In a New York street, a small truck hit a big tree. The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now. The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses. He was very sad and people in the street felt sorry for him. Then an old man walked over to the driver. He looked at him for a few minutes and said, "My poor boy, I think you must pay a lot for it." "Yes," was the sad answer.
"Well, well," said the old man, "hold out your hat— here's some money for you, and I can say that some of these people will give you a helping hand, too." With these words, he walked away.
The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it. At last the driver took a bag and put all the money in it. Then he looked at the people and said, "Well, thank you very much. But you didn’t know that the old man is the owner of the truck. I'm driving and making money for him.”
1.What did the truck hit?
A. An old man B. A big tree
C. Some glasses. D. A big hat
2.How did the driver feel when he looked at the broken glasses?
A. Afraid and excited. B. Pleased and frightened.
C. Unhappy and worried. D. Surprised and happy.
3.Why did people give the driver money?
A. Because they felt sorry for him.
B. Because they knew the old man.
C. Because they wanted to help the old man.
D. Because they were the drivers’ friends.
4.From the passage, we know that______________.
A. The old gave the young man a hat.
B. The old man was the driver’s father.
C. The driver became rich.
D. The driver had to give the money to the old man.
5.What do you think of the old man?
A. generous B. humorous
C. clever D. Helpful
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A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After ________ weeks the editor________ the story to her. The lady was ________ . She wrote back to the editor: “Dear Sir. Yesterday
you sent back a story of mine. ________ do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it.
________ I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18,19 and 20. This was a ________to see if you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were________ pasted together. Is this the ________ you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back: “Dear Madam, when I have an egg ________breakfast, I ________ eat the whole egg to discover that it is bad.”
1.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
2.A. gave B. came back C. handed D. returned
3.A. unhappy B. happy C. pleased D. Glad
4.A. How B. Why C. What D. Where
5.A. After B. until C. Before D. Since
6.A.lesson B. test C. question D. thing
7.A. already B. still C. even D. yet
8.A. work B. check C. road D. way
9.A. on B. for C. at D. in
10.A. must not B. have not to C. need not to D. don’t have to
— My brother fell off the bike and hurt himself yesterday.
—_____________.
A. It doesn’t matter. B. Never mind.
C. I’m sorry to hear that. D. He should be careful.
It’s __________ for him to complete the project in one day.
A. unpossible B. impossibly
C. possibly D.impossible
The Grade 8 students will ______ about two hours on the trip and the ____ is $50 per person.
A. take, cost B. spend, price
C. take, price D. spend, cost
If Jim ______ free tomorrow, I will ask Tom to go instead.
A. doesn’t be B. isn’t
C. won’t D. won’t be
