Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drove his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him. He took the boy to a hospital and he paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him, so they said their son couldn’t lift（举起） his right arm above his head.

Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he said, “Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked you down in the street.”“Yes, sir,” he said. “And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said. “Could you show me how high you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer, “And how high could you lift before the accident?”“Oh, I could lift it very high.” Said the boy, and the right hand went up high above his head.

1.Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked down ________.

A. a lawyer            B. a boy’s father         C. a boy

2.The boy’s parents wanted to get ________ from him.

A. more trucks              B. more money          C. more monkeys

3.Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asked the boy to ______.

A. ask some questions       B. answer some questions    C. lift his left arm

4.The boy said he couldn’t lift his _________ now.

A. right arm                B. left arm            C. right foot

5.There is _______ wrong with the boy.

A. something              B. anything                C. nothing

When I was 14, I left school with learning disabilities and decided to surf the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii. One morning, I met an old man, a bum（流浪汉）, on the street comer. He asked me if I was running away from home. I told him, “Not exactly, sir. ”

    After talking a while, he told me that he had something to show me and share with me. We walked several blocks until we came upon the downtown Public Library.

    The bum asked me to sit down and wait a moment. Later he returned with some books, and then said, “I want to teach you two things. Number one is never to judge a book by its cover, for a cover fools you. I’ll bet you think I’m a bum, don’t you?”

    I said, “I guess so, sir.”

    “Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest（富有的）men in the world. But a year ago, when my wife passed away, I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. For the past year I have been going from city to city doing just that. Number two is to learn how to read, for there is only one thing that people can’t take away from you, and that is your wisdom（智慧）. ”At that moment, he gave me the books he’d pulled from the shelves. His parting request（请求）was for me to never forget what he taught me. I have remembered until today.

1.The boy     when he was 14.

    A. liked running        B. left school

    C. did well in study    D. traveled around the world

2.Which of the following is true?

    A. The old man took the boy home.

    B. The old man was homeless and poor.

C. The old man was friendly to the boy.

    D. The old man and his wife went from city to city.

3.The old man taught the boy how to           .

    A. love people          B. become wise

C. choose friends       D. experience the bum’s life

A rich man loved his little boy very much. He wanted  1  him happy all the time. So he gave him everything that he could buy with   2  . But the little boy was still   3  .Where he went, he always wore a frown(皱眉). And he always wished for something he did not have. The rich man didn’t know   4   to make his son happy.
One day, a magician(魔术师) came and said to him, “I can make your son happy and   5  his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price   6  telling him the secret.”
“All right,” said the man, “No matter what you ask for, I  7   you.” The magician took the boy into a secret room. He wrote something on a piece of paper, and then gave it to the boy. There were some words on the paper, “Do one   8   thing for someone every day.” The boy followed the   9   and became one of the happiest boys.
I think only those who are always thinking about   10  can be truly happy.