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Once Goethe， the great German poet， was walking in a park. He was thinking about something when he noticed he came to a very， very narrow(窄) road. Just at that time， a young man came towards him from the other end of the road. It was too narrow for both of them to pass through at the same time. They stopped and looked at each other for a while. Then the young man said rudely， “I never make way for a fool. ” But Goethe smiled and said， “I always do. ” Then he turned back quickly and walked towards the end of the road.

1.Did the young man make way for Goethe？

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2.Where was Goethe walking？

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3.Who came towards Goethe from the other end of the road？

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请认真阅读下面短文，在短文后表格中的空白处填上适当的单词。注意：每空一个单词。

The world's first “flying ear” will soon appear in the market--It will be yours for just ￡127,000．

The Terrafugia Transition is a light sport plane with four wheels and foldable（可折叠的）wings．It can fly up through the skies just like a regular plane，then land on the ground，fold up its two wings and drive down the road at highway speeds．

It is 19 feet long and can fly a distance of 460 miles，with a top speed of ll5mph in the air and 60mph on the highway．According to early reports，the plane uses common gas--no rocket fuels（燃料）are necessary．It gets its power through the l00 horsepower four stroke Rotax 912S engine．

It is about as wide as most normal cars except the folded gliders（折叠的助滑装置）．The Terrafugia Transition can be put into most garages（车库）and drive normally on the road．A special code（密码）from a pilot's license is needed to get the wings to unfold．

Interested pilots（yes，you need to be a licensed（有执照的）flyer or a driver with a pilot's license to buy one）can get an order of the flying car（or the highway plane）for ￡6,500．It is planned to be finished towards the end of the year．

Title：The world’s first flying car

Claude Monet(莫奈) was born in 1840 in Paris, France. When he was five, his family moved to a place on the coast where he spent a lot of time on the beaches. It was here that he started to understand novels(小说)．

As a boy he __21__friends and family by drawing caricatures(漫画)．They were all pleased with his paintings. But at 18 his way of painting changed when he  __22__friends with Eugene Boudin who encouraged him to paint pictures out of doors. This is when his life as a(n)  __23__began. His family was  __24__ that he refused to go to art school. Instead Monet worked with other artists in their workrooms in Paris. In 1862 he became part of a group of impressionist(印象主义的) painters. During the 1860s he sold almost  __25__paintings but this didn’t stop him painting even though he always had problems with money.

Monet married his first wife in 1870 and had two sons. His second wife Alice, who had six children with her, lived with Monet and Monet’s children. After __26__houses several times, Monet found a house to rent(租) for his large family in a small village called Giverny in 1883, about 84 kilometers from Paris. He fell in love  __27__the place and it became his home for the rest of his life.

At last Monet began to  __28__his paintings and in 1890 he bought the house at Giverny. Monet was a loving gardener and created beautiful gardens there. His gardens inspired over 500 of his greatest paintings. Monet’s large paintings of the water lilies in his water garden, painted between 1916 and 1926, are some of his most famous. Monet gave these paintings to the people of  __29__. You can see them in Paris.

Towards the end of his life, Monet started to lose his __30__. This was the worst thing that could happen to a painter. It happened slowly over 16 years and by 1923 he was nearly blind. When Monet was very old and had bad health, he kept painting until a few months before his death in December 1926. 

(　　)46.A. had    B. loved    C. kept  D. pleased

(　　)47.A. met    B. made    C. fought  D. found

(　　)48.A. writer  B. painter  C. actor  D. teacher

(　　)49.A. glad    B. helpful  C. angry  D. satisfied

(　　)50.A. no      B. all     C. little  D. any

(　　)51.A. buying  B. building  C. moving  D. repairing

(　　)52.A. with    B. in      C. around  D. at

(　　)53.A. draw    B. sell    C. watch  D. collect

(　　)54.A. France  B. Britain  C. America  D. Australia

(　　)55.A. taste  B. weight  C. money  D. eyesight

Zhang Lili: The most beautiful teacher in China

Zhang Lili is a teacher at No.19 Middle School in the city of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang province. These days, many people think she is the most beautiful teacher in China, because she saved her students from a traffic accident (交通事故) on May 8, 2012.

On that day, Zhang and her two students were crossing the road outside the school gate when a bus suddenly lost control (控制) and ran fast towards them. Zhang pushed both students out of the way, but she herself was hit (被撞倒) by the bus. As a result, the 29-year-old teacher lost her legs.

The principal of No. 19 Middle School, Jiamusi City, said, "Zhang is a great teacher in our school. She’s also the most popular teacher among the students. For the students, she is like a sister. They call her Beautiful Sister. After hearing about this accident, all the students in her class cried." But Zhang is more than a teacher and sister to the 53 students in her class. She cares about their studies and even their lives.

Zhang’s bravery and kindness moved (感动) a lot of people in China. People all over the country are donating money to her now. They all hope she can get better soon and live happily for the rest of her life.