Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.
Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.
It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.
“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(过错). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”
小题1:The Hunts were poor because ____.

A．they were lazy	B．they were too weak to work
C．they couldn’t make enough money	D．they weren’t able enough

小题2:Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.

A．he didn’t like studying	B．his family was poor
C．he wasn’t clever	D．he hoped to stay at home

小题3:____, so the old man married his daughter to him.

A．Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker

B．Mr. Hunt was friendly to him

C．Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory

D．Mr. Hunt worked for six years there

小题4:The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.

A．good

B．bad

C．friendly

D．useless

小题5:Which of the following is wrong?

A．The old woman herself drove the car that day.

B．It was the old woman’s fault.

C．Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.

D．The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.

Ma Yan is not really a writer. But this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. “Ma Yan’s Diary” tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. But she is brave and has a strong desire（欲望）to go to school.
Her mother gave her diary to a French reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjisshu in 2001. Now, it has been published（出版） in France Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to leave school twice. When she had to stop going to school the first time, her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school but her two brothers could stay.
“I want to study,” Ma wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”
Ma loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge. Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma said.
After her story became known, many French student sent money to her. Ma’s dream is the same as ever. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then , I can find poor kids like me and help them, ” she said.
小题1:Which of the following can describe Ma Yan’s character（性格）best?

A．Brave.

B．Pretty.

C．Lucky.

D．Poor.

小题2:Now you can find “Ma Yan’s Diary” in all the following countries except (除了)_____.

A．Germany

B．Britain

C．Japan

D．France

小题3:Which of the following is the main（主要的） reason for Ma Yan’s Diary to be published?

A．Her mother gave her enough money to publish the book.

B．She wrote about the poor life in her village.

C．She is very good at writing.

D．Her diary was read by a French reporter.

小题4:Which is the reason for her leaving school for the second time?

A．She had to help her mother do some housework.

B．Her brothers studied better than she did.

C．Girls were not equally treated（平等对待）in their village.

D．She didn’t study hard.

小题5:Ma Yan wants to study because she wants to __________.

A．teach her parents knowledge

B．get more money for her study in Tsinghua University

C．become more famous

D．get more knowledge to change her own life