A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan.His
wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price
of everything was rising.The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their
homes in recent years.Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-$7,000, a legacy (遺產(chǎn)) from their
neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident."It really made a difference when we were
going under financially, "says Dave.
      But the Fusses weren't the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive
unexpected legacy from the Hatches.Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches' generosity.In
some cases, it was a few thousand dollars；in others, it was more than $100,000.
      It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million-they were an
elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
      Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving.They thrived
on (喜歡) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before
making a new purchase.
     Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents
couldn't afford it."Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything, "says their friend Sandy Van
Weelden, "They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them."
     Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed.It was the Hatches' wish
that their legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents should enrich the whole
community (社區(qū)) and last for generations to come.
     Neighbors helping neighbors-that was Ish and Arlene Hatch's story.

1. According to the text, the Fusses________.
A. were employed by a truck company
B. were in financial difficulty
C. worked in a school cafeteria
D. lost their home

2. Which of the following is TRUE of the Hatches?
A. They had their children during the Great Depression.
B. They left the family farm to live in an old house.
C. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors.
D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.

3. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?
A. They decided to open a store.
B. They wanted to save money.
C. They couldn't afford expensive things.
D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.

4. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were________.
A. understanding                        
B. optimistic
C. childlike                              
D. curious

5. What can we learn from the text?
A. The community of Alto was poor.
B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents.
C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches.
D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example.

      Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring)new
biography(傳記), "is the founding father who winks at us."By that, Isaacson explains, he means
Franklin is the most human-and most modern-of the men who shaped the American republic.We
admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but they remain creatures of the 18th century.The man
we encounter in"Benjamin Franklin"-funny, pragmatic and selfaware-seems like one of us, or at least
someone we'd like to be.
     Unlike Washington's cherry tree, Franklin's kite was real.His experiments with electricity made
him one of the great scientists of his day.He was a middleclass businessman whose success as a printer
and a journalist allowed him to retire at 42-and he devoted the rest of his life to his country.He was
diplomat who persuaded the French to back the American Revolution and the author of the first great
American autobiography.He was an excellent swimmer.There was almost nothing he couldn't do well,
except write poetry.But what truly distinguished Franklin was his talent of being great and human at the
same time.He owned slaves as a younger man, but in his last years became an abolitionist(廢奴主義者). When he fathered an illegitimate(私生的) son, he acknowledged his fatherhood and took the
responsibility of raising the boy.
     He seems strange today in the joy he took in compiling and creating all  those selfimprovement
maxims he published in Poor Richard's Almanac(年鑒)- "early to bed, early to rise"and so on.
Generations of lazy boys could have been happier without that.But he was no hypocrite.Isaacson tells
us Franklin practiced what he preached, and often laughed at himself while he did so.
    By a happy accident, this is the second excellent biography of Franklin to appear in two years, after
Edmund S. Morgan's inspiring"Benjamin Franklin."

1. What type of literature does this passage belong to?
A. Research paper.    
B. Book review.
C. Biography. 
D. Short story.

2. The underlined word"maxims"in Paragraph 3 probably means________.
A. proverbs
B. standards
C. requests  
D. orders

3. With the fact that Franklin shouldered the responsibilities of raising his illegitimate son, the
     author wants to prove that________.
A. Franklin had made a big fortune in his business before he got devoted to polities
B. Franklin might be the only parent to support the child at that time
C. Franklin was a great man who seems human to us
D. Franklin was improving his character when he got on in ages

4. The underlined word"himself"in Paragraph 3 refers to________.
A. Richard's Almanac  
B. Walter isaacson
C. anyone of the readers.  
D. Benjamin Franklin

5. In which part of a magazine can we most probably find this article?
A. Society and the Arts.  
B. World Affairs.
C. Business Report.  
D. Advertisement.