When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in   16   .

    One hot summer afternoon, I was   17   down the highway to New York when another car suddenly   18   into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n)   19   driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.

    I was    20   with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to the lane change, and he    2l   did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away    22   after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the   23   car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked   24   . With no telephone nearby and the nearest services twenty miles away. I decided to    25    and see what the problem was.

    The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had a spare tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to   26   him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my Air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I   27   the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt   28   after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier   29   my car ran off the road.

You can really enjoy great   30   from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.

1. A. need        B. school        C. danger          D. summer

2.A. walking     B. riding         C. running         D. driving

3. A. fell         B. floated        C. came           D. climbed

4.A. active       B. experienced    C. frightened       D. energetic

5. A. unhappy     B. satisfied       C. familiar         D. friendly

6. A. even        B. certainly       C. almost         D. simply

7.A. quickly      B. quietly        C. politely        D. carefully

8. A. new         B. red           C. same          D. other

9.A. excited      B. relaxed        C. surprised       D. worried

10. A. stay         B. research       C. stop           D. hide

11.A. punish       B. train          C. help           D. encourage

12.A. began       B. finished        C. took           D. continued

13.A. good        B. sorry          C. angry          D. shy

14. A. noticed      B. made          C. watched        D. heard

15.A. friendship    B. success        C. excitement      D. happiness

The boy can speak English well, _____he’s only ____eight-year-old boy.

A．and, an           B．or, a              C．although, an       D．because, a

Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.

Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up(放弃).

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1. Hemingway’s father was a fan of _____.

2.The Old Man and the Sea was published(出版) in _____.

3.The old man doesn’t get a fish until the _____ day.

4.What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish?

5. What can we learn from the old man?

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Australia has an unusual kangaroo—although he is a pet, he lives like a man. He is dressed in clothes, likes watching TV and drinking, also eats bread, plays football and does some exercise.

His name is Bi Muer. Months ago, a 50-year-old woman, Julia Bradley adopted (收养) him. He now lives a happy life. Every morning, he can enjoy delicious bread and later watch TV with his "mom". In the afternoon, he can go to the garden and play football and in the evening, he can drink while watching TV.

In the beginning, Muer was only 20cm tall, but now, he can easily jump over a one-meter fence.

1.The kangaroo likes______________.

A. watching TV and drinking B. seeing a movie   C. playing basketball

2.Who adopted the kangaroo?

A. Bi Muer. B. Julia Bradly.    C. Bill Smith.

3.What can the kangaroo do every morning?

A. Drink.   B. Go to the garden.

C. Enjoy delicious bread and watch TV.

4.How tall was the kangaroo in the beginning?

A. 10cm.    B. 20cm.    C. 30cm.

5.The passage is mainly about   .

A. An unusual kangaroo  B. An Australia woman

C. A kangaroo' s hobbies

Foolish(silly) Freddie lived in a small village. The people of the village laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. They thought this was a funny thing to do.

    One day, a visitor came to the village.

    "Watch this", a villager said, and called to Freddie. "Come and play a game, Freddie, " he shouted. Freddie walked slowly towards him, a silly smile on his face.

"Look! Freddie, "the villager said, "I've got something for you." He showed Freddie a dollar coin and a much larger 50-cent coin."Which would you like?" he asked Freddie.

Freddie took the 50-cent coin at once.

The villager laughed."See how foolish he is," he said."He always does that. He's too silly to learn anything." He walked away, leaving Freddie with the visitor.

The visitor felt sorry for Freddie and said to him, "Although the 50-cent coin is bigger than the＄1 coin, the＄1 coin is worth(值) much more.Two times as much."

"I know that," Freddie said."But once I take the＄1coin, they'll stop playing the game."

1.People laughed at Freddie because__________.

A.he often made up jokes   B.he didn't like money

C.he looked very funny    D.they thought he was a fool

2.The villagers wanted to show the visitors___________.

A.how silly Freddie was     B.how clever Freddie was

C.How kind people were to Freddie  D.that Freddie had much money

3.The visitor felt sorry for Freddie because he though_________.

A.Freddie did not know money was useful

B.the villager was not kind enough to the boy

C.Freddie did not get along well with the villagers

D.Freddie did not know the dollar coin was worth more

4.From the story we know that Freddie was__________.

A.poor       B. kind     C.clever  D.silly

5.The best title for the passage should be __________.

A.Clever Villagers       B."Foolish" Freddie    

C.Freddie and a Visitor  D.A Visitor and the Villagers