My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my   1  which was parked at my office three streets away.

My friends   2  that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I promised that I’d be very   3 . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stayed with another friend who needed help   4  her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right   5  me and told me he’d escort (护送) me. Although I refused, he insisted that he would.

During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was   6 . When we got to the car-park, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name and can   7  recognize (认出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.

So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers   8  in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my   9 , telling them they should take and keep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably   10  why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.

1.                A．money         B．bag            C．car  D．raincoat

 

2.                A．argued         B．received        C．calmed   D．disliked

 

3.                A．brave          B．careful         C．proud    D．helpful

 

4.                A．for            B．about          C．with D．on

 

5.                A．through        B．past            C．below    D．beside

 

6.                A．wet            B．dry            C．tough    D．crowded

 

7.                A．often          B．even           C．hardly    D．nearly

 

8.                A．fighting         B．playing         C．working  D．walking

 

9.                A．umbrella        B．coat           C．love D．kindness

 

10.               A．trained         B．wondered      C．talked D．refused

 

 

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches (英尺) longer.
He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening（缩短）by about two inches.
Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But when his mother  finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’ s trousers. She was a kind girl,so she went quietly upstairs withoutsaying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.  The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she,too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine（想象）the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the   next morning.   .
【小题1】What were the young man’s new trousers like at first?

A．They were a bit too long.

B．They were just suitable.

C．They were too short for him.

D．There were about two inches shorter.

【小题2】Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters answer him in the kitchen?

A．Because they were very busy.

B．Because they didn’t hear him.

C．Because they didn’t like him.

D．Because they couldn’t do that.

【小题3】When did his elder sister shortened the trousers?

A．In the evening.

B．Before she finished the washing.

C．After lunch.

D．After she came back from the cinema.

【小题4】What did the young man find about the trousers the next morning?
He found that the trousers were ______ inches too short for him. 

A．two

B．four

C．six

D．eight

【小题5】How did the young man feel when he put the trousers on the next morning?

A．Pleasant.

B．Thankful.

C．Surprised.

D．Bored.

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art.
【小题1】The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________

A．his business

B．his house

C．his garden

D．his window

【小题2】The Daguerreotype was_______.

A．a Frenchman	B．a kind of picture
C．a kind of camera	D．a photographer

【小题3】If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he
had to_____.

A．watch lots of films	B．buy an expensive camera
C．stop in most cities	D．take many films and something else.

【小题4】This passage tells us_____________.

A．how photography was developed	B．how to show feelings in pictures
C．how to take pictures in the world	D．how to use different cameras

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John and Jack were good friends. They were kind to each other. But sometimes they __1.___ (argue) with each other .One day they went boating in a park together . At noon, they were very hungry and then went into a restaurant ___2.____ (have) a dinner .As soon as they sat at a table, a waiter came up to them and asked, "What would you like ___3.___ (have)?" "We want two apples first," said John .As soon as the two apples ___4.__ (put)on the table, Jack took the bigger one in his hand. "You are too impolite, Jack .Why not take the smaller one first?" John said angrily. "But I did right. "said Jack with a smile, "If I let you take first, which one will you choose? " "Of course I __5.___(choose) the smaller one first?" said John. "Yes," Jack said, "If you ___6.___(take) the smaller one first, the bigger one will be left and it is still mine .Don't you think so?" "Ah......" John couldn't answer.

 

从下面方框中选择适当的词填入短文中，使短文通顺正确（注意有些词要用适当的形式），方框中有两个多余的词。

forget,     little,     remember,    lot,    enjoy,   so,    good

A rich man began to learn painting when he was sixty years old, and he 76 _______ it very much. He painted and painted. After twenty years, there were 77_______ of pictures in his workroom, and he thought they were very good.
One day, the old man was seriously ill in bed, but he didn’t 78_______ his pictures. He said to his grandson, Alan, “I want to give my pictures to a school, 79_______ the students will remember me. But which school do you think is the 80_______, my child?”
“Well,” said the little boy. “You’d better give them to a school for the blind!”