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Letter1
Dear editor,
  During the winter holiday last year, I went shopping with my grandmother. We saw several beggars(乞丐)， some of whom were disabled, which made me feel sad. Among them were old people, young people and even children! When I wanted to help them, my  grandmother stopped me. She told me they were not worth showing mercy (怜悯) to because some beggars cheat people out of their money. Should I help them?
                                                Yours,
                                                Gao Qi from Tianjin
Letter 2
Dear Gao Qi,
I understand your grandmother’s point of view. I think that is just because some beggars have cgeated people, this doesn’t mean you should never help any beggars.
  Showing mercy and compassion to people who are not as fortunate as us is one of the kindest things we can do.
  While some beggars may use dishonest means to get money, most beggars will not.
Even those who use dishonest means are probably desperate for(极想得到) food and feel they have no choice but to cheat people.
It is important to be careful for your own safety. But if you want to help them, you don’t necessarily have to give beggars money in the street.
Another way you can help is by donation(捐赠) to the China Charity Federation(中华慈善联合会). Visit its website at Chinacharity.
1.The two letters are most probably taken from _________.
A.a history book  B. an English story book  C. a science magazine  D. a newspaper
2.From the grandmother’s words, we can learn that _______.
A.she never helped the beggars  B. she shows no pity for the poor
C.she doesn’t believe there are real beggars nowadays
D. she thinks children should not help these beggars.
3. The underlined word “fortunate” in the passage means ________.
A. luck  B. unlucky  C. unfriendly  D. grateful
4. Gao Qi felt sad for __________.
A. his grandmother  B. the disabled beggars  C. the old people  D. himself
5. The editor tells Gao Qi_________.
A. to have his own idea    B. how to help the disabled
C. not to help the beggars  D. to be carful about his own money
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请仔细阅读短文，将下面五句话还原到文中空白处，并将其标号填入对应题号的横线上。
A.Another kid turned to me and said that I was the worst guy in the world.
B.One day, I woke up early and went to work.
C.When I came closer to see, everything began to be clear.
D.The weather was cold but I didn’t wear a jacket only a shirt.
Have you had an embarrassing moment? What if you don’t know when it happens? Let’s look at my story. 1._____ I took the bus on time and I arrived early in the office. About noon, I turned off the computer and I went to lunch. 2._______On the road, I felt something
light fall on my back, but I was too bungry to pay attention to it. In the selfservice center, I noticed that many people were looking at me. I thought it was because of my shirt, which had a strange and different style. A kid said shit to me. 3__________ I wasn’t angry with them, because I know they liked my shirt. Ieditor怎么读英语发音 ate my lunch happily. When I arrived at the bathroom to brush my teech, I noticed that my shirt had a dirty poit on my shoulder. 4.________The light thing that I felt on my back was guano (鸟粪).
C
Country name: Iceland
Area: 103,000sq.km.
Speciality: It has another name—the land of ice and fire. There is a lot of meat, milk and eggs. There are also some beautiful tourist places.
State Name: Georgia(乔治亚)， named after King George II of England
Area: About 152,488sq.km.
Speciality: It produces more peanuts than any other state in the USA. It also produces rare white marbles.
State Name: Hawaii
Area: About 16,705 sq. km
Speciality: First, the state has many volcanic islands and its climate is trpical. Second, the state has the very important status(地位) of being the American Pacific Naval Base(海军基地).
State Name: Massachusetts(马萨诸塞)
Area: About 21,385 sq. km.
Speciality: The state has a number of outstanding institutions. Two of them are world famous: HarvardUniversity and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1.Which is the smallest state in area?  (  )
A. Hawaii  B. Georgia  C. Iceland  D. Massachusetts
2. Massachusetts is well-known for ________.
A. oil  B. education  C. islands  D. peanuts
3. Which of the following is NOT a state?
A. Hawaii  B. Georgia  C. Iceland  D. Massachusetts
4. We can learn from the passage that ___________.
A. the weather of Iceland is always fine  B. Hawaii has a larger area than Massachusetts.
C. Massachusetts has a very important naval base
D. the state of Georgia was named after King George II.
D
  Nowadays, more and more people like to travel in their holidays. The other day I read a report about the ways people spend their holidays. It is reported that in recent years several new holiday habits have been developed. Among them, the most interesting one is the growth of the holiday camps.
  From the report we can see that in 1998, 60 per cent of people like to stay at home for holidays. But now the proportion has reduced to 9 per cent. More people go out for fun. The proportion of camping and traveling abroad was increasing steadily, from 10 per cent in 1998 to 68 per cent in 2008. People enjoy the fresh air, clean water and green hills when they go camping in the suburbs, In 1998, 48 per cent people enjoyed going to the seaside while in 2008 only 27 per cent prefer to go there. What great changes!