A man got a new car and he was very proud 　26　 it. One day, when he 　27　 back home, he saw his three-year-old son 　28　 hitting the new car with a toy hammer. The man was 　29　 angry that he ran to his son, grabbed the hammer from 　30　, and used the hammer to hit the little boy’s hands too hard. The 　31　 boy cried out but his father didn’t care.

　　When the father 　32　, he took his son to the 　33　 as fast as he could. Although the doctor tried his best to save the 　34　 bones（骨头）, he had to cut the fingers from both of the boy’s hands in the end.

　　When the boy 　35　 in the hospital and saw his hands, he innocently(天真) said, “Dady, I’m sorry about your car.” Then he asked, “but 　36　 are my fingers going to grow back?” The father 　37　 very sad.

　　Think about the story when 　38　 steps on your feet or when you wish to take revenge(报复). Think first before you lose your patience with someone. Cars can 　39　, but broken bones and hurt feelings often can’t.

　　People often make mistakes. But we should remember that forgiveness is greater than revenge. 　40　 before act!

1.A．to　　　　 B．of　　　　　 C．in　　　　　 D．from

2.A．comes　       B．came　　　   C．has come　   D．is

3.A．happy　　  B．unhappy　　  C．happily　　　    D．luckily

4.A．too　　　  B．very　　　　 C．so　　　　   D．such

5.A．it　　　　 B．her　　　　  C．he　　　　　 D．him

6.A．poor　　　 B．lucky　　　  C．bad　　　　  D．small

7.A．came out　 B．came down　  C．calmed down  D．calmed out

8.A．school　　 B．hospital　　　   C．shop　　　　 D．home

9.A．break　　　    B．breaking　　 C．broken　　　 D．broke

10.A．stood up　    B．got up　　　 C．woke up　　  D．put up

11.A．how　　　 B．where　　　　C．why　　　    D．when

12.A．felt　　　　  B．fell　　　　　   C．sounded　　  D．looks

13.A．anyone　　    B．everyone　　 C．no one　　　 D．someone

14.A．repair　　　  B．repaired　　　   C．be repaired　    D．be repairing

15.A．To think　    B．Thinking　　 C．Think　　　  D．Be thought

 

Jim Smith was a poor boy. One day he was very cold and __41____. He came to a house and asked a young ____42____ only for a glass of water. But the lady was so __43____ that she gave him a large glass of hot milk.

   Jim drank it and then asked, “ __44_____ should I pay you?”

   “You don’t need to pay.” She replied. Jim __45____ her from the bottom of hi heart.

Years later, Jim became a ___46__. One day, a woman was sent to his hospital. She was seriously ill. He recognized her at once and decided to __47____ to save her life.

The operation was successful, but the cost was high. After looking at the woman’s bill, Jim wrote ___48____ on it. When the woman received the bill, she didn’t dare to look at it. __49___, something on the side of the bill caught her attention. She began to __50___ the following words:

Paid in full with one glass of milk.

1.A. hot         B. hungry       C. cool         D. strong

2.A. woman      B. man         C. husband      D. waiter

3.A. angry       B. beautiful      C. lucky        D. kind

4.A. When       B. Where        C. How much   D. Why

5.A. thanked     B. forgot         C. missed      D. understood

6.A. teacher      B. worker       C. doctor       D. driver

7.A. say hello    B. do his best      C. give away    D. get back

8.A. anything    B. everything     C. nothing       D. something

9.A. However     B. Whenever    C. Especially     D. Hardly

10.A. write        B. remember     C. read         D. guess

 

Bill was a boy of 15. His parents went to gambling(赌博) day and night. Nobody cared about hi. He always failed in his exams. So his teachers didn’t like him, nor did his classmates play with him.
Bill often slept in class because his heart was not in school. He almost gave himself up.
One day, Miss Jones, a new teacher, came to Bill’s class. She was a smiling, beautiful woman. Bill was in love! For the first time in his young life, he couldn’t take his eyes off his teachers; yet, still he failed.
It was Miss Jones’ class. She was asking a question. “I’d like the smartest boy to answer my question.” Then she said loudly, “Bill, please!”
Bill was surprised. And he stood up without a word.
“Just try it! I believe you can!”
After school, Miss Jones had a long talk with Bill. She told him that she cared about him and believed in him.
Bill thought a lot that evening. From then on he arrived at school on time every day. Miss Jones helped him with his homework in the afternoon. She even cooked delicious food for him. She told Bill, “Nothing is impossible if you put your heart in it.”
Later, Miss Jones gave another exam. Bill did it with all his heart. He was very excited to find that he had passed the exam. Now Bill discovered that not only could he learn, but he could do it well. A changed took place in Bill’s heart.
You see, one teacher saved one boy, it’s simple(简单的), really.
【小题1】Bill always failed in the exams at first because he ________.

A．went gambling	B．talked in class
C．didn’t answer	D．gave himself up

【小题2】Miss Jones changed Bill by ________.

A．doing homework for him	B．encouraging and helping him
C．giving Bill another exam	D．cooking delicious food for him

【小题3】From the passage we can learn ________.

A．Miss Jones was a loving and careful teacher

B．Bill’s parents cared about him very much

C．Miss Jones loved to answer Bill’s question

D．Bill didn’t like to play with his classmates

【小题4】Which may be the best title for the passage?

A．Parents’ Day	B．A Lazy Boy
C．A Boy’s Change	D．A Strict Teacher

When Jack was very young, he often played football, and he was very  1   at it. But then he went and worked in a town and there was no   2  for him there, so he stopped  3  .

   Then he began to get rather  4  . So he thought ,“I’ve stopped playing football, and now I’m getting fat.  5    am I going to do?” He thought about it for  6 , and then he said to himself, “I know , I’ll play tennis .”

    He had a few   7  , and then played for a few months. He met a nice girl at the tennis club one day, and they played a game of tennis   8  another young man and woman. Jack played very badly and was very   9  with himself .“I’ve never played as badly as this before, ” he said to the girl.

“ Oh,” she said , “you   10  how to play tennis ?”

 

Jaya is sixteen, but he doesn’t go to school. He studies medicine at New York University in a class of twenty-year-olds. Jaya was born in Madras in India but now lives in a house in New York with his mother, father and brother. They can all speak English. His father is a doctor.

Jaya was different from a very young age. He could count before he could say “Mummy” or “Daddy”. He could answer questions on calculus (微积分) when he was five and did algebra(几何) when he was eight. Now he studies from 8:15am to 4: 00am every day at the university. Then he studies at home with his father from 6:30 to 10:00 every evening. Jaya doesn’t have any friends. He thinks other children can’t understand him. He never goes out in the evenings, but he sometimes watches TV. He says, “I live for one thing — I want to be a doctor before I am nineteen.”

1.Is Jaya very clever?

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2.Where was Jaya born?

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3.Who teaches him medicine at home?

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4.What was Jaya very interested in when he was very young, math or medicine?

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5.Why doesn’t Jaya make friends?

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