George Dawson wrote a book called Life Is So Good. The book is full of stories from George's life. George wrote it in 1998 when he was 100 years old. The most amazing part is that George learned to read just two years before he wrote the book.
When George was 8, his father sent him to work. Life was hard for the poor American family. Food became more important than school.
When George was 98, he heard about adult classes near his home. He still had a dream that he would learn to read. He went to class. His teacher helped him. And in two years he wrote his book.
51. Who sent George to work when he was 8 years old?
A. His uncle. B. His father. C. His teacher. D. His mother.
52. When did George learn to read?
A. In 1998. B. In 2000. C. In 1996. D. In 1999.
53. What is the main idea of this story?
A. Life is so good. B. Reading is important.
C. Never too late to learn. D. Life is hard.
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Read the passage and choose the proper words to fill in the blanks.
George was sixty years (1) and he was ill. He was always tired, and his.
(2) was always very red. He did not like doctors, but last month his wife said to. him.
“Don't (3) stupid, George. Go and (4) Doctor George Brown”.George said,
“No “but last week he was (5) and he went to the(6)
Dr. Brown examined him and then said to (7)
“You drink too much. Stop. (8) whisky(威斯忌)and drink milk”.George liked whisky, and he did not like milk
“I'm not a baby!” he always said to his wife.Now he looked at Dr. Brown and said,
“But drinking milk is dangerous, doctor”.The doctor laughed and said, Dangerous? How can drinking milk be.
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The doctor (10) again and said,
“How did it do that?”“The cow fell on me,” George said.
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B .old |
C .ones |
D .one |
(2) A .face |
B .head |
C .feet |
D .foot |
(3) A .is |
B .are |
C .be |
D .am |
(4) A .look |
B .watch |
C .see |
D .saw |
(5) A .better |
B .worse |
C .well |
D .good |
(6) A .doctor |
B .wife |
C .son |
D .child |
(7) A .her |
B .him |
C .us |
D .we |
(8)A .to drink |
B .drinking |
C .drinks |
D .drink |
(9)A .good |
B .bad |
C .dangerous |
D .danger |
(10)A .shouted |
B .ask |
C .laughed |
D .smile |
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George was an American. He went to England last summer, and he 1 some of his friends there. Two of them were Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. They lived near 2 , and George stayed in their house for a week and 3 it very much.
On his last evening with the Andrews, George said to them,“My plane to New York 4 very early tomorrow morning. I'm going to 5 at five o'clock and make my breakfast. Please don't come down.”
He said 6 to his good friends that evening and came 7 to the kitchen (厨房) in the morning and looked at the 8 . There was a photograph of Mrs. Andrews on it in front of her chair, and a photograph of Mr. Andrews in front of his chair.
George laughed happily and said,“That's 9 . I'm not going to eat my breakfast 10 this morning!”
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The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and have a look. The British Museum began. King George II gave his library, and the museum started to grow.
The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. At first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour. There wasn’t much time to see things. Visitors had to run through the rooms.
By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt.
George IV sold all his books to the museum secretly. A hundred years ago not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since then many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are four kilometers of new shelves every year and there are about two million visitors every year.
1.Sir Hans Sloane was interested in ________.
A. collecting all kinds of books B. collecting all kinds of drawings
C collecting all kinds of money D. collecting all kinds of things
2.When you go inside the British Museum, you feel smaller than usual because ________.
A. the museum is empty B. the museum is very big
C. there are too many things in it D. you are too small
3.Sir Hans Sloane died ________.
A. in 1753 B. in 1759 C. in 1765 D. in 1800
4.At first, the visitors had to run through the museum because ________.
A. there are only several things to see
B. the museum was the biggest one in the world
C. they were not interested in the things in it
D. they had only one hour to see all the things in it
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. Sir Hans Sloane B. George II
C. the history of British Museum D. the books of the museum
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Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”
Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off 41 hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.
“What a nice 42 ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up 43 smile.”
George, the little boy, told his mother about that 44 girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”
“Why not give her some 45 ?”said his mother. George agreed.
The next morning, as Jennie 46 at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him 47 to get into the house.
Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”
“Are they for me?”said Jennie 48 .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve 49 received any flower since we moved to the town.”
“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George, 50 the old, small and empty room.
“Yes,”said Jennie.
Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She 51 walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick 52 so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.
George told his parents 53 . They decided to help her. More and more people in the 54 gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.
A few months later, Jennie and her mother 55 a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.
41) A. her B. his C. your D. my
42) A. house B. door C. smile D. schoolbag
43) A. and B. but C. as D. or
44) A. rich B. lucky C. bad D. poor
45) A. money B. flowers C. clothes D. food
46) A. danced B. cried C. sat D. laughed
47) A. how B. who C. when D. why
48) A. angrily B. easily C. sadly D. happily
49) A. never B. usually C. always D. sometimes
50) A. looking for B. looking around C. looking like D. looking after
51) A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
52) A. for B. in C. at D. on
53) A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
54) A. countryside B. town C. village D. city
55) A. reached B. left C. closed D. opened
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