Mrs. Davies was a teacher in India．One summer she got a job as a teacher in an international school．But the school was in London．After she discussed with her husband, they decided to move to London．

     One day, after dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Davies told their son, Matt, the decision about moving to London．The boy felt surprised and upset．He didn't want to leave his friends．He said that he would rather live with his classmate, Mike．His parents thought that he would change his mind later．Soon, it was August, Mr. and Mrs. Davies were busy packing．However, Matt refused to go together With his parents．

    When the day came for them to leave India, Mr. and Mrs. Davies found their son lost, They were anxious and they called Mike, but he didn't know where Matt was, either．In fact, at that time, Matt was walking alone on the street．He walked past a park．He remembered that he and his father often played tennis in the park．He walked past a supermarket． It reminded him of shopping with his mother．He realized that those things would be meaningless （毫无意义的）without his family．Matt quickly ran home to say sorry to his parents．He told them he was looking forward to living in London with them and making new friends there．

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Where did the Davies live before they moved to London?

2．How did Matt feel when his parents told him about moving to London?

3．Who did Matt’s parents call when they couldn’t find him?

4．What did Matt and his father often do in the park?

5．Did Matt want to move to London with his parents at last?

 
Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection  stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal  that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争)  for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
【小题1】What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?

A．To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

B．To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

C．To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.

D．To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.

【小题2】Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.

A．they think it is silly to make resolutions

B．they find keeping resolutions is boring

C．the time of keeping resolutions is too short

D．their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic

【小题3】Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?

A．Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.

B．To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.

C．People should try to realize their goals step by step.

D．A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.

The first teacher-parent meeting would be held in the school. To the little boy's disappointment(失望), his mother said she would go. He felt sorry for her face. She was very beautiful, but there was a big scar (疤痕) on her right face. The boy never talked about it with his mother.
At the meeting, the people noticed the mother's kindness and beauty though she had the scar. But the little boy hid himself. After the meeting, the teacher asked his mother carefully. "How did you get the scat on your face?" The mother answered. "When my son was a baby, he was once in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control. At that time, I rushed in As I was running towards his bed. I saw a piece of wood coming towards his bed. I threw myself over him to protect him. I was knocked down. Luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us. But I got the scar." She touched her face." This scar will be here for ever, but I have never felt sorry for what I did."
At that moment, the little boy came out with his eyes wet. He held his mother's hand for the rest of the day.
【小题1】The boy_____ when his mother decided to go to his first teacher-parent meeting.

A．was happy

B．felt disappointed

C．was angry

D．cried loudly

【小题2】The boy was sorry for his mother because______.

A．his mother was not beautiful	B．he didn't love his mother
C．there was a big scar on her face	D．the teacher didn't want to see her

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The boy knew why his mother got the scar before.

B．The boy told his classmates why his mother got the scar.

C．The mother told the boy about the scar many times.

D．The mother told the teacher about the scat after the meeting.

【小题4】.The mother got the scar when she_____.

A．slept in a room on fire

B．put out the fire

C．rushed out of the room

D．protected her son

【小题5】The boy was____ when he knew the truth at last.

A．moved

B．sad

C．bored

D．afraid