Many years ago, my dad got heart disease（疾病）and had to be sent to the hospital. He couldn’t work for a long time so he decided to be a volunteer at a children’s hospital.
There was a girl who could not walk because of a disease. She wouldn’t do anything and was very sad. My dad decided to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and some white paper. He put the brush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hand at all. Only his head moved. After finishing the picture, he said to the girl, “Look, I can paint without hand. You can also do anything you want. You should not be so sad.” He tried his best to teach the girl to paint the picture.
At last, the girl began to paint herself, and learnt to walk bravely. However, the doctors felt surprised that there was nothing else they could do for the girl and they let the girl leave the hospital. Several months later, my dad received a call from the little girl. She said she could walk. She mailed my dad a picture she had drawn. At the bottom it read, “Thank you for helping me.”
My dad would cry whenever he told us this story. He would say that love can be more powerful than doctors, and my dad died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture.
1.Why did the writer’s father decide to be a volunteer at a children’s hospital?
A.He liked children. B.He knew the girl.
C.He had to be sent to the hospital. D.He couldn’t work for a long time because of his disease.
2.How did the writer’s father help the little girl?
A.He began to visit the girl in her room with paints, brushes and some white paper.
B.He encouraged the girl by painting without hand.
C.He told the girl she could do anything she wanted.
D.All of the above.
3.Why did the doctors let the girl leave the hospital?
A.They thought they could do nothing to help her. B.The girl didn’t want to stay there.
C.The girl began to paint herself. D.The girl learnt to walk bravely.
4.What happened to the girl before she left the hospital?
A.She could walk. B.She began to paint herself.
C.She gave a call to the writer’s father. D.She mailed the writer’s father a picture she had drawn
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.The man helped the girl. B.You can do anything you want.
C.Love is powerful. D.The girl was badly ill.
Dear Marjorie,
I’m having troubles at school. I find it difficult to get down to work in the evenings and I can’t concentrate（全神贯注） on anything at the moment. I spend most of my time listening to music or watching TV instead of doing my homework when I am at home. The other students in my class are much better than I am and I have problems with following the lessons as well. I can’t always take down the important things my teacher says because I write so slowly. She has told me that I’m falling behind with my studies. I’m not good at writing and I usually hand in my homework late because I put off doing it until the last minute. So I often have to invent different excuses to tell my teacher why I haven’t done the work. I’m sure I’ m not going to get through my final exams in July. I’m now so far behind that I don’t know how I’ m going to catch up with them. My teacher spent some time going through my homework with me but she found so many mistakes that I felt even more depressed（沮丧）. What do you suggest I do?
Yours,
George
1.George usually________ when he is at home.
A.does his homework B.listens to music
C.concentrates on his study D.gets ready for the final exams
2.Why can’t George take down the important things his teacher says?
A.Because he can’t write fast enough. B.Because the teacher speaks too fast.
C.Because the teacher speaks too much. D.Because he can’t hear the teacher clearly.
3.What made George feel worse?
A.He fell behind his classmates. B.He didn’t pass the final exam.
C.He didn’t hand in the homework on time. D.He made a lot of mistakes in his homework.
4.According to the passage, it is clear that George has problems with his________.
A.family B.study C.teachers D.friends
5.Why does George think it’s difficult to catch up with his classmates?
A.Because his teacher doesn’t want to help him. B.Because his classmates always laugh at him.
C.Because he falls very far behind his classmates. D.Because he has too much homework to do.
The other day I was doing some shopping. A man, who was untidy, walked towards a group of us at the checkout（收银台）. I heard him talk to the man in front of me, “I don’t want to steal （偷）from this store… would you ______ me some food?”
The man pretended（假装）not to hear him. I waited ______ for my turn to be questioned. but it never came. ______ I asked him, “Can I buy you something to eat?”
He ______ accepted. The man got a bag and began putting samosas （炸三角） in the bag. He stopped and I asked him how many he had got and he replied 10.
The cashier（收银员） looked at me doubtfully（怀疑地） and then added them to ______ order. After I was through, the man said he wanted something to drink, too. The cashier seemed to be keeping a close eye on him. I admitted（承认） I was too, as I didn’t want him to steal nothing ______ ! I told the cashier that if he got a（n） ______ , I’d just pay for it.
Finally, we both ended up leaving the ______ , but he stood right outside holding the samosas in his hands and talking to himself. Or maybe he was talking with ______ who he thought was there. This man’s circumstances（情况）saddened me. How many of the homeless also suffer from a mental （精神的） ______ ? Maybe that’s even what led him to be homeless. I also thought about the watchful eye the cashier and I kept over him. I hoped to meet him again someday. .. maybe we can sit down and have lunch together.
1.A.borrow B.buy C.catch D.sell
2.A.patiently B.hurriedly C.finally D.carefully
3.A.So B.And C.But D.Or
4.A.friendly B.gladly C.worriedly D.carefully
5.A.her B.my C.his D.their
6.A.neither B.also C.too D.either
7.A.drink B.bag C.samosa D.lunch
8.A.cinema B.theatre C.restaurant D.store
9.A.anybody B.nobody C.someone D.everyone
10.A.ability B.effort C.illness D.experience
—Jack fell down and hurt himself badly yesterday.
—________.
A.That’s cool B.Nothing serious
C.It doesn’t matter D.I’m sorry to hear that
—Have you asked the policeman________?
—Yes. He told us to turn right into Main Street. There is one on the right.
A.if there is a bank near here B.how can we get to the nearest bank
C.where can we find a bank D.when we can go to the nearest bank
Hangzhou ________ as the City of Silk. Tourists like shopping for silk there.
A. knows B. is known C. was known D. will be known
