9.Are you a good helper in the kitchen?Flynn McGarry,from the US,does more than that.The 15-year-old boy began cooking at the age of ten.And now he has his own restaurant.
McGarry practiced his cookery skills after school.He taught himself from books and the internet.The boy really loves cooking.In his room,there are no video games but cooking tools.He turned his room into an experimental kitchen called Club Eureka.
Today,many famous people pay around 160perperson to eat in McGarry's Club Eureka.The New York Times magazine described his food as"creative".As forthefuture,McGarrywants to open a Michelin-Starredrestaurant.He hope stomakeit one of the world's 50Bestand"maybetop5".

51.When did McGarry begin to learn cooking?B.
A、When he was five.    B、When he was ten.      C、When he was fifteen.
52.WhotaughtMcGarrycookeryskills?C.
A、His parents.     B、His teachers.        C、He himself.
53.Why did McGarry learn cooking?A.
A、Because he loves cooking.  
B、Because he wanted tomake money.
C、Because his parents asked him to learn cooking.
54.Which of the following is NOT true about Club Eureka?C.
A、McGarry is the owner.    B、McGarry is the cook.       C、The food is free.
55.What does McGarry want to do in the future?B.
A、To have an experimental kitchen.
B、To have a world's toprestaurant.
C、To cook for famous people.
7.Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in2008.Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education.Six years later,the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90hours.It has helped more than 22.000children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.
    It all started when Adam Braun was a college student.He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street,Mr.Braun asked the boy what he would want,if he could have anying in the world.
"I thought the answer was going to be‘a house'or‘a car'or‘a boat'.His answer was‘a pencil'So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited.I  realized he never had been to school before,and that was the reality(现实) for 57million children around the world."Braun said.
     Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college,But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.
"We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education,because we have everything necessary already.We are able to educate every child.So I promised to help create that world."Braun said.
      Mr Braun raised money for his project.He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school,in Laos,five years ago.Since then,his organization has helped pay for more than 200schools in the countryside of Laos,Nicaragua,Guatemala and Ghana.

阅读表达.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答下列问题.
51.When did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?In 2008
52.How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?Every 90 hours
53.What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?A pencil.
54.What did the boy's answer make Adam realize?He realized the boy never had been to school before and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world.
55.Why did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of  Promise?Because he wants to/Its goal is to make sure all the children have a chance for education..
6.Some time ago,an old businessman had a large store in Boston.He wanted a boy to work for him,and he put an advertisement in the newspaper.The next morning,many boys came to the old man's office,asking for the job.
There was a post(柱子)by his desk,and there was a nail(钉子)in it.He took a walking stick and said,"Everyone has three chances.If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once,I will give him the job."The boys thought it was easy.They all tried,but nobody could make it.So the old man said,"I'm sorry I can't take any of you."And they left.
He kept the advertisement in the paper,and the next morning many more boys came,and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before.The boy hit the nail successfully for three times.The old man felt surprised and asked how he did that."Yes,"said the boy,"I failed yesterday,but I thought that if I kept on trying a while,I could do it.So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till I could do it,and I got up very early this morning,and tried again."
The old man said,"You are the boy for me."And he gave him the job.Whatever the boy had to do,he tried to do his best.It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

Answer the questions according to the passage.
76.What could they use to hit the nail?They could use a walking stick to hit the nail.
77.How many chances could everyone have to hit the nail?Everyone has three chances.
78.Who got the job on the first day?Nobody got the job on the first day.
79.Did the boys know the advertisement on TV or in the newspaper?The boys knew the advertisement in the newspaper.
80.Why could the boy hit the nail successfully?He went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick till he could do it,and he got up very early the next morning,and tried again..
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