One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have nothing to eat for days.”
I took some food and went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the ugly face of those little children by hunger. There was no sorrow (悲伤) or sadness in their faces, just the deep pain of hunger.
I gave the rice to the mother. She divided(分) it into two, and went out, carry half the rice with her. When she came back, I asked her, “Where did you go?” She gave me this simple answer, “To my neighbours----they are also hungry.”
I was not surprised that she gave----because poor people are unselfish(无私的). But I was surprised that she knew they were hungry. As a rule, when we are in trouble, we think more about ourselves, and have no time for others.
【小题1】 The writer thought poor people were _________.

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One night a man came to my house. He said to me, “There is a family with eight 　1　. They have not eaten for days.” After I asked him where the family was, I took some 　2　 with me and left.

When I finally got to that family, I 　3　 those little children were too hungry to say 　4　. I gave the food to the mother. She took half of it, and then 　5　. When she returned, I asked her, “　6　 did you go?” She gave me this simple 　7　, “To my neighbours — they are also 　8　!”

I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always very 　9　. But I was surprised that she gave her 　10　 half the food when her children were still hungry. Usually, when we are in trouble, we always think of ourselves first, and we have no time for others.

1.                A．children        B．workers        C．farmers   D．cooks

2.                A．flowers         B．wine           C．food D．water

3.                A．showed        B．watched        C．looked   D．found

4.                A．a sentence      B．a word         C．it    D．nothing

5.                A．went out        B．came back       C．rushed in D．hurried back

6.                A．When          B．Where         C．How D．Why

7.                A．question        B．decision        C．answer   D．lie

8.                A．ill             B．unhappy        C．tired D．hungry

9.                A．kind           B．sad            C．happy    D．bad

10.               A．people         B．neighbours      C．family D．children

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One night a man came to my house. He said to me, “There is a family with eight 　1　. They have not eaten for days.” After I asked him where the family was, I took some 　2　 with me and left.
When I finally got to that family, I 　3　 those little children were too hungry to say 　4　. I gave the food to the mother. She took half of it, and then 　5　. When she returned, I asked her, “　6　 did you go?” She gave me this simple 　7　, “To my neighbours — they are also 　8　!”
I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always very 　9　. But I was surprised that she gave her 　10　 half the food when her children were still hungry. Usually, when we are in trouble, we always think of ourselves first, and we have no time for others.

When I was seven years old，my family made me an ant farm．First，we put clean sand in a thin glass box．Then we waited for the ants to arrive．

After the ants were in the glass farm，they started to make tunnels（洞穴通道）．（A）I was surprised that each one knew exactly what it should do．Each had its own job．

On the fifth day a tragedy（灾难）happened．I put my face so（B）close to the glass farm that I knocked it over．All the tunnels fell down．Although the ants remained（C）_______ after their earthquake，one by one they began to die．I was afraid as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a comer of the farm．

（D）我母亲告诉我蚂蚁是死于悲伤．They just couldn't stand（忍受）that their tunnels were gone．

Although much time has（E）_______，I still think of that ant farm．Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world，but it taught me much more．

Over the years，I came to realize the importance of teamwork．Working together，the ants were able to make all amazing world for themselves．I also learned that they should be admired（赞美）for their hard work．

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently：Adversity（逆境）is a natural part of life，and must be accepted．Unlike the ants，we cannot（F）give up when we are sad．We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone，we must build another．

We should always keep on trying and never give up．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为I was surprised that each one knew exactly ______ ______ ______．

2．写出可以替换画线部分（B）和（F）的同义或近义词：_______；_______

3．将画线部分（D）译成英语：_______

4．在（C）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：_______；_______

5．写出文章的主旨大意：______________