Two men walked quietly up to the open windows of a small house in the darkness."We can take
what we want from this house," one of them said. The taller of the two men quickly climbed through
the open window into one of the rooms."Give me your torch (手电筒)." he told his friend. "Go round
to the door. Wait there until I open it for you."
     His friend disappeared (消失).Then the man turned on the torch and walked quietly towards the
door. Before he reached the door, he suddenly stopped. He found a man. The man was sitting in a big
chair in a corner of the room. He was looking at the tall man. His eyes never moved.
     The tall man cried out and threw the door open and he shouted to his friend to run after him. They
didn't stop running until they were far away from the house. They never knew that the man could see
nothing because something was wrong with his eyes.

1.What were the two men? They were _______.

A. workers
B. thieves (小偷)
C. policemen
D. guests

2.The tall man walked through the room to _______.

A. turn off the light
B. find the owner of the house
C. open the door
D. wait for his friend

3. Where did the tall man meet the man sitting in a big chair?

A. Near the door.
B. In a small house.
C. In a corner.
D. Both B and C.

4.The owner's eyes didn't move because _______.

A. he like sleeping in a chair
B. he couldn't see anything
C. he was too frightened (害怕) to move
D. he was sleeping

5.Why did the man throw the door open? Because _______.

A. he was very afraid of the man in the chair
B. he had known the man before
C. the owner of the house would take hold of them
D. he wanted his friend to come in at once

       Zhang Tiejun,14, Sichuan: On my first day of middle school, the teacher asked us to sit according
to height. The shorter students would sit in the first row, and the taller in the last. I’m one of the shortest,
but he asked me to sit in the last row. With tall classmates in front of me, I had to stand up to see the blackboard and take notes. I got high scores in the next midterm exam, and the teacher put me in the first row.
       Li Yuhan,13, Heilongjiang: I like playing basketball with my classmates. One day, when we were
playing, some tall students came and told us to leave. We asked why. Then one of them threw our
basketball away and said: “ Because we will beat you if you don’t go away.” We had to pick our
basketball up and walk away.
       Wu Yunqiang, 13, Beijing: I’m the best painter in my class. There was a school painting competition last year. I thought I should take part on behalf of our class. But the teacher didn’t put me in the contest.
Instead, the teacher gave the chance to a classmate who is at the top of the class in studies, but knows nothing about painting.
       Liu Yuyan, 14, Guangxi: One day, two students didn’t bring their homework to school: our monitor Li and me. The teacher told Li not to forget next time. Then he began to blame me. He said: “ You must
have watched TV last night and not done your homework. Ask your mother to come to school
tomorrow.” The truth was that I did the homework that night , but forgot to bring it to school. From then
on, I didn’t forget it because I don’t want that unfair treatment any more.
        Suggestions: Life is unfair sometimes. There’s something unfair at school, too. When you’re
wronged(受委屈) by those who have more power than you(like teachers and some classmates), there
may be nothing that you can do about it. Don’t think too long about it. Just make sure you don’t do the
same kinds of things to others in the future. But in a case like Liu’s, you can go to the teacher’s office to
talk to him or her frankly(坦诚地). Let the teacher know the truth and understand you better. And if you
feel something is wrong that you can’t accept, go to your parents or a trusted(信得过的) adult for help.

1.What did the student Li Yuhan and his classmates meet one day?

A. Some tall students didn’t let them play basketball.
B. Some tall students beat them and took away their basketball .
C. The teacher didn’t let them enter the painting competition.
D. They beat some tall students and took away their basketball.

2.The teacher let Zhang Tiejun sit in the first row finally because________.

A. his parents phoned the teacher.
B. he himself went to ask the teacher.
C. he’s one of the shortest students.
D. he was good at studying and got good marks.

3. Who forgot to bring her homework and was blamed by the teacher?

A. Wu Yunqiang
B. Liu Yuyan
C. Monitor Li
D. Zhang Tiejun 

4. What can’t we students do when we are wronged?

A. Don’t think too long about unfair things.
B. We can go to the teacher’s office and have a good talk with him/ her.
C. We can give the same unfair treatment to those that have ever given us.
D. We can ask our parents for help.