Bob Butler lost his legs in 1965 in Vietnam. Later he returned to the USA and began his life in wheelchair (轮椅). One day he was working in his yard when he heard a woman calling for help. He began moving towards the woman’s house, but something on the ground stopped his wheelchair going through the back door. So he got out of his wheelchair and started to crawl (爬行).
When Butler got through the back door of the house, he found there was a little girl in the pool. She had no arms and couldn’t swim. Her mother was calling for help crazily. Butler got into the pool and pulled the little girl out of the water. Her face was blue, and she was not breathing.
Butler did CPR (心肺复苏术) on her right away. As Butler continued doing CPR, he talked to the mother. “Don’t worry,” he said. “It’ll be OK. I was her arms to get out of the pool. I am now her lungs. Together we can make it.”
Soon the little girl coughed and began to cry. The mother asked Butler how he knew it would be OK. “I didn’t know,” he told her. “But when my legs were blown off (炸掉) in the war, a little girl in Vietnam said to me in broken English, ‘It’ll be OK. You will live. I’ll be your legs. Together we make it.’ Her kind words brought hope to me and I wanted to do the same for your little girl.”
1.What did Butler hear when he was working in his yard one day?
A. He heard a little girl crying.
B. He heard a woman calling for help.
C. He heard his neighbors arguing.
D. He heard someone calling his name.
2. How did Butler get through the woman’s back door?
A. By bike. B. On foot.
C. By crawling. D. By moving his wheelchair.
3. What did Butler find when he got through the woman’s back door?
A. A little girl lost her legs.
B. The woman was saving her kid.
C. The woman was in the pool.
D. A little girl was in the pool.
4.What does the underlined word “lungs” mean in Chinese?
A. 肺 B. 大脑 C. 肾 D. 肝脏
5.What did the little girl in Vietnam say to Butler?
A. “I’ll be your legs.” B. “I’ll be your lungs.”
C. “I’ll be your friend.” D. “I’ll be your family.”
Gladys Holm was a secretary . She worked in an office all her life. Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise—$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.
Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital, Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”.
Gladys always gave toys and other presents to her friends but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned that she was a millionaire. One of her friends said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”
How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more money, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks (股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $18 million!
1.Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because______.
A. she had too much money
B. she had a lot of toy bears
C. she liked children very much
D. she had never got married and had no children
2.People started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”_______.
A. after she died
B. after she visited the children in hospital many times
C. before her friend’s daughter was ill
B. before she worked with his boss
3.Everyone was surprised that________.
A. Gladys lived such a long life
B. Gladys had so much money
C. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago
D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents
4. ________, so she got rich.
A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary
B. Gladys did another job in the hospital
C. Gladys got the money from the boss
D. Gladys did what the boss told her to do
5.When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,________.
A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things
B. she stopped working
C. she still lived in the same way
D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family
In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
1.The main idea of the second paragraph is________.
A. Franklin started the first subscription library
B. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries
C. in a subscription library people pay money to become members
D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833
2.The underlined word “borrow” means_______.
A. use for a short time and then return
B. read and write with no help from another person
C. like very much
D. lend
3.The passage does not say it, but we can guess that_______.
A. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time
B. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries
C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it
D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools
4.Harvard University began_______.
A. in 1731 B. in 1730 C. in 1638 D. in 1833
5. At the library that Franklin started, ________.
A. people could use books for no money at all
B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that
C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that
D. both A and B
Hello, everyone! I’ m Caitlin. I’d like to tell something about my story. Four years ago, I needed to pay for university my parents couldn’t pay for it all. My teacher told me about Student Aid(助学金). I felt very excited, but I knew it wasn’t to get the aid. After several minutes’ , I decided to have a try. But I failed. I a plan for my university. I asked my parents to pay for the first year. Then I tried my best to make to pay for the rest.
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a . I often asked my friends to do their homework and acted a teacher. To make my dream , I worked hard at university. Now , I become a teacher. I want to tell you that there must be a way. You just have to find it.
1.A. him B. you C. her D. it
2.A. although B. so C. because D. or
3.A. easy B. useful C. hard D. enough
4.A. sleeping B. resting C. crying D. thinking
5.A. wanted B. asked C. told D. made
6.A. time B. money C. food D. advice
7.A. pilot B. nurse C. doctor D. teacher
8.A. to B. as C. with D. for
9.A. come in B. turn up C. come true D. turn on
10.A. serious B. poor C. kind D. real
—You look pale! ________?
—Nothing serious. I’m just feeling a bit uncomfortable.
A. What’s the matter B. How are you
C. Why not D. What about you
You shouldn’t ____ your daughter at home. She can receive better ____ at school.
A. educate; educate B. education; education
C. educate; education D. education; educate
