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 |
A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness . This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was badly hurt but both cars were damaged.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.How many people are mentioned in the story?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
The truck was going______.
| A．to Newton | B．to the police station |
| C．to the airport | D．home |
From the story, we know______didn’t tell the truth.
| A．the truck driver | B．Tom |
| C．the taxi driver | D．Tom's friend |
In fact, Tom's friend was also a ______ .
| A．witness | B．driver | C．policeman | D．cleaner |
What's the best title for this passage?
| A．A Taxi Driver | B．A Traffic Accident |
| C．A Story of Tom | D．A Truck Driver |
A man came back home from work late, he was tired And he was surprised to find his ten-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
"If you want to know, I make $20 an hour."
"Oh,"the little boy answered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?"
The father was furious, "If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish !"
The little boy quietly went to his room and closed the door. After about an hour, the father calmed down, and started to think, "Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often."So he went to the little boy’s room.
"Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now," said the man. "Here’s $10."
"Oh, thank you, Daddy!"the boy said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.
"Why do you want more money after you already have some?" the father shouted angrily.
"Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do," the little boy answered, "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."How much does the man make if he works an hour?
| A．$10. | B．$20. | C．$100. | D．$200. |
In this passage, the underlined word "furious" means ______.
| A．very angry | B．quite happy | C．too excited | D．a little nervous |
At first, the father didn’t give her son any money because______.
| A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself |
| B．he did not have enough money at that moment |
| C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use |
| D．the boy always borrowed money from him |
The boy wanted to buy ______with twenty dollars.
| A．a new book for himself | B．a nice present for his father |
| C．a toy for his own birthday | D．an hour of his father’s time |
From this passage, we can infer that the boy's father______.
| A．often played with his son | B．spent little time with his son |
| C．didn’t love his son at all | D．often came back home early |
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It was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he had ___1___time to return home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, he got an idea. "I'll send Mum some roses ."
___2___John was picking his flowers, another young man went inside. "How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?" he asked. The assistant Nancy was trying to tell him roses were as ___3___as forty dollars a dozen . Maybe he would only buy some carnations.
"No, I have to have red roses. " He said, "My mum was badly ill last year and I didn't spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses ___4___rose is her favorite. "
After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. When the young man took the roses, he almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. John was quite excited to see that. Then John took out his money and___5___his roses and asked the assistant to send them to his mother.
As he walked out, he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a___6___. But soon he found it was not a park but a cemetery. Crying, the young man___7___put down the roses," Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help ___8___find my mum and tell her I love her..."
___9___thinking anything, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the __10____home himself.
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Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.
| A．Hamlet | B．Macbeth |
| C．Romeo and Juliet | D．Man and Superman |
Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.
| A．1578 | B．1582 | C．1599 | D．1616 |
In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.
| A．with his wife | B．with his daughter |
| C．with his wife and children | D．alone |
Shakespeare got much money from ______.
| A．writing. | B．plays | C．acting | D．retirement |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Shakespeare had two children. |
| B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems. |
| C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre. |
| D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages. |