Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.
　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in ________.
A. U.N.             B. U.S.A.               C. U.K.      D. P.R.C.
【小题2】There are________in this passage.

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词。

1.Some students are singing to r_________ money for charity.

2.China and India are both A _________ countries.

3.My mother is cooking in the k_________.

4.I’ll get a_________ when someone talks to me while I’m reading.

5.It’s very i_________ to make noise in class.

6.The boy was dancing when a_________(外国人) arrived.

7.Beijing is the _________ (首都) of China.

8.All of us have been _________(爬) up the hill for two hours.

9.Were you _________ (抄写) others’ homework when I came in?

10.He feels _________(紧张的) when he goes to see the doctor.

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K.L. Rothey, 71, from the United States, a retired lawyer ?

Rothey has given himself the Chinese name of Luqi or “roadside beggar(乞丐)”. In his eyes, beggars are doing important work collecting rubbish. What they do is not dirty. Littering the street is, he adds.?

Rothey first visited China in 1984 and soon he became interested in Chinese culture. Married to a Chinese calligrapher (书法家), he lived in Huangshi, Hubei Province.?

Many people know him because he often shows up in the street collecting rubbish. “Huangshi is my home so I hope it becomes cleaner and more beautiful,” says Rothey. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities, including Wuhan.?

Rothey says he’ll continue collecting rubbish, as long as he is able to.?

Jill Robinson, 50, from Britain, founder(创立者)and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation.

She has been working for nearly 20 years to stop people from getting the bile（胆汁）from moon bears for use in traditional medicine.?

She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Hong Kong in the mid-1980s. A business trip to a bear farm in the mainland in 1993 changed her life. She saw so many moon bears killed by people. That made her cry. She said she would be back to set them free.?

In 1998, she set up the Animal Foundation. In July 2000, the foundation agreed to free 500 farmed moon bears. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue（救援）Center was set up in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan.?

Now, bear farms have been stopped in the area of two-thirds of China. “As much as we rescue them, they rescue us. These bears rescue us every single day and they teach us to be better people,” Robinson says.?

任务：请阅读上面短文，根据短文内容完成下面表格中的有关信息。?

短文填词 根据短文内容和以下提示：1）首字母提示，2）语境提示，3）汉语提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。（10分）
A group of swans （天鹅）flew down to a beach where a crow（乌鸦）was jumping around. The crow watched t     with disdain（鄙视）.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “ All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s      (超出) you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles,        (表演) other flying tricks, and then came down and looked at the swan        (自豪地).
Now it was the swan’s       . He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments（评价）about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was        but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling       the water.
The swan pretended（假装）not to notice, and said, “Why do you  k     touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”
“No, ” said the crow. He knew he had       the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! I   you don’t help me , I’ll lose my life……”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.