【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 t me suddenly. It’s your turn, he said. After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life. Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one without any words can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that 28. When he first met the author, David _________ . A. felt a little excited B. walked energetically C. looked a little nervous D. showed up with his teacher 29. Which statement about the passage is NOT TRUE?. A. David enjoyed being with the author. B. What David really needs is to play chess with someone. C. David didn39。t say a word the first two times they met. D. The author knows how to treat David39。s problem. can be inferred about David? A. He recovered after months of treatment. B. He liked biking before he lost his family. C. He went into university soon after starting to talk. D. He got friends in school before he met the author. 31. What made David change? A. His teacher’s help. B. The author’s friendship. C. His exchange of letters with the author. D. The author’s silent munication and pany with him. D Wealth starts with a goal and saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank plan. There are lessons in that historic coinsavings container (容器 ). Any difficult task seems easier when started from baby steps. If you wished to climb a 12,000foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip, to collect the $ 15,000 cost, you have to save $ a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account, you will have your trip money. When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We connect piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of being rich. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and wealth. Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking, skillful workers made these inexpensive containers from an orangecolored clay (黏土 ) called “pygg,” and people then saved coins in pygg jars. As “pygg” pronounced much like the Middle English word “pigge” meaning “pig”, gradually, the two words changed into the same pronunciation. Once a clever worker made a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, pleasing children and adults. The piggy bank was born. In the past, you had to break the bank to get the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the value of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that need a large sum of money – college education, weddings, starting a business, buying a home, and fun things like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and use it wisely. is the piggy bank plan? A. Setting a goal before making a travel plan. B. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use. C. Having determination even when doing small things. D. Climbing a mountain a little a day before reaching the top. did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift? A. To help him develop the habit of saving. B. To encourage him to climb mountains. C. To please him with the latest fashion. D. To teach him English pronunciation. piggy bank was first ______ . A. a piglike toy for children B. a worker’s tool C. an animallook dish D. a cheap clay container last paragraph talks about ______ . A. the enjoyment of taking a great trip B. the importance of managing money C. the difficulty of starting a business D. the seriousness of educating children 三．七選五 (共 5 小題；每小題 分，滿分 分 ) Why play sports? You might say “to get exercise” and you’d be right. To have fun? That’s true, too. But there’s more. 36 According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit. Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that