Dean Bluey is 14-year-old boy from the USA. He became a hero after he saved(救)the life of a girl in another country.
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.
One day,he  46  an email to a friend on the Internet.To his surprise, he received a message, saying “Help! Pain! Help!”."The   47  was from Finland(芬兰), thousands of  kilometers away from America.Later Dean said to a reporter,  “I didn't know   48  I should do.  It was really difficult to tell if the message was real.”So Dean did nothing at first. 49  the message kept coming.Now it was easy to see that someone was in trouble. He   50   and found that the sender was a student called Tarja,   51   was ill, alone in a university library. What was   52 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean telephoned the  53    immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance(救护车) rushed to the library   54  , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
 “I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   55  saved her life.”
小题1:
A.broughtB.lentC.sentD.bought
小题2:
A.speechB.messageC.musicD.telephone
小题3:
A.howB.whatC.whereD.when
小题4:
A.SoB.AndC.ButD.Or
小题5:
A.repliedB.ranC.walkedD.played
小题6:
A.HeB.SheC.ItD.I
小题7:
A.worseB.betterC.harderD.easier
小题8:
A.teacherB.friendC.doctorD.police
小题9:
A.BadlyB.HardlyC.LuckilyD.Carefully
小题10:
A.faxB.betterC.flightD.e-mail
Mr. Zhang was a sports fan. He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn't go on working. He decided to spend a week's holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway station and soon got to a quiet village. He took a room hotel and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.
At first Mr. Zhang enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed him and knocked at the door at midnight. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it, so he walked to it, but it found him and flew away ans soon as gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before long he lost his way.
The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr. Zhang found a small restaurant in another village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. After a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly in the glass.
“ What's in my tea?” Mr. Zhang called out, “ A fly”
“ It's impossible, sir.” said the owner of the restaurant, “ I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”
小题1:From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a        .
A.engineerB.doctorC.tour guideD.translator
小题2:Mr. Zhang decided to take this holiday because        .
A.he was too tired to go on workingB.he was very busy all the time
C.he was paid a lot of moneyD.he liked swimming and fishing
小题3:Mr. Zhang hoped to spend a week's holiday by        ..
A.catching birdsB.swimming or fishing
C.picking flowersD.having good meals every day
小题4:Mr. Zhang went to the village from home        ..
A.by busB.by carC.on footD.by train
小题5:Mr. Zhang didn't enjoy himself in the village, did he?
A.No, he wasn't.B.Yes, he was
C.No, he didn'tD.Yes, he did.
Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friends were getting ready to go to the dance, she felt very sorry for herself
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to we little boy, Dicky. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult(成年人). Poor Dicky had a very serious(严重的) illness, and now he was hardly (几乎不) able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.
Dicky knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted(问候) her with the words, "I’m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you will find a piece of cake. I saved(省下) it from my supper today, so it is quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there. You can buy something to drink with that. And I’d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to," he added(补充说) .
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan.
小题1:Dicky was lovely because _______.
A.he was a nice, kind boy of eleven
B.he was always thinking about others more than himself
C.he saved a piece of cake for his nurse
D.he could foresee(预知) that he would never get any better
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Dicky knew why Joan was unhappy.B.Dicky heard about the dance.
C.Dicky showed sympathy(同情) for Joan.D.Dicky got up to greet Joan when she came.
小题3:At that party arranged(安排) for Joan, Dicky probably _______.
A.got up and danced with her
B.gave Joan a piece of cake he had saved
C.brought her something to drink
D.lost the dollar which he was going to give Joan
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines(机器). Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program(软件程序) with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft(微软). Bill began his company(公司) in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
小题1:Bill Gates grew up in _______.
A.CanadaB.AustraliaC.AmericaD.Germany
小题2:What subjects did Bill like best at school?
A.Science and math B.Languages and art
C.Math and languagesD.Music and P.E
小题3:Bill’s company worked hard at _______.
A.making large machinesB.playing computer games
C.mending old machinesD.developing software
小题4:Bill started to play with computers ______.
A.in 1955B.in 1968C.in 1973D.in 1975
小题5:The underlined word “personal” means _______.
A.个人的B.公众的C.大型的D.昂贵的
A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I’ll take the five o’clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don’t know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn’t matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."
小题1:   The student stayed at the inn because ____.
A.it was in the cool mountain village he was going to
B.the boss of the inn was kind to him
C.the boss could wake him up at the right time
D.it was near the railway station
小题2: The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.
A.the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early
B.the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地)
C.he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train
D.it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station
小题3:  The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.
A.five o’clockB.a quarter to five
C.half past fourD.a quarter to six
小题4:  The student was disappointed because ____.
A.he had to buy an alarm-clock
B.the boss refused to wake him up
C.he would take another train
D.he had to go to the village on foot
小题5:   From the story we know the ____.
A.clock would wake the student up in time
B.student certainly missed his train the next morning
C.alarm-clock was no use for the student
D.student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)
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