He was struggling（费劲）to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.
I did, and he was grateful.
“Thank you,”he said.
“I’m glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach,”I said.
He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted（扭曲的）terribly, and he couldn’t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted（反应）to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.
I was still on my knees by his wheelchair. “Nice shoes,”he said.
“Thanks. No one ever complimented me on them before,”I said.
“No one has the same view of the world as I do,”he replied.
“Tell me about the world as you see it,”I said smiling.
“Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it in their feet,”he said.“If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they’re impatient with me. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable.”
“What about me?”I asked.
“I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. I was the one who was nervous,”he said.“I don’t normally have someone look me in the eye.”
“They don’t know that they’re missing,”I told him.
“My old face is nothing to brag（自夸）about.”he said.
“But that smile is so big.”
Yes, and it’s not only a big smile but an attitude.
1.The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their .
A. wordsB. eyesC. feetD. smile
2. The underlined word compassion is the closest in meaning to .
A. attentionB. pityC. trustD. duty
3.We learn that the disabled man .
A. had great difficulty looking after himself
B. always asked people for help
C. couldn’t have a big smile
D. liked to talk about people’s shoes
4.The writer felt comfortable because .
A. he had a nice talk to the man
B. the man looked him in the eye
C. he didn’t move his feet before the man
D. the man had a big smile on the face
5.We can infer from the passage that .
A. the disabled man had something wrong with his mind
B. not many people went down to the man’s level
C. the man was good at telling people about the world
D. the writer would not give the man more help
Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system. takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
1.You can most probably read the passage in .
A. a science bookC. a TV guide
C. a history bookD. a telephone book
2.. The main idea of the passage is .
A. to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job
B. to explain the need for rubbish collection
C. to introduce different ways to treat rubbish
D. to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish
3. The underlined word“sewage”in the passage means .
A. 排污B. 染色C. 洗涤D. 吸尘
4.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again .
A. to feed animalsB. to feed plants
C. to build a houseD. to make machines
5. How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?
A. By burning it off.B. By putting it in water
C. By throwing it away.D. By reusing and recycling it.
注：courtesy礼貌，audience观众
1.How many days will the show be on？
A. For 10 daysB. For 12 days
C. For 15 daysD. For 18 days
2. How long does each show last？
A. Half an hour B. One hour
C. One hour and a halfD. Two hours
3.If a family of four go to the theatre in the evening, they have to pay at least dollars for the tickets
A. 85B. 100C. 120D. 140
4. are not allowed to enter the theatre.
A. Latecomers B. Adultswithout children
C. School students D. Kids below three years old
5.What information CANNOT be found in the advertisement?
A. The name of the showB. The name of the director
C. The telephone numberD. The name of the theatre.
A: Today we are going to talk about a great invention. It looks like a human being. 1.
B: It’s a robot. 2.
A: Of course not. The first robot was invented in 1921.
B: 3. .
A: Sure. They can take the place of humans to do some boring work. They can also do a lot of dangerous work instead of humans.
B: 4.
A: No. Robots can do a lot of work instead of people in many ways, but people wouldn’t be replaced by robots. 5.
B: We get it.
In America, where labor（劳工） costs are so high, “do-it-your-self” is a way of life. Many people their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses. many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a that publishes（出版）children’s books with the help of computers. other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story pictures. The story is then printed up. “This book is about me,”a child who such a book might say. So the company is called the“Me-Books Publishing Company”.
like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.
1.A. makeB. buildC. buyD. repair
2.A. OtherwiseB. OnlyC. OnceD. Soon
3.A. directorB. personC. companyD. computer
4.A. HoweverB. AlthoughC. ThatD. Unless
5.A. allowsB. hatesC. hiresD. pays
6.A. whatB. howC. whyD. where
7.A. withB. aboutC. forD. except
8.A. printsB. borrowsC. sellsD. receives
9.A. WritersB. ChildrenC. CompaniesD. Friends
10.A. impossibleB. imaginativeC. importantD. inactive
This is I wanted.
A. the one whatB. which
C. one whichD. the one
