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　　Harry is eighteen years old now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous mall. So they tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.

　　Once Harry’s father was sent to London on bussiness. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!

　　Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋樣)and told him to buy a pair of shoes him. self. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help. he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”

　　“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”

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1．________ always does some housework in the morning.

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A．Harry’s father

B．Harry’s mother

C．Harry

D．Nobody

2．Harry’s parents do al instead of him because ________.

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A．he’s too young

B．he has poor health

C．he’s busy with his studies

D．they hope he spends all time on studies

3．The woman had to look after her son by herself because ________.

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A．her husband wasn’t at home

B．she was stronger than her husband

C．she knew the young man well

D．she was free than her husband

4．When the mall was in London, ________.

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A．Harry had to stay at home.

B．Harry didn’t find the bus stop

C．Harry fell behind in his class

D．Harry wouldn’t go to school

5．The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because ________.

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A．she didn’t know what kind he needed

B．she was busy with the housework

C．something was wrong with her

D．she wanted her son to do something himself

6．In fact(事實上), ________.

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A．Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him

B．Harry didn’t believe himself

C．Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother

D．Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself

My son Joey was born with club feet．The doctors told us that he would be able to walk，but would never run very well．By the time he was eight，you wouldn’t know he had a problem when you saw him walk．
The children in our neighborhood ran around playing，and Joey would join them， run and play，too．We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run as well as the other children．So he didn’t know．
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team．Every day he worked harder and ran more than any of the others．Although the entire team runs，only the top seven runners score for the school．We didn’t tell him he probably would never be on the team，so he didn’t know．
He continued to run four to five miles a day，every day - even the day he had a high fever．I was worried，so I went to see him after school．I found him running all alone．I asked him how he felt．"Okay，" he said．He had two more miles to go．Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running．We never told him he couldn’t run miles with a high fever．So he didn’t know．
Two weeks later，the names of the team runners were called．Joey was Number Six on the list．Joey was on the team! He was in seventh grade．We never told him he couldn’t do it!
【小題1】The doctor believed Joey would never run very well because ____．

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　　In Africa I heard a story about a giraffe (長頸鹿) that did not believe in himself.

　　The giraffe's mother had left him when he was a few days old because she couldn't feed him. For three years he lived in the warden's (看守人)house and played with the children. Then he grew too large for the house.

　　The family decided that he should return to his fellows (伙伴). They took him to join a herd(一群) of wild giraffes.

　　One look was enough for giraffe's small brain (大腦). He could not believe that such extraordinary (特別的) animals existed(存在). Or that he was one of them ! He turned and bolted(逃走).

　　The family took him back several times. In the end they gave up(放棄). Now their giraffe lives by himself near the warden's house.

1．The baby giraffe was probably separated (分開) from his mother because ________.

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A．the game warden took him away

B．she couldn't feed him

C．the game warden's feed him

D．he ran away

2．After a while the giraffe became ________.

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A．too wild to play with the children

B．too large to play with the children

C．lonesome for other giraffe

D．too big go live in the house

3．The warden's family tried to ________.

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A．let the giraffe run loose

B．find the giraffe's mother

C．tell the giraffe what he was

D．take the giraffe to join the herd

4．When he met the herd, the pet giraffe could not understand ________.

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A．how animals like giraffes could exist

B．why he wouldn't join the other giraffes

C．that he was really a giraffes too

D．Both A and C

5．The story suggests (暗示) that ________.

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A．most mother giraffes leave their babies

B．giraffes are not good pets

C．giraffes are not very smart (精明)

D．this giraffe was unusually tall