The time in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a   51_  bookshop, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I help you?” You   52   buy anything you don’t want. You may try to find out  53    the book you want is. But if you can’t find it, the assistant will lead（带领） you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is   54_  selling books at all. A story tells us about a good bookshop. A young student  _55   a very useful book in the bookshop.  _56   it was too expensive for him. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to _ 57  a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find  _58  from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing(示意) to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in the desk , “I put it there  _59  I don’t want other people to buy it,” said the assistant. Then he  _60   the student go on with his reading.
(    )51.A. good           B. bad            C. cheap           D. rich
(    )52.A. shouldn’t         B. needn’t        C. mustn’t           D. can’t
(    )53.A. what           B. which          C. where          D. when
(    )54.A.surprised at      B. not surprised at  C. interested in     D. not interested in
(    )55.A. bought         B. found          C. read            D. took
(    )56.A. But            B. And             C. So              D. Or
(    )57.A. look           B. read            C. watch           D. buy
(    )58.A. the book        B. the shop          C. the assistant      D. the shopkeeper
(    )59.A. so             B. though          C. because          D. because of     

      (    )60.A. left            B. let              C. told             D. taught

People often complain they face too many problems. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up.

People have money problems, work problems, family problems, health problems..... the list goes on. And we usually think that people who are happy and successful are having fewer problems than us. Look at the successful people we often mention. They have money they need, they have jobs they love, they have good friends, they have obedient(孝顺的) kids, they have the successful business, they have loving families etc. Everything goes well with them. That is why they are happy and successful. But in fact, the more successful you are, the more problems you have to face. More success means more challenges they have to face, and more success means more risks they have to take.

Young and old, rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, educated and uneducated, all have problems. The difference is that their problems are different from each other. Rich and successful have big problems. Poor and unsuccessful have small problems. Still they all have problems which they can face. Successful people are successful just because they are ready to face challenges larger than ordinary people.

Winning the US elections(选举) makes Obama very happy. As a new US president, he has to face bigger challenges. He has to be more careful about his work he does, or he will lose his position(位置). Looking at him, we may say he is lucky, happy and successful. But, I think, as the US president, he has more pressure than an ordinary person.

54. You will be a/an ______ person if you are afraid to face more challenges.

　 A. ordinary　　　 B. successful　　　　 C. famous　　　　 D. educated

55. From this article we know that President Obama ______.

　 A. has fewer problems　　　　　　　　 B. was born in a rich family

　 C. takes more risks　　　　　　　　　 D. is a successful businessman

56. The main idea of this article is _______.

　 A. why poor people are always poor

　 B. how many problems people usually have to face

C. how lucky and happy President Obama is

D. how to deal with problems in life

     Claude and Louris are “giraffes”. So are police offices Hankins and Pearson. There men and women don’t look like giraffes; they look like you and me. Then, why do people call them “giraffes”?

     A giraffe, they say, is an animal that sticks its neck out, can see places far away and has a large heart. It lives a quiet life and moves about in an easy and beautiful way. In the same way, a “giraffe” can be a person who likes to “stick his or her neck out” for other people, always watches for future happenings, has a warm heart for people around, and at the same time lives a quiet and beautiful life himself or herself.

     “The Giraffe Project” is a 10-year-old group which finds and honors “giraffe” in the US and in the world. The group wants to teach people to do something to build a better world. The group members believe that a person shouldn’t draw his and her head back; instead, they tell people to “stick their neck out” and help others. Claude and Louris, Hankins and Pearson are only a few of the nearly 1,000 “giraffes” that the group found and honored.

     Claude and Louris were getting old and they left their work with some money that they saved for future use. One day, however, they saw a homeless man looking for a palace to    keep warm and they decided that should “stick their neck out” and give him some help. Today, they lived in Friends’House, where they invite twelve homeless people to stay every night.

     Police offices Hankins and Parson work in a large city, They see crlmes every day and their work is sometimes dangerous. They work hard for their money. However, these two men put their savings together and even borrowed money to star an educational center to teach young people in a poor part of the city. Hankins and Pearson are certainly “giraffes”.

51. Which of the following is true?

  A. Some of the people around us look like giraffes.

  B. Giraffe are the most beautiful animal in the world.

  C. “Giraffes” is a beautiful name for those who are ready to help other people.

  D. A “giraffe” is someone who can stick his neck out and see the future.

52. “The Giraffe Project” is a group      .

  A. of police offices    B. which appeared ten years ago

  C. of ten-year-old children   D. which takes care of children

53. People call Claude and Hankins “giraffes” because they      .

  A. do what is needed for a good world         B. are not afraid of dangerous work

  C. found a home for some homeless people     D. made money only for other people

54. What does “The Giraffe Project” do?

  A. It tells people how to live a quiet life.

  B. It helps the homeless and teaches the young people.

  C. It tries to find 1,000 warm-hearted people in the US

  D. It shows people what their duty is for a better world

55. The passage mainly tries to tell us     .

  A. what giraffes are like

  B. what the Giraffe Project is

  C. why Claude, Louris, Hankins and Pearson are called “giraffe”

  D. what we should do for a better world