On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his back home from work as usual. The lady wondered, "Is the man going to me? He looks very cold and hungry." But to her surprise, stopped and said with a smile, "Can I help you, madam?" After forty , the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him." No, that's , madam." he said, "I was just helping someone in . If you really want to pay me back, I hope you see someone in need, you should give him a hand." A few minutes later, the lady a shabby (破旧的)house by the road. She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her . The lady could see that was a family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady on a table 500 dollars and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how their life was. His wife was pregnant(怀孕) and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, "Don't worry, dear! Everything's going to be all . A stranger has helped us out." Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

1.A. bike B. motorbike C. bus D. car

2.A. step B. way C. road D. life

3.A. help B. save C. kill D. find

4.A. she B. he C. I D. they

5.A. days B. hours C. minutes D. years

6.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

7.A. picture B. rain C. need D. danger

8.A. whatever B. whenever C. however D. whichever

9.A. saw B. heard C. smelt D. felt

10.A. out B. away C. in D. along

11.A. terrible B. sad C. rich D. poor

12.A. dropped B. forgot C. lay D. left

13.A. exciting B. hard C. happy D. interesting

14.A. many B. some C. enough D. few

15.A. right B. wrong C. glad D. well

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Mr. Green, a man of fifty-two, was a gardener(花匠). He’s good at g  1   flowers and he’s one of the b  2    gardeners in the town. Last year he c  3    to work for Mrs. Stone, a rich fat old woman.

Mrs. Stone knew n  4    about gardens, but she thought she knew a lot, and she always told the old gardener to do w  5   she said. Sometimes he listened t  6  her, but sometimes he didn’t.

Once Mr. Green got very a  7    with Mrs. Stone and called her a sow(母猪). Mrs. Stone d  8  like it and went to tell it to her friend, a judge(法官). The judge made Mr. Green s  9  sorry to Mrs. Stone.

“Does that mean I can’t call the lady a sow(母猪) any more?” Mr. Green asked . “Yes,” answered the judge. “And can I call a sow(母猪) a lady, sir?” asked Mr. Green. “Yes, you can if you like.” Mr. Green l  10   at the fat woman and said, “Goodbye, lady.”

A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said," I don’ t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to___1____ . ""We don’t go into a house ___2___," they answered. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men said, "His name is Wealth (财富) this is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and___3___with your family which one of us you want in your house. "The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said, "Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so___4___ . " Her husband disagreed, "My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man?" Then her daughter asked, "Would it be___5__ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!" In the end, the family decided to take the ___6___advice.So the woman went out and asked, "Which one of you is___7___? Please come in and be our guest. " Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ___8___ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, " I____9___invite Love. Why are you coming along?" The two old men answered, "If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to___10____,  but as you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success. "

    Tolstoy, the greatest Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down as ___1___, looking at people getting on and off the trains, he heard a lady __2___ after him, “Hey, you old man, go and bring back my handbag I left in the __3___ room.”
Tolstoy went there. He picked the bag up and walked quickly along the platform (站台). At the same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage (车厢), looking __4___. When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to make sure nothing was __5___. “ Good, old man,” said the woman. “ You are just as quick as I can __6___. Here you are. ” She gave a coin to him. Tolstoy __7__ the coin and put it into his pocket with a smile.
The woman was very _8__ when she heard he was Tolstoy, the writer of the great novel War and Peace. She returned to Tolstoy and said, “ Oh, excuse me ….. Oh, how silly I was to __9__ you as a porter (搬运工). Please throw back that coin if you forgive me.”
“Oh, madam, why? You have nothing wrong,” Tolstoy laughed and said, “ The coin is given for my work, so I’ll __10___ it. Thank you, madam! ”

A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票). Her son and her husband heard the news on the radio.

“How are we going to tell your mother?” the man asked. “The news might kill her!”

“That’s true,” the son said. “Perhaps we’d better speak to her doctor about it. He’ll know how to bring her the news gently.”

They told the old lady’s doctor about this.

“I’m glad you told me, ” he said “A shock(震惊), even a happy one, could give her a heart attack, leave it to me. I’ll find a way of bringing the news to her.”

The doctor thought about the problem for several days, then decided what he would say.

He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his.

“Let’s play a game, my dear,” he said. “‘Let’s pretend(假装)’ game.”

“Oh, yes, ” the old lady said. “I love ‘Let’s pretend’ game.”

“Good, I’ll ask you a question first, ” the doctor said, “Then you can ask me one.”

He pretended to think for a few minutes. Then he said, “Tell me, what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?”

“Oh, that’s an easy one,” the old lady said, “I’d give most of it to you, doctor, because you have been so good to me all these years, doctor!” But the doctor was now lying on the floor. He had died of shock.

1.Who won a million dollars in a lottery?

A. The man.        B. The son.       C. The old lady.   D. The doctor.

2.What does “heart attack” mean in Chinese?

A. 攻击心脏.       B. 惊喜.          C. 心情.           D. 心脏病.

3.Why did the doctor play ‘Let’s pretend’ game with the lady?

A. Because he wanted to get the money.                

B. Because he wanted to bring her the news gently.

C. Because he didn’t want to tell her the news.      

D. Because he wasn’t honest.

4.Who had died of shock?

A. The man.        B. The son.       C. The old lady.       D. The doctor.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A Sad Shock                      B. A wonderful Shock

C. An Interesting Shock             D. A Lucky Shock