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　　Jimmy started painting (繪畫(huà)) when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very 1 it. He painted many beautiful and interesting 2 , and a lot of people bought 3 pictures. They said,“This boy is going to be famous when he's 4 older, and then we're going to 5 these pictures for more money.”

　　Jimmy's pictures were different 6 other people's, because he 7 painted on the whole of paper. He painted on 8 of it, and the other half was always 9 .

　　“That's very clever,”everybody said.“ 10 painters did it so before.”

　　 11 day somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures and then said to him ,“Please 12 me, Jimmy. Why do you 13 on the bottom (底部) half of the paper, but not on the 14 half?”

　　“Because I'm not 15 enough,”said Jimmy,“and my brushes (畫(huà)筆) don't reach very high.”

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“I had a Welsh speaking test. I'd had to memorize a paragraph in front of the whole class. I just couldn’t do it,” says 13-year-old Mary. “I pretended to be ill.” But Mary did not enjoy her day off. “I watched TV all day — it was boring. I wished I had gone to school.”
Mary’s story is not unusual in Britain. According to the latest government figures, pupil absences are rising, despite schools taking a hard line on truancy (逃學(xué))．
Philippa James, a PhD researcher at Cardiff University’s school of social sciences, thinks she knows why: “The more schools improve methods of detection（檢查）, the more children work out better methods of deception.” Teenagers told her it was now harder to skip a single lesson, so they’d miss whole days to avoid being caught.
For several years, James has researched student truancy of 60 teenagers, aged 13 and 14, including Mary, to see how the teenagers truant, for how long, and why.
Through online conversations and face-to-face interviews, she discovered that most truancy was “a response to factors within the school”. Truants are not necessarily less advanced or less intelligent. They complained of teachers who failed to engage them, and of “boring” lessons. “Many truants really enjoy school and believe in education, but drop out when aspects of it were ineffective.” James says.
The views of students like Adam, who believes that skipping lessons has little impact on his schooling, were common. “I only take-off for a lesson, or a couple of days. It doesn’t affect my education,” he told James.
James’ study concludes that schools need to address the question of why pupils want to leave in the first place. “Pupils need help from the start.” she says. “It’s a two-way process – schools must be responsive. We need to look at the reasons for truancy rather than the number, so that instead of walking away from school, students have the skills and chances to talk through problems and make a change.”
【小題1】What is one of the reasons for school truancy according to James’ study?

A．Truants are fallen behind in their studies.

B．Truants have no interest in school subjects.

C．Truants have more interesting things to do.

D．Truants are not satisfied with the teachers.

【小題2】The underlined phrase “taking a hard line” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to“        ”.

A．experiencing a problem with	B．having a strict attitude towards
C．finding it difficult to solve	D．having little success with

【小題3】 By citing Adam's remark, James wants to show that      .

A．school education is not efficient and needs improvement

B．it’s a popular belief that occasional truancy won't cause much harm

C．school truancy is becoming more serious and needs more concern

D．even good students may sometimes need a break from school

【小題4】 What is Philippa James’ suggestion to schools?

A．Schools should solve the problem of teachers.

B．Schools should be more active in helping beginner truants.

C．Schools should have a better control of hidden truants.

D．Schools should find out who truant and how they it.

At the age of 61，Daddy Bruce opened his restaurant in a poor area of Denver．There is doubt about whether his ___1___ was the best in town but there is no doubt about the man himself．He was a ___2___ man，and he started a rare and fine tradition to feed people--not just his customers（顧客），___3___ the poor and the homeless．

Every Thanksgiving，Daddy and his son began cooking for the ___4___．He wanted them to have a great ___5___ on this important day of their country．

In the early years he ___6___ for everything by himself．But as ___7___ went on，the crowds grew and the costs rose．That's when Daddy's supporters joined ___8___ in his project．From then on，more and more people began to step in to help．

They donated turkeys and potatoes．And they ___9___ their time to stand behind and beside the old man and offer to cook and serve．___10___ seemed that there was an endless supply of food to feed the poor．No one ever walked away ___11__ from Daddy Bruce．Daddy started the whole thing and he didn't stop it until a few years ago ___12___ he aged towards ninety and had become too old to work on．

He was one of the few people who ___13___ to see a city street named in his honor．In 1991，one of the streets in his hometown was named “Daddy Bruce”．A few years later，he died．

When he was asked why he ___14___ to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years，his reply was simple．“You can't beat love．___15___ beats love．If you give just one thing，you get three things back，That's why I do it．” And he did it well，

1．A．breakfast             B．lunch              C．supper            D．food

2．A．selfish               B．kind               C．serious            D．stubborn

3．A．a(chǎn)nd                B．so                C．but               D．or

4．A．homeless            B．elderly             C．public             D．disabled

5．A．rest                 B．dinner             C．break              D．bath

6．A．looked               B．cared              C．sent             D．paid

7．A．life                  B．time               C．history             D．plan

8．A．a(chǎn)ctively              B．quietly             C．wildly             D．carefully

9．A．spared              B．spent            C．wasted             D．killed

10．A．What              B．There             C．It               D．This

11．A．satisfied           B．thirsty             C．hungry            D．happy

12．A．when             B．which             C．that               D．while

13．A．came            B．lived              C．wanted            D．wished

14．A．happened          B．had               C．volunteered         D．refused

15．A．Everything          B．Anything            C．Something          D．Nothing