Twenty-two-year-old Timothy Doner from New York City has been able to speak 23 different languages, including some rare African ones.

Timothy began his foreign language education at the age of 13. Attracted by in Israeli(以色列) musical band. Timothy listened to their album every morning. A month Later, he kept about 20 of their songs in his mind, though he didn't know what the Hebrew(希伯来语) words mean. But once he learned the translation. it was like he had a dictionary in his head.

Then Timothy moved on to Arabic (阿拉伯语) which he studied every morning by reading newspapers with a dictionary and by talking to street vendors (小贩). After that he learned Persian, then Russian, then Mandarin... and about twenty others and developed a crazy low for languages.

Now, Timothy is still teaching himself new languages. With the help of language books and word-learning Apps on his iPhone. He can master a language in a few weeks or months.

What has Timothy got from learning so many languages? "By learning languages, you are learning a lot more. You are learning about culture, everything from cooking to TV,poetry and whatever it may be. That helps you better understand the language,” he said.

1.How old is Timothy Doner?

A. 13 B. 20 C. 22 D. 23

2.The first foreign language Timothy Doner learned was

A. Hebrew B. Arabic C. Russian D. Mandarin

3.The underlined word “others” refers to .

A. other newspaper B. other street vendors

C. other dictionaries D. other foreign languages

4.According to the passage. Timothy Doner learns so many languages by _____

①reading news papers ② joining in language clubs ③listening to foreign music

④using apps and dictionaries ⑤ travelling around the world ⑥keeping diaries in different languages

A. ①②⑥ B. ①③④ C. ②③⑤ D. ④⑤⑥

5.From the passage, we can know Timothy Doner ________.

A. is good at singing B. has a dictionary in his head

C. comes from Africa D. learns a lot beyond languages

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Once there was a famine (饥荒). A rich cook sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a piece of bread for each of you. Take it and come back to me every day at this hour for more.”

In a hurry the hungry children got together around the basket,and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest piece. At last they went away without even thanking the good cook. Mary, a poorly - dressed girl, did not fight with the other children, 72.①________ stood quietly in distance. 76. When the badly - behaved children had left, Mary took the smallest piece, which was all left in the basket. She kissed the cook’s hand and went home.

The next day the children were as badly - behaved as before. Mary got a piece of bread almost half the72. ②_________ of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the bread open. Many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it.

Her mother was very worried, and said, “Take the money back to the cook at once. The silver must have fallen into the dough (面团) by accident. Hurry up, Mary.” When the little girl gave the rich man her mother’s message, he said, “It was no mistake. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest bread for you as a prize. Always be as satisfied, peaceable and thankful as you now are. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is yours.”

1.What did Mary do while the others fought over the bread? (no more than 5 words)

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2.Fill in the blanks in Paragraphs 2&3 with proper words.

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3.Why did the cook put the silver pieces into the bread? (no more than 15 words)

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4.What do you think of Mary’s mother? (no more than 5 words)

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5.What have you learned from the passage? (No more than 10 words)

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6.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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