" Wanted: A violin. Can’t pay much. Call…"

      The ad in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. Because my family was  36  , I couldn’t have a violin. So I asked, "Daddy, may I have a   37  ？" Daddy’s face looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy went home with a case in his hand. Inside the case was a second—hand violin for seven dollars.

      No one could know how   38  I was when I took my violin to school for my first lesson. Several years later, I became famous as a violinist. And then, I carefully   39  the violin away.

      Now   40  this ad, I discovered the case deep in my closet(储藏室). I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   41   , walked to the telephone and called the number.

      Later in the day, a man aged about 30 knocked at the door. "I’ve been expecting

someone can answer my advertisement.  My daughter wants a violin so    42   ," he said, examining my violin. "How much is it?"

      I said, "   43  dollars. "

      "Are you surer" he asked. "Seven dollars," I   44   and then added, "I hope your daughter will be   45   to have it and enjoy it as I did. "

      I smiled, but I found my tears roiling down my face.

1. A. rich            B. poor            C. large            D. small

2. A. drum          B. guitar           C. violin           D. piano

3.A. surprised      B. excited          C. bored           D. interested

4.A. carried         B. put             C. took            D. threw

5.A. about         B. by              C. in              D. for

6. A. ad           B. violin            C. case          D. newspaper

7.A. badly         B. easily          C. quickly         D. luckily

8. A. Ninety         B. Twenty         C. Seven           D. Five

9. A. repeated       B. showed          C. reminded        D. suggested

10.A. clever          B. sad            C. afraid            D. happy

 

Sometimes people call ours a “throwaway society”. That means that we’re always throwing away old things and buying new ones. Many times, you no longer need something, but someone else may just need to buy one. For example, if your baby doesn’t like his toy car any longer, why not give it to a nearly family who has a little kid? That’s one less plastic toy car that they need to buy. It’s also one less plastic toy that needs to be produced, packaged and shipped to the toy store.
Here are some other ways to help save resources (资源)for the society:
★Use the other side of the paper.
★Use rechargeable (可再充电的) batteries for your electric toys, MP3 players, cell phones, and cameras.
★ Choose reusable travel cups instead of disposable (一次性的) paper or plastic cups.
★Take your own cloth shopping bags when you go shopping.
★ Drink tap water instead of buying bottled water.
And there are some things you can exchange with your friends, for example, books, toys, even clothes. It's a way for everyone to get something new without spending any money and without throwing many things away.
【小题1】The underlined word "ours" in the passage refers to (指代) _______.

A．our society	B．our old things
C．our life	D．our throwaway things

【小题2】According to the writer, if we give a second - hand toy car to a neighbor kid, we can____.

A．buy another new one	B．help toy business develop
C．make the family very thankful to us	D．help save resources for the society

【小题3】 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．We should buy things that can be reused in our daily life.

B．We can exchange some things with others for further use.

C．It's good for us to throw away old things and buy new ones.

D．We are supposed to give the things we no longer need to our neighbors.

【小题4】What should we do in our daily life after reading the passage?

A．Try to throw as few old things as we can.

B．Use as many disposable things as possible.

C．Drink bottled water even though there is tap water around.

D．Buy everything we need instead of exchanging them with others.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill(好意) towards others.
Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a rich woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten(筋疲力尽的) horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wide–eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.
Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shop—a charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer(癌症) charity. Now that she doesn’t have to work, she has lots of time to offer her services for free.
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummond.
【小题1】Yao Ming hosted a television show to _____.

A．make more money	B．raise money for his basket team
C．make himself more famous	D．raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS

【小题2】We can infer (推断)from the passage that _____.

A．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others

B．Ruth is angry because she has been asked to donate too much money

C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired

D．Yao Ming wants to be a television host

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Only Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity.

B．Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich.

C．The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity.

D．Edna is very rich because she has her own shop.

【小题4】One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it because _____.

A．she lost her horse

B．a charity wanted her to donate some money

C．she loved horse very much

D．she wanted to keep a horse as a pet

【小题5】The underlined(划线) part in the last paragraph probably means that _____.

A．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others

B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out

C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others

D．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out

" Wanted: A violin. Can’t pay much. Call…"
The ad in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. Because my family was  36 , I couldn’t have a violin. So I asked, "Daddy, may I have a   37 ？" Daddy’s face looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy went home with a case in his hand. Inside the case was a second—hand violin for seven dollars.
No one could know how   38  I was when I took my violin to school for my first lesson. Several years later, I became famous as a violinist. And then, I carefully   39 the violin away.
Now   40  this ad, I discovered the case deep in my closet(储藏室). I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   41  , walked to the telephone and called the number.
Later in the day, a man aged about 30 knocked at the door. "I’ve been expecting
someone can answer my advertisement.  My daughter wants a violin so   42  ," he said, examining my violin. "How much is it?"
I said, "   43 dollars. "
"Are you surer" he asked. "Seven dollars," I  44  and then added, "I hope your daughter will be   45  to have it and enjoy it as I did. "
I smiled, but I found my tears roiling down my face.

【小题1】

A．rich B．poor C．large D．small

【小题2】

A．drum B．guitar C．violin D．piano

【小题3】

A．surprised B．excited C．bored D．interested

【小题4】

A．carried B．put C．took D．threw

【小题5】

A．about B．by C．in D．for

【小题6】

A．ad B．violin C．case D．newspaper

【小题7】

A．badly B．easily C．quickly D．luckily

【小题8】

A．Ninety B．Twenty C．Seven D．Five

【小题9】

A．repeated B．showed C．reminded D．suggested

【小题10】

A．clever B．sad C．afraid D．happy

Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill(好意) towards others.
Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a rich woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten(筋疲力尽的) horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wide–eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.
Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shop—a charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer(癌症) charity. Now that she doesn’t have to work, she has lots of time to offer her services for free.
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummond.
【小题1】Yao Ming hosted a television show to _____.

A．make more money	B．raise money for his basket team
C．make himself more famous	D．raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS

【小题2】We can infer (推断)from the passage that _____.

A．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others

B．Ruth is angry because she has been asked to donate too much money

C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired

D．Yao Ming wants to be a television host

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Only Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity.

B．Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich.

C．The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity.

D．Edna is very rich because she has her own shop.

【小题4】One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it because _____.

A．she lost her horse

B．a charity wanted her to donate some money

C．she loved horse very much

D．she wanted to keep a horse as a pet

【小题5】The underlined(划线) part in the last paragraph probably means that _____.

A．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others

B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out

C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others

D．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out