A married couple were very worried about their son. Though normal（正常）in other way, he seemed to be dumb（哑的）. Not once had he spoken and now he was six years old. They had tried everything to get him to speak, but with no success.

　　The finest doctors in the country had examined him, but could find nothing wrong with his throat（喉）, and he seemed to be a very clever child. It was just that he never spoke.

　　“It's possible,” one of the doctors said. “There is something wrong with his mind, and he does not understand that he is capable of speech.”

　　“But he can read and write,” the boy's father said. “Perhaps he will grow out of his silence one day.”

　　The years passed. The boy left primary school and went to secondary school. He left secondary school and went to university. But he did not speak a single word.

　　Then one day, during a summer vacation, he was sitting at the dining table having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his meal and said, “Pass me the salt, please.” His parents were overjoyed.

　　“You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why have you waited so long to speak?”

　　The young man looked at them and said, “I didn't have anything to say, until now everything has been perfect. But you obviously（明显地）forgot to put salt in these potatoes.”

(1) The couple was worried because their son ________.

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(2) They had great ________.

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A．success in getting him to speak

B．trouble in getting him to speak

C．fun listening to their son

D．problems listening to their son

(3) The doctors decided that ________.

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A．there was something wrong with the boy

B．they could help the boy

C．the boy was unable to say anything

D．the parents should write to their son

(4) Although the boy didn't speak ________.

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(5) The boy spoke because ________.

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A．he had a complaint about his food

B．everything was perfect

C．his parents were surprised

D．he wanted to eat

Cloze test

Bill was an American. Last year he worked hard so his boss（老板）allowed him to have a traveling for several weeks.

　　Bill went to Canada. There he had some 1 . So Bill visited them. Two of them were Mr．and Mrs．Brown. They lived in the center of the city. Bill was 2 to live in their house. He lived there for about two weeks and felt very 3 .

　　On his last evening, when Bill was 4 TV with Mr．and Mrs．Brown, he said, “I am going back home tomorrow. I feel so happy here 5 I hope I can stay here for more days. But I have to 6 I hope I can visit you next time.” “What a pity（遗憾）!” said Mr．Brown． “We hope to see you soon. By the way, will you 7 plane or a train?” “By plane. I think it's faster. My plane leaves very early tomorrow morning. I'm going to 8 at 5 o'clock and make my breakfast. Please don't come down.” Then Bill said good-bye to his friends and went to sleep.

　　The next morning, Bill got up early and did some cooking for himself. When he was ready to have breakfast, he saw a picture of 9 . They were smiling to Bill in the picture. Bill laughed happily and said to himself, “That's great! I wouldn't like to eat breakfast 10 this morning.”

I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten(幼儿园) party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes.

I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change(零钱). It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank(猪形储蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money. “

It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that. “I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills(纸币) and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and touching(令人感动的) as all these strangers seemed to react(反应) with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”

I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this. “ The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I was left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”

1.What is this passage mainly about?

A. Love and goodness.                       B. Culture and tradition.

C. Friendship and honesty.                  D. Communication and understanding.

2.Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A. Because the boy had saved some money.     

B. Because they both didn’t need to give anything.

C. Because the cashier didn’t look down on the boy.

D. Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy. 

3.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy’s shirt.

b. The cashier counted the boy’s money.

c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.

d. The boy went to the line to pay.

A. b, a, c, d           B. b, c, a, d           C. d, b, c, a           D. d, c, a, b