Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.

Greg’s story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world’s second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled(踉跄) into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.

Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn’t have a roof(屋顶) and the children wrote on the ground with sticks, Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. “I’ll build you a school,” he told the villagers. “I promise.”

Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg’s organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.

Greg hasn’t finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it’s the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!

Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It’s an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary people can do with courage and determination(决心).

1.What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?

A. He fell ill.

B. He was badly hurt and hungry.

C. He lost his way.

D. He failed in his business.

2.How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?

A. He raised and saved money.

B. He did business to make money.

C. He wrote a book to sell for money.

D. He borrowed money from his friends.

3. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A. Saving money. B. Living in the car.

C. Raising money. D. Building the school.

4.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Building schools can help people to have a better life.

B. We have to do something in return to those who help us.

C. Ordinary people can make a difference to people’s lives.

D. Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.

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Jean is a bright young woman who 1. from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is 2. the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has 3. a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk 4. on QQ and /sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted 5. more about each other. David sent a picture of 6. to her . He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good 7. and often sent cards and small things to each other.

When Jean’s father told her that he was 8. on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would 9. him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked 10. David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

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