More and more Chinese people care for their own health. I come from England. I came to China five years ago. I began to learn cooking Chinese food from my father. When I was fifteen, I began to help my mother in the kitchen. My father is a very famous cook in Beijing. So he taught me many things about cooking. In the past three years, I never stopped learning cooking. When I saw a book called The disease eating out can be gone back again by eating (《把吃出来的病再吃回去》), I began studying the book. .The writer of the book is Zhang Wuben. He said he was a famous nutritionist (营养师)and well-known traditional Chinese doctor. He asked the people to eat eggplant (茄子)and gram (绿豆). In China, Zhang Wuben's book has been popular in the past few years.

My father was invited to talk about the book in May, 2010. A large number of Chinese people believe they should eat eggplant and gram to be healthy. I have visited a lot of Chinese restaurants in Beijing and studied hundreds of restaurant menus.  I talked to lots of doctors about eating and nutrition (营养). They thought that Zhang Wuben's words violated the science. He told a lie. The fact is that it's important for us to eat a balanced diet and not just to eat eggplant and gram.

1.Why did most of Chinese people believe to eat eggplant and gram to be healthy?

2.If you want to keep healthy, you should ____________________.

3.What does the writer's father do?

4.What do you think of Zhang Wuben's book?

5.The underlined word "violated" in the passage means “       ” in Chinese.

It was near Christmas during my first semester teaching a new school. I love my small special class more than any group I had taught in the past. They were hungry for knowledge and I was enjoying teaching.

     Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child to bring a Christmas gift. In fact, I wasn’t expecting any gifts.

     Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break. First, I got a much-loved stuffed monkey from a shy girl. I was told, “He is my favorite, but I love you and I want him to be with you, Miss Taylor” How thrilled I was!

     Next came a new set of Christmas tree lights that was “missing” from a mother's cupboard.

     Finally, I came to one little boy’s gift which I had never received. It was an old, dirty and broken Christmas story book. Just then I wanted to express my happiness, I was interrupted(打断)by the giver, “And see, it is new! It still has the price tag.”        "

     When other children laughed at him, I stopped them and said, “Oh, books are good in that way. The story is always new if you have not read it before. Now, Let’s share one together.” Everyone listened quietly as I read the most wonderful Christmas story of my life.

I still keep those Christmas gifts, They always remind me of my lovely kids.

1.Why did the teacher like her small special class?

2. When did the children bring their teacher gifts?

3.Who sent a stuffed monkey to the teacher?

4.Was the Christmas story, book new?

5.How did the teacher feel when she got the presents?

The lady with the white fence（篱笆）taught me to leave the gale to life open.. .
My husband died in an accident and I became very angry. I hated being alone. One day, as I was   43   down a busy street, I suddenly noticed a new fence around a house. I pulled off to really watch it. It was such a good   44   that I was deeply touched. I could not send   45 away. The fence still smelled of fresh paint.
“Hello!" I came up and said to a lady in the back garden, “I came to see the fence. It's so beautiful!"
“Oh! The fence is not there for me," the lady explained to me in a calm voice, “I live alone. _ 46_so many people pass by every day, and I think they may be pleased to see something really attractive.     47   stop like you and come up to have a chat. "
"But weren't you sad when they expanded (拓宽) the road and everything changed so much?"
"Change is part of life and takes part in    48   us who we are. When something we do not
like happens to us, we have two choices—to become a    49   person or to become a better person."
Her reply changed my life. I carefully left the gate open and drove on   50   a new feeling inside me. I could not tell  51  it was, but I could feel the thick stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And  52   a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my way.

Three days ago, the boss of a gold shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter was on his desk till dinner time. When he opened it, a $1000 note fell out onto the desk. With the note was a short letter:

  After reading the letter, the boss said,“Well, life is always full of surprise!”

1.The boss of the gold shop got a _________ 3 days ago.

   A. ring                      B. letter                    C. gold

2.The underlined word“unemployment”means“______”in Chinese.

   A.辞职                     B.失业                    C.就业

3.The ring the customer put into his pocket was __________ 40 years ago.

   A.$1000                    B.$10000                 C.$100

4.The customer wrote to the boss in order to ________.

   A. send the money for the ring      B. say thanks to him       C. return the ring

5.Which is NOT wrong according to the passage?

   A. The boss opened the letter by himself.

   B. The boss didn’t think life was always full of surprise.

   C. When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was annoyed.

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（必要时可加情态动词或助动词）。

Tom worked in the office of Mr Bates.

One day, when Tom got to the office, a letter1._________(wait) for him. He opened it.

“Dear Tom,” the letter said, “I2.________(write) to thank you for your help. You3._________(help) me so much when I came to your office. Here’s a ticket for the big football match.”

Tom looked at the ticket. He could not believe that he had it. Everyone looked forward to4.__________(watch) the match!

“ I must watch the match,” he though. “ I must. I5._______(expect) the big match for 4 year.”

Tom thought and though. He6.________(not put) his heart into any work. Then at twelve o’clock he knew what 7.__________(do).

He went out of the office and called his sister, Jean.

At one o’clock Mr Bates came up to him. “I have bad news for you, Tom. Your sister telephoned just now. Your mother8._______(send) to hospital a moment ago.”

“Thank you,” Tom said. “I will go to the hospital. I 9.________(come) back as soon as possible.”

In fact, Tom 10._________(leave) the office quickly for the football ground. Tom’s ticket was a good one. He could stand near the front.

The next morning, when Tom got to the office, Mr Bates came up to him. “You’re fired(解雇), Tom.” Then he walked away angrily.

“But why?” Tom asked.

Then a girl said, “We saw the match on TV here yesterday! You were on TV! Tom, you had such a good ticket!”