Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ＄10,000 of his money to a charity(慈善机构) to help poor children live a better life . Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.

Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ＄200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack got a report each year on children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

“It was nothing special,” Jack said. “And I saw the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to help those children.

53. Jack didn’t need to look for a job__________.

　　　 A. before he went to a college　　　　　　 B. after he went to Africa

　　　 C. because he got one million dollars　　　 D. before he got a report

54. Jack learned about the children’s progress by__________.

　　　 A. visiting them each year　　　　　　　 B. getting a report every year

　　　 C. staying with them　　　　　　　　　 D. talking to them on the phone

55. What does “for a good cause” mean in Chinese?

　　　 A. 施舍　　　　 B. 行善　　　　 C. 优惠　 　　 D. 赏赐

56. What does the story tell us?

　　　 A.　　 Help others, and you will be happy.

　　　 B.　　 It’s nice to write to poor children.

　　　 C.　　 Live a simple life, and you can help others.

　　　 D.　　 It’s the most important to help the children in Africa.

　 In life, people come across many experiences, which they remember all their lives. I had a similar experience, too.

　 It was the day of my last paper of the final exam. I was especially excited of the invitation that my uncle had given me to stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.

　 On that day we got into our classroom. The teacher quickly handed out the paper. The paper was of two hours and some of the expected questions came. I finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. But since it was a rule not to collect the paper before the allotted（规定的）time. I had to sit till the teacher collected the paper. I checked my paper twice and corrected some of the mistakes in it. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned to go after the exam. The time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something on the paper and turned it overleaf. I was shocked to see that the page which I had supposed to be blank had four more questions on it which carried 20 marks and would take at least half an hour to complete. There were only 10 minutes left. I was so nervous that I could hardly write anything. They were the sub-questions（小题）of the last question. Suddenly our physics teacher came in and told all of us that in the last question, out of 6 sub-questions only 2 had to be solved. I felt very much relieved.

　　　 From then on, I realized that my anxiousness and excitement could have cost me to lose 20 marks and decided never to make such a mistake again.

(　 ) 57. Which of the following statements is true?

　　　 A. The writer didn’t work hard at physics.

B. The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.

C. The writer made some mistakes during the exam.

D. The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer.

(　 ) 58. The underlined word “relieved” means ________.

　　　 A. less worried B. less afraid

C. more surprised D. more nervous

(　 ) 59. We can infer（推断）from the passage that _____________.

　　　 A. the writer did 2 sub-questions of the last question

B. the writer turned overleaf to do the sub-questions

C. the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the paper

D. the writer got full marks in the physics exam

(　 ) 60. We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.

A. learn some exam skills　　　　　　　 B. be careful to get full marks(满分) in the exam

C. do as the teacher tell us to do D. concentrate on what we are doing