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　　When 70-year-old Bernie Meyers of Wilmette, Ill, died suddenly a cancer, his eight-year-old granddaughter Sarah Meyers didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to him．For weeks Sarah said little about what she was feeling．But then one day she came home from a friend’s birthday party with a bright helium balloon(氦气球)．“She went into the house,”her mother recalls,“and came out carrying the balloon and an envelope addressed to ‘Grandpa Bernie, in Heaven Up High．’”

　　The envelope contained a letter in which Sarah told her grandfather that she loved him and hoped somehow he could hear her．Sarah wrote her return address on the envelope, tried the envelope to the balloon and let it go．“The balloon seemed so fragile,”her mother remembers．“I didn’t think it would make it pass the trees．But it did．”

　　Two months passed．Then one day a letter arrived addressed to“Sarah Meyers’ Family”and bearing(盖有)a York, Pa(宾州)post mark．

　　“Dear Sarah, family & friends,

　　Your letter to Grandpa Bernie Meyers safely reached the address and was read by him．I understand they can’t keep material things up there, so it drifted back to Earth．Those who live in Heaven just keep thoughts, memories, love and things like that．Sarah, whenever you think about your grandpa, he know and is very close by with love．

　　Sincerely yours

　　Don Kopp(also a grandpa)

　　Kopp, a 63-year-old retired clerk, had found the letter and the nearly deflated balloon while hunting in northeastern Pennsylvania(宾夕法尼亚州)——almost 600 miles from Wilmette．The balloon had floated over at least three states and one of the Great Lakes before coming to rest on a tree．

　　“Though it took me a couple of days to think of what to say,”Kopp notes,“it was important to me that I write to Sarah．”

　　“I just wanted to hear from Grandpa somehow,”says Sarah．“Now I think I have heard from him．”

(1)

What did Sarah want to do after her grandpa died?
[　　]
A．	She wanted to say good-bye to him
B．	She wanted to post a letter to her grandpa
C．	She wanted to give her grandpa a birthday gift, a helium balloon
D．	he wanted to make an experiment with a helium balloon

(2)

How did Sarah send a letter to her grandpa?
[　　]
A．	She put the letter into the balloon
B．	She stuck the letter on the balloon
C．	She used the helium balloon to tie the letter to
D．	She wrote something on the balloon and then let it go up

(3)

Which sentence is NOT true?
[　　]
A．	The letter drifted back to Earth
B．	The letter went up to Heaven
C．	The letter was caught on a tree
D．	The letter was received by a grandpa

(4)

Who answered the letter?
[　　]
A．	Her grandpa
B．	A retired clerk
C．	A hunter
D．	Both B and C

(5)

What is the best title for the passage?
[　　]
A．	Love finds a way
B．	A letter from Heaven
C．	A surprising answer
D．	An unexpected result

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     Fayette Pinkney, once a member of The Three Degrees, died at 61 in Lansdale, Pa. She lent her strong voice
to the 1970s hits" When Will I see You Again" and" T. S. O. P. ( The Sound of Philadelphia)",the theme song of the television show Soul Train.
     The Three Degrees was formed in the early 1960s when Ms Pinkney joined with Shirley Porter and Linda
Turner. She was then still going to Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. For more than ten years, Ms Pinkney was the one who kept staying in a group whose members came and went. She sang on the group' s first single" Cee Baby", and on its 1970 hit " Maybe".
     The group ' s first two singles for Philadelphia Intemational," Dirty Ol' Man" and"I Didn ' t Know", were
small successes. But" T. S. O. P.", a mostly inStrumental piece, reached No. 1 on the pop charts (流行榜) in
1974." When Will I See You Again" which sold more than two million records reached No. 2 on the pop charts
that year.
     Their special singing made The Three Degrees very popular. The group performed with Engelbert
Humperdinck in Las Vegas; a performance in Manhattan ended up in the film The French Connection.
     After leaving The Three Degrees and recording a solo album,"One Degree" in 1979, Ms Pinkney studied at
Temple University and earned a master's degree (硕士学位) in human services at Lincoln University in
Pennsylvania in 1985. She began working as an assistant for the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She later did
the job of offering professional advice to the patients at United Behavioral Health.
     Ms Pinkney continued to sing."I travel with a special group. I do still love people and I love to make them
smile," she once said.

