On February 9 th，2013，Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris．She reached into her change purse，emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man．Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives．
Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning．She and her husband，Bill Krejci，rushed to see if they could find Billy．The homeless man was not only in the same place，he also immediately returned the ring．The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had．
Bill Krejci，a web designer，felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly
honest man．So on February 18th，he set up a special page to raise money for him．In just four days，Billy received over $ 85，000 and there seems to be no end yet．
That is not enough．Billy is 1iving with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets．And that’s not all—thanks to the news report，he got together again with his older brother，Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years．
All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him．When did Sarah realize that she had also given Billy her diamond ring?
| A．On February 9 th，2013． |
| B．On February 10th，2013． |
| C．On February 18th，2013． |
| D．On February 22nd，2013． |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Billy is living with a generous person． |
| B．Billy has found his brother． |
| C．Billy bought a diamond ring． |
| D．Billy appeared in the new report． |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．Generous Woman Changed Her Own Life |
| B．Kind Man Set Up Special Page |
| C．Homeless Man Returned Diamond Ring |
| D．Many People Donated Much Money |
Do you want to serve as a volunteer for the Olympic Games? If your answer is “yes”, then “why” Why do you wan to be a volunteer? Here are some reasons: You’re willing to do something for the Games; you are looking for a job; you have a chance（机会） to meet sports stars; and you can watch the Games close.
Which one is your answer? You’d better not choose the last reason, because most of the volunteers will not be able to watch the Games. In fact, the volunteer work can make you tired and bored. Most of the volunteer will do things such as translating(翻译), guiding the traffic（交通）, and cleaning up.
If you want to be a volunteer for the Games, you should be honest(诚实) and kind-hearted, have a sense of responsibility(责任感) , and be healthy. As a volunteer for this project(项目), you should know not only Chinese culture and history but also some other countries’ traditions and habits. To get a better communication with the foreigners, the volunteer should be able to speak English.
What will you get from this work? You won’t get money, but you will get some other things. You can learn new things. You can make friends with people from different countries. You can have an unforgettable experience.
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The reality show(真人秀节目) "Where are we going, Dad?" becomes a hit show on TV these days. This TV show is about dads and children who are from five different families. They will complete some hard tasks without moms in three days and two nights. The five dads have to play the roles of "dad" and "mom" at the same time. All of the five dads are famous people and they must forget their popularity but do as a normal father. The cell and toys aren't allowed to use in the show. They have to live in a very tough environment. At first, all the five children cry. After all, they are just 4-6 years old. They never experience life in the countryside. But later they are all used to this kind of exciting life with their father.
Among the five star kids, four-year-old Kimi impresses people most. During the TV show, Kimi is well-behaved, never shouts at others and always listens to his father, Jimmy.
"The whole experience teaches him a lot," Jimmy says. "He now knows how to behave well in public and how to be patient."
Jimmy's soft parenting skills, Kimi's cute face and their warm interaction on the show win many viewers' hearts.
How many families are there in this TV show?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
This TV show is about .
| A．the children | B．dads and children |
| C．dads and moms | D．moms and children |
aren't allowed to use in the show.
| A．Toys | B．The cell phones |
| C．The cell phones and toys | D．We don't know |
The children aren't used to this kind of exciting life later, are they?
| A．Yes, they are. | B．No, they are. |
| C．Yes, they aren't. | D．No, they aren't. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．They must remember their popularity. |
| B．At first, all the children are very happy. |
| C．They experienced life in the country with their father. |
| D．Among the five star kids, Kimi is well-behaved. |
Sometimes people call each other “scared-cat”. But have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened(害怕), its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense(紧张的) and there are changes in the chemicals(化学) in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn’t realize(意识到) this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will protect(保护) itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.
Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry or scared by other feelings, our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert(警醒) and ready to react(反应). We, too, get ready to defend（防御；保护） ourselves or run.
Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger or hit somebody and regretted(后悔) it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn’t always clever to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it’s smarter always to hide(藏) our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop. It can actually be bad for your health.( It isn’t good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feeling need to be expressed (表达) .)
Feeling that you keep all bottled up inside don’t just go away. It’s as if you bought some bananas and put them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you’d smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are you’d see little fruit flies flying all over them. They are bad.
You can try to treat feelings as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend(假装) they don’t exist（存在）, but they’ll still be around. And at last you’ll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.The best title for this article is_______.
| A．Feelings Affect (影响)Our Bodies |
| B．What Happens to a Frightened Cat |
| C．What Happens to an Excited Person |
| D．Feelings that People Have |
What does the underlined word” muscle” mean in the first sentence?.
| A．皮肤 | B．心情 | C．肌肉 | D．身体 |
According to the passage, we may conclude(总结) that we human beings________
| A．have fewer problems than animals |
| B．have the same problems as animals |
| C．have more problems than animals |
| D．have cleverer problems than animals |
If you hide your feeling,__________.
A. they’ll disappear (消失) B. they won’t exist any more
C they will fly all over D. your body stays tenseThe author wrote this article in order to___________.
| A．tell us that it isn’t good to keep feelings inside |
| B．give us some advice on how to express our feelings |
| C．make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings |
| D．make us know that it isn’t always wise to express our feelings freely |
We each have memory(记忆力).That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remember them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercise.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because____________.
| A．they always sleep very well |
| B．they often eat good food. |
| C．they read a lot of books |
| D．they have very good memories |
Everybody learns his mother language_________.
| A．at the age of six |
| B．when he is a small child |
| C．after he goes to school |
| D．when he can read and write |
Before a child can speak, he must_____________.
| A．read and write | B．make sentences |
| C．hear and remember | D．think hard |
Your memory will become better and better____________.
| A．if you have lots of good food |
| B．if you do more and more exercise |
| C．if you do morning exercises every day |
| D．if you get up early |
Which of the following is the title for the passage?
| A．Memory | B．Exercise |
| C．Language | D．Mother language |
Once there was a boy in New York. His name is Sam. He started painting at the age of four, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures.Sam’s pictures were different from other people’s ，because he never painted on all of paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.
“That’s very clever,” everybody said, “No other painters have ever done that!” One day somebody asked him,” Please tell me this, Sam .Why do you paint on the bottom（底部） half of your pictures , but not on the top half ?”
“Because I’m short,” Sam said, “and my brushes can’t reach very high.”Which country did Sam live in ?_____________
Was Sam good at painting when he was five?_________
What did Sam do with his pictures?_________________
Were Sam’s pictures the same as others’?______________
Why didn’t Sam paint on all of the paper?_____________
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