourage people to make their dreams come true      D. tell people to do whatever they like to

Recently, binge（暴食）is becoming a major health problem in American.

“As soon as I came home I’d throw down my backpack and just start going though the refrigerator and start eating. Sandwiches, cookies, candy bars—I’d just continuously eat until I went to bed,” says Matt Wymer, 18. Matt was a binge eater.

    “You know we start at a very young age. You fall and hurt your knees. Your mother may say, ‘Oh, here, we’ll go to get some ice cream, that’ll make you feel better.’ Or when you go to the doctor, something bad happens: The doctor says, ‘Oh, here’s something that’s comforting’, and you get a candy,” says Marilyn Tanner, a doctor.

Matt looked for comfort because he was always laughed at because of his weight.

“There’d be days when I’d come and pick him up from school and he’d get in the car and start crying before I asked him anything,” says Cathy Wymer, Matt’s mother.

“I’d just feel better after I ate a lot,” says Matt.

Experts say the first step of treatment for binge eaters is to help them find other ways, besides food, to feel better. “There are about five basic ways: You write, you talk, you cry, you exercise or you laugh,” says Genie Burnett, a psychologist.

With the help of his doctor, Matt started a diet and a daily workout. He’s lost more than 150 pounds, he’s healthier and he says he’d be more confident.

1 From the second paragraph we can learn that ________.

A. Matt is very busy at home every day

B. Matt goes to bed very late at night

C. Matt suffers from an eating disorder

D. Matt is too hungry to go to bed

2Marilyn Tanner mainly tells us that ________.

A. eating disorder begins when children are young

B. children would like to have some ice cream

C. young children fall and hurt their knees easily

D. doctors use candies to comfort the children

3Matt would start crying as soon as he got in the car because ________.

A. he had nothing to eat at the moment

B. his mother didn’t allow him to eat anything

C. he was laughed at by others at school

D. his mother asked him something bad

4 Matt has become more confident by ________.

A. working hard at school                       B. talking and laughing a lot  

C. losing some weight                                   D. reading and writing a lot