From the dates________on the gold coin，it is confirmed that it was made five hundred years ago.

A．marking B．to be marked

C．marked D．having been marked

He________his leg when he________in a football match against another school.

A．broke；played B．has broken；was playing

C．broke；was playing D．broke；had played

The little girl________the bus as soon as it stopped，but to her disappointment，there were no seats left.

A．got on B．got out of

C．got off D．got to

The professor________at the meeting will give us a lecture next week.

A．referred B．referred to

C．referring D．referring to

The lack of money forced them to________their research.

A．abandoned B．abandoning

C．abandon D．be abandoned

He________a wild duck，but he didn't________it.

A．shoot at；shoot B．shot at；shoot

C．shot；shot at D．shoot at；shot

The fact is that your passport has been________.So you can't use it.

A．ahead of time B．up to date

C．out of reach D．out of date

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education.“Teaching means everything to us，” Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton's foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire，”Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk，“as a reminder.”

Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look?see. “We didn't want to give the children rubbish，” says Linda. The books reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series.

Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I've never heard of .”

The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die，” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

1.What let Tim think seriously about the meaning of life?

A．His health problem. B．His love for teaching.

C．The influence of his wife. D．The news from the Web.

2.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A．Give out brochures. B．Do something similar.

C．Write books for children. D．Retire from being a teacher.

3.According to the text，Dolly Parton is________.

A．a well?known surgeon B．a mother of a four?year?old

C．a singer born in Tennessee D．a computer programmer

4.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A. To avoid signing up online.

B. To meet Dollywood board members.

C. To make sure the books were the newest.

D. To see if the books were of good quality.

The film star agreed to give a TV________immediately after his wedding.

A．visit B．travel C．view D．interview

There's a rumor________that he is going to resign.

A．in the air B．on the air

C．into thin air D．in the open air