Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.
There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for something that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects（物品） found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).
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Sudha Chandran, a well-known dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also on her career path.
Though the accident brought her bright career to a , she didn’t give up. In the months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed a man-made rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So she wanted to go back to dance after she had been fitted with her new leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself and could realize her dream, so she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing --- to walk, turn, jump, balance, bend, stretch, twist, twirl... 
After every recital (music, dance given by one person) she would ask her dad about her performance. “You have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get in return. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great success that it moved everyone to tears and this pushed her to the highest position again. That evening when she asked her dad the question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as praise.
Sudha’s comeback was so moving that a film producer to make the story into a hit film.
When someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again, she said quite simply, “You don’t need feet to dance. is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.” (266)
A．takenoff B．cutoff C．keptoff D．putoff
A．top B．level C．point D．stop
A．unforgettable B．different C．painful D．dangerous
A．flower B．leg C．gift D．box
A．strangely B．lonely C．strongly D．heavily
A．learning B．remembering C．wanting D．starting
A．yet B．ever C．also D．still
A．change B．movement C．comeback D．promise
A．story B．performance C．decision D．accident
A．same B．new C．normal D．strange
A．allowed B．had C．refused D．decided
A．Nothing B．Anything C．Something D．Everything
My crippled（瘸腿的）grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article．
‘‘So．．．Your leg? I mean, did your leg heal(治愈)?"
“To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said．
“But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career．．．You all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good .”
She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement（订婚） he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would return. One day a letter came, There were only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.”
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp（一瘸一拐地走）. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his ．I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to you. You are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are a man.” I said．He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair．He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
A．dropped B．defeated C．shocked D．pleased
A．How B．What C．Why D．Who
A．predicted B．pretended C．prepaired D．preferred
A．reason B．excuse C．effect D．result
A．where B．while C．when D．since
A．with B．into C．for D．from
A．just B．almost C．ever D．even
A．sad B．half C．rich D．whole
A．myself B．himself C．ourselves D．youself
A．doctor B．reporter C．visitor D．leader
A．way B．sunglass C．car D．wheelchair
A．take B．fetch C．carry D．bring
A．hardly B．still C．also D．never
A．again B．about C．above D．along
A．though B．unless C．until D．after
There're different kinds of animals in the zoo. We see the zoo keepers give them to eat. They don't have to food by themselves. They just eat, walk and all day. So many of may think that the animals there happy and lucky. But most them are sad. Why? They're free.
Animals like elephants, monkeys and tigers live freely and happily in or mountains. Tigers, example, run, jump, play with their children catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in rooms in the zoo. Their life in the zoo is different from their life in the forests.
Now many of us think animals should go back to forests and mountains so that earth will become better.
A．meat B．food C．fruit D．drink
A．take B．bring C．find D．get
A．sleep B．run C．rest D．leave
A．me B．we C．they D．us
A．is B．are C．were D．was
A．in B．on C．of D．to
A．no longer B．not any long C．not more D．no any more
A．never B．usually C．now D．seldom
A．fields B．zoos C．parks D．forests
A．for B．in C．on D．at
A．but B．and C．or D．yet
A．good B．short C．small D．tall
A．too B．quite C．even D．really
A．much B．many C．more D．most
A．the B．an C．this D．that
Mr. Evans lives in a city. He was a three years ago. He taught well and his students him very much. So he decided to work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident his fortune（命运）.
One spring he took his class to the Ming Tombs. The children saw a lot of things and had a good time there. But on their way to school, their was hit by a truck because the driver was drunk（喝醉的）. Five students and more than half of the children were badly in the accident. He didn’t know how it happened and was very it after he came out of hospital. He left the school and became a . He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic rules. He worked hard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him. A. worker B. teacher C. doctor
A. liked B. wished C. helped
A. beat B. won C. changed
A. build B. break C. visit
A. terrible B. interesting C. safe
A. bus B. car C. bike
A. left B. lived C. died
A. beat B. hurt C. stopped
A. sad about B. afraid of C. interested in
A. solider B. policeman C. cleaner
Years ago, when Dad moved to the US, I had to go to school in New York. I was worried. How could I, an 8-year-old girl from , make friends in America?
On my first day at Anna Silver School, I met Miss Alice Green, my class . She spoke to me slowly and to get me used to her American accent. When she discovered that I drawing, she took me as the teacher. Miss Green made sure that I fit into (适应) her class easily, and before I knew it, I was already having fun, just as other schoolgirls were.
When Dad was sent back to India, I had to Anna Silver School. I was again. Miss Green had planned to take us students for a trip, but I had to say goodbye to them now. So, with a heart, I left my school and the US.
Back in India, I received a package one day. It was Miss Green and my classmates. They had written me a letter each, me about the fishing trip. Miss Green said she me very much. With her good wishes, she added: “Keep up with your drawing, you love it so much.”
I’m very to Miss Green. She not only made a shy little feel at home in a faraway country, but also taught me and my classmates to understand the importance of being kind to others at an early age.
A．India B．China C．France D．Thailand
A．nurse B．doctor C．student D．teacher
A．weakly B．nosily C．clearly D．angrily
A．hated B．enjoyed C．dropped D．minded
A．much B．little C．no D．any
A．reach B．choose C．support D．leave
A．tired B．surprised C．worried D．satisfied
A．riding B．fishing C．skiing D．camping
A．cold B．hot C．light D．warm
A．from B．between C．through D．among
A．teaching B．training C．telling D．treating
A．thanked B．missed C．hurt D．understood
A．so B．but C．unless D．since
A．kind B．patient C．thankful D．friendly
A．girl B．boy C．daughter D．Son
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