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Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to travel the Americas from top to Bottom. He got the idea after he finished a long bike ride. Gregg’s friend, brooks Allen, also liked riding a bike. The two friends talked and made a plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentina—by bike.

To pay for the trip, Gregg and Brooks worked to save money for a long time. Once they were on the road, they often camped outdoors and ate cheaply. In many places, local people opened their doors to the two friends and gave them food.

On their way, there were deserts, rainforests and mountains. They visited modern cities and ancient ruins (遗迹) such as Machu Picchu in Peru. And they made many friends from all over the world.

In May 2007—two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 kilometres later—Gregg finally reached Ushuaia, Argentina. (Near Guatemala, Brooks had to go back and Gregg continued without him.)

The trip taught both men a lot about traveling. What did they learn? Here is some of Gregg’s advice:

Travel light. You should carry many things with you.

Be flexible (灵活). Don’t plan everything. Then you’ll be more relaxed and pleased especially if there are problems.

Be polite. one traveler told Gregg, “Nobody wants to fight or cheat a nice man.” It’s true.

1.Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to _______________.

2.Before traveling, the two friends _____________to pay for the trip.

3.___________ got to Ushuaia, Argentina in May 2007.

4.According to the passage, if you plan everything for a trip, __________.

5.One traveler told Gregg that nobody wanted to _______________.

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
【小题1】The thief was trying to get         .

When I was a boy, I was a football fan. I played football with some other boys in the backyard all the time. My mom was worried that I would get ill in the hot summer.

One day my brother gave me a new football. I came into the yard and played it excitedly. But suddenly, the ball flew through the window and nearly hit my dad. Dad said nothing. He took my football and cut it in half.

I didn’t cry because I knew how terrible my mistake was. I didn’t expect (期待) to get another football. But to my surprise, Dad bought me another one the next month and told me to be more careful. I was really thankful for my father’s forgiveness (宽恕). He showed me that even when I made a mistake, he still loved me and gave me another chance.

Parents always give us their unconditional (无条件的) love and forgiveness. We should always give our love and forgiveness to them, too.

1.The writer played football in the backyard all the time because ________.

A. he was easy to get ill

B. he was a football fan

C. his father was a football player

D. his mother was worried about him

2.How did the writer feel when he got the football from his brother?

A. Sad. B. Worried. C. Terrible. D. Excited.

3.The writer didn’t cry because ________.

A. he knew his mistake

B. his father cut the football in half

C. his father was very happy

D. he nearly hit his father

4.After his father bought him another football, the writer ________.

A. forgot his mistakeB. was angry

C. was thankful to his fatherD. didn’t like it

5.What can we learn from the story?

A. We should learn to play football.

B. We should love and forgive our parents.

C. We shouldn’t make mistakes.

D. We must play football with our parents.

One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.

1.The husband and the wife went shopping _________.

A．by bus            B．in their car         C．by bike           D．on foot

2.They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.

A．half an hour        B．four hours         C．one hour          D．eight hours

3.The _________ opened the car door in the end.

A．husband          B．wife              C．policeman         D．owner of the car

4.The owner of the car was very angry to see _________.

A．someone had opened his car door          B．the policeman standing by the car

C．his car was not there                     D．that there was a trouble

5.They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the _____ of the car.

A．color             B．owner            C．door             D．number

阅读理解

Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.。

My wife said to me，quietly , “ That’s his ninth cup of tea today . ” But she said loudly, “It’s a beautiful table，dear，isn’t it?”

“I won’t decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.

Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：

BILL One dining table June 10 , 1995Cost of wood 17.00Paint（油漆）1.50Work，8 hours（1 an hour） 8.00Total（总计）36.50

When I was looking at the bill , Henry said , “it’s been a fine day，hasn’t it? Quite sunny.”

“Yes , ” I said. “I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.”

“Me too，” , said Henry. “You wait一it’ll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.”

“Yes. Hotter一and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30^th , won’t they , Henry?”

Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him.

“If it isn’t too much trouble , Henry , ” I said , “ Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

I paid him 26. 50 and he was happy to get it.

1.Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

2. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive by the end of June?

3. The writer thought Henry would ask for ______ if he made a dining table on the last day of June.

4. When the writer gave him the money，Henry was happy because_______ .

5. From the story we know that_______ .