When Mr. David retired（退休）,he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his great surprise,many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays,because it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David's garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said：“If you are interested,come in and look round. Price：twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming to his house,but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to show them around. “I came here to retire,not to work as a guide.” he said angrily. In the end,he sold the house and moved away.
1.Why did many tourists come to see Mr. David's house?
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2.How did Mr. David try to drive the visitors away?
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3.How much did the visitors need to pay to come in and look around the house?
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4.What happened after Mr. David put a notice on the window?
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5.What did Mr. David do at last?
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I met Rose,my new classmate,on the first day of college. To my surprise, she was already 87 years old. “Why are you in college at such a young age?” I joked. “I'm here to meet a rich man, get married, have two children, and then become old and travel.” she answered. 1.
Like young students, Rose was outgoing, kind and helpful. 2. Soon, she became a superstar in our college.
At the end of the term, Rose was invited to give us a speech. I will never forget what she said to us, “There are only four secrets to staying young and achieving success.”
“First, you have to laugh and find happiness around you every day. Then you need to have a dream. 3.Next, find any chance to change yourself. Finally, people shouldn't be sorry for things they didn't do.”
4. Over 2000 students went to her funeral（葬礼） to express their love to the wonderful woman.
The great woman didn't live in this world any longer, but she gave us an unforgettable lesson in life. 5.Don't you think so?
阅读短文,把A-E五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整。
A. That is——Never too old to learn.
B. She always had friends around her.
C. When you lose your dream,you die.
D. Both of us laughed because we knew what she said wasn't true.
E. One week after she finished her college, she died in her sleep peacefully.
One of the famous scientists,Stephen Hawking,died last year,which made people around the world shocked. They respect（尊敬）the British scientist not only because of his achievements in physics but also great spirit.
Hawking was born in England on January 8th,1942. When he was a child,he was interested in science. In 1959,he entered Oxford University to study natural science. However,he got a very serious illness in 1963. After that,he couldn't move or speak. He had to sit in a wheelchair and he could only communicate with others by using a computer.
In the face of these difficulties,Hawking didn't give up. He went on to study at Cambridge University and did research（研究）on space and time. He wrote many great books. The most famous one is A Brief History of Time.
Hawking was invited to China to give speeches several times. His self-confidence and humorous words impressed（留下印象）us deeply.
Hawking's unusual life encourages many people. Let's not worry about our problems but face the challenges. As he once said,“Life is not fair,you just have to do the best you can in your situation.
根据短文内容,判断下列各句正（T）误（F）。
1.People respect Hawking only because of his achievements in physics.
2.Hawking entered Oxford University to study natural science in 1963.
3.A computer helped Hawking communicate with others.
4.A Brief History of Time is Hawking's most famous book.
5.Hawking's great books impressed us deeply.
One day,a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said,“Look！There's a horseshoe（马蹄铁）. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said,“It isn't worth（值得）the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town,they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some grapes.
It was very hot,and there wasn't a house or a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time,his father dropped a grape on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while,his father dropped another grape and once again,his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.
And then they went on. The old farmer dropped the grapes and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the grapes,his father said to him,“My dear son,if you had bent down（俯身）early to pick up that horseshoe,it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the grapes,always remember the lesson. A person who cares about the little things will meet with most success.
根据短文内容。选择最佳答案。
1.__________ picked up the horseshoe.
A.The father B.The son
C.Nobody D.The shop assistant
2.The father bought some __________ after he sold the horseshoe.
A.money B.grapes C.trees D.water
3.Thomas picked up the grapes and ate them because __________.
A.his father wanted him to eat them B.he liked them
C.he was thirsty D.he wanted to sell them
4.The father dropped the grapes one by one because he wanted __________.
A.his son to eat them all B.to teach his son a lesson
C.to make fun of his son D.to show his love
5.From the passage, we can learn that __________.
A.if we want to eat grapes, we must pick up a horseshoe
B.a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us much money
C.we should care about small things before we do the great things.
D.it's important to pick up a horseshoe on the road
David walked down the street. All he wanted to do was to play basketball with Jim. But his mother told him to return his sister's books to the library on his way to Jim's house.
In his eyes, books and summertime just don't go together. He thought he had read a lot during the school year. And he had never set foot inside a public library. Today he'd just drop the books off in the outside return box, but it was locked. He had to go inside to return them.
David walked inside the building a few minutes before closing time. He put the books into the return box. After a quick drink of water and a short stop in the toilet, he'd be on his way to meet Jim. He walked out of the toilet. The library lights were turned off. He was locked—in a library!
David tried to use the telephone, but he couldn't find one. As the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found a little one on a desk. He used a pencil to write a note on a big piece of paper. It read, “I'm locked inside. Please call for help.” He put it on the front door. Surely, someone passing by would see it. He then turned his attention to the library itself.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so bad. Rows and rows of books! When he saw a book about Michael Jordan on the desk, he picked it up. He opened the book and began to read. He felt that being locked in the library didn't seem to be such a terrible thing.
1.What did David's mother want him to do?
A.Play basketball with Jim.
B.Take a walk in the street.
C.Read books in the library.
D.Return his sister's books.
2.David thought he had read a lot during ________．
A.a visit to Jim's
B.the school year
C.the closing time
D.the summertime
3.David went inside the building because ________．
A.the sun began to set
B.he wanted to use the telephone
C.he needed to go to the toilet
D.the outside return box was locked
4.Which of the following sentences could be added to the chart(图表)?
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A.He searched for a light.
B.He put the books into the return box.
C.He had a quick drink of water.
D.He turned his attention to the library.
5.David discovered that ________ after he was locked in the library.
A.he was very afraid of the dark
B.he became interested in this place
C.his mom was worried about him
D.his friend became nervous about him
“Never give up!” is my law of life. It has brought me ______. I learned the law from my father's ______ story.
My father was born in a ______ family in Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then he ______ in the field till sunset. He didn't finish his homework ______ midnight. Life was hard for the family because they had no ______ !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. ______ was the land of gold, the land where poor people could become rich.
“_______ don't I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.
So my father went to America. “I had thought it was easy to make money in America _______.” he told me. But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇佣） me because I spoke ______ English. ______ I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,_____ the dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was hard in the first few years. I worked from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was _______. I couldn't pay for the schooling.
My father ______ working hard, and reached his goal at last.
“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come ______ in life.” That's what I learned from my father.
1.A.trouble B.illness C.success D.mistakes
2.A.life B.fashion C.danger D.history
3.A.rich B.busy C.quiet D.poor
4.A.taught B.worked C.studied D.slept
5.A.until B.towards C.for D.during
6.A.experience B.energy C.time D.money
7.A.There B.It C.He D.They
8.A.Where B.How C.Why D.When
9.A.at first B.first of all C.secondly D.firstly
10.A.little B.good C.much D.excellent
11.A.So B.And C.But D.Or
12.A.giving B.running C.washing D.receiving
13.A.different B.necessary C.impossible D.wonderful
14.A.kept B.finished C.minded D.stopped
15.A.really B.easily C.quietly D.slowly
