Joe was an old man．The 75﹣year﹣old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family．Joe had four grandchildren，and they visited him during their holidays．
During one vacation，Joe was preparing his home for the kids：cleaning and buying their favorite foods．After he finished working，he realized he lost his favorite watch．The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born．Joe loved the watch very much，especially after his wife's death．He was very upset about losing it．
Once his grandchildren came，they promised him they would find the watch．
One granddaughter asked："Grandpa，do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing？"
"I guess when I was cleaning the barn（谷仓）！"Joe replied．
The children looked for more than two hours with Joe，but they could not find it．The kids were now also sad，but they tried to comfort（安慰） their grandfather．
One grandson went back to the barn to search again．Joe asked why he was going there a second time．But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to remain silent．
He was there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather．He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe．
Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it．The little boy replied："I sat there without making a noise，and the barn was so silent．After a few minutes，I heard the‘tick，tick' sound and found the watch．"
Joe hugged and thanked the little boy．
49．From Paragraph 2，we learn that Joe ．
A．knew his grandchildren very well
B．liked doing housework very much
C．got tired of his grandchildren's visits
D．looked forward to his grandchildren's visits
50．Why did Joe feel upset when he found the watch was lost？
A．Because it was very expensive．
B．Because it was full of memories with his wife．
C．Because it was a gift from his first child．
D．Because it had been with him since he was born．
51．How did one of the grandchildren find the watch？
A．He cleaned the barn carefully again．
B．He searched the barn carefully for two hours．
C．He made no noise and followed the ticking sound．
D．He asked other children for help．
52．What does the story mainly tell us？
A．Helping those in need can make you feel good．
B．We must learn to be silent and wait in order to help others．
C．Believe in yourself and you can surely succeed in the end．
D．Silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice．
| New Books this Month |
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| The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and … |
Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… |
Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? |
The Long Night was written by _________.
| A．David Reilly | B．Maha | C．Joanna | D．Marcie Jacome |
The story of Hard Work happened in _______.
| A．Australia | B．Thailand | C．India | D．England |
From the passage we can see Tina is_________.
| A．a doctor | B．a film star | C．a writer | D．a college(大学) student |
_______ is about a difficult journey.
| A．Hospital or Cinema | B．Hard Work | C．The Long Night | D．Harry Potter |
The passage above is___________.
| A．an advertisement | B．a story | C．a novel | D．a diary |
Dick was driving a large American car. As soon as the race started, he pulled out in front. As the race went on, he kept the first place. And he was far ahead of Wilson, the man in the second place.
When the race was almost over, some people stood up and left. “Why did stay?” they thought. They were sure they knew who would win.
But things did not go as they thought. A strange noise came from Dick’s car. It slowed down. Something was wrong. Dick knew his car would not go far. His only hope was that he would make it to the finish. But on his last lap(赛圈), the car stopped. Wilson’s car roared (呼啸) by. Dick saw it go by. He knew he could not win now. “But I can finish the race,” he thought. And he got out of his car. So did his assistant. They began to push the car to the finish.
Wilson went by them again and again. He was on his last lap. He was going to win. Dick and his friend did not care. They went on pushing.
At first, all eyes were on Wilson. He crossed the line. And the race was over. He won! Dick and his friend pushed on. At last, the car crossed the line. By then all the people shouted for them. They shouted more than they did for Wilson. This was a different kind of winner!Dick was driving a large car that made in _____.
| A．China | B．Japan | C．The United States | D．Canada |
Why Dick’s car stopped on his last lap? Because_______ .
| A．he wanted to have a rest |
| B．he wanted to have a drink |
| C．there is something wrong with him |
| D．there is something wrong with his car. |
Which of the following is True according to the passage?
| A．Dick wanted Wilson to win the race. |
| B．Both Dick and Wilson are winners. |
| C．Dick drove his car to the end. |
| D．Dick drove slower than others at first. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．American cars always break down in the race. |
| B．Good cars always help people win the race. |
| C．People should always shout for the loser. |
| D．People should always keep trying. |
In Canada you can find dogs, horses, etc., in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and think they are their good friends. Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospital to give them injection (注射) so that they won’t catch disease(疾病). They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody can kill any animals in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished（惩罚）.
Old people in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own career (事业), then the old will feel lonely. And pets can make them happy. They can be good friends and never leave them alone. The passage mainly tells us people in Canada _________.
| A．like to keep pets at home | B．spend a lot of money on pets |
| C．think killing pets is against the law | D．enjoy showing pets to their friends |
People give pets injection to make them not __________.
| A．run away | B．hurt people |
| C．get ill | D．eat much |
The underlined word “feeder” refers to ________.
| A．捕鸟器 | B．捕虫器 | C．投食器 | D．置水器 |
Old people like to keep pets because __________.
| A．pets spend less money | B．pets are quiet and clean |
| C．pets are easy to take care of | D．pets can make good companies |
What can you find in Parker’s Sweet Shop ?
| A．Books. | B．Chocolate. | C．Pictures. | D．CDs. |
What time does Happy Days Club open?
| A．9:00 am. | B．9:30 am | C．7:30 pm. | D．10:30 pm. |
What should you paint if you want to join the painting competition?
| A．An egg. | B．A girl. | C．A bicycle. | D．An animal. |
In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans（孤儿）there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Austria. It opened in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls（灵魂）.” This means “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread（传播）all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages.
In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest village has 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks meals for them and makes comfortable, happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, they go out with their friends. But the village gives them a home—sometimes for the first time in their lives.Which of the following came last?
| A．People gave Gmeiner some money. |
| B．There were many orphans at the end of the war |
| C．Gmeiner built the first SOS Children’s Village |
| D．A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help the orphans |
An orphan is a child.
| A．who has no brother | B．who has no sister | C．who has no parents | D．all of the above |
We can conclude（推论）from the article that the money for helping the SOS Villages mainly comes from .
| A．governments | B．special organization |
| C．the orphans themselves | D．people in general（大体上） |
Which of the following can best summarize（总结） the work a woman in an SOS Village does for each group of children?
| A．She gives the children a lot of love and kindness | B．She lives with each group of children |
| C．She cooks meals for children | D．She looks after them |