26、Have you ever felt life is bad? Do you find that life seems to make things difficult for you and everything seems to go wrong? I sometimes felt that way，but a friend changed me．

He told me that although he didn't have enough money，he was happy．I asked why he was happy．Then he told me what he saw in India．

A few years ago，he was really feeling sad and went to India．He saw an Indian mother cut off her child's right hand with a knife．After that he could never forget the sad eyes of the helpless mother and the child．The reason why the mother did that was to beg．The mother did this so that the child could go out on the streets to beg and get some food to eat．

Then he began to think about how happy he was．He had food to eat，a complete body，a job，a family，the chance to say that some food wasn't delicious，and many things that the mother and the child in front of him never dreamed of having．

After hearing his story，I began to think about it，too．Was my life real1y that bad? Perhaps it wasn't．It wasn't bad at all．

What about you? Next time you think that your life is bad，think about the child who lost one hand so that he could beg on the streets．

1．The writer begins the article with two questions in order to _________．

A．show the readers he knows a lot                  B．stress his opinion

C．attract the readers' interest

2．The Indian mother was _________ when she was cutting off her child's hand．

A．angry                         B．sad                      C．crazy

3．The underlined part “to beg” means _________．

A．to ask others for food                                 B．to tell others he’s sorry

C．to say he's unable to do anything

4．The writer's friend _________ after he saw what the Indian's life was like．

A．felt very sad and angry                                B．came to believe he was lucky

C．started to feel he was helpless

5．The underlined sentence in the end of the passage tells us _________．

A．how to feel good when upset                       B．how to help the poor when possible

C．how to keep a balance between rich and poor

24、John doesn't like vegetables．Every day when he has his meal，he plays with his ___1___ in his bowl．He doesn't eat them，but Just throw ___2___ here and there on the table．

One day at ___3___ John's mother says，“Vegetables are ___4___ for your body and it's not easy ___5___ good vegetables．”After lunch，John and his mother go to visit ___6___．For the whole afternoon，John __7___ Grandma grow vegetables in the garden．They pull wild grass __8___，water the cabbage，dig potatoes out of the earth，and even catch worms on the vegetables．At dinner，John says，“It's ___9___ hard to grow vegetables．I get so ___10___ today! I'll not play with my vegetables any more．” His grandma and mother smile when they hear that．

1．A．rice                       B．vegetables            C．chopsticks

2．A．it                          B．them                    C．those

3．A．1unch                   B．breakfast              C．dinner

4．A．fit                         B．good                    C．better

5．A．to buy                   B．to find                 C．to grow

6．A．his grandma           B．his grandpa          C．his old friend

7．A．taught                   B．watched               C．helped

8．A．down                    B．out                      C．in

9．A．really                     B．strangely              C．usually

10．A．worried               B．upset                 C．tired

23、根据对话内容将下面方框中的选项填入对话中，使对话内容完整。

--Oh，hi．___1____

--Yes，I am．

--Let me introduce myself．___2____

--Nice to meet you．My name is Harry．I'm studying at Cambridge University．

--___3____

--Three days ago．

--Well，if there's anything I can do for you，please feel free to let me know．

--I will．___4____

--Yes．There’s one small bank down the street．

--OK．Thank you．

--____5____

22、--What would you like to drink?

--_________，please．

A．Rice             B．Water            C．Meat

21、--How many workers are there in your factory?

--There are about two _________．

A．hundreds              B．hundred              C．hundreds of

20、--What are you doing for this vacation?      

--I'm _________ my uncle．

A．visits            B．visited             C．visiting

19、I don't like eating chocolate．The taste is too _________．

A．sweet                   B．delicious             C．crispy

18、Linda didn't do her work as _________ as you did．

A．well              B．better             C．best

17、--I'm going to spend my summer holiday in Hawaii．

-- _________

A．Good luck!           B．Good idea!          C．Have a good time!