Mum gives little Jerry twenty yuan. Then little Jerry goes shopping. He gets on a bus and sits down next to an old woman. Then he sees the old woman’s bag is open. There is twenty yuan in it. He quickly looks into his pocket. The money isn’t there now! Little Jerry is sure that the old woman is a thief(贼). He wants to take back the money from the old woman’s bag. He carefully puts his hands into the old woman’s bag, takes the money and says nothing. Then, the old woman shouts, “Where is my money? I can’t find it. There is a thief on the bus.” Little Jerry feels strange(奇怪的). Then he sees twenty yuan under his seat. Little Jerry is thinking a question now, “Am I a thief?”

1.________ is sitting beside little Jerry.

A．A young woman                        B．An old man

C．A young man                           D．An old woman

2.Little Jerry sees ______ in the woman’s bag.

A．a wallet                               B．a packet

C．twenty yuan                           D．twenty dollars

3.Little Jerry is sure that the old woman is a ______.

A．thief                                 B．teacher

C．rich woman                            D．poor woman

4.Little Jerry sees ______ under his seat.

A．the old woman’s money                 B．his money

C．the thief’s money                      D．the driver’s money

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Little Jerry is a bad boy.

B．Little Jerry often steals(偷) things.

C．Mum gives little Jerry ten yuan.

D．Little Jerry makes a mistake(错误).

BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the "left-behind"(留守) children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day.

During a visit to northwest China's Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City. Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year. Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.

"You are so pretty," Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu's parents were also working in the city.

"Have you been to school yet?" Wen asked two other girls.

"We are going to the pre-school class," said one.

"Mom and dad at home?" Wen asked. The children shook their heads.

"Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the country-side. We should give them more care and love," said the premier.

The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and freeing their parents in cities from worries about their children.

1.Wen says a new problem in the country is that "left-behind" children _________.

A. seldom get care from the government

B. seldom get together with their parents

C. cannot do well in school like others.

D. cannot get any love from their parents

2.Wen Jiabao asks local governments_________.

A. to do more for "left-behind" children and their parents

B. to let the parents see their children only once a year

C. to stop the local people from going to work in cities

D. to build more schools for the "left-behind" children

3.The proper title (标题) for this passage is "Give ________ more love".

A. poor children B. disabled children

C. country children D. 'left-behind' children

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.?

His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.

“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tiger, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has! "

1.The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because ????? .

A. he was thinking about the words ????????????? ?????????????

B. he didn't understand the words

C. he wanted to talk to his dog????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. he liked talking to himself

2.What made the boy start his new life?

A. The people laughing at him. ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. The kind words spoken to him.

C. The hard life.?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. His lovely dog.

3.He was feeling ????? when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny?????? B. sad??????? C. lonely?????? D. excited

4.Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. He never took good care of his friend, Tiger.

B. He usually had many friends around him.

C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D. He often washed his dirty face in lake.

5.What's the best title of this passage?

A. A Dog and a Boy????? ????????????? ????????????? B. A Poor Boy's Childhood

C. A Businessman and a Boy???? D. The Power of Kindness

短文填空
One day, a poor boy was selling goods from door to door to pay for his tuition fees (学费). He was hungry. He d___1____ he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost heart w___2____ a lovely young woman opened the door. He asked for a drink of water and the woman agreed. She thought he looked hungry, so she b___3____ him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe (欠) you ?” “You owe me nothing, ” she r___4___. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from my heart.”
Years later, that young woman become seriously i__5___.The local doctors all f__6___ to cure her. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists (专家) to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard, who o__7__ got a large glass of milk and a meal from the young woman, was called in for the treatment. He went down the hall of the hospital to her room when he heard the name of the town she came from. D__8____ in his doctor’s uniform, he went in to see her. He recognized (认出) her quickly. He made up his mind to do his best to save her life and pay special a__9_____ to the case. After a long struggle, the battle (战役) was won. The woman n__10____ these words when she paid the pill: “ Paid in full with one glass of milk… Dr. Howard Kelly..”