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    Do you need money? Write a 1etter to Mr．Percy Ross． 1   he will give you some money.

Mr．Ross is a   2  man，and he likes to give people money.   3   does he give people money? People write letters to Mr. Ross. In their letters, they tell him why they need money. Mr. Ross gets 12,000 letters a week. He and his 12 assistants  4   all of the letters．Then Mr．Ross sends money to  5  of the people., Who can get money from Mr．Ross sends usually money to old people．sick people and poor children．A mother wrote  Mr．Ross，“I have two daughters，ages one  6  eight．I give the baby one bottle of milk every day．I want to give her two bottle  milk every day．  7  I don，t have enough money．I also want to give my  8  daughter ice cream sometimes．Can you help me?”Mr．Ross sent the 9  a check.“This check will buy much more than milk and ice cream�！県e wrote．

Who  10  get money from Mr．Ross? Mr．Ross usually doesn’t send money to  young，healthy people．A 16一year—old boy wrote，“I need$900 to buy a good used  car．I really need it because I 1ike a girl．She doesn't like me 11  I don，t have a car．”Mr．Ross wrote the boy，“You don't 12  a car．You need a different girlfriend．’’   13  does Percy Ross give people money?  When Mr．ROSS was a boy。he was  very  14  ．He worked hard，and now he is a successful businessman．He wants to  15  poor people．And Mr．Ross is getting older．He wants to give all of his money  away before he dies．He says�！癢ho will get my money? I want to decide．”

1．A．And       B．Maybe     C．For sure        D．So

2．A．rich       B．poor       C．young          D．hardworking

3．A．When     B．Why       C．Where          D．How

4．A．read       B．write      C．return           D．1ooked at

5．A．all        B．none       C．some           D．one

6．A．and       B．or         C．to              D．in

7．A．because    B．but        C．so             D．since

8．A．younger    B．youngest   C．oldest          D．older

9．A．man       B．woman    C．daughter        D．baby

10．A．will      B．mustn't    C．can't           D．so

11．A．because   B．before    C．unless          D．so

12．A．have     B．buy      C．afford           D．need

13．A．Why     B．When    C．How            D．Where

14．A．small    B．rich      C．poor            D．strong

15．A．save     B．raise     C．become         D．help

Do you need money? Write a letter to Mr. Percy Ross．Maybe he will give you some．Mr. Ross is a rich man，and he likes to give people money．But he usually sends money to old people，sick people and poor(貧窮)children．People who are young and healthy can not get money from him．Sometimes Mr. Ross doesn't send people money．He sends the things they need-shoes，a hearing aid (助聽器) ，new pots and pans，or some advice．Mr. Ross was very poor when he was a boy，and now he is a successful businessman．He wants to help poor people．

1．Who can't get money from Mr. ______ Ross?

    A．The old and sick．    B．The poor and sick．    C．The young and healthy.

2．Why does Mr. Percy Ross give people money? Because ________.

    A．he wants to help weak people

    B．he wants to get ‘thanks’ from people

    C．he has lot of money

3．What does the mother want to give the older daughter?

    A．Milk                    B．Ice cream．                C．Shoes

4．The word “gasoline” here in Chinese means _______.

    A．汽油                   B．藥                              C．一種食品

5．What can  you infer(推斷) Mr. Ross will give the 24-year-old woman?

    A．A new pot．        B．A cooking book．        C．New pan．

I parked in front of the hotel, wiping(擦)off my car. I had just (1) c     from the car wash and was (2) w     for my wife.

A man came towards me. From the (3) l      of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no (4) m     . There are times when you feel generous but there are (5) o     times that you just don't want to be bothered. "I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought. He didn't." That's a very pretty car," he said. He was ragged (衣著襤褸的) but he had an air of dignity(尊嚴) around him. He sat there quietly as I was (6) w    . After many minutes, I asked him if he (7) n     any help. I was (8) s     that he would say "Yes", but I was wrong.

"Do you need any help?" I asked. "Don't we all?" he said. Don't we all? (9)E      needs help. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have succeeded, you (10) s     need help.

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Are your parents “helicopters”(直升飛機)? That’s a new term I read about. It means parents who “hover” over(盤旋) their children.They _1    about every little thing in their child’s life: Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Too hot? Too cold? Do you need more books? __2  pens? More anything? More everything?
These  3  love their children and want to 4  that everything in their life is perfect. Some kids may become upset but 5  like being pampered(縱容). The pampered kids like the idea of being waited on hand and foot. They like the idea of not  6  to make decisions.
I don’t think this is a good idea. I think it’s important for kids to do things for   7  . I think it’s important for kids to make decisions. This    8  them grow up. It helps them to   9 an independent(獨立的) and responsible(負責任的) person.
   10  can you become independent and responsible? It’s easy, just    11  with little things. You can make your own meals sometimes for help with the cooking. You can also  12   your own bed and clean your room. You can   13  your parents that you can be responsible with money.
Your parents are “helicopter”  14  they love you. So, tell them that you understand and that they really shouldn’t worry. Tell them they can “   15  ” the helicopter because you are a responsible kid.