At the age of 40, Tom Bloch was the head of H&R Block, a huge company that 'helps people do with their tax(税) forms. He was very successful. Although Bloch was very rich, he wasn't very happy. He spent too much time at work and didn't have enough time to spend with his family. Suddenly he left H&R Block and became a teacher in a poor neighborhood. "I want to help people who didn't have the chances I had." Bloch explained.

 Learning to teach the students was hard at first. But the results are great. He helps children and hears students say he's their favorite teacher. And Bloch is able to spend more time with his family.

1. When was Tom Bloch the head of a big company?

2. What does Mr. Bloch's company do?

3. Why did Mr. Bloch become a teacher in a poor neighborhood?

4. How was Mr. Bloch's teaching at first?

5. Is Mr. Bloch able to spend more time with his family now?

At the age of 61，Daddy Bruce opened his restaurant in a poor area of Denver．There is doubt about whether his ___1___ was the best in town but there is no doubt about the man himself．He was a ___2___ man，and he started a rare and fine tradition to feed people--not just his customers（顾客），___3___ the poor and the homeless．

Every Thanksgiving，Daddy and his son began cooking for the ___4___．He wanted them to have a great ___5___ on this important day of their country．

In the early years he ___6___ for everything by himself．But as ___7___ went on，the crowds grew and the costs rose．That's when Daddy's supporters joined ___8___ in his project．From then on，more and more people began to step in to help．

They donated turkeys and potatoes．And they ___9___ their time to stand behind and beside the old man and offer to cook and serve．___10___ seemed that there was an endless supply of food to feed the poor．No one ever walked away ___11__ from Daddy Bruce．Daddy started the whole thing and he didn't stop it until a few years ago ___12___ he aged towards ninety and had become too old to work on．

He was one of the few people who ___13___ to see a city street named in his honor．In 1991，one of the streets in his hometown was named “Daddy Bruce”．A few years later，he died．

When he was asked why he ___14___ to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years，his reply was simple．“You can't beat love．___15___ beats love．If you give just one thing，you get three things back，That's why I do it．” And he did it well，

1．A．breakfast             B．lunch              C．supper            D．food

2．A．selfish               B．kind               C．serious            D．stubborn

3．A．and                B．so                C．but               D．or

4．A．homeless            B．elderly             C．public             D．disabled

5．A．rest                 B．dinner             C．break              D．bath

6．A．looked               B．cared              C．sent             D．paid

7．A．life                  B．time               C．history             D．plan

8．A．actively              B．quietly             C．wildly             D．carefully

9．A．spared              B．spent            C．wasted             D．killed

10．A．What              B．There             C．It               D．This

11．A．satisfied           B．thirsty             C．hungry            D．happy

12．A．when             B．which             C．that               D．while

13．A．came            B．lived              C．wanted            D．wished

14．A．happened          B．had               C．volunteered         D．refused

15．A．Everything          B．Anything            C．Something          D．Nothing

Mike is at the age of ten. He is very naughty . And he isn’t good at his lessons.

One day, in one of his English classes, the English teacher asked them a question, “If you had just one day to live, where would you like to go?” The students answered the question one by one. It was Mike’s turn to answer it. He said loudly, “I would like to stay at our school and in this classroom.” The teacher was very surprised to hear that. And he was very pleased with Mike’s answer. Then he asked, “Why did you say so?”

Mike answered, “Because I will spend a day like a year.”

　　根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

1.Mike will be eleven years old next year.

2.This story happened in an English class.

3.Mike was good at all the subjects.

4.The teacher wasn’t pleased with Mike’s answer at first.

5.We can see Mike liked his school very much.