A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his students and asked: “Why do people shout in anger at each other?”
His students thought for a while, and one of them said: “Because when we lose our calm, we shout.”
“But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner,” said the wise man.
Students gave some other answers but none were any good.
“When two people are angry at each other, their hearts become distanced,” the wise man explained. “To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other and cover that great distance.”
The wise man then gave an example: “What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly because their hearts are very close. When they love each other even more, what happens? They don’t need to talk. They only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.”
He looked at his students and said: “So when you argue, do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.”
【小题1】What did they find when a wise man and his students were visiting a village?

This morning when I got up, I was very hungry. I went into the kitchen to make my breakfast. I went into the kitchen and….

“Help!” I cried. “Mice! They’re eating my breakfast!” I really don’t like any mice. However, I really hate mice that eat my breakfast!

I didn’t like the brown mouse and it was eating my bread. I disliked the balck mouse and it was eating my cheese. And I couldn’t stand(忍受) the white mouse and it’s eating my chicken feet! But nobody came to help me.

I closed the door of the kitchen and I phoned Jim. He is my friend and not afraid of mice.

He came and we went into the kitchen. “One, two, three…open!” he said. I quickly opened the door, but there were no mice. How terrible! The only things left were three carrots, half a cabbage, and two pieces of bread.

1. Where did the writer find mice?

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2. What were the mice doing when the writer saw them?

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3. How many mice did he see?

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4. Who did he call for help?

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5. Did they catch the mice?

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Alice was now in a long dark room with doors all round the walls, and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere.

   She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked (锁上的). “How will I ever get out again?” she thought sadly. Then she saw a little glass table with three legs, and on the top of it was a very small gold key. Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors, but she couldn’t open any.

   Then she saw another door, a door that was only forty centimetres high. The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but Alice couldn’t get through it—she was much too big. So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door, into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers.

   “I’d like to be out there—not in this dark room. Why can’t I get smaller?” It was already a very strange day, and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible.

   After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and then she saw a little bottle on the table. Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters.

   “It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles,” she said. “What will it do to me?” She drank a little bit very slowly. The taste was very nice and very soon Alice finished the bottle.

   “I think I’m getting smaller and smaller every second.” And she was. “And now,” she said happily, “I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden.”

   She ran at once to the door. Then she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but she was now much too small! The key was high above her, on top of the table. She tried very hard to climb up the table leg, but she couldn’t do it.

   At last, tired and unhappy, she got angry with herself. Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it, and found a very small cake with the words EAT Me on it.

   Nothing could surprise Alice now.

1. Where did Alice find the little gold key according to the story?

   A. In the garden .   B. On the floor.    C. In the glass box.    D. On the glass table.

2.We can learn that Alice felt a little ______ from the underlined sentence.

   A. proud         B. angry            C. afraid           D. excited

3.Which is the right order of the events according to the story?

   ① Alice saw a little glass box near her on the floor.

   ② Alice came to a long dark room.

   ③ Alice saw a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers.

   ④ Alice drank out of the little bottle and became small.

   ⑤ Alice took the little gold key and opened the small door.

   A. ②⑤③④①        B. ②④⑤①③   C. ②①⑤④③   D. ②③④⑤①  

4.What do you think Alice will probably do at the end of the story?

   A. Wait for the White Rabbit.            B. Eat the small cake.

   C. Climb up the table leg again.     D. Sit on the floor and cry.