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abused and killed. Last October, in Afghanistan, when you were growing inside your mother, I met Sharja, aged twelve, motherless, fatherless, guiding me through the grey ruins of her home. Everything was gone, she told me. There is another memory of Rwanda, and the churchyard where I found a mother and her three young children huddled(蜷縮 ) together where they’d been beaten to death. The children had died holding on to their mother. Daniel, these memories explain some of the protectiveness I feel for you, and the occasional moments of blind terror (恐懼 ) when I imagine anything bad happening to you. 25. We can see that this text is written to ________. A. the author’s wife B. the author’s neighbor C. Daniel D. a suffering child 26. The author mentions some of his painful memories because ________. A. he wants his son to care for others B. he feels more pain thinking about them as a father C. he hopes to fet the tragedies (悲劇 ) he witnessed D. his experience has affected his mental health 27. The underlined word “blind” in the last paragraph means ________. A. unable to see B. Meaningful C. not clear D. not based on reason 28. Which of the following words best describes the author’s feelin g when typing this text? A. Critical. B. Regretful. C. Loving. D. Calm. C Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl into the house. “ Look! In es one.” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “ She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’ t believe him, so he said, “ Let us two try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “ In e two. Catch them! ” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “ You saw them e in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once. The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rein (韁繩 ) broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time, the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “ How they look like the two of last night!” The man said, “ I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’ t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away quickly without their sweet potatoes. 29. The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because______. A. they were found out B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house C. they didn’ t work together well with each other D. mice stopped them from doing so 30. From the last paragraph, we know that ______. A. the two thieves were famous for selling sweet potatoes B. the woman recognized the two thieves C. the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them D. the two thieves didn’ t know that they were not found at all 31. “ ______” is the best title for this passage. A. Two Clever Thieves B. Terrible Mice C. Hit the Mark by a Fluke D. A Clever Couple D You may have heard adults say they are unfortable in the morning without a cup of coffee. One reason they may feel that way is that coffee contains caffeine(咖啡因 ). Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee, tea, and cocoa beans, which are used to make chocolate. But now food makers are adding it to many products, from potato chips to water. The US government is especially worried about the problem. That’s why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying the health effects of caffeine on young people. Studies show that too much caffeine can make people nervous and unable to sleep. What’s more, caffeine is habit forming. Those who consume it regularly and stop suddenly may experience headaches and feel tired. One of the biggest concerns is the large amount of caffeine added to socalled