【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 re told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a goldmedal power lifter, and I knew about overing(克服 )difficulties and going for my dreams. I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he plain or ask, “Why me? ” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Clearly, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me. When we finished talking, I pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overing difficulties than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You won that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.” Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before: Dear Rick, My mum said I should send you a thankyou letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can. I told you someday that I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me. Your friend, Matthew 31. The underlined part in Paragraph 3 “ Why me?” probably means . A. Why do you e to see me? B. Why do I have to stay at home? C. Why does the disease fall on me? D. Why give a gold medal to me? 32. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Matthew knew clearly about his illness. B. Matthew once got his own gold medal. C. Matthew thanked Rick for his kindness. D. Matthew lived happily and brightly all his life. 33. Rick wrote the passage with the purpose of . A. expressing his pity to all the disabled children B. telling an experience of meeting a disabled child C. describing his unusual friendship with a disabled child D. showing his admiration towards the disabled child D “Please take my penny,” said Maggie to old Dan, the fisherman, who sat on a bench repairing his s. Her brother Andrew drew her back, whispering, “Maggie, he is not a beggar (乞丐 )!” But Maggie paid no attention. “Please take it,” she said again. Old Dan smiled, and took it. “Thank you, little miss,” he said, “ It is kindly meant.” After that, Maggie went to the beach to gather shells. She never thought how fast the hours were passing until being tired. She sat down on a rock. Soon she was scared because the sea water was going up. She wanted to go home, but she found the places she had gone down easily very difficult to climb up. The stones were wet and smooth. What could poor Maggie do? She felt sad and cried. Luckily, Dan’s large dog Rover jumped down from a rock! Rover raised his loud bark. The fisherman had taken his s to the top of the cliffs (懸崖 ), and was laying them out in the sun when he heard the loud barking of a dog. He felt sure that it was Rover, and Rover was in trouble, so he looked over. There he saw it all. “Bless her! It is the little one that was so kindspoken to me this morning!” he cried, and he hurried to his sons’ rooms. “Quick, boys, quick!” he said. “ Get to the boat, and row fast to the sea. There is a poor child there just waiting to be helped.” The fishermen lost no time, and soon little Maggie and Rover were rowed safely to land! Old Dan was waiting there to lift her out to give her into her mother’s arms. “It was the penny that did it, madam,” he said to Mrs. Weston later. “I saw Rover looking at her when she put the penny. And I am thinking he had been looking after her all the day.” Some years later, Rover came to Maggie’s home with a little note, in which was written— “Will Maggie help Rover?— his master is dead.” 34. Who rowed Maggie to land safely? A. Rover. B. Old Dan. C. Old Dan’ s sons. D. Andrew. 35. What we can guess from the end of the story? A. Maggie refused to be Rover’ s new master