He ________ sleep, although he tried to, when he got on such a hunt for an idea until he had caught it.

A．wouldn’t         B．shouldn’t        C．couldn’t         D．mustn’t

Last Friday, I was coming home late after spending time with friends and thought I’d go down to the $99 cent pizza place. On the way, I saw a man sitting on the stairs alone there. I’d seen him before every day I run late to work, but this time I had no place to rush off to.

There was something about him, a quiet manner, different from many of other homeless people I had seen in New York City. I walked past him, went to the pizza place, and those 10 seconds waiting in line was enough to practice stepping outside of my usual, familiar flow. So with a few slices in hand, I went back to join him. I asked him if he was hungry. He said yes, but not for pizza because it made him uncomfortable. He’d rather have a few bucks for chicken and rice since it was easier on his stomach. It’s funny, in that moment, he became more real to me.

This man I had seen almost every day was someone with specific conditions, needs, and experiences. We exchanged names and ended up talking for a little over an hour that night as Kevin told me stories from his life, how he had done things when “he was younger and didn’t know any better” and how he tried to make amends (补偿) but too much time had passed. He shared his views on the value for young adults to learn the history of other people.

He talked about his one wish being in his 60’s before he leaves this earth, which is to share his story with the teenagers and young adults so they could avoid the mistakes he went through. Throughout the conversation, he eventually got his chicken and rice and gifted me a rose he had been carrying. Shortly afterwards, I made my way home, thinking to myself, “I met an amazing homeless person”.

1.The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is to ____.

A. share his experience            B. show his generosity 

C. express his thoughts            D. exchange his opinions

2.The homeless man refused pizza because he ____.

A. did not feel very hungry at that moment    

B. had something wrong with his stomach

C. preferred some chicken and rice to pizza    

D. might feel ashamed to be given something

3.What’s the homeless man’s last wish?

A. To become a lot younger again.      

B. To make amends for his early life.

C. To have enough chicken and rice to eat. 

D. To teach the young not to follow his example.

4.It can be inferred from the text that ____.

A. The homeless man is different from others 

B. The writer showed his pity to the homeless man

C. What the homeless man thought shocked the writer 

D. What the homeless man did was not very meaningful

5.How do you like the homeless man after reading the passage?

A. Learned.    B. Honorable.    C. Determined.    D. Promising.

单词拼写

1.In this quiet way, the first________(两星期)of her visit soon passed away.

2.Much new knowledge is________(遥远的)from the immediate interest of the ordinary person.

3.There is an active demand for________(作口译的人)during the trade fair.

4.An officer climbed on to the________(平台)and spoke to him.

5.I can not understand so abstract c________.

6.What things do you do w________or monthly, but not every day?

7.He tried to a________his daily plan to leave time for everything.

8.What you said is not r________to the matter in hand.

9.Do you know how a(n)________(宇航员)flies in a spacecraft?

10.The rising sun is especially beautiful to look at from this________(角度)．

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

1.In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.      c. Travelled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper Job.    f. Learned to write stories.

A．e. c. f. b. d. a                           B．c. e. b. d. f. a

C．e. b. d. c. a. f.                           D．c. b. e. d. a f.

2.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because__________.

A．they had surprise endings                 B．they were short

C．they showed his love for the poor           D．they were about New York City

3.O. Henry went to prison because__________ .

A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B．he broke the law by not using his own name

C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D．people thought he had taken money that was not his

4.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A．He was well-educated.                   B．He was not serious about his work.

C．He was devoted to the poor.               D．He was very good at learning.

5.Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A．His life inside the prison.                  B．The newspaper articles he wrote.

C．The city and people of New York.            D．His exciting early life as a boy.

He tried his best to solve the problem，_____difficult it was.

A however          B. no matter       C. whatever     D. although