When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man bought it for a few coppers(铜钱).Between its pages there was something very interesting. It was a thin paper on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble(卵石)that could turn any common metal into gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles.

He thought that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and put them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.

The days became weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea .So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to know an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.

1.The book was special to the man because ______.

A. it was made of cotton

B. it was the only book that was saved from the great fire

C. it was a story about how to tell the touchstone from ordinary stones

D. it included the secret of the touchstone

2.The man threw pebbles into the sea ______.

A. to test how far he could throw

B. to practice throwing pebbles

C. to avoid picking up the same pebble once again

D. to express his disappointment at failing to find the touchstone

3.The story is written mainly to tell us that___________.

A. careful habits can lead to success.

B. habits can benefit you but also hold you back.

C. never judge a person or a thing by appearances.

D. opportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind

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Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be “Yes”.

In fact, things at present are like this:Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some places. And most of the time, we still have to spend some money getting into the Internet.

Here is a piece of good news. A rich organization in the USA called MDIF has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to each person on Earth.

This is because they have found out that only 60% people around the world are able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are not able to offer people something necessary to get into the web. Luckily, we may use free Wi-Fi at any place in the near future.

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Present 1.

●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it.

●Getting into the Internet 2. us some money.

What the organization will do

●MDIF has planned to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to everyone in the 3. .

Reasons

●Only 60% people around the world can get information on the Internet.

●Many countries can’t 4. people with something necessary to get into the web.

What we may do

● Use Free Wi-Fi 5. in the near future.

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