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A Shoe Pattern

　　Harry is eighteen years old now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous mall. So they tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.

　　Once Harry’s father was sent to London on bussiness. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!

　　Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样)and told him to buy a pair of shoes him. self. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help. he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”

　　“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”

根据短文选择填空

1．________ always does some housework in the morning.

[　　]

A．Harry’s father

B．Harry’s mother

C．Harry

D．Nobody

2．Harry’s parents do al instead of him because ________.

[　　]

A．he’s too young

B．he has poor health

C．he’s busy with his studies

D．they hope he spends all time on studies

3．The woman had to look after her son by herself because ________.

[　　]

A．her husband wasn’t at home

B．she was stronger than her husband

C．she knew the young man well

D．she was free than her husband

4．When the mall was in London, ________.

[　　]

A．Harry had to stay at home.

B．Harry didn’t find the bus stop

C．Harry fell behind in his class

D．Harry wouldn’t go to school

5．The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because ________.

[　　]

A．she didn’t know what kind he needed

B．she was busy with the housework

C．something was wrong with her

D．she wanted her son to do something himself

6．In fact(事实上), ________.

[　　]

A．Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him

B．Harry didn’t believe himself

C．Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother

D．Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself

John is a manager and he is very busy. He spends a lot of time traveling abroad. So he reads short stories. He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world.

 

Sara is a student. She likes reading true stories. In those stories, people write about themselves. She’s especially interested in people who have had unusual or different lives. She also wants to write a story about herself one day.

 

Monica is a history teacher in London. She enjoys reading more than anything else. She likes reading about the history of people in other parts of the world. She wants to know how historical events changed people’s lives.

 

Tony loves reading so much! In fact he opened a little bookstore several years ago so he could share his interest of reading with others. His favorite books are novels. Some stories are so wonderful that he often tries to finish them fast in order to know what happens in the end.

【小题1】John is a ______.

A．manager

B．student

C．teacher

D．writer

【小题2】Who has a bookstore?

A．John.

B．Sara.

C．Tony.

D．Monica.

【小题3】All of them like ______.

A．teaching

B．traveling

C．writing

D．reading

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains(痛苦), and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets(后悔).
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society(社会) as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position(地位) in society.
【小题1】What is the happiest person according to the passage?

A．A child who can do whatever he likes.

B．An old person who lives in a comfortable life.

C．A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.

D．A person who never wastes his time in his whole life.

【小题2】Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?

A．Life for a child is fairly easy.

B．A child is always loved whatever he does.

C．If much is given to a child, he must do something in return.

D．Only children are interested in life.

【小题3】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains.

B．Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard.

C．Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life.

D．One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.

【小题4】What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?

A．Examples of successful young men.

B．How to build up one’s position in society.

C．Joys and pains of old people.

D．What to do when one has problems in life.

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.

When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.

1.What is the happiest person according to the passage?

A．A child who can do whatever he likes.

B．An old person who lives in a comfortable life.

C．A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.

D．A person who never wastes his time in his whole life.

2.What pains does a child have?

A．He has few responsibilities to make life difficult.

B．He doesn’t have to do anything in return.

C．He is not so free to do what he wishes to do.

D．He has to work if he wants to live comfortably.

3.Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?

A．Life for a child is fairly easy.

B．A child is always loved whatever he does.

C．If much is given to a child, he must do something in return.

D．Only children are interested in life.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains.

B．Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard.

C．Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life.

D．One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.

5.What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?

A．Examples of successful young men.

B．How to build up one’s position in society.

C．Joys and pains of old people.

D．What to do when one has problems in life.

 

My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to us, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. Perhaps you can learn something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled children. What can we learn from them?”
“You will see,” our father said.
Our father works as a volunteer at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, speech, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.
The following day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to sit down. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run fastest. All the runners were physically disabled. As the race started, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the girls fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.
All the children stopped to help the poor girl. Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were surprised to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race－they were more interested in helping each other to finish the race.
【小题1】. Why did the father take the writer and his brother to Ray Home?

A．The father wanted them to do something at Ray.

B．The father asked them to help the children at Ray.

C．The father wanted them to take part in the Sports Day.

D．The father wanted them to learn something from the children.

【小题2】. Why did all the children stop in the 50-meter race stop?

A．All the children were disabled.

B．A little girl fell over and got hurt.

C．They stopped to laugh at the girl.

D．They didn’t want to finish the race.

【小题3】. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The children there can help each other.

B．All the runners there can not run fast.

C．All the children don’t want to be winners.

D．The disabled children there were not smart enough.