One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York. “Mr Einstein,” said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put on new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!”
“It doesn’t matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.”
Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat.
Once more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one.
“There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.”
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1.Where did Albert Einstein met an old friend of his? (No more than 6 words)
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2. What did the friend want him to buy? (No more than 3 words)
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3.How about Einstein’s overcoat? (No more than 2 words)
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4.Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a world-famous physicist? (No more than 3 words)
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5.What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat? (No more than 5 words)
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从方框中选择单词，填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺，再将其适当形式填入短文后的横线上。每词限用一次。
beautiful, same, classroom, deeply, friend, do, know, anything, because, successful |
My teachers thought I was the worst student. My family also had the 1. thought as my teachers.
When I was going to give up my studying, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young, 2. and knowledgeable (知识渊博的).
One day, I was sitting alone in my3. , Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile away my unhappiness.
“Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t4. why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”. 5. everyone else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do6. you want. Just try, and you’ll get closer to success. I believe you are the best!”
I was touched 7. by her words. I decided to study hard. From then on, we became good 8. . She often helped me with my study in her free time.
In the end, I 9. well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel(天使). Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be 10. in life.
补全短文。根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的选项补全短文，注意选项中有一个多余选项。
A. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school B. When you are growing up day by day C. Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children D. Mother always helps us with our lessons at home E. In your walking hours, she always holds you in her arms |
Only mother’s love is true love. It gives everybody everything in all his life. When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. 1. . When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night but forgets about herself. 2. , she feels very happy. When you are old enough to go to school, mother still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes. 3. . When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels worried about you at home. She usually knows about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the bright sweet smile on her face.
4. , not to receive. What true love it is in the world! We will remember mother love forever!
Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. The economy (经济) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.
1.It was _______ for people to find work before than today.
A. not possible B. difficult
C. more difficult D. easier
2. If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______.
A. people will have no jobs
B. people can still have jobs as before
C. 4% of the people will have jobs
D. 97% of the people will have jobs
3.One machine can do as much work as _______.
A. 40% of the people B. 4% of the people in the world
C. 40 people D. 75,000 people
4.How many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day?
A. 70% of the people.
B. 4% of the people in the world.
C. More than 75,000.
D. About 75,000 people.
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Machines are taking work instead of people.
B. Now more people are out of work.
C. Machines need more money and longer holidays.
D. Most people want to have jobs.
A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
A. still went up in value
B. was worth nothing
C. didn’t go down in value
D. was still ours
2. We are always valuable to the people _______.
A. who pay us B. who call us
C. who hate us D. who love us
3. Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______.
A. who you know B. who made you
C. who you remember D. who you are
4.The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_______”.
A. the students put up their hands again
B. the students put down their hands
C. the students put their hands behind their backs again
D. the students put their hands in front of them
5.Why did the famous teacher use a ¥100 bill at his lesson?
A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.
B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.
C. Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.
D. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes(灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall.
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.It is important to _______.
A. put out the fire in the burning house
B. know the ways to escape the fire
C. jump off a burning house
D. keep the door closed
2.It is possible to escape through the windows _______.
A. if there are some bushes on the ground
B. if you are strong enough
C. if you live on a lower floor
D. If you have a long rope
3. Which of the following escaping way is NOT right? _______.
A. You can escape though stairways.
B. You can choose fire escapes.
C. Escape from the windows that open onto a roof.
D. Use a lift to come down at once.
4.Open the window so that _______ if the building is on fire.
A. you can get fresh air
B. you can call for help
C. you can easily jump off
D. you can be seen first
5. The best title of the passage is _______.
A. Escaping from the Windows
B. Save Yourself in the Burning House
C. Knowledge on Fire
D. Waiting for Help
