A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票). Her son and her husband heard the news on the radio.
“How are we going to tell your mother?” the man asked. “The news might kill her!”
“That’s true,” the son said. “Perhaps we’d better speak to her doctor about it. He’ll know how to bring her the news gently.”
They told the old lady’s doctor about this.
“I’m glad you told me, ” he said “A shock(震惊), even a happy one, could give her a heart attack, leave it to me. I’ll find a way of bringing the news to her.”
The doctor thought about the problem for several days, then decided what he would say.
He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his.
“Let’s play a game, my dear,” he said. “‘Let’s pretend(假装)’ game.”
“Oh, yes, ” the old lady said. “I love ‘Let’s pretend’ game.”
“Good, I’ll ask you a question first, ” the doctor said, “Then you can ask me one.”
He pretended to think for a few minutes. Then he said, “Tell me, what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?”
“Oh, that’s an easy one,” the old lady said, “I’d give most of it to you, doctor, because you have been so good to me all these years, doctor!” But the doctor was now lying on the floor. He had died of shock.
1.Who won a million dollars in a lottery?
A. The man. B. The son. C. The old lady. D. The doctor.
2.What does “heart attack” mean in Chinese?
A. 攻击心脏. B. 惊喜. C. 心情. D. 心脏病.
3.Why did the doctor play ‘Let’s pretend’ game with the lady?
A. Because he wanted to get the money.
B. Because he wanted to bring her the news gently.
C. Because he didn’t want to tell her the news.
D. Because he wasn’t honest.
4.Who had died of shock?
A. The man. B. The son. C. The old lady. D. The doctor.
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A Sad Shock B. A wonderful Shock
C. An Interesting Shock D. A Lucky Shock
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Once there was a rich man in a village. He never gave anything to help 42 . The villagers didn’t like him. One day he said to them, “I know you don’t like me. I will give everything I have 43 you when I die. Then everyone will be happy.”
But nobody 44 him. The rich man couldn’t understand why they didn’t believe him. One day he went for a walk by a lake. Under a big tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow 45. The pig 46 to the cow, “Why everyone likes you and nobody likes me? After I die. I provide people with pork, ham, etc. I give three or four things to them. But you give 47 one thing—milk. Why do people like you all the time and not me?”
The cow said, “Look, I give them milk while I’m 48 . They see that I’m generous(慷慨的) with what I have. But you don’t give them anything before you die. You give them ham, pork and so on only after you’re dead. People don’t believe in the 49 ; they believe in the present. If you give something 50 you are living, people will like you. It is quite simple.”
From that moment on, the rich man did his 51 to help the poor.
1.A. other B. others C. the other D. another
2.A. for B. with C. to D. after
3.A. believes B. believe C. believes in D. believed
4.A. fighting B. talking C. shouting D. joking
5.A. sang B. told C. asked D. said
6.A. more than B. only C. less than D. but
7. lives B. live C. lived D. alive
8.A. future B. past C. present D. now
9.A. while B. where C. what D. how
10.A. good B. better C. best D. well
When I got into the classroom, I found a book ______ on the floor.
A. lying B. lies C. lie D. lied
If it ______ tomorrow, I will stay at home and do some cleaning.
A. will rain B. rains C. is raining D. is going to rain
Scott found_________ difficult to solve the problem.
A. its B. it’s C. its’ D. it was
She asked her teacher_________.
A. how could she pass the mid-term exams
B. what could she pass the mid-term exams
C. how she could pass the mid-term exams
D. what she could pass the mid-term exams
