One evening my father and I went to see a circus(马戏). A family was standing in front of us ,__56__ for tickets.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not __57__, but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns and elephants excitedly.

“I want __58__ tickets, eight for children and two for adults,” said the father to the ticket lady.

The ticket lady told him the __59__. When he heard that, the man couldn’t believe his __60__. He asked again, “How much?”

The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have __61__ money.

My dad took a $20 bill and __62__ it on the ground. Then he said to the man, “Sir, this bill fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew __63__ was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the __64__. “Thank you, thank you, sir. This __65__ means a lot to me and my family.”

We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.

1.A. waiting        B. looking          C. working         D. leaving

2.A. dirty          B. cheap            C. expensive        D. ugly

3.A. two           B. five             C. eight            D. ten

4.A. ticket         B. number           C. price            D. time

5.A. eyes          B. ears              C. nose            D. head

6.A. enough        B. any              C. little            D. few

7.A.brought        B.got               C. dropped         D. gave

8.A. what          B. how              C. who            D. where 

9.A. book          B. bag              C. ticket           D. bill

10.A. hardly         B. really            C. only            D. nearly

阅读配对。左栏是对5个人阅读兴趣的描述，右栏是对7个新闻板块的介绍，请为每个人选择最适合阅读的新闻板块。

1阅读配对。左栏是对5个人阅读兴趣的描述，右栏是对7个新闻板块的介绍，请为每个人选择最适合阅读的新闻板块。

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用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。

After a quick breakfast, I went into the lecture hall in a hurry．A famous teacher was 61 to the students．He was holding up a $100 bill．Then he said to the three hundred students，“Who would like this $100 bill?” The students put up 62 hands at once．Then he said，“I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you，but 63 ，let me do this．”He made the bill into a ball．Then he said. “Who 64 it now?” The hands went back into the air．“Well,” he said，“what if I do this?” and he 65 it on the floor and stepped on it．He picked up the 66 bill and said．“Who still wants it?” Hands went back again into the air．

“My friends,”? he said，“you have learned a valuable(有价值的) 67　 today．No matter what I did to the $100 bill! Many　 68 in our life，we are thrown and stepped on．We feel as if we are worth nothing．But remember, no matter what 69　 happened to you，you will never lose your value：You are 70 valuable to those people who love you．Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but who you are．’’