The truck came to celebrate the birthday卡车来庆生

石光莹

主題语境：社会生活篇幅：325词建议用时：7分钟

1 Being part of a community can help peoplefeel less alone in life. Oliver， from New Zealand， isonly 7 years old， but he sometimes feels left out anddifferent from the other kids he knows. For onething， he loves trucks more than toys， video games，or anything else other kids tend to like. Oliver spends a lot of time thinking about trucks.He gets the trucking magazine every month. All he wants to do is be a truck driver one day.

2 As Oliver's birthday drew near， his mom wanted to do something to make herson feel included in society， instead of feeling like he was on the outside looking in. Sheshared a simple post on social media asking if any truckers would give her son a ride intheir trucks for $50. She got a whole lot more than she bargained for！

3 She hoped just one trucker would see the post and respond. Instead， Barry Hart sawher post. He owns a lot of trucks and knows a lot of truck drivers. He asked all the truckdrivers he knew in the area to turn up for a truck rally （集会） in celebration of Oliversbirthday. Thirtyfourdrivers signed up right away， but on the big day， more trucks showedup！

4 Some of the truck drivers had driven more than 75 miles out of their way to be therefor Oliver！ At the end of the day， about 65 drivers brought their trucks to Oliver's birthdayparty， and none of them accepted any money for their time or expenses.

5 Oliver was completely surprised by the truck rally， and he was “literally blownaway” by all of the truckers who showed their support.“ His reaction all day will just besunshine in everybody's eyes，” said his father.“ To be perfectly honest， today has meantmore than we could have ever imagined. How one little post on social media can go to whathas been achieved today is absolutely great， and‘ thank you just doesnt cover whatshappened today.”

Reading

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1. Why does Oliver sometimes feel left out？

A. He doesn't like his community.

B. He has no friends in his community.

C. He wants a truck as a birthday gift but fails.

D. He has a special hobby different from other kids.

2. Who plays an important role in celebrating Oliver's special birthday？

A. Oliver himself. B. His friends.

C. Barry Hart. D. His father.

3. Which of the following words can best describe the truck drivers？

A. Enthusiastic and calm.

B. Courageous and kind.

C. Cooperative and generous.

D. Ambitious and professional.

4. Which of the following can replace the underlined part in the last paragraph？

A. Moved. B. Changed.

C. Encouraged. D. Challenged.

Language

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Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

As Oliver's birthday drew near， his mom wanted to do something to make her son feelincluded in society， instead of feeling like he was on the outside looking in. 隨着奥利弗生日的临近，他的妈妈想做点什么让她的儿子感到自己融入了社会，而不是觉得自己是个局外人。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句。句中的As引导时间状语从句，to make herson...society是不定式作目的状语；he was on the outside looking in是宾语从句，作介词like的宾语。

Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box in proper forms.

leave out tend to bargain for respond show up absolute

1. Most people in this kind of job_________work long hours.

2. I had to stand in for her on Tuesday when she didn't_________.

3. Don't_________any necessary information on your application.

4. Everything is very cheap， and you can always_________a lower price.

5. While Tom's very good at science， his brother is_________hopeless.

6. When asked about the company's future， the director_________that he remained optimistic.