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九年级英语Chapter 7 一、阅读理解 丧尽天良的富翁 A THE richest man in a town had never given any money to a charity.One day,a woman from the charity called him.“Our survey shows that you make at least $5000,000(3.15million yuan) a year, but you never give any money to charity,”she said.“Wouldn’t you like to give back to your town in some way?” The rich man said nothing at first and then said:“Did your survey also that my mother is dying after a long fight with illness,and has large medical bills to pay?” The charity worker felt sorry and didn’t know what to say. “Or that my brother is blind（失明的）and cannot walk?”the rich man continued. The charity worker began to apologize,but the rich man interrupted（打断）her. “Or that my sister’s husband died in a traffic accident,”he shouted in anger,“leaving her no money with three children?” The charity worker was very was very sorry.“I had no idea...”she said. The rich man interrupted her once more.“So if I don’t give any money to all of them,why would I give any to you?” Provided by Li Wei,Tianjin. B TWO years ago, my parents died in a car accident.Ever since then,my elder brother and I have had to work part-time to make a living.I have been working as a part-time waiter in a rester in a restaurant for six months,and now I’ve just got my salary (薪水). I was walking back to school and saw the notice board in the lobby（大厅）.There was a notice asking for donations for the earthquake.A girl called Amanda was reading the same notice.She came from a very wealthy family. You could see that easily from her fancy clothes and gadgets（小玩意儿）. “Aren’t you going to donate?”I asked,“People there must be having a really hard time All their houses have been destroyed by the earthquake.They’ve got nothing left, no place to live,nothing to eat or...” “Sorry,I don’t have money to spend on that!”she laughed.“I have 10 new dresses to buy.I need to get a new phone. And then I’m planning to fly to Paris for the weekend.”With these words,she walked away. I took the money fr