Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas（伞）, and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
She thought, “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）, but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers（乘客） in it, but now there were three.
Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”
【小题1】Which of the following is the best for the sentence “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color?”

A．You can carry it when you are wearing any clothes.

B．Any color of your clothes will be all right.

C．The umbrella will be OK for your clothes in any colors.

D．You can take any clothes that you like to wear.

【小题2】What does the story infer（推断）?

A．Her mother would write to her if she didn’t receive the presents.

B．The three umbrella were sent by the girl.

C．Only four people had ever been to the compartment.

D．Nobody brought the umbrella back.

【小题3】How many umbrellas did Sally’s mother get at last?

A．No.

B．Only one.

C．Three.

D．Four.

【小题4】The best name of the story is ________.

A．A Lucky Girl	B．The Missing Umbrella
C．A Happy Mother	D．Mother’s Present

【小题5】What does the writer want to tell us?

A．You should take care of your things when you are traveling.

B．Show your love to others, and they will bring you love.

C．Children should often come back to see their parents.

D．It’s no use crying when you are in trouble.

I have no idea what life would be like without water. The underlined part means “_____ ”.

A) don’t remember     B) don’t know     C) don’t believe     D) don’t expect

 

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Travel can teach kids more than a textbook. Travelling with kids is good f     1.      them. They can find new interests. Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d  2.    experiments in the lab. While travelling, they learn h      3.       to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people. They learn patience, because sometimes i       4.         takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.

     I’ve been travelling since I was seven years old. For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something a    5.___      from my soul (灵魂). I can’t live without travelling and I wouldn’t be who I am if I don’t travel. Some people think it’s h    6.       to travel after having kids. But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn’t m     7.         they couldn’t travel any more. My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old.

     Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities (责任) and I’d love to be a good mother. One of my duties is to e    8.        my children. I’m so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was y  9.            . I’ve learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in. Of course, I want to pass these travel e   10.       on to my children.

     I value the memories I have travelling with my children. I’m sure they will always remember them in their lives.

 

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.
【小题1】The boy    when he was 14.

A．liked running	B．left school
C．did well in study	D．traveled around the world

【小题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.

【小题3】The old man taught the boy how to          .

A．love people	B．become wise
C．choose friends	D．experience the bum’s life