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In American history, Benjamin Franklin was very famous. He was a leader of the American Revolution against English rule. He was 1. a scientist, inventor and writer. And he was even well-known for his proverbs(谚语). Some of them are still used today, 2. this one:“Early to bed and early to rise 3.(make) a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” And another one is “A penny saved is a penny earned.”, which means that money should not be wasted.

Americans like to use proverbs so much 4. there are so many proverbs in history. Here is an interesting collection of proverbs that Americans use.

Some people say, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” This means you love someone even more when he or she is far away.

5. proverb says, “Love is blind.” In other words, when you fall in love with someone, you may not see anything bad about that person.

Here is another popular saying about love: “The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.” Some people believe that a woman can win a 6.(man) love if she can always cook his favorite food.

Some people only want to love someone who is very good-looking. I think it's

7.(cheat). You should know that “Beauty is only skin deep.” Your girlfriend may be 8.(love) to look at, but she may also have some bad qualities. Or maybe your boyfriend is a wonderful person, but not good-looking. So what a person looks like is not 9.(real) important.

In the end, we must say, “All good things must come to an end.” Make another collection of proverbs if you like. Anyway, “Actions speak 10.(loud) than words.”

I have been to many places. But Kunyu Mountain is the most ______ place in my mind. I have been to the top of the mountain and I think of it as big ______ in my life.

Do you know the ______ of Kunyu Mountain? It is in the city of Yantai, Shandong Province. Every year ______ of tourists come to visit it. My dad and I went to climb it in early summer five years ago. The top was surrounded(围绕) by many white clouds. I ______ to look up while climbing at first. I didn't think it was ______ enough to climb such a high mountain. ______ it was beautiful, I was in no mood(心情) to look at it. My legs were badly shivering(颤抖) because of the 3-hour walk. I ______ myself that I couldn't give up climbing because it was my dream to ______ the top.

It was cold and the wind was brushing my face strongly. It was ______ that I succeeded in reaching the top ______ the help of my dad at last. Seeing the mountains with large rocks around me and the waterfalls below us, I ______ my success in reaching the top. I couldn't help taking out my ______ to take some beautiful pictures right away.

In our lives, the top is our ______. The climbing is difficult but worth your efforts(值得努力). Just prepare more so that you can ______ reach the top.

1.A. boring B. unusual C. strange D. social

2.A. progress B. performance C. theme D. invention

3.A. weather B. population C. birth D. location

4.A. a thousand B. thousand C. thousands D. a thousands

5.A. feared B. hurried C. cheated D. provided

6.A. brave B. fair C. safe D. perfect

7.A. Because B. Although C. So D. If

8.A. encouraged B. chose C. allowed D. finished

9.A. see B. get C. reach D. climb

10.A. easy B. modern C. nervous D. unbelievable

11.A. with B. without C. by D. in

12.A. owned B. achieved C. enjoyed D. accepted

13.A. camera B. invention C. tool D. umbrella

14.A. job B. study C. dream D. rule

15.A. never B. finally C. hardly D. neither

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my university's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen.

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.

That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

1.The writer was ________ ten years ago.

A. a clerk working in a museum

B. a teacher teaching in a college

C. a worker working in a university

D. a university student who had not yet taken a degree

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The girl was poor and sad.

B. The girl faced life bravely.

C. The writer knew the girl very well.

D. The writer made friends with the girl at last.

3.What does the underlined word “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Life difficulty. B. Physical disability.

C. Failure in work. D. Troublesome problem.

4.How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?

A. She felt full of hope. B. She felt life was beautiful.

C. She was poor and unhappy. D. She was filled with confidence.

5.Which of the following would be the best title?

A. Full of Hope B. Full of Confidence

C. A Disabled Girl D. A Disabled Girl's Smile

In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy(破产). The husband worked day and night but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “He doesn’t love me any more; he just thinks about his work.”

One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband stopped her at the door. “Let me take it first, OK?” “Why not let me take it first?” she asked. “I’m tired, dear. You take it later, OK?” She was very sad.

On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears...it was his diary:

Today, I was quite sad. She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. I found that if one person took the shower first, the bathroom could get a little warmer. So I always rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the bathroom could get warmer, at least 1°C. I can’t give her more, but at least I can give her 1°C love.

1.The couple moved out of their house ________.

A. on a rainy day

B. in a cold winter

C. when the husband lost his work

D. when the wife saw her husband’s diary

2.The woman thought her husband didn’t love her because ________.

A. he didn’t buy her beautiful clothes

B. he didn’t have enough money

C. he always worked with no care of her

D. he had another woman

3.The woman’s eyes were full of tears because ________.

A. she felt sad by her husband’s words

B. the rainy day made her sad

C. her eyes were hurt by the computer

D. she was moved by her husband’s diary

4.The man wanted to take the shower first because ________.

A. he was tired and wanted to sleep earlier

B. he wanted to make the bathroom warmer

C. he wasn’t as strong as before

D. he couldn’t stand the cold winter

5.From the reading, we know that ________.

A. the man loved his wife very much

B. the woman didn’t love her husband any more

C. the man was very poor before

D. the woman had no job

One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet view of the art works.

A young couple viewing the paintings in front of me chatted nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the wife was doing all the talk. I admired(钦佩) the husband's patience for standing her continuous talk. Distracted(分心) by their noise, I moved on.

I met with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art. Each time I heard her constant(不变的;持续的) burst of words, I_moved_away_quickly

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop buying things when the couple came near to the exit. Before they left, the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He extended(伸展) it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket.

“He's a brave man.” The clerk at the counter said, “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery he made a promise that his life wouldn't change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there's a new art show.”

“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked, “He can't see.”

“Can't see? You're wrong. He sees a lot. More than you or I do.” The clerk said, “His wife describes each painting, so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.

1.The young couple were at an art museum ________.

A. to show their love B. to enjoy the paintings

C. to practice talking D. to buy some gifts

2.“I moved away quickly” in Paragraph 3 shows that the writer ________.

A. was in the hope of visiting more rooms

B. was in a hurry to buy some gifts

C. was tired of the nonstop talking

D. was not interested in the art show

3.We can infer(推断) from the passage that the husband ________.

A. was not born blind B. couldn't stand his wife

C. knew nothing about art D. completely depended on his wife

4.After hearing what the clerk had said about the couple, the writer was ________.

A. encouraged B. excited C. touched D. angry

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A. the importance of art B. good manners in public

C. patience of a husband D. love between a couple

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