Denny Crook was a famous photographer(摄影师). He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

         “I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is

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And he told the     42   .He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    43   . “I’ll travel for my work, not for    44   ,” he told her. “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have    45   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to     46   ,and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good     47    or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t     48    . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he     49    about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife,” You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild   50   there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

         His wife was very     51   ,and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

         Then Denny went off to     52   some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated(分开).She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

         Suddenly, Denny heard her     53    .He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

         Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and     54    it at his wife and the lion.

         Then he shouted, “    55   ,woman !I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.A. dangerous                  B. natural                                     C. convenient            D. impossible

2.A. lie                                  B. reason                             C. news                      D. truth

3.A. allowed                       B. refused                           C. failed                      D. joked

4.A. wealth                         B. prize                                C. pleasure                D. luck

5.A. money                         B. time                                 C. interest                 D. ability

6.A. meet                                B. work                                C. shop                       D. stay

7.A. meal                       B. picnic                               C. room                      D. party

8.A. agree                           B. understand                    C. replay                     D. complain

9.A. worried                       B. forgot                              C. asked                     D. thought

10.A. land                                B. flowers                            C. animals                  D. people

11.A. exciting                        B. excited                            C. surprised               D. surprising

12.A. find                       B. feed                                 C. drive                       D. shoot

13.A. singing                      B. crying                              C. laughing                D. cheering

14.A. threw                        B. fired                                 C. showed                  D. pointed

15.A. Hurry up              B. Look out                          C. Slow down            D. Go ahead

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Benjamin was  1 . He didn't know why. He was having a fever and tired and didn’t feel like eating. His stomach hurt from time to time. At first he paid very little  2 to it, thinking he would be all right in  3. But he didn't. After three weeks, he had to go to Dr. Barkley.
The doctor did a few  4 . Then he asked Benjamin if he had gone  5 and drunk dirty water. Benjamin said he hadn't been camping since he was a soldier in the army.
He asked if Benjamin had eaten at any fast food restaurants in the past month, or eaten from one of the  6 lunch trucks in the Los Angeles area. Benjamin said that he ate fast food or lunch truck food every day at noon.
“That’s probably the  7 of your illness. You have hepatitis(肝炎) A, and you most likely got it from a food worker who didn't wash his hands thoroughly after using the  8. It happens a lot.” “God! I'm not going to die, am I?”
The doctor told him not to   9 . A viral infection（病毒感染） that  10 the liver（肝脏）, hepatitis A kills only about 100 people every year in the US. He told Benjamin to see him every two weeks, and to be  11 to take three months  12 from work so that he could rest, rest, rest. There is no  13 to hepatitis A. You survive(存活), or you don’t.
“But there is one good thing about hepatitis A,” Dr. Barkley said. “  14 you get it, you’re immune（免疫） to it for the  15 of your life.”

He was struggling(费劲) to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.

I did, and he was grateful.

“Thank you,” he said.

“I’m glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach,” I said.

He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted(扭曲的) terribly, and he couldn’t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted(反应) to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.

I was still on my knees by his wheelchair.

“ Nice shoes,” he said.

“Thanks. No one ever complimented (赞美) me on them before,” I said.

“No one has the same view of the world as I do,” he replied.

“Tell me about the world as you see it,” I said smiling.

“Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it in their feet.” he said. “If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they’re impatient with me. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable.

“What about me? I asked.

“I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. I was the one who was nervous.” he said. “I don’t normally have someone look me in the eye.”

“They don’t know what they’re missing,” I told him.

“My old face is nothing to brag(自夸) about.” he said.

“But that smile is so big.”

Yes, and it’s not only a big smile but an attitude.

1.The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their _________.

A．words            B．eyes             C．feet              D．smile

2.The unlined word “compassion ”means _______ in Chinese.

A．注意             B．同情             C．信任             D．职责

3.We learn that the disabled man _________.

A．had great difficulty looking after himself

B．always asked people for help

C．couldn’t have a big smile

D．liked to talk about people’s shoes

4.The writer felt comfortable because _________.

A．he had a nice talk to the man              B．the man looked him in the eye

C．he didn’t move his feet before the man     D．the man had a big smile on the face

5.We can infer （推断）from the passage that _________.

A．the disable man had something wrong with his mind

B．not many people went down to the man’s level

C．the man was good at telling people about the world

D．the writer would not give the man more help