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.

1.The boy     when he was 14.

    A. liked running        B. left school

    C. did well in study    D. traveled around the world

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.

3.The old man taught the boy how to           .

    A. love people          B. become wise

C. choose friends       D. experience the bum’s life

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.

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   A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the tables.

   A waiter went up to him and gave him the menu.

   The man read it carefully, then ordered(点餐) all the most expensive foods and began to enjoy himself.

   Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man’s table.

   The waiter came up and said to the man, “What would your little boy like, sir?”

   “Oh, just an ice cream, ” the man told him. Then he said to the waiter, “I’m just going out to buy a newspaper.”

   He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice cream. The boy ate it, and then stood up and walked to the door.

   The waiter ran to him.

   “Excuse me,” he said, “but your father hasn’t come back and he hasn’t paid for his meal or for your ice cream.”

   “I’m sorry,” The young boy said, “He’s not my father, I don’t know who he is.”

   The waiter did not understand. “What do you mean?” he asked.

   “The man came up to me in the street, ” the boy said. “He asked me if I liked ice cream. I told him I did. Then he told me to come into the restaurant at 2:00pm and sit down at his table. He said he’d give me some.”

    After knowing the truth, the waiter felt so sad, because he had to pay money for the meal.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.What did the man order in the restaurant?

2.Where did the little boy sit?

3.Was the small boy the man’s son?

4.When did the man tell the boy to come into the restaurant?

5.Who paid money for the meal?

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One day, he asked me what I???? my life to be like. I hadn’t thought about it before. That night, I thought it over and finally knew the life I had been ???? . From then on, I started to work for it.

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After graduating 毕业, I got my dream job and I like it very much. Mike made me enter a different ??? . I am so lucky to have met such a good friend in my life.

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2.A. encouraged?? ? B. invited??? ????? C. taught?????? ? D. allowed

3.A. why??????? ?? B. how??????? ???? C. what??????? ? D. that

4.A. expected??? ?? B. lived??????? ??? C. enjoyed????? ? D. spent

5.A. taking pride in? B. staying away from? C. running out of? D. looking forward to

6.A. rich??????? ? B. weak??????? ???? C. poor?????? ? D. strong

7.A. achieve??? ? B. give up????? ???? C. think up?????? D. hold on to

8.A. agreed???? ? B. continued??? ???? C. offered??????? D. stopped

9.A. by???????? ? B. with???????? ???? C. except??????? D. without

10.A. world????? B. contest?????? ???? C. university????? D. country