“如果你信念坚定，你只需要坚信所发生每一个结果都对你有利。也许过一段时间之后，你就会明白了”。相信这样主题的阅读表达文章能够让学生受益匪浅。

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.

The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.

As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,

“Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.

After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.

When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused. The second family had little but ___________________, and you let the cow die.

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied.

“When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it. ”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem. ”

Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until sometime later.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

The couple shared their little food with the two angels and then spared their bed for the two angels to rest for a good night willingly.

3. Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（within ten words）

4. Do you think life is equal for the two families? And why? （within 30 words）

5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C and D．Fill each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context．

In the past, man didn’t have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 36   .

Today things are 37  , and the world has become too  38  . We’re using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are   39   our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not survive.

Everyone 40   today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 41   , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we   42  to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.

We know that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we’ll die.  43  , in most countries wastes are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 44   laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the 45   of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food . What can we do to solve these problems? 

If we eat more vegetables and less meat there will be more food available for every one. Land that is used to grow crops   46   five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.

The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 47    in the future.

1.A. beautiful       B. unlimited       C. rare              D. valuable

2.A. common       B. the same         C. changeable         D. different

3.A. crowded       B. small            C. dirty             D. busy

4.A. protecting      B. saving           C. polluting           D. fighting

5.A. wonders       B. realizes          C. considers          D. discovers

6.A. poles         B. boats            C. methods            D. ideas

7.A. continue       B. have             C. ought                 D. go on

8.A. Thus              B. However       C. Generally speaking    D. Therefore

9.A. too many      B. a few           C. some                 D. few

10.A. production     B. pollution           C. population             D. revolution

11.A. feeds          B. increases           C. supplies          D. helps

12.A. nature         B. sea             C. planet            D. forest

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　　In the year 1666 there was a terrible disease in London. Thousands of people died every week. The disease was 1 by fleas(跳蚤), which lived in clothes. When people started to feel 2 , they sneezed(打喷嚏). Then they had a high temperature－and in less than a week they died.

　　The village of Eyam is in the north of England. People there heard of the terrible 3 in London. They were very happy that London was 4 .

　　One day a man arrived from 5 . He brought with him lots of different things 6 . Among these things there was some cloth. On it were the 7 “Made in London”.

　　Two days later, a boy sneezed. He said he had a 8 . Nobody worried much, but soon he was 9 with a high temperature. The next day, the boy 10 died, and another two people 11 to sneeze.

　　At once the village people held a meeting to 12 what to do. An old man said,“If people run away from this village, they 13 carry the disease with them. Then the disease will be carried to other 14 . and thousands of people will die. We must 15 other people outside our village don’t 16 this terrible disease.”

　　The people of Eyam 17 the old man. In this way they 18 the population of the other villages from the terrible disease. 19 , 40% of the population of Eyam died from the disease, The disease itself 20 . The people who were still living were able to visit people outside the village again.

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Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C and D．Fill each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context．

In the past, man didn’t have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 36   .

Today things are 37  , and the world has become too  38  . We’re using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are   39   our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not survive.

Everyone 40   today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 41   , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we   42  to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.

We know that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we’ll die.  43  , in most countries wastes are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 44   laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the 45   of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food . What can we do to solve these problems? 

If we eat more vegetables and less meat there will be more food available for every one. Land that is used to grow crops   46   five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.

The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 47    in the future.

A. beautiful       B. unlimited         C. rare              D. valuable

A. common       B. the same         C. changeable          D. different

A. crowded       B. small            C. dirty             D. busy

A. protecting      B. saving           C. polluting       D. fighting

A. wonders       B. realizes          C. considers          D. discovers

A. poles         B. boats            C. methods             D. ideas

A. continue       B. have              C. ought                 D. go on

A. Thus          B. However       C. Generally speaking    D. Therefore

A. too many      B. a few           C. some                  D. few

A. production     B. pollution         C. population             D. revolution

A. feeds          B. increases         C. supplies          D. helps

A. nature         B. sea           C. planet            D. forest

Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C and D．Fill each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context．
In the past, man didn’t have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 36  .
Today things are 37  , and the world has become too  38  . We’re using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are  39  our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not survive.
Everyone 40   today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 41  , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we   42  to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We know that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we’ll die.  43  , in most countries wastes are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 44   laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the 45   of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food . What can we do to solve these problems? 
If we eat more vegetables and less meat there will be more food available for every one. Land that is used to grow crops   46  five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 47   in the future.