A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”
　  The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.
　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.
　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
【小题1】The story is about ____________.
　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
【小题2】 The young man untied the string ________________.
　　    A. in order to throw it away  　　
B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight
　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side
【小题3】When could the string be taken away?
　　    A. When the old man left.　  　　
B. When the young man untied it next time.
　   　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.
【小题4】 At last the old man told the young man ________________.
　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 
stand alone
　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children
　　    C. that he should be hard on his children
【小题5】We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.
A. the young father and the old neighbor   　　
B. parents and their children
　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father

The ideal (理想的) teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should ______ his subject very well and like learning something about other subjects. The ideal teacher must be full of strong feelings of wonder or interest. He must ____ teach anything he himself is not ___ in. He should be like a man who can act and should not be afraid to ____ his feelings and tell other people what he likes and what he doesn't like clearly. He must like his students and respect them, and he must also respect himself and be proud of his work. __ he doesn’t, he cannot respect his students and _  respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an ___ of his students and be able to get on well with them. He needs students’understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind and ____ and he should give hope to his students to learn knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students’ ___ so that he can know how to encourage the growth of ____ of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and makes himself better along with his students.
　　So what about the teacher around you?

　　Jack was a rich young man. One day, he was 1 very happily down a street. Suddenly from his car came a terrible sound. He felt 2 , so he stopped his car and looked around. He saw a child standing nearby with a few small stones（石子）in his hand. He jumped 3 the car and found a dent（凹痕）in the door. He was so 4 that he caught the boy and shouted at him, “Who are you? 　　5 did you throw a stone at my new car?”

　　“Please, sir, please... I'm sorry! But I didn't know what else to do!” said the child. “I threw the stone 6 I wanted to get you to notice me. I need your 7 !”

　　Tears（眼泪）were running down the child's face. He said, “My brother 8 out of his wheelchair（轮椅）and was almost under it. He is hurt and too 9 for me. Could you give me 10 to get him back into his 11 ?”

　　After hearing this, Jack was moved（感动）and 12 to help him. He lifted the child's brother 13 back into his wheelchair. He looked over the boy carefully to make sure that he was OK. Then he watched the child 14 his brother towards their home. Suddenly the child 15 and bowed（鞠躬）to him. Jack looked at the dent in his car and smiled.