a. Fred Astaires first wife died.

b. Fred's sister Adele stopped performing.

c. Fred Astaire performed with Gene Kelly in a movie.

d. Fred Astaire won an award from America's Motion Picture Academy.

（B）

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “ I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard. For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

Nothing could stop Glenn after his legs were badly burned at the age of eight. He was given up by doctors. Because they believed he would be a hopeless disabled person. “He will never be able to walk again,” they said.

    The doctors checked his legs, but they had no way of checking Glenn's heart. He didn't listen to the doctors and planed to walk again. Lying in bed, his legs were thin and red. Glenn promised, "Next week, I'm going to get out of bed and walk." He did that.

    His mother told him that she used to push back the curtain and look out of the windows to watch him reach up and hold an old chair in the garden. With a hand on each side, he began to make his disabled legs exercise. With every step of pain, he came closer to walking. At last he could run! When he started to run, he became even stronger.

    "I always believed that I could walk, and I did. Now I'm going to run faster than anybody has ever run." And he did. He became a great and successful running player. In 1934, he set the world's record(世界记录) of 4'06". He was thought as the most fantastic (不可思议的) player of the century.

   According to the World Happiness Report, people who live in Denmark(丹麦) are the happiest in the world. Why? Because they know the secret to happiness—“hygge”. But what is “hygge”?

The Danish（丹麦的） word“hygge”（pronounced“hoo-ga”） is often translated in English as“coziness”．But coziness paints only part of the picture．It's also about spending peaceful time in a quiet environment with no calendar．It's about spending time alone or spending time with family．

Danish people are very good at“hygge”．For example，they create a“hygge”environment by burning candles in classrooms，kitchens，bedrooms，etc．According to some reports，Danish people burn more candles every year than people from any other European country．

However，“hygge”isn't just about creating a nice and warm environment； it is best enjoyed with family members and friends．With up to 17 hours of darkness every day in winter，Danish people spend more time indoors as a result，and they often get together for a meal or hot drinks，without the distraction（使人分心的事物） of technology or the stress of daily life．

Still can't understand what“hygge”is？If you're reading this in a comfortable chair，with a few candles around you，that sense of coziness you're feeling might just be“hygge”．

①play computer games till midnight  

②spend more time indoors as a result

③stay up late to work in their own rooms 

④often get together for a meal or hot drinks

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”

“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. ”

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We live in a world that is filled with problems and challenges(挑战). As a student, you may feel that there is little you can do to change something in our life. For example, we can do nothing to help the people in a war. But you can make a difference in the life of other people. You can make the world a better and happier place.

    Just ask Yuan Ke, a college student from Lanzhou, Gansu, and he knows how to bring a smile to a stranger. Yuan Ke was moved by a small thing after his grandmother died. During the sad time, his family searched for alt photos of his beloved grandmother and were surprised to find that there was only one photo--the one Yuan Ke took with his phone.

    This experience got Yuan Ke to think about all of the old people. They probably have very few pictures of themselves. In China's villages, it's impossible for many people to have a digital camera. This fact gave him a chance to make a difference. He started taking pictures for old people of these remote(偏远的) villages. He offered them their own photos for free.

    Yuan Ke has done a small thing, but it means a lot to those old people. Many people may notice a thing like this and think how sad it is, but they just do nothing and then move on with their day. Yuan Ke was different. He thought of what he could do to make a small difference. He then followed that idea and one picture at a time, has brought many smiles to thousands of families as a result.

    As Yuan Ke said, "It's really a simple thing to do. We just need to start."

It is known that most people spend one third of their lives sleeping. So sleeping is important to our health and daily lives. But the problem is that for most people, especially office workers, it is not easy to get enough sleep. For centuries, people have been troubled by insomnia. There are three ways to deal with it

Pay attention to your daily diet!

How well you sleep is closely connected to your daily diet. If you eat fat or hard-to-digest food for supper or eat just before you sleep, it will keep keeping you awake. What should be on your daily menu? For supper, you can choose something low-fat and digestible like fish, chicken or lean meat, rice and wheat. All the foods mentioned above can soothe the nerves(舒缓神经). Avoid foods that cause gas such as potato, corn, bread, carbonic acid(碳酸)drinks. If you still can not sleep well after cutting out these harmful foods, try adding some foods that will make you sleepy

Create a good sleeping environment

A good sleeping environment includes comfortable pajamas, a soft quilt, and most importantly, a comfortable bed.

Do something relaxing

In order to get a good night's sleep, you should not only relax your body, but also your mind. Try to do something to relax your mind before going to bed. Listening to soft music, reading or watching some light TV for half an hour before going to bed is a good way to make you feel sleepy. If you still can't sleep, try some exercise like walking or jogging to get rid of stress and increase your blood circulation(血液循环). Also taking a bath or soaking（浸泡）your feet in warm water can help your blood circulation and relax your body.

The following is a quiz(自测) from a magazine:

The underlined word “electricity” probably means “___________”

Tom lives in a city, goes to work by subway, flies on airplanes once a year, uses 15 hours of electricity a day, and sometimes recycles used things. How many points does he get?

Which of the following would be the best title for the quiz?

Long long ago there was a great man who married the woman he loved so much. Soon they had a little girl. She was a bright and happy little girl and the great man loved her very much.

When the little girl was growing up, the great man sang and danced with her. The man told her daughter, "I love you, my little girl." When the little girl got older, the man still loved her and called her little girl. Then she shouted and said, "I'm not a little girl anymore." Every time the man laughed,"But to me, you'll always be my little girl."

Later the little girl left her home and went into the outside world. As she learned more about the world, she learned more about the man. She understood that he truly was great and strong, for now she knew hisstrengths. One of his strengths was to show his love to his family. No matter where she was, the man would call her and say, "I love you, my little girl."

The terrible thing came when the little girl got a phone call. The great man was badly ill. He had a stroke(中风). So she went back home, When she walked into the room and saw him. he looked small and not strong at all. He looked at her and tried to speak, but he could not. He could no longer smile, dance or tell the girl he loved her.

The little girl did the only thing she could do. She climbed up on the bed next to the great man.Tears ran from both of their eyes and she hugged(拥抱) her father,At that time she thought of many things. She remembered the wonderful times together with her father. With the beat of his father's heart, she seemed to hear, "I love you, my little girl."

The girl told her father not to call her little girl because         .

When the girl went back home, she found her father         .

What may the underlined word strengthsmean in the passage?

Which statement isTRUEaccording to the story?

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.

For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.

About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describea man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the e ast. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard,roughcountry.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.

A person with agreen thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientistswho hadgreen thumbs.