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最近，中央电视台推出的《朗读者》节目受到广大观众的喜爱，节目通过嘉宾朗读的方式分享自己的心得和故事。作为学生的你，也学过“Tom Sawyer Paints the fence”，“The gift of Magi”等故事。相信你还读过其他书或故事，请你以“My favorite book (or story)”为题，写一篇英语短文介绍你印象深刻、喜欢的书或故事，并谈谈你的感想。

注意事项：（1）词数：80 词左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；

（2）内容必须包括下图的要点，需适当发挥；

（3）文中不能出现本人真实的人名和校名，否则答案作废。

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提示词：what, when, where, what happened

I would like to share my favorite book ( or story ) with you.

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I want to be a ____.

A. engineer B. Art teacher C. scientist D. actor

I like the coat a lot．Can I________?

A. try it on B. try on it C. try them on D. try on them

Where are the speakers?

A. B. C.

A gift in a wrong place brings unexpected happiness．

Since I came to my new neighbourhood，I have had the pleasure of meeting a few neighbours．They seem to be quite ____ people. For Christmas，I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbours that I know.I sat down and ____.There were nine neighbours，and I also knew which houses they lived in．

However，I decided to ____ one more person to my list，the lady I met every morning walking to work as I drove down the street. She always managed a sweet smile and a hearty wave（挥手），____ I had no idea which house she lived in．

My gift idea was to make small ____ baskets and leave them on each of my neighbour’s front porches（门廊）the night of Chrismas Eve．I kept the last one for the friendly lady，since I was still not exactly sure where she lived—____ the house down about where I met her each morning. Finally I decided to put it there. My neighbours really enjoyed the baskets and a couple even came by to ____ me．

This morning on my way to work，I placed my mail in the mailbox and noticed a Thank You card．I opened it and read the ____ which really caught me by surprise．

The card said，“Thank you for those lovely apples and strawberries you left on the porch of Tod. He ____ on January 19，but he never stopped talking about how nice it was that someone ____him in his time of illness. He really enjoyed it．”

I was very _____． I had no idea who Tod was or that he had been seriously ____．I had left that nice lady’s basket on Tod’s porch by accident．I believe that Tod never expected to have that basket. I feel ____ that the nice lady did not get a basket from me this Christmas，but I believe that if she knew what had happened，she would ____ me．

I feel lucky to have helped Tod be more cheerful in his last days．This just makes me further believe that sometimes ____ in life are beautiful．

1.A. rich B. kind C. strong D. shy

2.A. imagined B. rested C. counted D. watched

3.A. send B. add C. connect D. put

4.A. but B. so C. unless D. because

5.A. flower B. food C. vegetable D. fruit

6.A. clearly B. certainly C. maybe D. simply

7.A. thank B. protect C. encourage D. touch

8.A. advice B. story C. notice D. message

9.A. passed away B. ran away C. drove away D. flew away

10.A. invited B. remembered C. trusted D. accepted

11.A. nervous B. relaxed C. surprised D. satisfied

12.A. painful B. wrong C. hurt D. ill

13.A. worried B. sorry C. helpless D. afraid

14.A. understand B. punish C. stop D. doubt

15.A. jokes B. problems C. mistakes D. gifts

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The express0ion was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States.“Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers throughout the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they .

A. want to be as rich as their neighbors

B. want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. don’t want others to know they are rich

D. want to look like their neighbors

2.It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to .

A. live outside New York City B. live in New York City

C. live in apartments D. live with many neighbors

3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because at

that time “Jones” is in the United States.

A. an important name B. a popular name

C. his neighbor’s name D. not a good name

4.According to Arthur Momand’s story, which of the following is Not True ?

A. Arthur Momand earned a lot of money every week.

B. Arthur Momand hired a servant and gave big parties.

C. Arthur Momand moved back to a flat in New York City.

D. Arthur Momand married a wealthy wife in the neighborhood.

5.According to the last sentence underlined, what’s the writer’s attitude towards

“keeping up with the Joneses” ?

A. It is very common to keep up with the Joneses.

B. It is very easy to keep up with the Joneses.

C. It is difficult to always keep up with the Joneses.

D. It is never too tired to keep up with the Joneses.

Balzac (巴尔扎克)was a great French writer. He was famous for Father Goriot . But he was poor before he became famous. He lived in a dirty and wet room and was often worried about food. All of his friends were very poor and they couldn’t help him.

On a winter night, it was very cold. The wind blew and it was snowing heavily. Balzac went to bed early but couldn’t fall asleep. He didn’t eat any food before he went to bed. He was really hungry. He thought and thought, but he couldn’t come up with a good idea. At that time, he saw a man climbing into his room through the broken window. The man began to steal something on the bookshelf. Balzac got up quietly and said,“Don’t waste time, my friend, I could not find any money in the daytime, how can you find any in the dark?”

1.What did Balzac do?

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2.Why did Balzac live in a dirty and wet room?

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3.When did the story happen?

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4.How did the thief come into Balzac’s house?

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5.Could the thief find any money in Balzac’s room at last?

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There are some ______in the garden.

A. potato B. potatoes C. potatos

---What time do I have to leave, Dr Li?

---Anyway, don’t stay here visiting hours.

A. over B. above C. during D. beyond

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