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　　Imagine there is a bank that opens an account(账户)for you each morning with ＄86,400．Every evening the bank deletes(删除)all the money that remains(剩下，余留)．

　　Each of us has such a bank．Its name is Time．Every morning, it gives you 86,400 seconds．Every night your unused seconds disappear．

　　If you fail to use the time in your account, the loss is yours．There is no going back．

　　So what will you do with the account of your time?

　　Take out every second, of course!The clock is running．Make the most of today．

　　To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade．

　　To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a baby．

　　To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper．

　　To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet．

　　To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train．

　　To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided(避免，消除)an accident．

　　Treasure(珍爱，珍惜)every moment that you have!And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special．Remember, time and tide wait for no man．

　　Yesterday is history．

　　Tomorrow is mystery．

　　Today is a gift．That's why it's called the present!

(1)

＄86,400 refers to ________ in your account in the passage．
[　　]
A．	money
B．	history
C．	mystery
D．	time

(2)

The bank gives us ________ minutes every day．
[　　]
A．	86,400
B．	24,000
C．	1,440
D．	3,400

(3)

Which is NOT true according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	There's much money in our bank accounts every day．
B．	We have 86,400 seconds every day．
C．	Time won't go back．
D．	Today is a gift．

(4)

Ask a person who avoided an accident to realize the value of ________．
[　　]
A．	one second
B．	one minute
C．	one hour
D．	one year

(5)

Each of us has such a bank, so ________．
[　　]
A．	we can use time freely
B．	we can save time freely
C．	we don't worry about time
D．	we must treasure every moment

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With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "

Only a few people put 1 in the hat. A man was walking by. He 2 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 3 . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 4 to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see 5 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who 6 my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day, 8 I cannot see it. "

Both the 9 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the 11 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 12 of the day, but the boy couldn't 13 he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn 14 this story. First, be thankful for what

you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 15 , be creative. Think differently.

　There is always a better way !

1. A．eggs B．coins C．toys D．pencils

2. A．got B．lost C．took D．dropped

3. A．on B．off C．back D．around

4. A．asked B．began C．hoped D．continued

5. A．how B．what C．whose D．which

6. A．put B．found C．changed D．cleaned

7. A．usual B．simple C．different D．dangerous

8. A．as B．so C．for D．but

9. A．signs B．men C．boys D．lessons

10. A．told B．took C．helped D．ordered

11. A．bag B．hat C．pocket D．basket

12. A．food B．songs C．beauty D．pictures

13. A．because B．unless C．before D．though

14. A．about B．with C．from D．except

15. A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth

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　　Mary is from Canada. She teaches English in China now. She knows a little Chinese. She isn’t free from Monday to Friday. So she often goes shopping on Saturday (星期六).
　　Today is Saturday. Mary goes to the shop. She comes out of her car and goes into the shop. “What can I do for you?”the girl in the shop asks her in Chinese. Mary thinks she can tell the boy what she wants in Chinese. So she says in Chinese, “A quilt (被子), please.”Then the girl goes to the back of the shop. “My Chinese is not bad. The girl understands (理解) me.” She thinks.
Mary is happy. Soon (不久) the girl comes back. She shows Mary a cup (杯子).
【小题1】What’s Mary?
A. a student B. a doctor C. a teacher
【小题2】 What does Mary often do on Saturday?
A. do some washing B. go shopping C. go to school
【小题3】How does Mary go to the shop?
A. by bus B. by train C. by car
【小题4】What does Mary think of her Chinese?
A. very good B. very bad C. very poor
【小题5】What does the girl think Mary need?
A. a cup B. a quilt C. books

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With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "
Only a few people put    1   in the hat. A man was walking by. He    2   some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign    3 . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   4   to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see    5  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who    6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day,   8  I cannot see it. "
Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the   11  . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 12  of the day, but the boy couldn't    13   he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story. First, be thankful for what
you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 15 , be creative. Think differently.
　There is always a better way !