I will never forget the lesson which Mr. Li gave us. One day Mr. Li was speaking to us in our school meeting room. He   26    his speech by holding up a ¥100 bill. He asked, “Who would like this ¥ 100 bill?” Most of us put up our hands   27    . Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥ 100 to one of you, but first let me   28   this.” He then made the bill   29  a ball shape and asked, “Who wants it now?” We raised   30    hands again. But he said, “Wait a moment.” He then dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. After that, he picked up    31  dirty bill and asked again, “Who still wants it?” Many hands were still up. “My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter   32   I did to the money, you still wanted it   33   it did not go down in value. It was still worth ¥100!”

“We always lose many chances we take in our lives.” He went on speaking, “We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what    34   to you, you will never lose your value, you are always valuable to those people    35    love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or who you know, but WHO YOU ARE.”

26. A. begin                  B. began               C. begins           D. beginning

27. A. quicker                 B. quick               C. quickly          D. quickest

28. A. do                     B. to do                C. doing            D. done

29. A. on                     B. to                  C. in               D. into

30. A. our                    B. ours                C. ourselves         D. us

31. A. a                      B. an                 C. the              D. 不填

32. A. how                    B. what               C. where            D. when

33. A. though                 B. as long as          C. while            D. because

34. A. happens                 B. will happen           C. has happened      D. had happened

35. A. which                  B. who                C. whose            D. what

The “ant tribe (蚁族)” are those who were born in the 1980s and now live in the underdeveloped places of big cities. Most of them come from the countryside, and they are mostly young graduates who have finished their high education in the past few years. They often change their jobs and their average salary is below 2,000 yuan. They are called ‘ant tribe’ because they have the same characters as ‘ants’: living together, clever, hardworking but unknown and low-paid.

Deng Kun is a member of the ‘anti tribe’. When he was in college studying math, he imagined himself working for a company like IBM. Instead, he has spent his time after graduation in a dark and small room he shares with a friend in outside parts of Beijing, playing video games or trying to wait for a job as a salesman.

Zhang Haijian studies physics, but he is now working as a waiter, making only 1,500 yuan a month. “My parents would never say anything about my money,” he said. “But I sometimes talk with my friends about whether it has been worth it – we worked so hard in college and now I get money less than some of my classmates who did not finish middle school.”

Most members of the ‘ant tribe’ are about twenty. They don’t want to go back; they prefer a single bed in Beijing to a house in their hometown. They are looking forward to bright future. We wish their dream would come true.

93. Where do ‘ant tribe’ probably live?

   They live ______________________________________________

94. What characters do ants have? Use at least three adjectives (形容词).

   They are ____________________________ but _______________.

95. What does Deng Kun often do in his dark and small room?

   He often _______________________________________________.

96. How much does Zhang Haijian make a month?

   ________________________­­­­­_______________________________.

97. My friend Li Hui was born in 1982 and now works in IBM. Is he a member of the ‘ant tribe’?

   ___________, ___________________________________________.

98. If you were Deng Kun, what would you do?

   I would ________________________________________________.

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　　Grandpa's house was right by the sea. Winds often pushed the sea into big waves. The waves came up 1 to the rocks in front of the house. At those ties, grandpa said, “Come along, Davy. Let's go to meet the 2 !” We 3 down over the big rocks. When we went too near the water, a wave 4 knock us down. I cried the first time. 5 grandpa said, “Come along now! You must learn 6 afraid.”

　　One day there was a very big storm. Grandpa and I went 7 to the sea. The men 8 around talking. But Al was not with them. He was out in his boat. He couldn't get back 9 he lost an oar(桨).

　　“We must go out and 10 him,” grandpa said. “Who will go with me?” 11 answered. Who wanted to go to the sea in such a bad storm? Grandpa walked to 12 . “I'll go with you, Grandpa!” I said. I jumped into the boat, too. He 13 the boat out into the sea. Grandpa was standing in the boat. His white hair was 14 in the wind.

　　Grandpa pulled on the oars. The waves were 15 . With each wave, the boat went up in the 16 . Then it fell down on the water. From the 17 of a wave we saw Al. He was 18 to use his one oar, but the water was filling his boat. Soon grandpa pulled 19 enough for Al to throw us a rope. We 20 the rope to our boat and then grandpa began to row back to land.

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