Poor, but so rich at heart
Two years ago, my parents died in a car accident. __(A)__then, my elder brother and I have had to work part-time to make a living. I have been working as a part-time waiter in a restaurant for six months, and now I’ve just got my salary(薪水).
I was walking back to school and saw the notice board in the lobby(大厅). There was a notice __(B)___ for donations for the earthquake. A girl called Amanda was reading the same notice.____(C)____. You could see that easily from her fancy clothes and gadgets(小玩意儿).
“Aren’t you going to donate?” I asked, (D)“People there must be having a really hard time. All their houses have been destroyed by the earthquake. They’ve got nothing ____(E)____, no place to live, nothing to eat or…”
“Sorry, I don’t have money to spend on that!” she laughed. “I have 10 new dresses to buy. I need to get a new phone. And then I’m ____(F)___ to fly to Paris for the weekend.” (G)With these words, she walked away.
I took the money from my pocket and walked to Mrs. Tawreen’s office.
“Excuse me, ma’am.” I said. “I don’t have too much for a donation, just 300 yuan. Could I just donate this?”
Mrs. Tawreen smiled: “Wow, 300 yuan, my dear? Well, (H)I have to tell you that, of all the donations we’ve received from our students so far, it’s the largest amount. And yes, you may donate right now.”
I put the notes into the donation box. Maybe my brother and I would have to miss a few meals this month, but it would make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate(幸运的) than us.
任务一：从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填入B、E、F
plan         ask         leave
【小题1】B _____________ 【小题2】E_____________  【小题3】F_____________
任务二：将文中D、G、H划线部分翻译成汉语。
【小题4】D ___________________________________________________________
【小题5】G___________________________________________________________
【小题6】H ___________________________________________________________
任务三：在A处空格中填入适当的词或短语。
【小题7】 ______________
任务四：选择适当的句子还原到文中C处。
【小题8】______________
A. She came from a poor family.
B. She couldn’t afford the donation.
C. She came from a very wealthy family
任务五：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题9】Why would the writer and his brother have to miss a few meals that month?
_______________________________________________________________
【小题10】Is the writer rich or poor at heart?
_______________________________________________________________

 根据短文内容及首字母提示，完成文中所缺单词。

English is difficult to learn because it is so d___41____ from our mother tongue(母语). On the other hand, we haven’t got enough chance to s____42____ English to foreigners.

So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to p__43____ speaking English more both in and out of class. In class, I l____44___ to the teacher very carefully and try my b___45____ to answer the teacher’s questions. After class, I listen to the tape of the texts again and again until I can u____46____ every word of it. I often retell(复述) the text in my own words. I always work h___47___ at English and never give it up.

Of course, this is not e___48____. In the evening I do my homework very c___49____. When I find something interesting, I write it d____50_____in English. At first, I couldn’t write well, but with the help of my teacher I have made great progress.

41__________42__________43__________44_________45__________

46__________47__________48_________49_________50__________

When I was about 12, a girl in my class liked to point out my problems. I was too thin; I wasn't a good student; I talked too much; I was too __46__, and so on. At last, I became very angry and ran to my father.

He listened to me  47  . Then he asked, "Are these things true or not? Do you know what you are really like? Go and make a   48   of what she said and find the __49__ that are true. "

I did as he told me. To my great __50_ . 1 discovered that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin). But there were things 1 could and wanted to change. For the _51__ time, I got a clear  52  of myself.

I brought the list back to Dad. He refused to take it. "That's just for you." he said. "You know the truth about _53_ better than anyone else. When people say something that is true about you, you should find it helpful. "

Our world is full of people who think they know your business. Don't _54_ and feel   55 . Listen to them.

(  )46. A. beautiful             B. proud     C smart  D. rich

(  )47. A. bravely H. happily    C. quickly   D. quietly

(  )48. A. joke    B. programme  C.list       D. record

(  )49. A. secrets B. mistakes   C. lessons   D. points

(  )50. A. surprise B. interest   C. opinion   D. fact

(  )51. A. first   B. second     C. next      D. last

(  )52. A. book    B. picture    C. drawing   D. notice

(  )53. A. yourselves B. myself  C. herself   D. yourself

(  )54. A. clean   B. open       C. close     D. wash

(  )55. A. hurt    B.safe        C. pretty    D.cheap

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once (将下列单词词组填入空格。每空格填一词，每词只能填一次

缺词填空（共10空；每空1分，计10分）
The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don’t know h 【小题1】   to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.
One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a 【小题2】  at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought i 【小题3】   would be better to ring him up. I r 【小题4】  him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a 【小题5】  and this time I got an answer from him.
I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said--at 1 【小题6】  I thought he said--he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n 【小题7】 in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s 【小题8】  , “You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!”
Here w 【小题9】  his answer, “No, I said: ‘I will NOT be at home all afternoon.’”
I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e 【小题10】  could I do? Nothing!