1. When did Fayette Pinkney join The Three Degrees?

A. After she graduated from school.
B. After The Three Degrees formed.
C. In the late 1960s.
D. In the early 1960s.

2. According to the passage, we know that " T. S. O. P." _____.

A. was Ms Pinkney' s first solo album
B. was the last song Ms Pinkney sang
C. was only a small success
D. was sung for Soul Train

3. What did Ms Pinkney do after she left The Three Degrees?

A. She did some other different jobs.
B. She performed with Engelbert Humperdinck.
C. She taught at Temple University.
D. She sang in the film The French Connection.

4. What does the last paragraph mean?

A. Ms Pinkney didn' t die at all.
B. Ms Pinkney' s songs sounded really beautiful.
C. Ms Pinkney didn' t want to leave the world.
D. Ms Pinkney will be alive in people' s hearts.

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-----Oh, Tom, what did you do this summer vacation?

-----Guess what? I had _____ great fun in _______ show performance “the voice of China”.

A. a, the B. the, the C. /,a D./, the

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We’ve all been hurt by another person at one time or another. This pain causes problems. It not only causes us to be unhappy, but can ruin relationships, distract(使分心) us from work and family and other important things, make us unwilling to open up new things.
We need to learn to let go. We need to be able to forgive, so we can move on and be happy. Forgiveness does not mean you erase the past, or forget what has happened. All it means is that you are letting go of the anger and pain, and moving on to a better place.
It’s not easy, but you can learn to do it.
Think about the advantages and disadvanges. Think of all the problems this pain causes you, and realize you need to change. Then think of the benefits of forgiveness—— how it will make you happier, free you from the past and the pain, and improve your relationships and life in general.
Try to put yourself in that person’s situation. Try to understand why the person did what he did. What could he have felt as he did it, and what did he feel afterward? How does he feel now? You aren’t saying what he did is right, but are trying to understand instead.
Understand your responsibility. Try to figure out how you could have been partly responsible for what happened. This isn’t to say you’re taking all the blame, or taking responsibility away from the other person, but to realize that we are not victims(受害者) but participants in life.
Allow peace to enter your life. As you focus on the present, try focusing on your breathing. Imagine each breath going out is the pain and the past, and imagine each breath coming in is peace, entering you and filling you up.
Title: How to let go and forgive

【小题1】 caused by being hurt	Making us unhappy; distracting from daily life; Ruining relationships; making us close to new things.
Definition of forgiveness	●Letting go of the 【小题2】 ; ●Moving on to a better place.
Benefits of forgiveness	●Making you happier; ●【小题3】 from the past and the pain; ●Improving your relationships and life in general
【小题4】	●Thinking about the advantages and disavantages; ●Trying to understand the other person as if you were in the same situation； ●Figuring out 【小题5】 ; ●Allowing peace to enter your life.

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Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter, “Is this the train to Rochester?”

“Yes,” said the porter. “but only the …Hey! Wait.” He was too 21 .Jane had raced off

22 he had finished speaking.

She had just 23 herself in a seat when the train 24 out of the station. Jane got out her book and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked 25 and glanced out of the window. “That’s 26 .” she thought . “the landscape(景色)doesn’t look 27 ,and it should; I’ve 28 this route so many times.” She was getting increasing 29 when the big, red-faced conductor walked up and asked for her 30 .

One glance was enough. He 31 his head in friendly reproach(责备) and said, “Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the 32 ticket. You 33 have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound(开往) section was 34 at the last station.

Jane’s face grew red. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a 35 to find out…” “Well,” said the conductor, “don’t `36 . You shouldn’t have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can 37 you a train going in the right 38 at Syracuse. You’ll be a couple of hours late 39 ,though .”

When Jane finally stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother 40 up to her . “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried. What on earth happened?”

“Well, Mom,” said Jane, “it’s a long story.”

1.A. busy B. early C. late D. quick

2.A. when B. then C. after D. before

3.A. settled B. took C. made D. gave

4.A. pushed B. pulled C. left D. started

5.A. around B. about C. up D. down

6.A. exciting B. interesting C. strange D. right

7.A. familiar B. beautiful C. nice D. alike

8.A. walked B. gone C. followed D. traveled

9.A. uneasy B. calm C. angry D. unhappy

10.A. money B. ticket C. book D. name

11.A. put B. shook C. raised D. nodded

12.A. wrong B. used C. only D. right

13.A. would B. must C. should D. could

14.A. joined B. turned C. connected D. separated

15.A. hurry B. trouble C. worry D. difficulty

16.A. sorry B. worry C. hurry D. regret

17.A. make B. give C. find D. get

18.A. time B. place C. station D. direction

19.A. arriving B. leaving C. going D. returning

20.A. called B. picked C. rushed D. pushed

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