Simona lives in Bucharest, Romania. She is nine years old and HIV positive(阳性). When Simona’s mother found out about her illness five years ago, her first reaction was to tell everyone, looking for support.

“That’s when I found out who really was my friend, and who wasn’t, ”she said. “Quite a few people stopped visiting me and asked their children not to play with Simona any more. Because of this, quarrels began in my family with each trouble brought about by her diagnosis. My husband became more and more unfriendly toward me and toward Simona. He didn’t understand how important it was for Simona to receive regular examinations by a doctor or why she needed proper treatment for her sickness.”

When her mother tried to enroll(登记) Simona in a school, the teacher warned her that when other parents found out about her illness she would be shunned by the other children.

Simona’s mother looked for help and found a social worker from the Community Resource Center. The social worker helped her enroll Simona in another school and provided emotional, financial, and material support for the family. Simona’s parents were able to ease the tension(紧张)in the family. Her mother also now attends parenting classes and support groups at the Center.

The Community Resource Center provides not only many needed resources, but also a place where women can gain skills and self-confidence. It provides children with a place where they are accepted. At the Center parents and children find a place where they can grow and find the support they need to stay together and care for each other.

Many people prevented their children playing with Simona because___________.

A. she had no true friends                               B. she was a naughty girl

C. she suffered from HIV                                  D. she had a strange character

Simona’s father thought that Simona____________.

A .shouldn’t bring so much trouble to them

B. should receive examinations regularly by a doctor

C. shouldn’t see the doctor for her sickness

D .should be treated properly for her sickness

Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

A. Simona has been suffering from HIV for five years.

B. Few people visited Simona’s mother because of Simona’s illness.

C. Simona’s mother received help from a social worker.

D. Simona was accepted immediately by the first school.

From the last paragraph we can draw a conclusion（结论） that____________.

A. all the children at the Center are strong and healthy

B. Simona’s mother learned little knowledge at the Center

C. children at the Center are very friendly to each other

D .women at the Center learn to accept each other

Simona lives in Bucharest, Romania. She is nine years old and HIV positive. When Simona’s mother found out about her illness five years ago, her first reaction was to tell everyone, looking for support.

“That’s when I found out who really was my friend, and who wasn’t, ”she said.“Quite a few people stopped visiting me and asked their children not to play with Simona any more.Because of this, quarrels began in my family with each trouble brought about by her diagnosis. My husband became more and more unfriendly toward me and toward Simona. He didn’t understand how important it was for Simona to receive regular examinations by a doctor or why she needed proper treatment for her sickness.”

When her mother tried to enroll(登记) Simona in a school, the teacher warned her that when other parents found out about her illness she would be shunned by the other children.

Simona’s mother looked for help and found a social worker from the Community Resource Center. The social worker helped her enroll Simona in another school and provided emotional, financial, and material support for the family. Simona’s parents were able to ease the tension(紧张)in the family. Her mother also now attends parenting classes and support groups at the Center.

The Community Resource Center provides not only many needed resources, but also a place where women can gain skills and self-confidence. It provides children with a place where they are accepted. At the Center parents and children find a place where they can grow and find the support they need to stay together and care for each other.

1.Many people prevented their children playing with Simona because___________.

  A.she had no true friends             B.she was a naughty girl

C.she lived with HIV                  D.she had a strange character

2.Simona’s father thought that Simona____________.

  A.shouldn’t bring so much trouble to them

B.should receive examinations regularly by a doctor

C.shouldn’t see the doctor for her sickness

D.should be treated properly for her sickness

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

  A.Simona has been living with HIV for five years.

B.Few people visited Simona’s mother because of Simona’s illness.

C.Simona’s mother received help from a social worker.

D. Simona was admitted immediately by the first school.

4.From the last paragraph we can draw a conclusion that____________.

  A.all the children at the Center are strong and healthy

B.Simona’s mother learned little knowledge at the Center

C.children at the Center are very friendly to each other

D.women at the Center learn to accept each other

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　　Once on his way, his driver said, “Dr. Einstein, I've learned all your lectures by  2 . I'm sure I can repeat one without any  3 .”

　　Hearing this, Einstein said with a smile, “That's  4 . You can take my  5 . Luckily, nobody there  6 me. I'll pretend to be your  7 .”

　　The driver really pretended to be Einstein,   8 gave the lecture.

　　When he finished, an old professor with grey hair came  9 and said, “Dear Dr. Einstein, your lecture is  10 advanced that there are quite a few points I don't  11 . Would you please be so  12 as to give further explanation?”

　　The driver, being a quick-minded man, said, “your  13 are abstract (抽象)”.

　　“Perhaps my driver is  14 to help you.” And he  15 to the ‘driver’, “Would you please answer this question for  16 ?”

　　Having heard the thorough explanation  17 by the ‘driver’, the professor was much  18 . He stood dumbfounded and said to  19 , “His driver is so  20 , let alone (更不用说) Einstein himself.”

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　　Einstein, a world-famous scientist, was often invited to make speeches though  1 people could understand.

　　Once on his way, his driver said, “Dr. Einstein, I've learned all your lectures by  2 . I'm sure I can repeat one without any  3 .”

　　Hearing this, Einstein said with a smile, “That's  4 . You can take my  5 . Luckily, nobody there  6 me. I'll pretend to be your  7 .”

　　The driver really pretended to be Einstein,   8 gave the lecture.

　　When he finished, an old professor with grey hair came  9 and said, “Dear Dr. Einstein, your lecture is  10 advanced that there are quite a few points I don't  11 . Would you please be so  12 as to give further explanation?”

