When the great library of Alexandria was burn...

When the great library of Alexandria was burned, the story goes, one book was saved. It was not a valuable book, and so a poor man bought it for a few copper coins (铜钱). Between its pages there was something very interesting. It was a thin paper on which was written the secret of the touchstone!

The touchstone was a small pebble (卵石) that could turn any common metal into gold. The writing explained that it was among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: the real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles. He thought that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and put them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea.

He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.

The days became weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is at hand. And it’s just as easy to throw it away.

1.The poor man bought the book because ______.

A. it was very cheap　　 B. it was of great value

C. there was a secret in the book　　 D. he wanted to find the touchstone

2.According to the story, the touchstone______.

A. is a big pebble　　 B. feels cold

C. is magic　　 D. is pure gold

3.The man threw pebbles into the sea _____.

A. to test how far he could throw　　 B. to practice throwing pebbles

C. to avoid picking up the same pebble　　 D. to express his disappointment

4.What message does the story want to tell us?

A. Careful habits can lead to success.　　 B. Habits can benefit you but also hold you back.

C. Never judge a person or a thing by appearance.　　 D. Opportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind.

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When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man bought it for a few coppers（铜钱）.Between its pages there was something very interesting. It was a thin paper on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could turn any common metal into gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles.

He thought that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and put them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.

The days became weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea .So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to know an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.

1.The book was special to the man because ______.

A. it was made of cotton

B. it was the only book that was saved from the great fire

C. it was a story about how to tell the touchstone from ordinary stones

D. it included the secret of the touchstone

2.The man threw pebbles into the sea ______.

A. to test how far he could throw

B. to practice throwing pebbles

C. to avoid picking up the same pebble once again

D. to express his disappointment at failing to find the touchstone

3.The story is written mainly to tell us that___________.

A. careful habits can lead to success.

B. habits can benefit you but also hold you back.

C. never judge a person or a thing by appearances.

D. opportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind

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When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and a poor man got it.

The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone".

The touchstone was a small pebble（鹅卵石）that could turn any common metal into pure gold.

The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this; The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.

So the man sold his house, bought a tent, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold—throw it into sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years.

One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.

So it is with opportunity（机会）. Unless we are vigilant, it’s easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.

1.According to the passage, the touchstone is a stone __________.

A.that you can touch

B.that can turn common metal into pure gold

C.that can bring you thousands of pebbles

D.that can bring you good luck

2.The man threw the touchstone into the sea because __________________.

A.it was cold

B.it was a normal pebble

C.he was too tired to hold it

D.he had formed a habit

3.How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone?

A.Excited. B.Moved. C.Interested. D.Regretted.

4.What's the meaning of the underlined word “vigilant” in the last paragraph?

A.Brave enough. B.Hard-working enough.

C.Careful enough. D.Strong enough.

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.Opportunity knocks but once.

B.Use it or lose it.

C.Where there is a will, there is a way.

D.Practice makes perfect.

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Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But it was not a ______ book. A poor man, who could______ a little, bought it for a few coins.

The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its________ there was something very interesting _____. It was about the ______ of the "Touchstone (试金石)"! The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was _______ among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, ________ ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man ________ his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the_______and began ____ pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this, but ________to find the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw; it into the sea. Pick up another. Cold-throw it into the sea.

The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months into years. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he ________ what he had done. He had_______ a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted ________, he still threw it away.

So it is with chance. _______we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.

1.A. costly　　 B. cheap　　 C. modern　　 D. important

2.A. record　　 B. read　　 C. speak　　 D. hear

3.A. pages　　 B. words　　 C. backs　　 D. covers

4.A. indeed　　 B. perhaps　　 C. however　　 D. somehow

5.A. function　　 B. secret　　 C. role　　 D. purpose

6.A. remaining　　 B. laying　　 C. fixing　　 D. lying

7.A. and　　 B. while　　 C. or　　 D. yet

8.A. sold　　 B. rented　　 C. lent　　 D. threw

9.A. market　　 B. field　　 C. seashore　　 D. hometown

10.A. dealing　　 B. served　　 C. testing　　 D. collecting

11.A. managed　　 B. stopped　　 C. forgot　　 D. failed

12.A. realized　　 B. complained　　 C. guessed　　 D. discovered

13.A. built　　 B. set　　 C. created　　 D. formed

14.A. passed away　　 B. came along　　 C. sent out　　 D. took place

15.A. If　　 B. Whether　　 C. Although　　 D. Unless

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Here is a famous story about the Great Wall of China. The story happened in the Qin Dynasty. It was a moving love story. 1. .

