Have you ever felt life is bad? Do you find that life seems to make things difficult for you and everything seems to go wrong? I sometimes felt that way，but a friend changed me．

He told me that although he didn't have enough money，he was happy．I asked why he was happy．Then he told me what he saw in India．

A few years ago，he was really feeling sad and went to India．He saw an Indian mother cut off her child's right hand with a knife．After that he could never forget the sad eyes of the helpless mother and the child．The reason why the mother did that was to beg．The mother did this so that the child could go out on the streets to beg and get some food to eat．

Then he began to think about how happy he was．He had food to eat，a complete body，a job，a family，the chance to say that some food wasn't delicious，and many things that the mother and the child in front of him never dreamed of having．

After hearing his story，I began to think about it，too．Was my life real1y that bad? Perhaps it wasn't．It wasn't bad at all．

What about you? Next time you think that your life is bad，think about the child who lost one hand so that he could beg on the streets．

1．The writer begins the article with two questions in order to _________．

A．show the readers he knows a lot                  B．stress his opinion

C．attract the readers' interest

2．The Indian mother was _________ when she was cutting off her child's hand．

A．angry                         B．sad                      C．crazy

3．The underlined part “to beg” means _________．

A．to ask others for food                                 B．to tell others he’s sorry

C．to say he's unable to do anything

4．The writer's friend _________ after he saw what the Indian's life was like．

A．felt very sad and angry                                B．came to believe he was lucky

C．started to feel he was helpless

5．The underlined sentence in the end of the passage tells us _________．

A．how to feel good when upset                       B．how to help the poor when possible

C．how to keep a balance between rich and poor

　　At half past three, the clock made loud noises. He got up in a hurry and turned on the light. After looking at the clock he shouted at his wife and asked her to make an explanation（解释）.

　　“Hmm,”she answered,“if it takes you five hours to get home from work, then I think it'll take you just as long to go to work. I don't hope you'll be late.”

（　）1. Why did Mr. White get home late that day?

A. He had a good dinner in a restaurant.

B. He worked very late.

C. He had something important to do on his way home.

D. The traffic was very busy.

（　）2. Mr. White started work at ________.

A. half past three in the night and stopped work at half past eleven in the morning

B. half past eight in the morning and stopped work at five in the afternoon

C. half past three in the morning and stopped work at ten at night

D. half past eight in the morning and stopped work at half past four in the afternoon

（　）3. How much time did Mr. White usually spend on his way home?

A. Five hours.

B. About five hours.

C. Much more than five hours.　　

D. Much less than five hours.

（　）4. This passage mainly（主要地）tells us that Mrs. White ________.

A. didn't want her husband to be late for his work

B. wanted her husband to return home as soon as he stopped work

C. wanted her husband to get up at half past three

D. wanted to go to the restaurant with her husband

（　）5. What do you think of Mrs. White?

A. She was young and strict.

B. She was old and strange.

C. She was kind and clever.  

D. She was beautiful and careful.