The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for ________.

A. wasting gold                         B. wasting wrapping paper

C. putting the box under the Christmas tree    

D. bringing the gift to her father

What’s inside the box according to the little girl?

A. nothing    B. air    C. kisses   D. gold wrapping paper

Choose the best title for the passage.

A. The kisses in the box.      B. A girl and his father 

C. A love story                 D. The box under the Christmas tree.

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for ________.

A. wasting gold                         B. wasting wrapping paper

C. putting the box under the Christmas tree    

D. bringing the gift to her father

What’s inside the box according to the little girl?

A. nothing    B. air    C. kisses   D. gold wrapping paper

Choose the best title for the passage.

A. The kisses in the box.      B. A girl and his father 

C. A love story                D. The box under the Christmas tree.

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."  They kept on walking until they found an oasis（绿洲）, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.  After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life."  The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"

    The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in the stone where no wind can ever erase it."

    You have to learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.

64．One friend slapped the other because ____.

       A．he was angry that his friend took him to the desert by mistake.

       B．He was angry that his friend did not agree with him about something.

       C．He was angry that his friend kept wasting time writing and carving.

       D．He had to save his friend from drowning, and this almost took his own life.

65．The underlined sentence means we should _____.

          A．not let others know we are angry with them by letting wind erase what we write down.

       B．gradually forgive others for bad things they have done to us as time goes by.

       C．make sure what we write in the desert does not remain long .

       D．not try to find stones to record things on in a desert.

66．What is the right understanding of the last sentence of the passage?

       A．We should write and carve to record different kinds of feelings.

       B．We should record different kinds of things in different ways.

       C．We should remember only good things others have done to us and let go bad things.

       D．We should remember things that others do to us, including both good things and bad things.

67．Which of the following can be the proper title of the passage?

A．True Friendship                      B．Sand and Stone 

C．Hurts and Benefits                   D．Forgiveness and Gratitude

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for ________.

A. wasting gold                         B. wasting wrapping paper

C. putting the box under the Christmas tree   D. bringing the gift to her father

What’s inside the box according to the little girl?

A. nothing           B. air 

C. kisses            D. gold wrapping paper

The father remembered the love of his daughter by ________.

A. kissing the gold box.                    B. putting gold into the box.

C. taking out an imaginary kiss from the box.   D. keeping the little girl’s ash box by his bed.

Choose the best title for the passage.

A. The kisses in the box.      B. A girl and his father 

C.  A love story            D. The box under the Christmas tree.

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for ________.

A. wasting gold                                   B. wasting wrapping paper

C. putting the box under the Christmas tree         D. bringing the gift to her father

What’s inside the box according to the little girl?

A. nothing             B. air            C. kisses         D. gold wrapping paper

Choose the best title for the passage.

A. The kisses in the box.                 B. A girl and his father 

C. A love story                          D. The box under the Christmas tree.