One day, the emperor. Qin Shi Huang, ordered his soldiers(士兵) to capture(俘虏) some young men. He sent the young men to build the Great Wall of China.

A young man named Fan Xiliang didn't want to get captured. 2. . He had nowhere to go and didn't know where to hide. When he heard the soldiers coming towards him, he was terrified.

At that time, a woman named Lady Meng Jiang was passing by Fan Xiliang. She saw the poor man and saved him. Fan Xiliang said thanks to Lady Meng Jiang. 3. .

Later on they got married. Unfortunately, Fan Xiliang was found and captured. He was sent to the Great Wall and worked there.

Lady Men Jiang waited for her husband day and night. Winter came, but Fan Xiliang failed to return. 4.. She took the warm clothes to the Great Wall, but she didn't find Fan Xiliang.

Someone told her that Fan Xiliang had died and that he was buried in the Great Wall. 5.. She cried so sadly that a part of the Great Wall collapsed(倒塌) and she finally found Fan Xiliang’s body.

A.Lady Meng Jiang prepared some warm clothes for her husband.

B.They fell in love with each other.

C.Do you want to know more about the love story?

D.He ran away from his home and planned to hide somewhere.

E.Lady Meng Jiang stayed by the wall and kept crying day and night.

F.Her husband died at last.

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This is the true story of a great woman. Her name was Helen Keller. She was born in 1880 in Alabama in the USA. When Helen was one year and a half, she got ill and then she became blind(瞎的) and deaf(聋的).

Her parents tried to do their best for their daughter and they asked a young teacher called Anne Sullivan to their home to teach Helen. Anne herself was almost blind in her youth. Helen was a smart girl but she couldn’t hear or talk. She was angry at this. So she was always crying and shouting. Then Anne often went for walks with Helen in the country near her home. After two weeks, Helen became quiet. Anne began to teach her how to spell and Helen learned to write. Boards(木板) with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight. Soon her talents were famous all over the world. There were her stories in newspapers and magazines. By the time she was 17, she was studying French, German, Latin, physics and many other subjects. She was still blind and deaf. In 1902, she wrote a book The Story of my life. It became well-known all over the world.

1.Helen became blind and deaf when she was ___________.

A.one year old B.half a year old

C.one year and a half old D.two years old

2.Why was Helen always crying and shouting?

A.Because she couldn’t hear and talk.

B.Because she felt lonely.

C.Because she was angry with Anne.

D.Because Anne always went out with her.

3.Anne taught Helen how to __________.

A.run B.speak and write

C.play football D.swim

4.Why did Helen need to use special boards to write on?

A.Because she didn’t like desks.

B.Because she didn’t have desks.

C.Because boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight.

D.Because she liked to use them.

5.How old was Helen when she finished the book The Story of my life?

A.51. B.42.

C.22. D.17.

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This is the true story of a great woman. Her name was Helen Keller. She was born in 1880s in Alabama in the U.S. when Helen was one year and a half, she got ill and then she became blind and deaf.

Her parents tried to do their best for their daughter and they asked a young teacher called Anne Sullivan to their home to teach Helen. Anne herself was almost blind in her youth. Helen was a smart girl but she couldn’t hear or talk. She was angry at this. So she was always crying and shouting. Then Anne often went for walks with Helen in the country near her home. After two weeks, Helen became quiet. Anne began to teach her how to spell and Helen learned to write. Boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight. Soon her talents were famous all over the world. There were her stories in newspaper and magazines. By the time she was 17, she was studying French, German, Latin, physics and many other subjects. She was still blind and deaf. In 1902, she wrote a book The Story of My Life. It became well-known all over the world.

1.Helen became blind and deaf when she was 　　　　 .

A. one year old　　 B. half a year old

C. one year and a half　　 D. two years old

2.Why was Helen always crying and shouting?

A. Because she couldn’t hear and talk.　　 B. Because she felt lonely.

C. Because Anne always went out with her.　　 D. Because she was bored.

3.Anne taught Helen how to 　　　　 .

A. run　　 B. write　　 C. speak　　 D. swim

4.Why did Helen need to use special boards to write on?

A. Because she didn’t like desks.

B. Because she didn’t have desks.

C. Because boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight.

D. Because she liked to use them.

5.How old was Helen when she finished the book The Story of My Life?

A. 51　　 B. 42　　 C. 17　　 D. 22

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A story happened when the telegraph（电报）was the fastest method of long-distance communication. One day, a young man went to an interview for a job as a Morse code operator（莫尔斯电码报务员）.

Answering the ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address. When he arrived, he walked into a large, busy office filled with noise, including the sound of the telegraph. An office worker asked him to wait until he was called to go into the inner office. Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview. The young man sat down and waited with them. After a few minutes, the young man stood up, crossed the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in. Naturally the other people wondered what was going on. They were sure that the young man made a mistake and would be refused.

