I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.
The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too poor!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don’t like it!” she said. “Foreigners aren’t like us. Maybe he’ll play loud music and parties every night! I’m sure he’s going to cause trouble.”
Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!” he said (in Chinese！). “My name’s Tony. I’ve just moved into the house next door to yours.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There’s a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come and have dinner with me?” “Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.
The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.
The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”
【小题1】When the writer first saw the foreigners, she______.

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Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     36   of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     37    for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life. 
As they grew up together, they had their share of     38   and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    39    own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn’t know what to do.
A     40    misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     41    . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    42    independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     43  .”
　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     44    future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister’s arms are my arms;     45     Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     46    determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     47    you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

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     Mr. White works in a big office. He’s able to deal with all kinds of matters, so he’s always   1.   more than his workmates. Of course he’s often busy and has no time to do the housework. His wife   2.   him well and does all at home.

     Bad luck! Their daughter was hurt in a traffic accident last month and had to be in  3.  . Mrs. White was looking after her there and she couldn’t go home. As Mr. White   4.  did any cleaning, the rooms were all disorderly (凌乱的).

     Yesterday morning, before Mr. White got up, the telephone   5.  . He sat up to answer it. His friend told him to write an important telephone number down. But he could find   6. a pen nor a piece of paper. Then he found there   7.   much dust (灰尘) on the table and wrote the number on it. But soon he   8.  it and went to work.

Two hours later his wife came back and looked for a sweater for her daughter. Her husband came back while she was   9.   the table. He couldn’t see the number on the table and called out   10. , "Who let you clean the table?"