I shook hands with my father in the truck，and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word.But I knew he was going to say a little to me.“I can’t tell anything，” he finally said.“I never went to college，and none of your brothers went to college.I can’t say don’t do this and do that，because everything is different and I don’t know what is going to come up.I can’t help much with money either，but I think things will work out.”

　 He gave me a new check?book.“If things get pushing，write a small check.But when you write one，send me a letter and let me know how much.There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars.My part?time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers’ kids filled in the financial gaps.

　 “You know what you want to be，and they’ll tell you what to take，” my father went on.“When you get a job，be sure it’s honest，and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town，and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.

　 Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old，broken Bible that he had read so often，the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours.I knew he would miss it.I knew，though，that I must take it.

　 He didn’t say read this every morning.He just said，“This can help you if you will let it.”

　 Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family.I have been able to make money since.

1.What is the writer’s main purpose (目的) in writing this passage?

　 A.To tell the readers his life story.

　 B.To tell people what kind of person his father was.

　 C.To let people know how poor he was.

　 D.To tell the readers what present he got from his father.

2.Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

　 A.Because he felt quite confident of him.

　 B.Because he was born from a poor family.

　 C.Because he was a man of few words.

　 D.Because he didn’t want to be much too strict with him.

3.What would you learn from this passage?

　 A.How to live by oneself.

　 B.How to stand on one’s own feet.

　 C.What a good father should do.

　 D.What the self?important is like.

4.What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

　 A.闲暇时光。 　　　　　　　 B.学费。

　 C.经济不足。 　　　　　　　 D.精神空虚。

5.What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

　 A.It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others.

　 B.There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

　 C.It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

　 D.It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

    Dr Frank Mayfield was touring Tewksbury Institute when he met all elderly floor maid(奴仆)．Having known that the elderly woman had worked there for many years，he asked her to tell him about the history of this place．

    “I don’t think I can tell you anything．but I could show you something．”She took his hand and led him down to the basement under the oldest section of the building．“That’s where they used to keep Annie．”

    “Who was Annie?”

    “Annie was a young girl who was brought in here because nobody could do anything with her．She’d bite and scream and throw her food at people．The doctors and nurses couldn’t even examine her．I was only a few years younger than her myself and I used to think．I surely would hate to be locked up like that．I wanted to help her，but I didn’t have any idea what I could do．So I just baked her some brownies(核仁巧克力)one night after work.The next day I brought them in.I walked carefully to her cage and I got out of there just as fast as I could because I was afraid she might throw them at me．But she didn’t．She actually took the brownies and ate them．After that,she was just a little bit nicer to me when I was around．And sometimes I’d talk to her．Once,I even got her laughing.One of the nurses noticed this and she told the doctor．They asked me if l’d help them with Annie．I said I would if I could．I went into the cage first and explained and calmed her down and held her hand，which is how they discovered that Annie was almost blind．”

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When Helen Keller received the Nobel Prize，she was asked who had the greatest impact on her life and she said，  “Annie Sullivan．”  But Annie said，“No Helen．The woman who had the greatest influence on both our lives was a floor maid at the Tewksbury Institute．”

36．Annie was locked up in the basement because she           ．

    A．was blind                                                         B．was an orphan

    C．was out of control                                            D．became mad

37．The floor maid wanted to help Annie because she            ．

    A．felt sorry to see Annie locked up there

    B．wanted to help the doctors and nurses

    C．was afraid that Annie would bite her    

    D．had the same experience with Annie

 38．After the floor maid gave her the brownies，Annie        ．

    A．began to accept the doctors and nurses                B．became friendly to her

    C．threw the food at her                                         D．told her the truth

 39．What does the passage mainly tell us?

    A．Annie Sullivan’s great influence on Helen Keller．

    B．The great impact of a floor maid on Annie Sullivan．

    C．An elderly floor maid’s strange experience．

    D．Annie Sullivan’s early hard life．

40．What could probably happen after the doctors found Annie was almost blind?

    A．Annie continued to be locked there．

    B．Annie and the floor maid became friends．

    C．Annie was set free and received treatment．

  D．Annie went to teach Helen Keller．