He is too old to run_____ to catch up with the young boy.

Mr Smith had two sons.One was seven years old, and the other was five.One morning during the holiday, when Mr Smith was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.

‘Sweets are bad for your teeth,’ Mr Smith said.‘Take these two oranges instead, and give one to your brother.’

One orange was much bigger than the other, and as the small boy likes oranges very much, he kept the bigger one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.When the other boy saw that, he said, ’It’s selfish to take the bigger for yourself.If Father had given me the oranges, I’d have given you the bigger one.’

‘I know you would,’ answered his brother.‘That’s why I took it.’

1.What was Mr Smith doing one morning?

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2.What did the younger boy ask for?

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3.What did his father give him instead?

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4.Who got the bigger orange?

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5.Why did the elder boy say that his brother was selfish?

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There was a little boy with a bad temper（脾气）.His father gave him some nails（钉子）to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he  held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar（痕迹）just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal （言语）wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.
【小题1】Who was in a bad temper ?
the boy’s father         B.the boy’s friend
C. the little boy            D. a man
【小题2】 The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .

Mr Smith had two sons.One was seven years old, and the other was five.One morning during the holiday, when Mr Smith was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.
‘Sweets are bad for your teeth,’ Mr Smith said.‘Take these two oranges instead, and give one to your brother.’
One orange was much bigger than the other, and as the small boy likes oranges very much, he kept the bigger one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.When the other boy saw that, he said, ’It’s selfish to take the bigger for yourself.If Father had given me the oranges, I’d have given you the bigger one.’
‘I know you would,’ answered his brother.‘That’s why I took it.’
【小题1】What was Mr Smith doing one morning?
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【小题2】What did the younger boy ask for?
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【小题3】What did his father give him instead?
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【小题4】Who got the bigger orange?
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【小题5】Why did the elder boy say that his brother was selfish?
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--- What do you think of the young boy?

   --- He is good ___________ me. He is good ________ English, and he often tells me listening to English songs is good __________ learning it well.

A. for; at; to      B. to; in; of     C. at; for; to      D. to; at; for