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A

This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

36. After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.

A. he took it out B. his mother took it out

C. he did nothing but cry D. he tried to take it out but failed

37. The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.

A. at most seven days B. less than seven days

C. more than seven days D. exactly seven days

38. According to the story, _____ was most worried about the boy’s accident.

A. the boy’s mother B. Sidney C. May D. the doctor

39. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B. May succeeded in taking the paper out.

C. The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

40. The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.

A. he needed to learn to swim

B. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.

C. the sea water would wash out the paper ball.

D. he needed a rest

B

One night last February, a seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home along a winding road, he saw a strange light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn’t the moon”, he said. “I drive this road all the time and I notice little things out of place.”

Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below.

Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car.

Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called doctors.

“We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it.” His father says.

41 The strange light came from ________.

A. The bright moon. B. Duffy’s car.

C. The broken car in the valley D. an unknown place

42. The phrase” landing on its top” means the car lay_________.

A. on the top of the cliff B. with its wheels upward

C. with its head upward D. on the road as usual

43. Duffy wrapped the man because_________.

A. he was badly injured B. he had lost too much blood

C. he had nothing on D. it was too cold that day

44. From the above article, we can see Duffy has saved ________ at least.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

45. “We have tried to teach the children good values” may probably mean Duffy’s parents often tell their children_________.

A. to help people in danger B. how to save people’s lives

C. to remember the value of the car D. how to do business