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   54-year- old Abdul has a special job. He has been working as a living statue (活雕像) for over three decades, standing perfectly still for six hours a day and resisting people’s attempts to make him move or smile, anything that proves he is a living person.

Abdul, known as “India’s Statue Man”, has been performing his daily routine ever since 1985, soon after getting a job as a security guard. His boss had ever traveled to the UK, where he was so impressed by the statue-like members of the Royal Guard outside Buckingham Palace that he wanted to do something similar back home. So he had his guards receive three months of training, where they would sit perfectly still for around four hours. They weren’t allowed to talk, smile, eat, drink, or even shoo away a fly if it sat on their faces. In the end, Abdul proved the best of the group, so he got the strange job.

Abdul isn’t the only person in the world acting as a living statue, but what makes him special is the fact that he can do it for as long as six hours without even blinking his eyes. Once, a $155 prize was put up for anyone who can make him move a muscle. But try as they might, no one had ever succeeded. Actually, Abdul tries to move about as much as he can in his spare time, and only eats healthy home-cooked food to keep his body in shape. But he claims yoga has been the biggest help. In the 12 years, Abdul has become a celebrity in India and other Asian countries. Many Bollywood celebrities have come to witness this living statue and try to make him move, but none have succeeded finally.

Abdul earns about 10,000 rupees ($156) a month, which is enough to support his family, but definitely not enough to encourage his children to follow in his footsteps. It’s just too stressful and taxing (费力的) on the body. “Despite all the hardship and health problems, I love my job and I am thankful to people for the love and respect they have showered on me,” he says. “When the time comes, I want to die playing a statue.”

【小题1】What is Abdul’s daily routine?
A.Performing as a living statue.B.Proving to be a living person.
C.Smiling at his customers.D.Keeping his body in shape.
【小题2】Why could Abdul get the strange job given by his boss?
A.He had his special ambition.B.He was quite familiar with the job.
C.He stood out among the guards.D.He knew the boss more than others.
【小题3】What does Abdul do in his spare time?
A.He eats a lot of snacks.B.He gives some performances.
C.He cooks for his family.D.He always moves a lot.
【小题4】How does Abdul feel about his job according to the passage?
A.It’s overpaid.B.It’s satisfying.
C.It’s boring.D.It’s instructive.
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   It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags(衣衫褴褛)on the top step.

"Any old papers,lady?" asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.

"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot coffee."

They walked in and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks on the floor. I served them coffee and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.

The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands,looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice,"Lady,are you rich?"

"Am I rich?Pity,no!"

I looked at my worn-out slipcovers(家具套).The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and said,"Your cups match your saucers." They left after that,holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.

Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.

I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup,a roof over our heads,my man with a regular job,these matched,too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of the little sandals were still wet on my floor. Let them be for a while,I thought,just in case I should begin to forget how rich I was.

【小题1】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Lady,Are You Rich?
B.A Story of Thanksgiving Day
C.The Meaning of Helping Others
D.Do Cups and Saucers Match Well?
【小题2】The writer let the two children come in and served them well because __________.
A.she wanted to sell old papers to them
B.she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party
C.she showed great pity on them
D.she had the same experience as them in the past
【小题3】The writer left the muddy marks of the little sandals on the floor for a while to __________.
A.show that she was a kind-hearted lady
B.remind her not to forget how rich she was
C.leave room to think about what being rich is
D.prove that she had understood what meant being rich
【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that whether you are rich depends on __________.
A.how much money you have made
B.what attitude you have towards life
C.the way you communicate with others
D.your social relationship

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In October 2013, Davion Only made an appeal on the Internet. He had learned that his biological mother had died not long before. ”My name is Davion and I've been in foster care (寄养照管) since I was born," he said, “but I'm not giving up hope. "
The heartbreaking appeal spread quickly, and Only's foster agency received calls from more than 10,000 people. Only ended up travelling to Ohio to live with a family. But after Only got into a physical fight with one of his elder would-be brothers, the family changed their minds.
Back in Florida, Only passed through four different temporary homes over the following year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption case worker, to make a special request. Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him, but she always hesitated. “I always believed there was a better family than us out there," Going said in an interview. But last July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going said something felt different. "When he asked me, my heart felt this ache and I just
knew he was my son," she said.
So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time with the rest of her family-her two daughters, Sydney, 21, and Carly 17, and a son Taylor, 14, who she also adopted out of foster care.  Eventually, after seeing how well the arrangement was working, Going, who had rented a bigger home, started adopting Only. Only moved in with her family last December.He officially joined Going's family on April 22, 2015 when the adoption papers went through.
"Today, I feel blessed and honored to have been chosen to be the parent of all my children," Going said.
【小题1】By making the appeal, Davion Only hoped that
A.service in his foster agency would improve
B.his biological mother would come to him
C.a foster agency would accept him
D.he would be adopted by a family
【小题2】Davion Only didn't live with the family in Ohio because
A.he hated living with them
B.they finally refused to accept him
C.he has received another invitation
D.he often fought with his would-be brothers
【小题3】What do we know from Paragraph 3?
A.Davion Only had fun living in different homes.
B.Connie Going had cared about Davion Only for over ten years.
C.Davion Only had a strong desire to be adopted by Connie Going.
D.Connie Going believed she would give Davion Only what he wanted.
【小题4】After Davion Only joined Connie Going's family,
A.Connie Going bought a bigger house
B.the four kids often had physical fights
C.Connie Going didn't regret her decision
D.another three kids were later adopted as well