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　　Daniel wakes up in the morning and collects his post．There’s a letter for him with a picture of a sick horse．It’s from a charity(慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，慈善)，asking him to give money to help save the animals．The doorbell rings and there is an old woman on Daniel’s doorstep．She is asking for money to help old people．When he turns on the TV, he hears sad music and sees a picture of a weak child who is dying of hunger in Africa(非洲)．He knows those poor children need money．He is always ready to help those in trouble．

　　In May, 2003, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he collected ＄300,000 to help scientists with the medical research(醫(yī)學(xué)研究)．“We must do something to help our country at this difficult time．”He said．

　　People such as Daniel and Yao Ming feel good about helping with money．

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　　Mr．West was born in a small English town．His father had a 　　1　　 there．The shop keeper didn’t think it was 　　2　　 for his son to go to school．So he taught him how to get 　　3　　 money．They got much money there and then 　　4　　 to the city．Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr．West has to do it 　　5　　 him．As he has little knowledge, Mr．West is often 　　6　　 in public and sometimes he gets into trouble．So he 　　7　　 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them 　　8　　 they go in．He often goes to the parties and carefully 　　9　　 what the learned(學(xué)問的)en say．He hopes to make friends with them．

　　Once Mr．West was told that it was a 　　10　　 writer’s birthday that day．He hurried there with his wife．He gave the writer some 　　11　　 presents and the old man thanked him．After 　　12　　 they began to talk about the literary works．

　　He could hardly answer any questions．The writer had to ask him 　　13　　 one, “What was Shakespeare?”

　　“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr．West．“But people do not like it now．”

　　The writer had a smile and soon he stopped 　　14　　．On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now．Shakespeare is a 　　15　　 cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”

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閱讀理解

　　ARLES, FRANCE－Andre Raffay has a problem．He needs a nice, large flat in the city of Arles, but he doesn’t have enough money to buy one．Every morning Andre sits in his neighborhood café(附近酒吧)and reads the flat ads in the newspaper．He draws a circle around each ad for a flat that looks good．Then he goes to the telephone to call the owner．

　　“Hello．I’m interested in the flat near the park that is in today’s paper,” he says．“How much is it?” When he hears the answer, he says, “Oh, my goodness! That’s too much!” The same thing happens every day．

　　One morning Andre sees a friend in the café．He tells him about his problem．“I have a good idea, Andre．I know a 90-year-old woman who has a beautiful flat．You can pay her something every month until she dies．Then you can move into the flat．It will be yours!”

　　Andre is excited．He thinks to himself, “How much longer can such an old lady live? We can probably have the flat in a few years．” He and his wife, Marie, go to visit Mrs．Calment．The flat is just what they want．It is large and sunny, and it is near the centre of town．It even has a view of the park．

　　Andre tells Mrs．Calment, “We will pay you ＄500 a month, and you can stay here for the rest of your life．” She is very happy．She says, “I really want to stay here．This is my home．Now I don’t have to move to my niece’s(侄女)house in the country．”

　　They sign a contract(簽了份協(xié)議)that says that Andre and his wife will pay Mrs．Calment ＄500 every month．When she dies, the flat will belong to Andre and his wife．

　　More than thirty years go by．Jeanne Calment is still alive．She is 121 years old, the oldest person in the world．Poor Andre isn’t alive any more, but his widow(寡婦)still sends Mrs．Calment ＄500 every month．Their dream flat is a nightmare(惡夢)．

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