When Ben Franklin was very only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What?” and “How?” and “Why?”
They couldn’t always tell him what he wanted to know.
When they couldn’t tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself.
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, “That’s Ben Franklin! He’s always finding out something new! ” 
Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.
One day Ben said to himself, “Why can’t the wind help me float across the water? And I’m going to try.” Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all.
One boy shouted, “Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”
“Yes”, said another. “He’s always finding new ways to do things.”
【小题1】When he was only a child, Ben _____.

 She handed me a five dollar bill through the car window, then turned and walked away. I don’t know her name, nor where she was going ,but I know I will never forget that stranger who generously saved me from a lot of frustration（挫折） and prevented me from walking a mile or more to my destination.

That day My husband, Leo, and I were already a half hour late for an important conference . We had taken the wrong fork in the expressway, and found ourselves stuck in traffic that was blocked for four miles due to a serious accident.

Just then, one tapped on the window on the passenger side. It was a short, medium-built woman, who was all bundled up in jacket and scarf, wearing jeans and boots. Surprised, I was reluctant, at first, to roll the window down. What could she possibly want? I lowered the window just enough to hear what the woman had to say. Through the window, she shoved a five dollar bill. “I don’t have change,” she said, “but here is an extra five dollar bill. Use it to pay for your parking spot.” I was floored! Was this woman, whom I’d never seen before, actually giving me this much money? Yes, that was exactly what she was doing! She wouldn’t take the check I offered her for the cash. She just walked away.

1.What kept the author and her husband from arriving on time?

A. They had a traffic accident.    B. They took a wrong turning.

C. Their car broke down half way. D. The traffic was heavy on the freeway.

2. The problem the author had in parking their car was that              .

A. they couldn’t pay for parking by check

B. neither of them had money with them

C. they had no five-dollar bill         

D. there was no parking lot near the conference

3.The underlined word “dejected” probably means        .

A. embarrassed   B. confused    C. disappointed    D. worried

4..Why was the author unhappy to roll down the window?

A. She was frustrated for coming too late.

B. She feared the woman would beg for money.

C. She didn’t expect to be disturbed（打扰）by strangers.

D. She didn’t know what the woman would do.

5. The author writes the text to         .

A. warn readers of the difficulty with parking  

B. express her gratitude to the stranger

C. talk about her bad experience   

D. call on readers to lend a helping hand if possible

—Don’t you think it would be much more convenient to have our own car??

—___________,but we don’t have enough money.?

A.I couldn’t agree more        B.I’m afraid not?

C.I believe not                            D.I don’t think so?

The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, even though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she walked slowly to the elevator, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.”

“That doesn’t matter,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It’s how I arranged my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.” She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account. You take what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.” And with a smile, she said, “All my memories are happy ones.”

Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.

1.We can infer from the passage that the author________.

2.The room in which the old lady will live________.

3.Mrs. Jones was very happy when told about her room because she________.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Mrs. Jones?

My sister met him at the cinema yesterday afternoon, so he      your lecture.