Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be    1    to raise (養(yǎng)) worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in    2   , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not 3    them in a warm place.

       The next spring Jody    4    again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside    5    they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.

       One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from state (州) of New York. The letter said, “ Everyone who    6    things has to pay taxes (稅)!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still    7    to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had    8   . Soon some people from a television station    9    with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was    10  . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.

Teddy' s Bear

The story of how the teddy bear was invented is an interesting one. In 1902, American president Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting (打獵) in the forest   41   several of his friends. Almost everyone had successfully shot (射中) an animal, but the president   42   not.  Nobody wanted to make the president look   43  , so they tied an American black bear to a   44   . They wanted the president to shoot (射中)   45  .

The president was very surprised to see the bear tied to a tree. He felt it was   46   to shoot the bear, because it couldn't run away. He   47   to shoot it, and the story of his decision went all over the country.   48   was moved by the president's beliefs (信念). There was   49   a cartoon showing the president refusing to shoot a cute bear.

It was this cartoon and the story behind the president's hunting trip that gave Morris an idea to make a new   50  . He made a small, soft bear and   51   it in his shop window. Next to the bear he made a sign that read, "Teddy's Bear". The new toy was a big success and it   52   Morris with the money to create a toy company.

Teddy bears have been   53   since they were first made. A teddy bear would be the first choice   54   people think about children's toys. Theodore Roosevelt's famous   55   on a hunting trip in 1902 brought millions of soft, stuffed (填滿填充物的) bears. They are being loved by people across the world.

1.A. for          B. with            C. by             D. without

2.A. did          B. should           C. would         D. had

3.A. sad          B. happy           C. friendly        D. fine

4.A. wall         B. chair            C. rock           D. tree

5.A. it           B. him             C. them           D. her

6.A. difficult      B. unfair           C. dangerous       D. exciting

7.A. wanted       B. decided         C. refused          D. went

8.A. Everybody    B. Nobody         C. Both            D. Neither

9.A. only         B. hardly           C. even           D. still

10.A. company     B. toy              C. shop           D. present

11.A. collected     B. showed          C. found           D. hid

12.A. gave         B. filled            C. met            D. provided

13.A. colorful      B. expensive        C. popular         D. boring

14.A. since        B. when            C. until            D. unless

15.A. decision      B. speech          C. sign            D. skill

 For years scientists have been arguing about whether nature or nurture (后天) decides what people will be like. Is it nature— what people are (41) with— that decides what they will be like? (42) is it nurture —what(43) to people when they are born —that decides what they will be like?

    Scientists have been studying twins to (44) if they can find the answer, because twins start out with the (45) DNA. Sometimes twins don’t live together at birth and grow up in different (46) and different places— so the nature is the same for both, but the nurture is different.

    When scientists (47) these twins in their later life, they some times find some surprising (48).

    Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted（收養(yǎng)）by two different families at birth. They first met each other again thirty-nine years (49) and discovered they had a lot in (50). Both had been (51) twice. Their first wives were both named Linda and their second wives were both named Betty!

    Each twin had a son — one called his son James Alan and the (52) called his son James Alan, too. Their children each had a dog called “Toy”. They even arrived at their first (53) in the same color of car.

    So far twin (54) seem to show that both nature and nurture are important. What we have from birth, and how and where we live help to build (55) we are.

    1.A. born     B. grown    C. taught     D. made

   2.A. So     B. And    C. If     D. Or

   3.A. pretends    B. happens    C. falls     D. depends

   4.A. hear     B. win    C. see     D. plan

    5.A. nice     B. same    C. full     D. free

    6.A. families     B. cities    C. countries     D. nations

    7.A. believe     B. suggest    C. receive    D. compare

   8.A. numbers     B. discoveries    C. results     D. decisions

    9.A. ago     B. later    C. forward     D. behind

    10.A. common     B. fact    C. danger     D. trouble

   11.A. mentioned     B. married    C. succeeded     D. interviewed

    12.A. either     B. else    C. other     D. only

   13.A. competition     B. education    C. purpose     D. meeting

    14.A. studies    B. movies    C. challenges     D. mysteries

    15.A. what     B. when    C. where     D. who

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One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（備份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   1   her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.

  A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   2   how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class   3   and began to talk among themselves   4   .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.

  “Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   5   for it.”

  I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very   6  . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   7   me to help him out again. When he was not paying   8   , I changed their grades from Fs to As.

  I soon became very   9   among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do   10  . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.

  Everything was going fine   11   I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to   12   what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(證據(jù)),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

  “No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   13   my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way   14  . I had to leave my school. That was a good   15   for me.

1.A. said B. urged           C. knew          D. showed

2.A. lost B. remembered      C. reminded       D. forgot

3.A. listened B. noticed          C. played         D. checked

4.A. quietly B. luckily           C. sincerely       D. angrily

5.A. pay B. praise            C. follow        D. explain

6.A. familiar B. easy             C. interesting     D. pleasant

7.A. challenged B. allowed          C. taught        D. asked

8.A. money B. work            C. attention       D. interest

9.A. common B. popular           C. modest        D. dishonest

10.A. something B. anything          C. nothing        D. some things

11.A. until B. since             C. because        D. after

12.A. believe B. reply             C. hate           D. influence

13.A. hard B. interesting         C. serious        D. important

14.A. up B. in               C. back           D. down

15.A. skill B. lesson            C. story          D. example