A businessman, who was very fond of music, was asked by a poor widow to give her some help. Her husband, who was a musician, had died, and left her very poor indeed.
The businessman saw that the widow and her daughter, who was with her, were in great distress. He looked with pity into their pale faces, and was sure that their sad story was true.
“How much do you want, my good woman?” said the businessman.
“Five dollars will save us,” said the poor widow, with some hesitation, after she thought for a few seconds.
The businessman sat down at his desk, took a piece of paper, wrote a few lines on it, and gave it to the widow with the words, “Take it to the bank you see on the other side of the street.”
The widow thanked the man, and then quickly walked to the bank with her daughter, without stopping to read the note. The banker at once counted out fifty dollars instead of five, and passed them to the window.
She was amazed when she saw so much money. “Sir, there is a mistake here.” she said. “You have given me fifty dollars, and I asked for only five.”
The banker then looked at the note once more, and said, “The check calls for fifty dollars.”
The banker then asked her to wait a few minutes, while he went to see the businessman who gave her the note.
“Yes,” said the businessman, when he had heard the banker’s story, “I did make a mistake. I wrote fifty instead of five hundred. Give the poor widow five hundred dollars, for such honesty is poorly rewarded (奖赏) with even that sum.”
1. From the story, we can guess that a widow is a woman who ________.
A. has lost her husband
B. loves her husband very much
C. is very poor
D. has a daughter but no sons
2.On her way to the bank, the widow ________.
A. thought she would get five dollars
B. stopped to read the note
C. knew she would get fifty dollars
D. felt very amazed
3.________ most probably has nothing to do with (和…有关) the word distress in second paragraph.
A. A poor family B. A pale face
C. A sad story D. A music lover
4. From the story we know that the businessman was ________.
A. rich and generous
B. poor and honest
C. warm-hearted but careless
D. polite but helpless
5.The businessman’s last sentence at the end of the story means _________.
A. the banker should give the widow some money to reward her for her honesty.
B. he felt better if he gave the widow fifty dollars instead of five hundred
C. the widow was poor, so she would get a sum of five hundred dollars.
D. the widow was honest, so she should get more money as a reward.
书面表达
6月5日是世界环境保护日，东台教育局组织以“Being a volunteer of going green”为题的英语演讲比赛。假如韩梅参加比赛,请你以韩梅的名义写一篇演讲稿推荐自己，内容如下：
品 质 | 助人为乐，善良，有礼貌 |
爱 好 | 旅游，上网，阅读 |
事 迹 | 组织慈善义演，为WWF筹集资金 ,每年植树 |
感 悟 | 地球是我们唯一的家园 保护环境，人人有责 |
措 施 | ……(至少两点具体做法) |
要求：1. 要点完整，可适当发挥，使句子通顺、连贯。 2. 正确使用时态，语法正确，书写整洁。3. 90词左右，开头结尾已给出，不计人总词数。
Being a volunteer of going green
Hello, everyone. I’m Han Mei. I want to be a volunteer of going green. I’m glad to make a speech here.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
If I can be a volunteer, __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Thank you for listening!
词汇
A. 根据句意及所给中文写出单词，完成句子。
1.We should take action to prevent water_________ (污染) because people can’t live without water.
2.I will never forget this meaningful __________(经历).
3.The __________(病人）can’t afford to go to hospital, we should help them.
4.The little girl will travel __________（到国外）to learn more about art .
5.We want to help more people by __________(训练）local doctors.
B.根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空。
6.He risked__________ (lose) everything this time to leave his home alone.
7.Dr. Brown felt tired because he had two___________(operate) in the daytime.
8.Too much drinking is ___________(harm) to your health.
9.He was made ___________(work) for 24 hours a day in the past.
10. If you don’t obey the traffic rules, you ______________(punish).
阅读与回答问题。
Charles Dickens was born in one of the small towns in England.
When Dickens was nine years old, his father found a job in London and the family moved there. Later on his father was put in to prison(监狱)for owing(负债). His mother could not supply(供应) enough food to him and his younger brothers and sisters. He had to do something for his family, so he could not go to school.
Only until his father was out of prison, Charles could go to school. At that time he was already twelve. But he did not finish school. Two years later he began to work in a factory.
And at first he was a journalist(记者)and wrote for newspapers. The future writer often went to the library to read books. He read a lot. Then, at the age of twenty-two, Dickens began to write and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life.Dickens died over a hundred years ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest.
1.What was Charles Dickens?
________________________________________________________________________
2.How long did Dickens live in his hometown?
________________________________________________________________________
3.Why couldn't Dickens go to school？
________________________________________________________________________
4. When did Dickens begin to work? (in no more than 4 words)
________________________________________________________________________
5.Where did Dickens read a lot?( in no more than 3 words)
________________________________________________________________________
阅读下面短文根据短文内容完成表格中信息，每空一词。（共10分，每空1分）
Some people succeed, while others may not. This is because some people have certain qualities, which others do not.
The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, you must be optimistic（乐观）. If you do not expect to win, you will not try as hard as people who do expect to win. You also need to have a clear aim and a reason for doing something because motivation（动机） is a key to getting success. If you do not have an aim, then you won’t work hard and put your performance under the microscope（显微镜） to make sure that every detail is right.
Another quality that helps people succeed is creativity---thinking about things in a different way and wondering how others would do the same thing. Think about some successful people you know. They might be successful with a little creativity, but the most successful people are the most creative ones.
Reading is another way to success, as it will help you learn about how other people have got success. If you want to learn how to set up a successful business, you should read books about people like Bill Gates and Jerry Yang, who have got amazing success in their areas of business.
Practicing is also important if you want to be successful because practice makes perfect. Practise every day at whatever career you are in, and by doing so, you will see yourself, your business and your self-confidence begin to grow. If you feel confident about what you do, this confidence will make other people believe in you as well. Your workmates will be happy to work with you, and your boss will give you more responsibility（责任）. Finally if you are a successful person, you will be able to look people in the eye and smile confidently.
The Way to 1.
Certain qualities | Supporting details |
Optimism | ●Try hard 2. people who do expect to win. ●Have a clear aim and a 3. for doing something because a key to getting success is motivation. |
Creativity | ● 4. about things in a different way. ●Study how other people would do the 5. thing. |
6. | ●Help you know about how 7. have got success. ●Read books about 8. people such as Bill Gates and Jerry Yang to encourage yourselves. |
Practicing | ●Know the 9. of practice because “Practice makes perfect.” ●Believe in yourself and do 10. you want to do confidently. |
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners， but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back， she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.
Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memorycan be improved. If you’ll just accept that， the following will show you how.
First， relax. If you are over worried about remembering something， you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad， your mind will come to believe it and you won’tremember things. When you forget something， don’t follow up with sayings like “Oh， my God! Ialways forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory， you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body， your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example， if you’re learning a language， try to actively remember a lot of newwords.
If you don’t take notice of things actively， you won’t remember them. So， you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example， don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again， make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.
1. The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.
A. Barbara was a very rich person
B. Mark often forgot his friends’ names
C. examples of memory problems
D. language problems of two persons
2.When you forget things， you ________.
A. must be too careless
B. shouldn’t lose heart about your memory
C. must accept the fact
D. shouldn’t take notice of the result
3.The word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________”.
A. places B. activities C. positions D. chances
4.According to the passage， ________ can make your memory better.
A. realizing your memory problems
B. talking to your friends
C. making mind pictures of what you see
D. doing sports every day