　　The driver, being a quick-minded man, said, “your  13 are abstract (抽象)”.

　　“Perhaps my driver is  14 to help you.” And he  15 to the ‘driver’, “Would you please answer this question for  16 ?”

　　Having heard the thorough explanation  17 by the ‘driver’, the professor was much  18 . He stood dumbfounded and said to  19 , “His driver is so  20 , let alone (更不用说) Einstein himself.”

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David’s Haircut
When David steps out of the front door he is blinded for a moment by the white, strong sunlight and reaches for his dad’s hand automatically. It’s the first really warm day of the year, an unexpected heat that bridges the gap between spring and summer. Father and son are on their way to the barbershop, something they have always done together.
Always, the routine is the same. “It’s about time we got that mop of yours cut,” David’s dad will say, pointing at him with two fingers, a cigarette caught between them. “Perhaps I should do it. Where are those scissors, Janet?” Sometimes his dad runs after him round the living room, pretending to cut off his ears. When he was young, David used to get too excited and start crying, scared that maybe he really would lose his ears, but he has long since grown out of that.
Mr Samuels’ barbershop is in a long room above the chip shop, reached by a steep and worn flight of stairs. David follows his father. He loves the barbershop — it’s like nowhere else he goes. It smells of cigarettes and men and hair oil. Sometimes the smell of chips will climb the stairs along with a customer and when the door opens the waiting men lift their noses together. Black and white photographs of men with various out-of-fashion hairstyles hang above a picture rail at the end of the room, where two barber’s chairs are fixed to the floor. They are heavy, old-fashioned chairs with foot pumps that screams as Mr Samuels adjusts the height of the seat. In front of the chairs are deep sinks with a showerhead and long metal pipe attached to the taps, not that anyone seems to use them. Behind the sinks are mirrors and on either side of these, shelves overflowing with all types of plastic combs, shaving mugs, scissors, cut throat razors, hair brushes and, 10 bright red bottles of Brylcreem(男士发油), piled neatly in a pyramid. At the back of the room sit the customers, silent for most of the time, except when Mr Samuels breaks off from cutting and smoke his cigarette, sending a stream of grey-blue smoke like the tail of kite twisting into the air.
When it is David’s turn for a cut, Mr Samuels places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair. David scrambles up onto the bench.
“Hey, young man, you’re shooting up, you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair,” the barber says.
“Wow,” says David, turning round to look at his dad, forgetting that he can see him through the mirror. “Dad, Mr Samuels said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the board!”
“So I hear,” his father replies, not looking up from the paper. “I expect Mr Samuels will start charging me more for your hair then.”
“At least double the price,” said Mr Samuels, winking at David.
Finally David’s dad looks up from his newspaper and glances into the mirror, seeing his son looking back at him. He smiles.
“Wasn’t so long ago when I had to lift you onto that board because you couldn’t climb up there yourself,” he says.
“They don’t stay young for long do they, kids”, Mr Samuels declares. All the men in the shop nod in agreement. David nods too.
In the mirror he sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he steals glances at the barber as he works. He smells a mixture of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting, combing and cutting.
David feels like he is in another world, noiseless except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the click of his scissors. In the reflection from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the sound of the scissors’ click.
Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair falls softly as snow and he imagines sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special bench left leaning against the wall in the corner. He thinks about the picture book of Bible stories his aunt gave him for Christmas, the one of Samson having his hair cut by Delilah. David wonders if his strength will go like Samson’s.
When Mr Samuels has finished, David hops down from the seat, rubbing the itchy hair from his face. Looking down he sees his own thick, blonde hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and gather up the broken blonde hair, to separate them from the others, but he does not have time.
They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home, save your mum from cooking tea,” says David’s dad and turns up the street.
The youngster is excited and catches his dad’s hand. The thick-skinned fingers close gently around his and David is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own hair

1. 1.

   How old is David most probably age according to the context?

   1. A.
      2
   2. B.
      4
   3. C.
      10
   4. D.
      17
2. 2.

   Why does the author describe the barbershop detailedly in David’s eyes in Paragraph 3?

   1. A.
      Because David is not familiar with this place and tries to remember it
   2. B.
      Because David develops great friendfish with the shop owner
   3. C.
      Because the barbershop is a place that attracts him greatly
   4. D.
      Because the barbershop is very traditional and David can see one nowhere else
3. 3.

   Saying “I expect Mr Samuels will start charging me more for your hair then”, David’s dad is ________

   1. A.
      showing his proudness of his son’s growth
   2. B.
      complaining about the price of the haircut
   3. C.
      expressing his thanks to the shopowner’s kindness
   4. D.
      counting his expense on his son’s haircut
4. 4.

   The underlined sentence sugests that David ________

   1. A.
      looks down upon those old, grey-haired men
   2. B.
      feels extremely excited about becoming a bigger boy
   3. C.
      thinks blond hair is much more precious than other color
   4. D.
      is quite curious about his broken blonde hair
5. 5.

   Which detail from the story best shows the deep love that father gives son?

   1. A.
      Dad runs after his son round the living room
   2. B.
      Dad buys his son some fish and chips
   3. C.
      Dad sees his son through the mirror
   4. D.
      Dad holds some of his son’s hair in his palm
6. 6.

   What is the author’s tone of writing this passage?

   1. A.
      serious
   2. B.
      light-hearted
   3. C.
      critical
   4. D.
      persuasive