Fast Food Courier Wins Poetry Competition
Lei Haiwei, a 37-year-old fast food courier (送急件的人)from Hunan province won the championship in a televised Chinese poetry knowledge competition, winning fans over with his true love for poems.
“My interest in poems began as early as I was 6 years old,” Lei said after winning the competition.
Lei Haiwei was born in a village of Dongkou county, Shaoyang city. He inherited (继承) his father Lei Changgen’s love of poems. The elder Lei put poetry on the kitchen wall for his son to read throughout childhood.
“My father hoped I would grow up to be a man who keeps the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in mind,” the courier said.
In the father’s small house, there is a four-story bookshelf, the top of which is filled with poetry books. Lei Haiwei showed great interest in Chinese culture when he was a child. Every time his father told him the stories behind each poem, he was totally attracted. He enjoyed reading poems.
In 2001, the younger Lei graduated from a technical secondary school and found a job in Shanghai. Lei began to read books related to poems at bookstores or libraries in his spare time, since he didn’t have enough money to buy many. The young man also developed a habit of reciting poems he liked, writing down them after returning home.
Though Lei came to Hangzhou city in 2008 and works as a fast food courier, his love for poems hasn’t faded (减退). On his busiest work days, the courier has to deliver more than 50 orders a day, earning up to 9,000 yuan a month. Even so, he seized any available moment to recite poems.
“For example, I am used to reciting poems when I wait for food at restaurants, and traffic lights on my way to deliver food. Reciting poems not only enriches my knowledge, but also makes my job less boring,” the courier said.
As for his future plans, the courier said he will stick to reading and reciting poems.
1.When did Lei Haiwei begin to be interested in poems?
A. At the age of 6. B. At the age of 37.
C. At the age of 50. D. At the age of 16.
2.Why did Lei Haiwei read books at bookstores or libraries?
A. Because he could write down poems there.
B. Because he won the championship in a competition.
C. Because he could talk about poems with others there.
D. Because he didn’t have enough money to buy many books.
3.What does Lei Haiwei think of reciting poems?
A. It helps him get more money.
B. It makes his job more boring.
C. It makes him busier with his job.
D. It helps him get more knowledge.
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The Empty Easter Egg
Jeremy was born with a twisted body and a slow mind. At the age of 12 he was still in second grade. He would make _________, and his teacher, Doris Miller, often became angry with him.
One day, the children talked ___________ about the coming of Easter (复活节). Their teacher Doris told them the story of Jesus, and then to___________ the idea of new life springing forth, she gave each of the children a large plastic empty Easter egg. She asked them to bring it back tomorrow with something inside that shows new life.
The next morning, 19 children came to school, laughing and talking as they_______ their Easter eggs in the large basket on Miss Miller’s desk. It was time to open the now filled empty eggs. In the first egg, Doris found a flower. “Oh yes, a flower is certainly a _________ of new life,” she said. The next empty egg shell contained a plastic butterfly, which looked very real. Doris held it up. “We all know that a caterpillar changes and grows into a beautiful butterfly. Yes, that’s new life, too.”
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The recess bell rang. While the children excitedly ran out to the schoolyard, Doris cried. The cold inside her melted completely away.
Three months later, Jeremy died. Those who paid their respects were __________to see 19 Easter eggs on top of his casket (棺材), all of them empty.
1.A. noises B. friends C. eggs D. plans
2.A. worriedly B. proudly C. excitedly D. sadly
3.A. guess B. explain C. check D. change
4.A. pushed B. dropped C. threw D. placed
5.A. name B. picture C. sign D. shape
6.A. empty B. small C. big D. broken
7.A. ended B. started C. changed D. developed
8.A. happy B. angry C. disappointed D. surprised
— Do you know tomorrow?
— Yes, the Great Wall.
A. where they went B. where will they go
C. where did they go D. where they will go
These nice photos in Science Museum last year.
A. take B. were taken C. are taken D. took
My grandma dinner when I got home yesterday.
A. cooks B. was cooking C. is cooking D. will cook
