The poor       woman lived        in a small house .
alone ,lonely  B. lonely ,alone  C. alone ,alone  D. lonely lonely

Mr. Smith was an old miser (守财奴). He had a lot of   16  , but he never bought anything     17 . He and his wife lived in an old house outside the town. He often went to the shop  18  in order to save some money. In the   19 , as soon as it was dark in the room, he   20 . He had no TV but bought a cheap radio and often 21 the advertisements.

The old man had no   22 , his wife was often ill. He wouldn’t send her to the hospital. He thought he would   23  much to the doctors if they looked her over. He bought a few medical books and bought some  24  for her.

One night, Mrs. Smith felt unwell. She had got a bad headache. She asked her husband to      25 a doctor, but he didn’t agree. He brought out some pills and made her  26  them. But it was no use.

The old woman began to   27  at home. Mr. Smith locked the door and went in another room and     28  there. The next morning, when he woke up, he came into her   29 to see if she was all right. But he found the poor woman had died. He hurried to the telephone, but   30  his mind at once. He ran out and shouted to the servant (佣人), “Don’t cook breakfast for Mrs. Smith this morning, Linda!”

Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie’s house was high enough to keep them safe.
Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could build their own new house. Ellie’s friends could not understand why she did so because she already had so many children to look after.
“Well,” Ellie said to her friends, “At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We will not be able to have much for Christmas. I am going to get just one present for us all. Now I will go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents, ‘Here is our present,’ she said to her own children.”
“The children were very excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sisters. I was that Christmas present.”
【小题1】How many children did Ellie had in total?

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Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house  21 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,   22 still,they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough  23 to buy food.

The swan was 24 to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my  25 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she  26 to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying  27 .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much  28 

than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her  29 .“The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all  30 feathers when she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will  31 the swan. She helps us a lot !” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the  32 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers  33 chicken feathers. Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Woman, I came to  34 you,but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will  35 come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

7.A. something   B. everything       C nothing         D anything