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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." said the son. "Perhaps we"d better speak to her doctor about it. He will know how to bring the
news to her gently."
They told the old lady"s doctor about this .
"I"m glad you told me," he said, "A shock even a happy one could give her heart attack (打击). 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," "A Let"s
Pretend Game (一个假装游戏)."
"Oh, yes," said the old lady. "I love playing it." "Good , I"ll ask you a question first" the doctor said. "Then
you can ask me one."
He pretended to think for a few moments. 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 lying on the floor. He had died of sock.
B. didn"t want her to die of sock
C. want to kill her first
B. kill him
C. cause a heart attack
B. to play games with her
C. to tell her the news
B. It was part of the "Let"s Pretend" game.
C. he had died of shock
B. They wanted to tell her the happy news, but they didn"t want to shock her.
C. The doctor tried to tell the news gently.
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A man wanted to buy a horse. He went to the market, and saw a nice one. But he wanted to test him first.
So he took the horse home, and put him into the stable (马厩) with the other horses. The new horse looked
around, and at once went to choose a place next to the laziest in the stable.
When the man saw this, he put a halter (辔头) on the horse at once, and gave him back to his owner.
The owner felt quite surprised. He asked the man, "Why are you back so soon? Have you tested him
already?" "I don"t want to test him any more," answered the man, "From the companion (同伴) he chose for
himself, I could see what kind of animal he is."
( ) 1. The man wanted to buy a good horse.
( ) 2. The new horse chose is the laziest one as his friend.
( ) 3. The man liked the new horse very much.
( ) 4. He didn"t give it back to his owner.
( ) 5. From this story, we know the new horse is also a lazy one.
with the first snow he has ever seen. Very excited, he shyly said to me, "I am writing a poem (诗) about the
snow."
The next day, after more snow had fallen, he said he had bought boots but was having "much trouble with
slipping (滑) and falling."
After another heavy snow, I met my foreign student on the playground with deep snow. "How are you?" "I
have thrown away my poem."
1. Once in a while the writer was teaching _______ at a college in ________.
2. The student was so happy with the first snow he has ever seen that he wanted to _______ a ______.
3. The story doesn"t say this, but we can know from it that it _______ _______ in the student"s own
hometown.
4. When the teacher asked how the student was, she wanted to know if he was _______ _______ with snow
everywhere.
5. It was not easy for the foreign student _______ _______ balance in the snow.
letters.Standing by the chair, looking at the ink, bottle, pen and white paper, I decided that the act of writing
must be the wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother, "But the desk,"
she said again, "is for Elizabeth." I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me: she showed
it in action. But I still remember when I was a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and
daughter.They never happened. I was "too emotional", but Mother only lived "on the surface". And a gulf
appeared between us. I couldn"t understand her.
As years passed, I had my own family. I got to know her love, and I wrote to her in careful words and
asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me. I posted the letter and waited for her
answer. None came. I became disappointed. I Couldn"t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. It
seemed nothing had happened.
Now the present of her desk told me why she had never been able to answer me.I cleaned the desk
carefully and found some papers inside-a photo 0f my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many
times. It was just my letter!
Mother, you always chose the act that speaks other than words.
B.after she became a writer
C.when she was a child
D.when mother gave it to her
B.Mother was very angry with her daughter in words
C.Mother cared much about her daughter in words
D.Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
B.鸿沟
C.建议
B.For years, she often talked about the letter.
C.She didn"t forgive her daughter at all in her 1ife.
D.She read the letter again and again till she died.
B.Mother and Daugher
C.Daughter"s life
D.Mother"s life
can"t take the smell." "All right," said the lawyer, "I"ll sleep in the barn." And off he went.
(B) A lawyer, an artist and a musician got lost in the woods. At last they came to a farmer"s house and asked
if he could let them stay for the night.
(C)"You"re two sissies (女人气的男子)," said the musician. "I"ll sleep in the barn." Thirty minutes later, came
another knock. When they opened the door, there stood all the animals from the barn.
(D)"Sure," the farmer said. "But I"ve got room for only two of you in the house. The other one will have to
sleep in the barn (牲畜棚) with the animals, and the smell is very bad there." "I"ll sleep in the barn," the artist
said.
(E) In a while there was another knock on the door. "I felt terrible with the smell from the bad food," the
lawyer said in an angry way.
small villages. People there didn"t want to go to town to buy their shoes. So Lucy 2 a lot of shoes there.
One day Lucy 3 along the street. She stopped in front of a house. There was a small boy beside the door.
Lucy opened the window of her lorry (运货汽车) and asked the boy, "Hello! Is your mother 4 ?" The boy
looked at Lucy. Then he answered, "Yes, she is." "That"s 5 ," Lucy said. She got out of the lorry, took
some 6 and went to the door of the house. She 7 the door and waited for a few 8 , but nobody came
to answer the door.
Lucy knocked again and waited for a few more minutes, but 9 no one answered. Then Lucy looked
at the boy and said 10 , "Your mother is not at home!"
"She is!" the boy said.
"Why didn"t she open the door?"
"This is not my house!" the boy shouted.