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    Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother's birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn't do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother's birthday present?
Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn't. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard(纸板), plastic(塑料)bottles and cans(易拉罐). When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.
    Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother's birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.
    When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I've ever received.”

(1)、How old was Joyce?

A、Seven.   B、Eight.      C、Nine.  
(2)、Why couldn't Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?

A、Because she had no money. B、Because she didn't know what her mother liked. C、Because she didn't love her mother at all.
(3)、What was Joyce's idea?

A、Doing part-time jobs.    B、Collecting waste things and selling them. C、Asking her best friend for help.
(4)、How long did Joyce collect the waste things?

A、A week. B、A month. C、More than a week.
(5)、How did Joyce's mother feel when she got the present?

A、Very sad. B、Very happy and moved. C、Very surprised.
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      In Paris, one freezing winter evening, I was having dinner with my friend, Mr. Dupin, the famous detective. We had just finished our meal, when there was a loud knocking at the door. Dupin opened it. There stood Mr. Germain, the chief警长)of the Paris Police.

      We welcomed him warmly, for he was an old acquaintance(熟人)whom we hadn't seen for a great time.

      "I need your assistance," said Germain. "I met a case(案件)that has been giving me a great deal of trouble. It is very simple but very strange."

      “Also, please keep this secret. If anyone found out that I told you this. I would certainly lose my job.”

      “Well, then,” said the Chief,” I have learned that a very important letter has been stolen from the king. We are sure who stole it and that the letter is in his house."

      "But who would dare do such a thing" I cried.

      "The thief," said Germain softly, "He's a man who darers do many dangerous things. He is one of the most powerful and important ministers in the government. He is Minister Danton.”

      "A lot of times, while Minister Danton was out, a lot of well-trained police officers carefully searched the entire house, room by room. In fact, we examined everything in the house but found nothing."…

       A month later, Dupin asked Germain and me to his house. There he took out a letter and handed it to the Chief. We were both very surprised.

      Dupin explained, "I know Minister Danton very well. He could not hide the letter in any of the usual hiding places. I realized that he might have left the letter out in the open, right under everyone's nose, where no one would search for it."

      "Then I visited him with my dark glasses on to help me observe(观察)better. While we were chatting, a dirty, torn letter in the letter holder suddenly caught my eyes-unusual for the Minister, who is careful and neat."

      "I was sure it was the letter."

      "Then I purposely left my gloves behind so I could come back again."

"The next morning, I hired a man to fire a gun on the street, while the Minister went to see what happened, I stole the letter by replacing it with a similar one, On it Dupin wrote these words:

             Your plan was good, but mine was better

             As you can see, I took the letter.

—-Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe

 阅读理解

There were many famous inventors and scientists in history. You must have heard about a lot of them and known them well. But you may not know Nikola Tesla. 

Nikola Tesla and his inventions were well- known to people in the area of science and electricity, but not quite known to the general public today. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian- born inventor, who later moved to the US. He was most well- known for his inventions in the area of electricity and electrical engineering. He was considered one of the greatest electrical engineers in history. 

Why was Nikola Tesla not well- known while others in his time became so famous to the public? Some said Nikola Tesla failed to make the right business decisions. Others said it was because of his "mad scientist" qualities (特质) — the same qualities that helped him come up with some of his best ideas. His qualities led him to many strange ideas. Towards his last years, he came up with many ideas that seemed unacceptable to the public at that time. He worked very hard on them, which made people think he was mad. 

Many of Tesla's inventions and patents (专利) didn't end up being used in the exact way he had planned for them. Some of those include his high- frequency lighting ideas, wireless power and the free energy receiver. 

If you are interested in green energy and reducing your electricity bill, check out products that are developed from Tesla's work. They help create green energy at home, without depending on the electricity companies and without paying for it. They help people save money through producing electricity at home, based on Nikola Tesla's inventions. 

Tesla had too many inventions. However, he never really made a lot of money out of them. He had a bigger dream: to provide free energy for all. 

Nikola Tesla is not alone. There are many other inventors who invented many useful things but are not known to the public. 

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