A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human feeling.
The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse named Kate Austen. But Nurse Austen was not too busy to write with a long, friendly letter for every gift of food or clothing received for poor villagers in the north of Australian. Among the gifts was a box of knittings (毛线编织品) for children, knitted and sent by a woman in Toronto.
Nurse Austen, was busy, and not feeling too well that winter. She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement. But that was not her way. She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them. She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created.” Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada.
Dear Miss Austen,
Your letter made me happy. I did not expect such a full return, I am eighty years old, and I am blind. There is little I can do expect knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters scarves. For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or book as I could collect. But never before in all that time have I had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said. I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that. My God bless you.
Sincerely yours, Laura N. Russell
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.According to the passage, a letter of reply is not ．
A．a common thing B．a treasured thing
C．a natural thing D．a boring thing
2.______knitted and sent a box of knittings for the poor in Australian.
A．Kate Austen B．Laura Russell
C．An Australian mother D．The writer
3.Why did Nurse Austen write the letter?
A．Because she wasn’t so busy.
B．Because she was a kindhearted woman.
C．Because she was thankful for the knittings.
D．Because she wanted the woman to know the happiness and warmth she had created.
4.What do you think of the letter from Nurse Austen?
A．A waste of much time. B．A valuable letter.
C．An interesting letter. D．An unforgettable letter.
5.What can we learn from the two women?
A．We should be polite to others.
B．When we receive a letter we should write back soon
C．We should respect each other
D．We should express our thanks to the people who help you.
In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever believe that they can give their children a better education in the west. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the west. Therefore, these children become satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kids” problem. Because these children do mot speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids ”will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because______．
A．they hope their children may easily find a job there
B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries
C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries
D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends
2.”Satellite kids ”refer to Asian kids ______．
A．without parents B．want them to go to university
C．with university education D．speaking no English
3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ______．
A．want to leave their own country B．want them to go to university
C．return to their country to work D．want them to be independent
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Parents want better education for their kids.
B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families.
C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids ” problem.
D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.
5.Choose the best title for the passage _____.
A．How to Immigrate Abroad.
B．A New Group-satellite Kids.
C．It’s Better to Get a University Education
D．Making Money Is Easy in the East.
完形填空(10小题，每小题l分，共10分)
There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them. especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ____.
The mother_ _ that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s __ , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __ . “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered, “He _ _ said anything. What could be possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only _ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew __ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were __. Ben had learned all from doing one of his book __.
Ben later went on to the _ _ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.
1.A．clever B．hard C．slow D．quick
2.A．seemed B．decided C．wondered D．told
3.A．class B．room C．office D．lab
4.A．think B．leave C．ask D．answer
5.A．always B．ever C．quickly D．never
6.A．found B．played C．knew D．heard
7.A．whether B．what C．where D．why
8.A．afraid B．surprised C．worried D．unhappy
9.A．pictures B．exercises C.shops D．reports
10.A．top B．end C．back D．front
We visited the factory __ ___ makes toys for children.
A. where B. who
C. which D. when
—Can you make sure __ ___?
— Sorry, I can’t. But I did see her just now.
A. where did she go B. where she had gone
C. where she has gone D. where will she go
Our English teacher often uses different activities_ __ keep us_ __ in class.
A. \; interested B. \; interest
C. to; interesting D. to; interested
