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As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to 36 a little pocket money.
One day I 37 on the door of an elderly woman and asked 38 she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in 39 and I showed her my worn 40 , which no longer kept me warm. She 41 me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be 42 now.” She then 43 a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a 44 job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to 45 new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to 46 me with your report card and I will 47 you when I see you have worked hard and have some good 48 . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much 49 as you can.”
I put my hands in the jar and 50 so much money that it was 51 for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she 52 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I 53 her that I had an “A”.
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge 54 this wonderful lady made over my life with her 55 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.
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As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to 16 a little pocket money.
One day I 17 at the door of an elderly woman and asked 18 she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in 19 and I showed her my worn 20 , which no longer kept me warm. She 21 me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be 22 now.” She then 23 a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a 24 job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to 25 new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to 26 me with your report card, and I will 27 you when I see you have worked hard and got some good marks. Now 28 your little hands and take out as much 29 as you can.”
I put my hands in the jar and grabbed (抓住) so much money that it was 30 for me to buy what I 31 needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she 32 . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I 33 her that I had an “A”.
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the big 34 this wonderful lady made to my life with her 35 . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.
| 16．A．save | B．give | C．earn | D．change |
| 17．A．knocked | B．turned | C．worked | D．looked |
| 18．A．how | B．when | C．why | D．if |
| 19．A．school | B．time | C．trouble | D．bed |
| 20．A．bag | B．coat | C．carpet | D．sofa |
| 21．A．allowed | B．forced | C．helped | D．stopped |
| 22．A．punished | B．tested | C．praised | D．paid |
| 23．A．set up | B．made up | C．took out | D．put away |
| 24．A．boring | B．new | C．good | D．terrible |
| 25．A．keep | B．buy | C．remove | D．make |
| 26．A．serve | B．forgive | C．welcome | D．visit |
| 27．A．recognize | B．reward | C．understand | D．protect |
| 28．A．put up | B．show up | C．reach out | D．turn out |
| 29．A．room | B．money | C．food | D．time |
| 30．A．enough | B．rare | C．simple | D．special |
| 31．A．slightly | B．gradually | C．naturally | D．badly |
| 32．A．promised | B．discovered | C．knew | D．admitted |
| 33．A．asked | B．showed | C．required | D．wrote |
| 34．A．decision | B．progress | C．mistake | D．difference |
| 35．A．courage | B．honesty | C．kindness | D．happiness |
Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18, 000 pounds in just 14 minutes. This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy（神童）who became one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century.
It all began on a family holiday to Cornwall on the southwest English coast when Kieron was five. Inspired by the view, he asked his parents for his first sketch-pad （速寫紙）. From that moment on, he became deeply interested. While supportive, Kieron’s parents are careful not to push their son. He only paints when and what he wants.
He has a waiting list of hundreds and requests for his works have been flooding in. His father said a sale of Kieron’s works held in November even drew a buyer from Japan. “We had people driving down that night, there were people on the door waiting to come in the morning who had been standing outside, the phones were going mad as soon as the door opened at nine o’clock and within 14 minutes all the 16 pictures had gone, ” he said.
All this talent, money and high praise could so easily go to a young boy’s head, but Kieron said his friends keep him grounded. “Some of them want to be as good as me and some of them think. . . Umn, ‘you are not too special’, ” he said.
Kieron’s favourite painter is British artist Edward Seago and he has spent some of his earnings buying a work by his hero. The rest is being invested by his parents until he reaches 25. Kieron’s parents and his younger sister Billi-Jo don’t see him as anything other than a normal seven-year-old boy who likes to tear around the house and who’s mad about football. But for
now, with so much still to learn, there’s only one thing he wants to be when he grows up. He said, “I think I’ll definitely be an artist. ”
26. According to Paragraph 1, we can know Kieron Williamson ________.
A. painted 16 paintings in only 14 minutes
B. draws as well as Picasso did
C. is one of the most recognized artists
D. has unusual ability in painting
27. What made Kieron Williamson begin to love painting?
A. His first sketch-pad.
B. His parents’ encouragement.
C. The
view at the seaside.
