同时应当为侨商归国工作、创业和生活提供更加便捷、适宜的环境，使得侨商归国后能够安心并专心于事业发展，提高海外高层次人才回国创新创业的热情Period ThreeLesson 3Your Money.阅读理解AFive years ago，when I founded the Garden of Friendship，I had no idea it would play such an important role in the lives of so many of our members.To many of us，the Garden of Friendship has become a home in our lives.Many of our members are disabled，confined to our homes and the Garden gives us what may not be possible in everyday life.The Garden has touched our lives and hearts in many ways，yet the biggest reward of membership is our friendship.As the Garden celebrates five years of friendship，I would like to say “Thank you” to each of our members for the role you play in our success.Id also like to express my deepest thanks to my Garden keepers.Together，the ten Garden keepers handle all the Garden of Friendship administration(管理) and website maintenance(维护)，discuss new ideas，and keep in touch with all our group leaders.Congratulations to all our Garden family！I look forward to celebrating many more years of friendship together in the future.Special thanks to everyone for the love and care you give to the Garden.Happy Fifth Birthday to the Garden of Friendship!1What is the Garden of Friendship according to the passage?AIt is a place where people can make friends in their everyday life.BIt is an organization which helps people with disability.CIt is a website where people can develop friendship with each other.DIt is a garden which is managed by a lot of people.答案C解析推理判断题。由第二段第二句以及第三段最后一句中的“website maintenance”可知，the Garden of Friendship是为方便残疾人交友而设立的一个网站。2What do you think the author of the passage is?AShe is a new member of the Garden of Friendship.BShe is a disabled woman who has never left her home.CShe is one of the women who found friends there.DShe is the founder of the Garden of Friendship.答案D解析细节理解题。由文章第一句可知，作者是网站的创建者。3What is the main purpose of the author in writing the passage?ATo express thanks to those who have contributed(贡献) to the Garden.BTo tell us to join the Garden of Friendship.CTo give us a description of the Garden of Friendship.DTo let us know the origin of the Garden of Friendship.答案A解析主旨大意题。从文章的后三段可知，值此网站成立五周年之际，作者向对网站作出贡献的人表示感谢。4In this passage the underlined word “confined” probably means “_”Alimited BexcitedCtired Dreached答案A解析词义猜测题。根据前面的disabled判断，此处的意思是指由于他们活动不便，而被“限制”在家。故limited与之意义相近。BMy grandfather was a teacher.He was the headmaster of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen.I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart，because when I was young (and he was old)，he gave me presents，seated me on his knees，and told me stories，but I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.At school，when he walked into a room full of noisy boys，there was silence at once.When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes，that boy went red in the face，and looked down at his shoes.If a boy brought him poor，careless work，which was not the best that the boy could do，my grandfather would pick up the boys book and threw it across the room，shouting，“Do it all again，and bring it back early in the morning！”If the boy was late，or if he forgot to bring the work，he had to do it again and again，and yet again.My grandfather never forgot.He was a very different man at school，from the man I saw day by day at his own home.5I knew my grandfather was kind and gentle，because _.Ahe was the headmaster of a school for boysBhe gave me presents and told me storiesChe told me stories about how kind he wasDhe never scolded me答案B解析细节理解题。从第一段第三句可知，“我”的爷爷给我买礼物，让“我”坐在他的膝盖上，还给“我”讲故事。故选B项。6When he looked at a boy in a certain way，that boy _.Awent red and could not look my grandfather in the eyeBlooked back at my grandfathers red faceCchanged another oneDwent red in the face because his shoes were dirty答案A解析细节理解题。从第二段第二句可知，这个学生脸变红了，低头看着自己的鞋子。故选A项。7My grandfather didnt like to receive _.Aworse work than he could do himselfBwork that the boys could not doCwork that was not as good as the boys could doDthe work that the boys did答案C解析细节理解题。从第二段第三句可知选C项。8When he received poor work，my grandfather _.Ashouted at the boy and threw his book across the roomBwent red in the faceCthrew the book on the floor，and shouted across the roomDthrew the book at the boy答案A解析细节理解题。从第二段第三句可知答案为A项。.完形填空I live in New York where you learn not to engage in conversation or make eye contact with strangers.Tonight I took a taxi home after work.After the taxi_1_me off，I went home and made_2_for my husband and turned on the television.A loud_3_and the ringing of our door bell_4_me.I opened the door to see a very excited_5_driver and two gentlemen who_6_in my building.I had not noticed，but I left my wallet in the taxi.A passenger_7_the taxi after me and_8_the driver that the