【正文】 ge black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that if there was something valuable(有價(jià)值的 ) in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “ no” . At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash(現(xiàn)金 ). He took out a twentydollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “ A reward(酬勞 ) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away. Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone?s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good feeling it 29 gave me was worth more than anything could buy. 根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。 1. Which of the following is true? A. The owner of the wallet found a twentydollar bill gone. B. The writer wasn?t surprised when the man gave her a reward. C. Nothing in the wallet was missing. D. The man was very, very excited when he got his wallet back. 2. The writer returned the wallet to the owner because _______. A. she thought Christmas was ingB. the owner came back too soon C. she didn?t know there was so much money in it D. as an honest person, she didn?t care much about money 3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. The writer accepted a reward of $ 20. B. The writer regretted(后悔 ) that she had returned the wallet. C. The writer didn?t return the wallet until the owner came back. D. The writer fell very happy after she returned the wallet. 9 頑童的承諾 兄弟可以相依相伴，可以同甘共苦，也可以為彼此付出一切??請(qǐng)讀讀這篇感人的兄弟情的故事吧！ A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car 30 from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin(頑童 ) was walking around the shining car. “ Is this your car, sir?” he asked. Paul answered, “ Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “ You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish?” He hesitated(猶豫 ). Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. “ I wish,” the boy went on, “ that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “ Would you like to take a ride in my car?” “ Oh yes, I?d love to,” the boy answered. After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “ Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house?” Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “ Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him ing back, but he was not ing fast. He was 31 carrying his little crippled(殘疾的 ) brother. He sat down on the step and pointed to the car. “ There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn?t cost him a cent. And some day I?m going to give you one just like it?then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I?ve been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shiningeyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unfettable holiday ride. 根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選 擇最佳選項(xiàng)。 1. The street urchin was very surprised when _______. A. he met Paul B. Paul told him about the car C. Paul received an expensive car D. he was walking around the car 2. From the story we can see the urchin _______. A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul?s brother to give him a car C. wished he could have a brother like Paul?s D. wished Paul could be a brother like that 3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______. A. to show he had a rich friend B. to show 32 his neighbors the big car C. to let his brother ride in the car D. to tell his brother about his wish 4. We can find from the story that _______. A. the urchin wished Paul to give his car to Buddy B. the urchin wished to have a rich brother C. the urchin had a deep love for his brother D. the urchin?s wish came true in the end 5. The best name of the story is _______. A. A Christmas Present B. Paul, a Kindhearted Person C. A Brother Like That D. An Unfettable Holiday Ride 10 一場(chǎng)可怕的暴風(fēng)雨 Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毀 ) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破壞 ) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm. A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “ I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, 33 “ When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.” Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her