Poor, but so rich at heart
Two years ago, my parents died in a car accident. __(A)__then, my elder brother and I have had to work part-time to make a living. I have been working as a part-time waiter in a restaurant for six months, and now I’ve just got my salary(薪水).
I was walking back to school and saw the notice board in the lobby(大厅). There was a notice __(B)___ for donations for the earthquake. A girl called Amanda was reading the same notice.____(C)____. You could see that easily from her fancy clothes and gadgets(小玩意儿).
“Aren’t you going to donate?” I asked, (D)“People there must be having a really hard time. All their houses have been destroyed by the earthquake. They’ve got nothing ____(E)____, no place to live, nothing to eat or…”
“Sorry, I don’t have money to spend on that!” she laughed. “I have 10 new dresses to buy. I need to get a new phone. And then I’m ____(F)___ to fly to Paris for the weekend.” (G)With these words, she walked away.
I took the money from my pocket and walked to Mrs. Tawreen’s office.
“Excuse me, ma’am.” I said. “I don’t have too much for a donation, just 300 yuan. Could I just donate this?”
Mrs. Tawreen smiled: “Wow, 300 yuan, my dear? Well, (H)I have to tell you that, of all the donations we’ve received from our students so far, it’s the largest amount. And yes, you may donate right now.”
I put the notes into the donation box. Maybe my brother and I would have to miss a few meals this month, but it would make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate(幸运的) than us.
任务一：从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填入B、E、F
plan         ask         leave
【小题1】B _____________ 【小题2】E_____________  【小题3】F_____________
任务二：将文中D、G、H划线部分翻译成汉语。
【小题4】D ___________________________________________________________
【小题5】G___________________________________________________________
【小题6】H ___________________________________________________________
任务三：在A处空格中填入适当的词或短语。
【小题7】 ______________
任务四：选择适当的句子还原到文中C处。
【小题8】______________
A. She came from a poor family.
B. She couldn’t afford the donation.
C. She came from a very wealthy family
任务五：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题9】Why would the writer and his brother have to miss a few meals that month?
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【小题10】Is the writer rich or poor at heart?
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　  Mr. Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.

He put up a board in the garden facing the road．The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:

Mrs. Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters.

“Oh!” Mrs. Brown said．“You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked．

“Look again,” she started to laugh. “You are really clever”.

1. Mr. Brown’s office was ______ his house.

A．next to     B．not far from     C．2 hours’ drive from      D．5 miles from

2. Mr. Brown was angry because ______.

A．he found no room to park his car outside his house

B．he had nothing to eat for lunch at home

C．he lost the way when he drove back home one day

D．he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house

3. Mr. Brown made ______ notice board （s） altogether （总共）。

A．one                   B．two             C．three            D．no

4.In the end, Mr. Brown made a notice board and it _____.

A．was just the same as a police notice

B．was different in color from a police notice

C．just looked like a police notice

D．said “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”

5. We can infer（推断） that ______ after he put up the blue board．

A．more people will park their cars outside his house

B．more policemen will park their cars outside his house

C．fewer people will park their cars outside his house

D．fewer people will visit him at noon later on