D. His swimming near the coast.
28. In Kieron Williamson’s friends’ opinion, he ________.
A. is famous but a little proud
B. isn’t very special from other children
C. isn’t worth praising at all
D. is hard to get along with
29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.
A. Edward Seago thinks highly of Kieron’s painting
B. Kieron likes doing sports and painting instead of studying
C. Kieron’s family is very poor
D. Kieron wants to be a great painter
30. The passage mainly tells us________.
A. a seven-year-old painting genius
B. how to be a great painter
C. Kieron Williamson may become the second Picasso
D. the painting changed Kieron Williamson’s life greatly
Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18, 000 pounds in just 14 minutes. This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy（神童）who became one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century.
It all began on a family holiday to Cornwall on the southwest English coast when Kieron was five. Inspired by the view, he asked his parents for his first sketch-pad （速寫紙）. From that moment on, he became deeply interested. While supportive, Kieron’s parents are careful not to push their son. He only paints when and what he wants.
He has a waiting list of hundreds and requests for his works have been flooding in. His father said a sale of Kieron’s works held in November even drew a buyer from Japan. “We had people driving down that night, there were people on the door waiting to come in the morning who had been standing outside, the phones were going mad as soon as the door opened at nine o’clock and within 14 minutes all the 16 pictures had gone, ” he said.
All this talent, money and high praise could so easily go to a young boy’s head, but Kieron said his friends keep him grounded. “Some of them want to be as good as me and some of them think. . . Umn, ‘you are not too special’, ” he said.
Kieron’s favourite painter is British artist Edward Seago and he has spent some of his earnings buying a work by his hero. The rest is being invested by his parents until he reaches 25. Kieron’s parents and his younger sister Billi-Jo don’t see him as anything other than a normal seven-year-old boy who likes to tear around the house and who’s mad about football. But for
now, with so much still to learn, there’s only one thing he wants to be when he grows up. He said, “I think I’ll definitely be an artist. ”
26. According to Paragraph 1, we can know Kieron Williamson ________.
A. painted 16 paintings in only 14 minutes
B. draws as well as Picasso did
C. is one of the most recognized artists
D. has unusual ability in painting
27. What made Kieron Williamson begin to love painting?
A. His first sketch-pad.
B. His parents’ encouragement.
C. The
view at the seaside.
D. His swimming near the coast.
28. In Kieron Williamson’s friends’ opinion, he ________.
A. is famous but a little proud
B. isn’t very special from other children
C. isn’t worth praising at all
D. is hard to get along with
29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.
A. Edward Seago thinks highly of Kieron’s painting
B. Kieron likes doing sports and painting instead of studying
C. Kieron’s family is very poor
D. Kieron wants to be a great painter
30. The passage mainly tells us________.
A. a seven-year-old painting genius
B. how to be a great painter
C. Kieron Williamson may become the second Picasso
D. the painting changed Kieron Williamson’s life greatly
It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no address. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years.
It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it; overspending, running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and powder for Grandma…
Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, at 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended and before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church, mostly black.
As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear to protect a wrestler’s ears. They obviously could not afford.
Mike shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.”
Mike loved kids—all kids—and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That’s when the idea for his present came.
That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition.
The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents.
The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.
【小題1】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
| A．Precious Present | B．Christmas Gift |
| C．The Small White Envelope | D．The Good Old Tradition |
| A．He didn’t like the true meaning of Christmas |
| B．He didn’t like people spending too much money on presents |
| C．He hated buying presents for Uncle Harry and Grandma |
| D．He didn’t want to receive gifts like shirts, sweaters or ties. |
| A．make them excited |
| B．make them inspired |
| C．make them lose confidence |
| D．make them kill themselves |
| A．He received some sporting goods |
| B．He found a potential wrestling team |
| C．His son won the wrestling match |
| D．His wife sent presents to those poor kids |
| A．The tradition of sending presents will pass from generation to generation. |
| B．The children were eager to get their new toys ignoring the envelope. |
| C．With the presents, the poor kids will surely win the match one day. |
| D．Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us. |
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