B

With the average home in the capital selling for 19,548 yuan a meter in November, a tiny

mobile home built by a 24-year-old office worker is creating a stir(震动) online.

Dai Haifei built the 6-square-meter pad(住所) because he could not afford to buy or rent in

the capital.

Dai’s new home costs him 6,400 yuan and he has been living in it for nearly two months in

courtyard at Chengfu Road, Haidian district.

Dai, who is one of the millions of migrants who moved to the capital from other parts of

China seeking a better life and better job, said he realized his financial burden had become too

great.

The Hunan native said he simply could not make ends meet(收支相抵) when he became an

intern at a Beijing-based construction design company in 2009.

“I rented a home at the very beginning--a small room in an apartment that cost me about 900

yuan per month,” said Dai in an interview with local media. “It was too expensive for me. ”

Dai’s father works on a construction site in his hometown and his mother is a cleaner.

Dai, who ended up becoming a formal employee of the company, figured out his own way to

solve the problem---with inspiration from a housing design project at his company’s exhibition

early this year.

The project, named“An egg given birth to by the city”, included a series of egg-like

movable houses, with a karaoke house, chair house and trader’s house in it.

Dai, who borrowed 6,400 yuan from an older cousin and who got additional help from several

friends, decided to make one of his own. He spent nearly two months building his“egg house”in

his hometown, a village in southeast Hunan that is around 1,700 kilometers from Beijing.

61. Where is this passage probably taken from?

A. A story book. B. A cartoon film. C. A news report. D. A research report.

62. What is Dai Haifei?

A. An official of government. B. A journalist.

C. An office worker of a company. D. A manager of a company.

63. Why did he build the pad?

A. Because he will sell it for money.

B. Because he has no house to get married in.

C. Because he doesn’t have enough money to buy or rent a house.

D. Because he wants to get help from the society.

64. Which statement is not TRUE?

A. He comes from a Hunan village. B. He has lived in the egg home for two months.

C. He got the idea from a friend. D. He once rented a room.

65. What’s the writer’s attitude?

A. Supporting. B. Puzzled. C. Criticizing. D. Objective.

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C

In the past two years, his wife, Merlie, and their seven children have said “goodbye” to him

four times, most recently last month. Each time it has been unnecessary.

Mr. Smart had a hip (髋关节) replacement in February at the Burnie hospital but was rushed

back two months later with internal bleeding.

“The doctors couldn’t stop the bleeding,”Mrs. Smart said. Medical staff told Mrs. Smart to

contact her family, which includes children in Western Australia. “It took two days for them to get

here. We had to hope he hung on .” He did.

“The doctors were there 24 hours a day and they stopped the bleeding. They brought him

back,”Mrs. Smart said. “I certainly believe in miracles because I’ve seen one happen, but it

wouldn’t have happened if the doctors didn’t do what they did.”

It was the second time Mrs. Smart thought she was losing her husband of 54 years. Two years

ago, Mr. Smart was admitted to the Launceston General Hospital after a heart attack and a few

days later with Hospital after a heart attack and a few days later with intense pain caused by a

hemorrhage (出血) .Again, the family was called to say goodbye---twice.

“I was given a 50-50 chance of coming out of it, ” Mr. Smart said.

Going through the ordeal(苦难，折磨) then was trying on the family, who had prepared

themselves for the worst. But to face the same situation only two years later was hard. The Smarts

said the support they received at the Burnie hospital helped them through.

And it seems the experience has also left an impression at the hospital. Mrs. Smart said when

she rang recently and mentioned her husband’s name, the reply was “ah the miracle man”.

66. The first time Mrs. Smart and the children said goodbye to Mr. Smart was when he had .

A. a hip replacement B. internal bleeding

C. a heart attack D. intense pain caused by a hemorrhage

67. When Mr. Smart was rushed back to the hospital with internal bleeding, .

A. only his wife believed he could survive

B. no one believed that he could survive

C. he had given up hope of recovering

D. it didn’t take the doctors long to stop the bleeding

68. The experience Mr. Smart had at the hospital could be that of .

A. concern B. puzzle C. fear D. wonder

69. The underlined phrase “hung on ”in the third paragraph can be replaced by .

A. beat the pain B. came back to life

C. lived through D. make his fortune

70. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Miracle Man. B. The Kind Doctors and Nurses.

C. A Devoted Wife. D. A Great Family.