Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which   1  until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the  2  street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning,lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to  3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them  4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a   5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly   6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to   7 the necklace. The earrings would cost   8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that   9 . Quick!”
With shaking   10  , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.

【小题1】
A.endedB.stayedC.stopped D.lasted
【小题2】
A.busyB.quietC.noisyD.wide
【小题3】
A.die B.escapeC.fight D.sleep
【小题4】
A.outB.awayC.offD.down
【小题5】
A.funnyB.safe C.braveD.great
【小题6】
A.handedB.threwC.passedD.put
【小题7】
A.ownB.keep C.haveD.get
【小题8】
A.cheapB.expensiveC.more D.less
【小题9】
A.afraidB.angryC.sillyD.bad
【小题10】
A.hands B.feetC.headD.body

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years

Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.

Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.

Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.

Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "

1.How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

A.4.               B.6.                C.10.              D.14.

2.When did Alexia Sloane become blind?

A.When she was born.

B.After she had a brain tumour.

C.After she became an interpreter.

D.When she was on holiday with her parents.

3.Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?

A.Richard.          B.Isabelle.           C.Melissa.           D.Robert Sturdy.

4.What is right about Alexia Sloane?

A.She can speak five language fluently.

B.She is a talented language learner.

C.She is the only child in the family.

D.She went to France on holiday after she won the award.

5.What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?

A.Never give up.                         B.Believe in yourself.

C.Nothing is impossible.                    D.Failure is the mother of success.

 

Once there was a little girl who lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill. From there she could see across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill on the other side. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. She wanted to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

When she got to an age and got enough skill and sensibility to go outside, she asked her mother if she could go for a ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.

As she arrived, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were ordinary and rather dirty, reflecting(反映出) nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict(废弃的).

So sad she didn't go any further and turned, and heart broken. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the “golden house”. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose! 

1.Which sentence is True according to the passage?

A.The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden house alone.

B.The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived.

C.What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked.

D.Actually, the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt.

2.What can we infer from the passage ?

A.The girl didn’t love or care for her parents

B.The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home

C.The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter

D.The girl made up her mind to go to the golden house at the beginning

3.The passage is intended to tell us that_____.

A.not all dreams will come true

B.girls often have amazing imagination

C.what we dream of may be just around us

D.nothing is impossible to a willing heart

 

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