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Once upon a time，there was a child ready to be born. So  1 he asked God，”they tell me you are sending me to  2  , but being so small and helpless，  3  am I going to live there?”

“  4  the many angels （天使） , I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you. ”God replied. 

“But here in Heaven（天堂）, I do  5 else but sing and smile! That’s enough for me to be happy. ”

God said，’’Your angel will sing and smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be  6 . ”

The child said , “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me 7  I don’t know the language that men speak?”

God told the child，’’Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear, and with  8 patience（耐心）and care，your angel will teach you  9 . ”

The child said，“I’ve  10 that on the earth there are bad men. who will protect me?”

God said，“Your angel will protect you  11 it means risking her life（冒生命危险）. ”

“But l will always be sad because l will not see you any more. ”

“Your angel will always talk to you about  12 and in fact , I will always be next to you. ”

At the moment there was much peace（静寂）in Heaven，but voices from the earth could already be heard , and the child，in a hurry, asked，’’Oh , God，if I am about to  13 now, please tell me my angel’s  14 !”

“It is not hard to remember,” God replied  15 . “You will call your angel Mommy. ”

Without question, the most stressful years for parents are when their children are between 13 and 20. With young children, control seems to be quite easy. If a child doesn’t do what he is told to do, he is just made to do it. If a child is leaving the house and doesn’t listen when the parent calls him back, the parent simply goes after the child picks him up and brings him back. But as the child grows older and bigger, parents can’t do that any more. They can’t just pick the child up and bring him back. With older children, control is best achieved when the parents do those things the children want. In this way, the things do the controlling for you. For example, parents may think it is necessary for the child to clean his own room, but the child may think it’s no use and refuses to clean his room. It is important for parents to understand how their use of control must change as their children grow older.
【小题1】Many children do what they are ___________to do ___________ they are under the age of thirteen.
【小题2】A child sometimes _______________to his parents when he grows older.
【小题3】If a child leaves the _______ without permission (同意), he will be brought _________.
【小题4】When a child __________ to clean his room, he may think it’s not _________.
【小题5】It’s important for parents to ___________ their children and __________ their way of controlling as time goes on.

There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.

When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn’t able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his study, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He patiently tore the map up into pieces. Then he led his son into the dining room and spread the pieces on the table. He explained to the boy that it was a map of the world. He told the boy to put it back together and they could play together when he finished. Surely this could keep the child busy for hours, he thought.

After about thirty minutes, the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished, Dad. Can we play now?”

The man was surprised, saying, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It was easy. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world appeared completely.”

1. Why couldn’t the man play with his son that night? 

A. He had to read a magazine.                 B. He had some extra work to do.

C. He had to learn something about a map.     D. He had to stay at his office for extra work.

2.What did the man ask his son to do?

A. To read the magazine to find the map.

B. To tear the map of the world up into pieces.

C. To put the pieces of the map of the world back together.

D. To clean the dining room first, and then read the map of the world.

3. How long did it take the boy to finish the work?

A. A few hours.      B. About an hour.    C. About half an hour.   D. The whole night.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the passage?

A. It’s a report about a father’s extra work.

B. It’s a story between a father and his clever son.

C. It’s an advertisement for the map of the world.

D. It’s a poster about how to deal with parents’ problems.

At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often rent their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence(独立性)is learned from childhood. From an early age, American children learn responsibility.Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.

Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend of save it, usually with little guidance(指导) from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance, it must be made by doing extra chores.

Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions-and make mistakes. Failure(失败) often teaches more than success.

1.Many American young people begin to live on themselves _____ .

A. at eighteen years old      B. from childhood  

C. after they get married     D. from an early age

2.An American child learn to _____ at the age of 2 .

A. find a full-time job     B. from childhood

C. put on his or her own clothes      D. do lots of chores

3.The word “allowance” (in paragraph 3 ) means ______ in Chinese.

A. 奖品       B. 零花钱       C. 财产       D. 礼物

4.A child can get some more money by ______.

A. understanding the value of money        B. helping the rich

C. reading many books                   D. doing extra chores

5.The passage is mainly about ______ .

A. the independence of American children

B. the value of money

C. the guidance from parents

D. failure and success of American children

This is a true story in Guyana. One day, a child took some silver paper from a cigarette box. He rolled it into a tiny ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldn’t get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took his child to the hospital. The doctor looked up his nose. She put a tiny steel rod（钢棒） into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to cut his nose to get the paper out.

The child’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly.

Next day, the child’s mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon!”

As she spoke, she shook black pepper on the child’s nose. He gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to the sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the child didn’t have to go to the hospital and gave his nose cut.

1. How did the silver ball go into the boy’s nose?

A. His mother put it into his nose.

B. The boy himself pushed the ball up his nose.

C. The silver ball rolled into his nose itself.

D. The passage didn’t tell us.

2. Why did the boy’s nose have a bad smell?

A. The ball stayed in his nose for too long.

B. The boy didn't like to wash his nose.

C. His nose is cut and gave a bad smell.

D. Because he had a running nose.

3. In the last paragraph, the underlined word mighty means _____________.

A. 有力的             B. 可能的                  C. 好笑的.      D. 坚硬的