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George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engines. On holidays, he often took engines into pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write.　　

He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young teacher.　　

On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we will think of this great man ------George Stephenson.  　　

Great Inventor:      1.
In    2.	He started work.
In1795	He spent much time     3.           .
In 1798	He began to learn the English letters.
In 1799	He could  4.for the first time.
In his life	He invented many things, including    5.     .

 

 

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "

Only a few people put    1   in the hat. A man was walking by. He    2   some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign    3  . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   4   to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see    5  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who    6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day,   8  I cannot see it. "

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the   11  . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day, but the boy couldn't    13   he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story. First, be thankful for what

you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.  15  , be creative. Think differently.

　There is always a better way !

1.                A．eggs           B．coins           C．toys D．pencils

 

2.                A．got            B．lost            C．took D．dropped

 

3.                A．on            B．off             C．back D．around

 

4.                A．asked          B．began          C．hoped    D．continued

 

5.                A．how           B．what           C．whose    D．which

 

6.                A．put            B．found          C．changed  D．cleaned

 

7.                A．usual          B．simple          C．different  D．dangerous

 

8.                A．as             B．so             C．for  D．but

 

9.                A．signs           B．men           C．boys D．lessons

 

10.               A．told           B．took           C．helped    D．ordered

 

11.               A．bag            B．hat            C．pocket    D．basket

 

12.               A．food           B．songs          C．beauty    D．pictures

 

13.               A．because        B．unless          C．before    D．though

 

14.               A．about          B．with           C．from  D．except

 

15.               A．First           B．Second         C．Third D．Fourth