Chen Weijun，13，is a Junior 2 student at Huaqiao Middle School in Haikou，Hainan．

    This week，he had the happiest time．On Tuesday，he went to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing．He and nine other kids became the Top l0 Young Pioneers．

    “Now I am not only my dad’s good boy．I am China’s good boy．I must work harder，” he said．

    At school，Chen is a good student leader．He does many activities．He was in short plays．He worked as a host（主持人）for his school TV．

    “I’m self-assured．It’s good to try different things．”Chen said．“If you can dream it，you can do it．”

    Chen’s teacher, Xie Wei, said Chen is nice and helpful．“He doesn’t talk much but works very hard．”

    Young Chen always helps other people．One student at his school，Wu Deyi，had leukaemia（白血病）．Chen asked all his classmates and teachers to help him。From February to May。Chen raised more than 20．000 yuan for Wu．

    Chen also thinks about how to make his city cleaner．There were plastic bags in the Meishe River．Chen was sad．He wanted the river to be clean．So he wrote a  letter to the head of the city．He asked him to spend more money on it．tell people  not to throw rubbish into the river and have a wall to keep children safe．The head of  the city listened to him．Now the river is cleaner．

    At home，Chen is a good boy．He washes his clothes and he also cooks meals for the family sometimes．Chen says his hero is Premier（总理）Wen Jiabao．“He is very  brave．He is not afraid of difficulties and makes China stronger，”Chen said．Will Chen become a big 1eader of tomorrow?

1．Chen Weijun is ______．

A．a college student                                    B．from Hainan Province   

      C．a senior student                                         D．not his dad＇s good boy

2．At school Chen is busy ______．

A．doing many activities                                B．helping his English teacher   

C．playing games                                            D．collecting plastic bags

3．The underlined word “self-assured” means _______．

      A．自负的                B．自满的                C．自私的                   D．自信的

4．The head of the city has spent more money ______．

A．helping Wu Deyi                                      B．cleaning and protecting the river

      C． buying new clothes for Chen                     D．building Chen’s school TV station

5．The best title（标题）for the passage would be——．

      A．A good boy who likes to help other people  B．A big 1eader of tomorrow 

C．Something about the head of the city                 D．A boy’s hero

Long long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldn’t grow much because there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.
So he went up and asked, “How much each kilo?”and the shop keeper said, “Two rupees(卢比). ”Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it:oh, my god!His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, “Ah!Ah!Ah!”
But he still continued to eat the fruit!Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)!You can’t eat so many!People use them as a condiment, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that. ”But the silly man said, “No, I can’t stop!I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them up. It’s my money!”
And you think that man was silly, right?We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it’s been a long time, hard experience tells us it won’t work, and we know there’s no more hope, we still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid.
So even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.
【小题1】The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because  .

Long long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldn’t grow much because there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.

So he went up and asked, “How much each kilo?”and the shop keeper said, “Two rupees(卢比). ”Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it:oh, my god!His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, “Ah!Ah!Ah!”

But he still continued to eat the fruit!Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)!You can’t eat so many!People use them as a condiment, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that. ”But the silly man said, “No, I can’t stop!I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them up. It’s my money!”

And you think that man was silly, right?We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it’s been a long time, hard experience tells us it won’t work, and we know there’s no more hope, we still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid.

So even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.

1.The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because  .

A．he hadn’t eaten it before                B．he was hungry

C．it was cheap                           D．he hadn’t seen it before

2.The underlined  word“condiment”in Paragraph3 probably means_______.

A．零食             B．水果             C．调料             D．蔬菜

3.Which of the following sentence is TRUE?

A．The man went to India to buy fruit.

B．The man didn’t want to waste money.

C．The man bought the fruit because it was expensive.

D．India can grow a lot of fruit.

4.From the passage, we can learn that_________.

A．we shouldn’t waste money

B．we shouldn’t eat chilies

C．we shouldn’t buy something cheap

D．letting something go is better than keeping on losing