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Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all his life. Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise—$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital. Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Toy bear Lady.”

Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”

How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more money, and she listened to what he said. She brought the stocks(股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital.” No one knew that the “something” was $18 million!

1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because______.

A. she had too much money B. she had a lot of toy bears

C. she had never got married and had no children D. she liked children very much

2. People started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”_______.

A. after she visited the children in hospital many times B. after she died

C. before her friend’s daughter was ill B. before she worked with his boss

3. Everyone was surprised that________.

A. Gladys lived such a long life B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago

C. Gladys had so much money D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents

4. ________, so she got rich.

A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do

C. Gladys got the money from the boss D. Gladys did another job in the hospital

5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,________.

A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things B. she stopped working

C. she still lived in the same way D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family

B

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.

Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.

In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.

6.The main idea of paragraph 2 is________.

A.      Franklin started the first subscription library

B.      in a subscription library people pay money to become members

C.      Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

D.     Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833

7.The underlined word “borrow” means_______.

A.      read and write with no help from another person

B.      use for a short time and then return

C.      like very much

D.     lend

8.The reading does not say it, but we can guess that_______.

A.      there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

B.      free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

C.      the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D.     there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

9.Havard University began_______.

A. in 1731 B. in 1730 C. in 1833 D. in 1638

10.At the library that Franklin started, ________.

A.      children could use books for no money at all

B.      people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C.      people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D.     both A and B

Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mum came to school and talked on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. “Somebody’s got to stop that boy!” she was shouting. “Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny.”

Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned a lot. “I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,” she said. “He’s never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny. “How long had this been going on?” she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble at school.

Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.

1.We learn from the reading that          .

2.   When Danny’s mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was now          to Mrs Green.

3.   Danny now          .

4.  Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because          .

5. The word “gang” in the reading means “         ”.

Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mum came to school and talked on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. “Somebody’s got to stop that boy!” she was shouting. “Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny.”
Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned a lot. “I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,” she said. “He’s never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny. “How long had this been going on?” she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble at school.
Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.

1. 1.

   We learn from the reading that          .

   1. A.
      Danny was not a good student
   2. B.
      Danny’s mother talked too much about the school
   3. C.
      Danny’s teacher knew something about Danny’s problem before
   4. D.
      Danny wanted to get away from Rick
2. 2.

      When Danny’s mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was now          to Mrs Green.

   1. A.
      serious
   2. B.
      common
   3. C.
      untrue
   4. D.
      similar
3. 3.

      Danny now          .

   1. A.
      was tired of the school and his friends
   2. B.
      had no friends at all
   3. C.
      was not sure what he would do with the problem
   4. D.
      made some new friends in the neighborhood
4. 4.

     Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because          .

   1. A.
      she had known it
   2. B.
      the other boys would tell her
   3. C.
      he didn’t want to be in trouble
   4. D.
      his mother didn’t want him to say it
5. 5.

   The word “gang” in the reading means “         ”.

   1. A.
      a place for boys to play games
   2. B.
      a group of young people
   3. C.
      a school bus for children to and from school
   4. D.
      the teacher’s office