Last Sunday， Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City． A number of（1）_____ had been set up for the homeless in the area．
My husband was not available to（2） our two sons， so I took 9﹣year﹣old Tony and 5﹣year﹣old Toby with me． Many of the people we（3） had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes．My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their（4） ideas about how people lived in the world．
"Why don't they buy food（5） us？" "Why don't they have homes？"…
We talked about the（6） people ended up in that type of situation． And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them． "Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources （资源），"I（7） ．
I was（8） that my boys would make too much noise． But to my（9） ， the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them． Many said how fun it was to have（10） children around．
After dinner， I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men．He was（11） them talk about sports． To be honest， I had（12） realized that he was such a good listener．（13）______ some people returned to their tents， I heard Tony say to them，"Thanks so much for having dinner with us．" I could see that his simple words had（14） them greatly． I hugged him a little tighter （更紧的） because what he said had touched me too． It was a great reminder that treating people with（15） can lift all of us up．
（1）A． houses |
B． shops |
C． tents |
D． schools |
（2）A． look up |
B． look after |
C． look into |
D． look for |
（3）A． raised |
B． served |
C． saved |
D． admired |
（4）A． good |
B． different |
C． strange |
D． common |
（5）A． like |
B． from |
C． for |
D． with |
（6）A． excuses |
B． wishes |
C． interests |
D． reasons |
（7）A． explained |
B． agreed |
C． realized |
D． suggested |
（8）A． angry |
B． worried |
C． mad |
D． crazy |
（9）A． sadness |
B． regret |
C． surprise |
D． excitement |
（10）A． polite |
B． active |
C． intelligent |
D． hard﹣working |
（11）A． agreeing with |
B． running after |
C． depending on |
D． listening to |
（12）A． never |
B． always |
C． ever |
D． usually |
（13）A． If |
B． Although |
C． As |
D． Because |
（14）A． touched |
B． disappointed |
C． hurt |
D． shocked |
（15）A． power |
B． smile |
C． respect |
D． encouragement |
Do you think more money should be given to education？
C ， I couldn't agree more．
The train was very c with passengers， so we had to stand．
After a long day，Tom l down on the bad and went to sleep．
My friend came over last night to watch the v of football match that I'd recorded．
Next time you hold a book in your hands， stop and think． Like most other things in the modern world， it is the result of thousands of years of human invention．
First， came the invention of writing，（1） （probable） about 5500year ago． With writing， people did not have to remember everything in their heads． They could communicate with people that they never（2） （see） and share their knowledge with future generations．
Later， the Greeks were well﹣done for their literature（文学） and science， but their "books" looked very different（3） the books of today． They were called scrolls（卷轴）．
They were different to use and took a lot of space in a library．About 2，000years ago， books with lots of pages （4） （invent）．
For more than a thousand years， the pages of books were made from animal skin． That changed in （5） thirteenth century， when Europeans learned about a very（6） （use） Chinese invention ： paper．
But the biggest change for books in Europe came in 1439， when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press． Before that， books in Europe were copied by hand， so they were very expensive． Many more people could afford the books（7） were produced on a printing press．
These days it is difficult（8） （imagine） a world without books． But human invention does not stop． Every year， more（9） （story） are bought as e﹣books and read on a screen．
Will anyone turn the pages of a traditional book in the future，（10） will books， like scrolls soon disappear？