Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes, but he wasn’t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping Chinese people.
Norman Bethune         born in 1890. He became a         in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to         soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospitals.
In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan’an. There were         doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors can learn about new treatments.
Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to         . Once, he performed operations       69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He         working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his         .
Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made         a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is         remembered in both Canada and China.

【小题1】

A．is B．was C．has been D．be

【小题2】

A．doctor B．nurse C．teacher D．worker

【小题3】

A．understand B．believed C．help D．count

【小题4】

A．little B．few C．much D．many

【小题5】

A．rest B．act C．with D．for

【小题6】

A．from B．since C．with D． for

【小题7】

A．allowed B．continued C．forgot D．stopped

【小题8】

A．face B．leg C．foot D．hand

【小题9】

A．his B．he C．him D．one

【小题10】

A．still B．never C．hardly D．regularly

Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value（珍惜）time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with（充满）activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they feel they have become servants（仆人）of the clock.

1.A working American has to work___ days a week in his working  

          time.   

       A. seven       B. six      C. five   

2.An American always walks____.

          A. sadly       B. slowly     C. fast  

3.“He is living on borrowed time” means_____.

     A. He has little money.

     B. He has no time   

     C. He is dying   

4.In his free time, an American usually_____.

    A. plays cards with their friends

     B. stays at home all day and watched TV.

     C. gets more money by work.

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

     A. The Americans usually value time.

     B. The Americans are often on time.

     C. All Americans love time and don't hate time.

 

  Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36 ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．
One summer there was no   37 and the crops(庄稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38 in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(沟渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39 search，he found a river full of blue water．He was
very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40 it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41 lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to
leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42 at night．He Was very satisfied．
He went home。had a good meal and  43 into a sound sleep．
Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有决心的)．He also  44 digging a
canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45 water
and all his crops died．
Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

【小题1】

A．cruel B．1azy C．careless D．silly

【小题2】

A．rain B．wind C．cloud D．river

【小题3】

A．feeling B．dream C．problem D．thought

【小题4】

A．quick B．long C．slow D．special

【小题5】

A．Whether B．Although C．When D．Unless

【小题6】

A．for B．to C．with D．at

【小题7】

A．early B．far C．1ate D．deep

【小题8】

A．fell B．1ooked C．turned D．walked

【小题9】A．stopped  B．1oved        C：forgot       D．started

【小题10】

A．clean B．enough C．1ittle D．fresh

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die.
Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.
【小题1】Alain Bombard was ______.

A．an old sailor

B．a fisherman

C．a cook

D．a doctor

【小题2】He wanted to show that _____.

A．sea water was dangerous	B．sailors often died
C．people could drink sea water and not die	D．fish were good for people

【小题3】He went across ______.

A．a large ocean

B．a town

C．a boat

D．a ship

【小题4】 Dr. Bombard lived on ______.

A．sea water

B．food that he cooked

C．only fish

D．sea water, fish and small plants

【小题5】The story is about _____.

A．drinking sea water

B．a dying sailor

C．a kind doctor

D．eating good food