A few minutes later, however, the boss came out of the inner office with the young man and said to the other people,“Gentlemen,thank you very much for coming, but the young man has got the job.”

The other people were surprised, and one of them said, “Wait a minute. I don’t understand. He was the last to come in, and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That’s not fair!”

The boss said, “I’m sorry, but all the time you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been sending out the following message in Mores code: ‘If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.’ None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is this.”

1.The young man got the information about the job from 　　　 .

A. the telegraph　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the newspaper

C. an office worker　　　　　　　　　　 D. a friend

2.What was the office like?

A. Large, busy and noisy　　　　　　　 B. Busy, noisy and crowded

C. Large, crowded but quiet　　　　　 D. Busy, crowded but quiet

3.How many people went fot the job interview that day?

A. 7　　　　　　　 B. 8　　　　　　 C. 9　　　　　　 D. 10

4.The young man was offered the job because 　　　 .

A. he was young

B. he knew the boss

C. he heard the telegraph message and understood it

D. he was the last one to walk into the inner office

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Have you heard of the story of Maher Teresa? She was born on August 27.1910 in Yugoslavia. When she was nineteen years old, she was sent to India to work for the poor as a nurse. From then on, she never left this country. Her dream in life was, to serve the sick and the poor, and she spent the whole life on this dream.

Her workplace was called Calcutta, the largest city In India. She was busy giving food and shelter to the poor in the dirty streets of Calcutta day and night. When she arrived in Calcutta, she had little money left and was helped by a priest. She lived in a small room for 9 years, and she nursed the sick ones back to health there.

She did her best to help the poor. Because of her hard work, Mother Teresa was given the Nobel Prize in 1979. Mother Teresa was a kind mother of so many poor kids. In September 1997, Mother Teresa passed away and was remembered by the people all over the world.

1.In which year did Mother Teresa come to India to work?

A.In 1910 B.In 1929 C.In1979 D.In 1997

2.What was Mother Teresa's dream?

A.Becoming a rich woman. B.Working for the sick and the poor.

C.Living in India all her life. D.Being a good nurse in India.

3.Mother Teresa died ______.

A.in 1910 B.in 1979 C.in 1997 D.in 2011

4.What can we learn from the last sentence of the passage?

A.Mother Teresa didn’t die in 1997.

B.Everybody would never forget Mother Teresa for her hard work.

C.Mother Teresa was given the Nobel Peace Prize after she died.

D.Mother Teresa had a lot of relatives in India.

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The following is a story about Josie Dew.

When Josie Dew was 　　 , she fell out of a car, so she has never learned to 　　 .

She was still at primary school when she decided she wanted to 　　 . So when she was eleven, she decided to go for long bike rides, and cycled 40 or 50 　　 every day.

Josie says, “The only 　　 thing about the middle school was cycling there and back. I left school when I was 16. I 　　 cooking so at that time I started a business. I cooked three-course meals, and delivered（递送） them 　　 ! In 1985, as soon as I had some 　　 , I cycled to Africa and back.”

Josie has 　　 to 40 countries and has had all kinds of interesting 　　 . She has cycled through the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal, then down into India. She has cycled through millions of locusts　　 （蝗虫）in the Moroccan desert and through tornados（龙卷风）in the USA. She was in Romania on Christmas Day in 1989.　 And she hasn’t been to Egypt yet, because when she was in Turkey, a war 　　 nearby. So she went to Greece instead.

She has sometimes traveled with friends, boyfriends and even her mother, but she has often cycled 　　 . She had only one really frightening experience — a man 　　 her in Bulgaria.

In 1997 she hurt her leg very badly, 　　 she started writing books about her 　　 . She’s written five books, and now she is on her bike again! At the moment she is planning to cycle around New Zealand.

1.A. old B. young C. short D. tall

2.A. drive B. dance C. run　 D. walk

3.A. travel B. swim C. work D. jump

4.A. meter　　 B. miles C. inches D. feet

5.A. good B. terrible C. boring D. tiring

6.A. hated B. imagined C. advised D. loved

7.A. by car B. by bike C. on foot D. by ship

8.A. water B. fruit C. money D. food

9.A. been B. gone C. returned D. moved

10.A. bikes　　 B. souvenirs C. pictures D. experiences

11.A. ended　　 B. started C. stopped D. left

12.A. happily　 B. quickly C. alone D. quietly

13.A. found　　 B. loved C. greeted D. attacked

14.A. but B. so C. and D. or

15.A. family　　 B. friends C. business D. Journeys

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