I was born in the Tronto, Canada. Life looked bright and was filled with hope for my parents and me. My father and mother were married in 1980, and I was born next year.
As I grew into a man, I often looked to my father for advice and support. There were many things about his character that I admired, but like any young boy, I often thought that my father’s ideas were from the past and out of date.
I did well as a student and was the first person in my family to graduate from university. I went on to be a university professor and writer, and most people would say that I have had a very successful life. But I know much of my success is because of the lessons that he passed onto me.
On Father’s Day, I will look in the mirror and smile. My dad gave me many gifts, including my now bald head (秃顶), and the friendly smile that my friends say I have.
Thank you again, dad. I miss you. Happy Father’s Day.
【小题1】This passage should be a(an) _____________.

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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.
The purpose of this concert is to 1 money for children in Africa. Every day 2children in Africa die 3 they have diseases or have not enough 4. There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children’s parents, so they have no money to buy food or 5. Second, the governments in 6 African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.
7 African countries are poor. The land is not good for 8 plants and the 9 is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund, 10 a lot of money every year on food for people in Africa. The money comes from people 11 you ---kind, generous(慷慨，大方) people who do not want to see children die from hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to 12 a family of four for three days.
How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little 13 on your own food so that you have a 11 dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a 15. Please be generous. Thank you.

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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Yesterday, I read a report on a charity show in a newspaper. The aim of the show was to   1  money for the poor children. In the country areas, some children are out of school  2  their parents can't  3  for their education.

4 my surprise, many famous performers  5  the charity show, such as Andy Liu, Jay, Faye Wang, Kitty Chen and so on. The stars didn't ask for any pay. They did it for  6 ! There were a lot of performances  7  singing and dancing. The  8  was  9  excited that they clapped their hands from time to time. Of course, the show was   10 .

All the people followed the star's example. A great number of people showed their generosity in   11  their money to the show. Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon sent to the poor areas and some of the poor children can get back to school now.

Now many charity shows are held in our country, not only to   12  education in poor areas   13  to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, “All the others will come to one's rescue(援助) 14 one is in trouble.”

I 15  the whole world will become better if every one of us gives charity to others.

1.                A．pay            B．raise           C．spend    D．cost

2.                A．and            B．so             C．because  D．or

3.                A．pay            B．spend          C．cost D．take

4.                A．For            B．To             C．At   D．With

5.                A．join            B．were           C．took part in    D．took

6.                A．good           B．ever           C．long D．free

7.                A．like            B．as             C．of   D．for

8.                A．student         B．parents         C．teachers  D．audience

9.                A．too            B．very           C．quite D．so

10.               A．success        B．successes       C．a success  D．successful

11.               A．donating        B．bringing        C．collecting  D．taking

12.               A．teach          B．think           C．give  D．support

13.               A．and           B．but also        C．or    D．all

14.               A．as             B．when          C．while D．because

15.               A．like            B．wish           C．hope D．want

Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     1   of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     2    for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
As they grew up together, they had their share of     3   and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    4    own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.
A     5    misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     6    . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    7    independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     8  .”
　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     9    future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms;     10     Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     11    determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     12    you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.