Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair – bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3 each．
“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that some one is concerned about them,” Chase said．
Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years．Several hundred people wait for him every week．
He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks．
“ It’s the place that makes me the happiest．I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”
The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．
The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight．
Travis Kemp, a 51 – year – old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”
1.On his 90 th birthday, Chase ．
A．handed out cash to the needy
B．collected money for poor people
C．visited poor people’s homes with gifts
D．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row
2.Which of the following makes Chase feel the happiest?
A．Celebrating his birthday with his neighbours．
B．Working in Loyola Marymount University．
C．Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped．
D．Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row to help people there．
3.What’s the source of the money Chase used to help people?
A．All his savings．
B．His earnings as a Catholic priest．
C．Donations from the wealthy and celebrities．
D．Donations from Loyola Marymount University．
4.Travis Kemp is mentioned in the text to show ．
A．he was the luckiest person on that day
B．the disabled need to be taken care of
C．Chase is greatly appreciated by the needy
D．even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday
5.Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?
A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase．
B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions．
C．Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return．
D．Father Maurice Chase earned a lot of money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．
My speech pathology (病理学) practice used to be successful．But by last year, 1.people wanted to join in such practice. Icutmyownpayby20percent 2.I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. My husband3.to find a job, too.
We have114.in all．Although our oldest four are already on their own, we couldn’t live on anything less than what we were making．We’ve always been interested in food safety and in teaching the kids 5.their food comes from．We love fresh vegetables from small farms．6..
We began with two pigs．A local farmer suggested we get hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, so we got more animals. We were excited 7.also nervous. What if no one bought anything from our farm?
But people did buy. The farmer who sells eggs to his customers buys about 20 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ markets, we sell out our eggs completely, earning $250 to $500 in a day．I once spent $160 a week 8.food; now I spend just $ 40 to $50 a week．
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D．Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context．
Rosa Laevigata, the official name of Cherokee Rose, is the state flower of Georgia． 1,it is not native to Georgia, having been naturalized from China．However, Cherokee Rose is a wonderful rose with a good story 2its introduction．
The story started with the Trail of Tears in 1838. the mothers of the Cherokece were 3and crying so much, because they were unable to help their children survive the 4. The elders prayed for a sign that would lift the mothers’ spirits to give them 5. The next day a beautiful rose began to grow where each of the mothers’ tears 6. The rose is white for their 7, a gold center 8the gold taken from Cherokee lands, and seven leaves on each stem for the seven Cherokee clans (部落). The wild Cherokee Rose grows 9the route of the Trail of Tears into eastern Oklahoma today. Certainly, it is a 10tale, but there is more to the story. Thomas Affleck sold huge numbers of Rosa Laevigata to large homesteads and plantations, 11the rose as a fence. The Cherokee Rose naturalized successfully and is now a common sight blooming in the South during spring.
Cherokee Rose is often confused with Rosa Bracteata (Macartney Rose) which is 12in form, but is so easy to overspread that biologists place it in the category of pest．Macartney Rose flowers in summer, while the Cherokee Rose flowers in spring．
Cherokee Rose is a climber which blooms once a year, bearing large, white flowers, each with five petals (花瓣)．It is energetic, climbing upwards of 20 feet．
Make sure that you have plenty of room for this historic, yet non – native and thus thankfully, non – invasive rose．
(＊homestead: n. a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm
＊plantation : n. a large area of land, where crops such as coffee, sugar, rubber, etc. are grown)
1.A．However B．Thus C．So D．Occasionally
2.A．exhibiting B．surrounding C．telling D．drafting
3.A．prejudiced B．supreme C．sorrowful D．disturbing
4.A．trend B．voyage C．slavery D．journey
5.A．strength B．torture C．privilege D．fame
6.A．fell B．trembled C．floated D．stuck
7.A．crime B．trail C．debts D．tears
8.A．resists B．represents C．repeats D．shows
9.A．below B．in C．along D．under
10.A．abstract B．moving C．loving D．terrifying
11.A．constituting B．composing C．recommending D．reserving
12.A．similar B．familiar C．different D．interesting
If carefully, the experiment will be successful．
A．do B．does C．done D．doing
- Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
- Yes. I’ve never been to _____ one before.
A. a more excited B. the most excited C. a more exciting D. the most exciting
-I can smell something _____ in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute?
- OK.
A. burning B. burnt C. being burnt D. to be burnt
