8． A white elephant means something that is useless. it may cost a lot of money．( )A．unle——青夏教育精英家教网—

20．Stuffy Pete sat down on a bench in the New York City Park．It was the third bench to the left as you enter the park from the east．
Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years，an Old Gentleman had come to find Stuffy there at one in the afternoon．He led Stuffy to a restaurant and watched him eat a big dinner He was trying to make it a tradition．
Stuffy had just come from a dinner so big that he had almost no power to move．How he expected that gentleman would not come this year!Then his eyes grew wider and his breath stopped．
The Old Gentleman was thin and tall，dressed all in black．He wore eye-glasses．His hair was whiter and thinner than it was last year．His legs did not seem as strong as they had seemed the year before，but he moved，straight and proud，to Stuffy and toward the tradition that he was building．
"I am glad to see everything's fine with you．For that blessing you and I can give thanks on this day of thanksgiving．If you will come with me，my man，I will give you a dinner that will surely make your body feel as thankful as your mind，"said the gentleman．The words themselves were almost a tradition．
Stuffy was very full，but he understood that his desire for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own．It belonged to this kind gentleman．
The gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always gone．He sat at the table，watching．
The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the genleman's face．He continued to eat to keep it there．
In an hour the battle was finished．
"Thank you for my Thanksgiving dinner，"Stuffy stood up heavily．
They said goodbye，as they did each year，at the door．
Stuffy went around the first corner，stood for one minute，and fell．He was picked up and taken to a hospital．
An hour later，the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital．
"That nice old gentleman over there，"a doctor was talking to another．"Do you know what's wrong with him？He's almost dead for the need of food．A very proud old man，I think，He told me he hadn't eaten anything for three days．"
37．How many Thanksgiving dinners had the Old Gentleman invited Stuffy to have？D
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Nine．
D．Ten．
38．Why did Stuffy's eyes grow wider and his breath stop when he saw the Old Gentleman coming？B
A．He felt awful because he was too full．
B．He was afraid to have another big dinner…
C．He felt excited to see the gentleman was fine．
D．He was surprised to meet the gentleman there．
39．What does the underlined word"it"in the story refer to？D
A．The gentleman's need of food．
B．Stuffy's effort to finish all the food．
C．Stuffy's thanks to the gentleman．
D．The happiness on the gentleman's face．
40．Why did the Old Gentleman still offer Stuffy the big dinner after he had been hungry for three days？
He was a proud old Gentleman and was always ready to help the poor though he was no longer rich．He didn't want to break his"promise"which he had kept for nine years．More importantly，he wanted build the tradition to offer every American a chance to feel thankful．．

19．A 12-year-old boy named Tim Brown got lost in the mountains．However，he survived at last thanks to his amazing survival （生存，幸存）skills．
One day in October 2016，Tim went hiking with his group in the Magaliesberg Mountains，South Africa．At first，everything went well．But at about one o'clock in the afternoon，he lost his way and couldn't find any other people．He got scared at first，but then he tried to calm down．He knew what to do in such a situation．"I should follow the river，follow the light，follow the sun and finally there will be buildings，roads and people and I could call home，"he told himself．
Tim kept walking．Suddenly he heard some sounds and ran towards them．But to his surprise，he saw some baboons （狒狒）．Unluckily，one baboon scratched （抓伤）his arm．He found some water to wash the blood off the scratches and continued to walk．Tim just wore a pair of swimming minks （游泳裤），so he felt very cold．He tried to keep warm by covering his body with leaves．About 22 hours later，he finally met a farmer and was able to call his mom．
After he came back，his mom asked why he carried on walking when it got dark．The little boy said if he did that，he would see her again．Nothing could beat his love for his mom!
根据短文内#，选择最佳答案．
51．Where did Tim get lost？D
A．In a zoo．
B．In the swimming pool．
C．In a building．．
D．In the mountains．
52．How long was Tim lost？A
A．About 22 hours，
B，About 22 days．
C．About 12 hours．
D．About 12 days．
53．When he found he was lost，Tim felt scared at first and thenD．
A．he cried over and over again
B．he shouted for help
C．he stayed and waited．
D．he tried to clam down
54．What did Tim do first when he heard some sounds？C
A．He saw some baboons．
B．He scratched a baboon．
C．He ran towards the sounds．
D．He washed the blood off．
55．Which is NOT the reason for Tim's survival？B
A．He met a farmer．
B．He was too scared to carry on walking．
C．The love for his mom encouraged him
D．His abilities to solve problems helped him．

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