My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, “How would you like to go to Eton?”

“You bet,” I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous school. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper position(位置)in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯) at a very low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his nice way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to the dropped. I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict(冲突) with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice man, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

“Oh, he doesn’t want to go away,” said my mother. “You shouldn’t go on like this.” “It’s up to him,” said my father. “He can make up his own mind.”

(    )66. The house the writer’s family lived in was        .

A. the best they could afford               B. right for their social position

C. for showing off                             D. rather small

(    )67. His father sold his Roils-Royce because        .

A. it made him feel uneasy            B. it was too old to work well

C. it was too expensive                D. it was too cheap

(    )68. The writer’s father enjoyed being different as long as(只要)       .

A．it drew attention to him          B． it didn’t bring him trouble

C．it was understood as a joke     D．there was no danger of his showing off

(    )69. What was the writer’s reaction(反应) to the idea of going to Eton?

A. He was very unhappy.             B. He didn’t believe it.

C. He was happy.                        D. He had mixed feelings.

(    )70. We can know from the passage that       .

A. Children who can go to Eton are very famous

B. Children can go to Eton if they will

C. It is very difficult for a child to be allowed to go to Eton

D. Children don’t have the right to decide whether they will go to Eton

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He may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that Jay Chou has become the real king of the【小题1】m___ world. As a child, Jay Chou was never good at his【小题2】l___, and when he didn’t get into any college, a lot of people said that he would not have a good【小题3】f___. His mum always 【小题4】w___ about his future, but he never did. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay 【小题5】f___ lonely. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music. So how did Jay get into music? 【小题6】A___ the age of three, he started to learn to 【小题7】p___ the piano. His mother always 【小题8】m___ sure he practiced hard. Later, he started out as a song writer.
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A good reader is very much like a driver. He must change his reading speed to fit(适应)what he is reading and what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation.
A good reader may read at 1,000 WPM(每分钟…词 )when he looks for something for a report in the library. But once he finds what he needs, he may slow down to 100 WPM. A good reader may read newspapers and story books at 600 WPM. But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM. Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed, so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed.
【小题1】The writer thinks that a good reader can____.

Fujian Tulou is a special type of Chinese building. People built most of them between the 12th and the 20th century. The oldest one has a history of more than 1,000 years.
Tulou is usually a large rectangular（长方形的）or round building with high walls. The walls are made of earth, stones, bamboo and wood, so they are thick and strong. They can not only keep the building safe from the wind and earthquake, but also make it warm in winter and cool in summer. There is usually only one main gate in each Tulou and up to （至多）80 families can live in it. It is like a small city.
UNESCO(联合国教科文组织)chose a total of 46 Fujian Tulou as a World Heritage Site（世界文化遗产）in 2008. Fujian Tulou set a good example for the world. Man can live in harmony（和谐，融洽）with the environment.
【小题1】When did people build most of Fujian Tulou?
                                                                       
【小题2】What’s the shape（形状）of Fujian Tulou?
                                                                      
【小题3】What are the walls of Fujian Tulou made of?
                                                                      
【小题4】Is Fujian Tulou like a small city?
                                                                     
【小题5】请将画线句子翻译成汉语。