My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult.

For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess（承认）to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball. I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred（神圣的） thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog that my father carved from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder.

Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve, I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is if it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.

1. What is the main subject of the passage?

A．The relationship between Mark and Steve.

B．The important lesson Mark learned in school

C．Steve’s important role in mark’s growing process.

D．Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that when Mark confessed to Mrs. Holt, __________.

A．he felt surprised                        B．he was light-hearted

C．he felt frightened                       D．he knelt before her

3.In the story about the pen, which of the following lessons did Steve teach his brother?

A．Respect for personal property.

B．Respect for life.

C．Sympathy for people with problems.

D．The value of honesty.

4. According to the writer, which was the most important lesson Steve taught his young brother?

A．Respect for living things.

B．Responsibility for one’s actions.

C．The value of the honesty.

D．Care for the property of others.

5.Which of the follow is true according to the passage?

A．Mark was still a boy when he wrote this passage.

B．Mark lost the small dog his father carved somewhere.

C．When a living thing hurts you, you should kill it.

D．Even if a living thing hurts you, you should not kill it without hesitation.

 

Once again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another beating once I returned to the Children’s Home Society. There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.

As darkness fell, I entered the darkened area in a city park sat down on a wooden bench hoping to avoid the police cars. It was cold and I began to tremble uncontrollably. All was quiet except for the passing cars in the distance.

“Well, hello young man.” A voice came from behind me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath. I looked up and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows.

“You look cold and hungry,” she said. She took off her scarf, wrapped it around my shoulders and asked me to follow her. We walked about twenty feet, and then stopped under one of the park streetlights.

She held out her hand and said, “Here, you take this letter.” Seeing nothing in her hand., I stood still.

“Reach out and take the letter from my hand,” she insisted. Slowly I reached out, acting as though I was taking something from her hand. “Now hold the paper tightly and take it to any store owner,” she instructed.

I closed my thumb and finger as though I were grasping the letter and began walking toward Five Points. Several blocks down the road, I came to a store with a woman sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, walked in, and stopped directly in front of her. Very slowly I held out my hand toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.

She reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands.

She immediately turned and walked to the back of the store. After a while, the woman returned holding a paper plate.

“Here is something for you to eat.” She smiled and signaled to me to eat. Within two or three minutes, I downed the entire plate of food and several Coca Colas.

Before I left, she held out her hand and asked me to take the letter. Again seeing nothing, I held out my hand and closed my thumb and finger as though I were taking something from her. Tightly grasping nothing more than air, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park. The old woman was still there.

“It is really magic. Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?” I asked her.

She reached out, took my hand, and opened my tightly closed fingers. Whatever was being held between my fingers, she took and placed into her apron pocket. “Would you help someone if they were hungry?” she asked me.

“Yes Ma’am.”

“Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?”

“Yes Ma’am. I would be their friend.”        

“You are a very lucky little boy. You will never need the magic letter,” she responded.

1.What can we learn about the boy?

A. Though lost in the city, he didn’t feel worried or lonely.

B. He had nowhere to go and wandered aimlessly in the street.

C. He avoided the police for the fear that he would be sent to prison.

D. He had to run away because of his bad performance at school.

2.What can we infer from paragraph 3?

A. The boy was out of breath as he did some exercises.

B. The boy felt excited at the appearance of the woman.

C. The boy was scared by the sudden voice of the woman.

D. The boy held his breath, waiting for the woman to come.

3.Why does the store owner offer the boy a good dinner?

A. Because she had great sympathy for him.

B. Because she knew the boy and his parents.

C. Because he was a kind boy who deserved it.

D. Because the woman in the park had paid for it.

4.What does the writer want to tell us through the story?

A. It's better to give than to take.

B. Kindness is a universal language.

C. Don't cry even if life cheats you.

D. Life is full of the getting over of suffering.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. A Kind Woman.     B. A Sleepless Night.    C. A Magic Letter.      D. A Lucky Boy.

 

One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting on a bench with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.

   Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?" "Of course, please sit down," Sue said. Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.

   "That's a nice dog, isn't he?" Jack said, pointing at the animal.

   "Yes, he is. He's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture, but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy."

   "And hungry, "Jack said." He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him."

   "That's true, "Sue said." But I haven't."

   They both laughed and then Jack said, "Does your dog bite?"

   "No, "Sue said, "He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and friendly."

   Hearing this, Jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animal's head. Suddenly it jumped up and bit him.

   "Hey!" Jack shouted." You said your dog didn't bite."

   Sue replied in surprise, "Yeah, I did. But this is not my dog. My dog's at home."

1. The dog looked at the woman because ___.

A. the woman wanted to feed him      B. the woman was friendly

C. he was strong and healthy          D. he was hungry

2.Jack touched the dog because he believed ___.

A. the dog was handsome         B. Sue's dog was unfriendly

C. the dog belonged to Sue        D. Sue's dog was at home

3.We can infer form the passage that ___.

A. Sue gave a wrong answer       B. Jack made a mistake

C. the dog wasn't dangerous        D. both Jack and Sue liked the dog

4.Which of the Following can be the best title of the passage?

A. A Wrong Question            B. Sue's Dog

C. A pleasant Meeting            D. Sue's Friend

 

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       C．Two dogs fight in the park．                      

       D．An old couple quarrel at home．

The story happened on a hot heavy rainy day.

    After class, I took a few bottles to go and   36   some water from the water room. Oh! There were so many people! I had to wait   37   the rain. My hair didn't get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes  38  .

    When at last it was my   39   , I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy   40   towards me. He   41   two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came   42   , I recognized that it was Tom.

    He   43   my classmate for nearly three years, but we never   44   more than ten sentences. He was silent, but I liked talking. We were quite   45   people and had nothing in common. I didn't   46   him and even didn't want to see him.

    "Hey! What's wrong?" His words   47   me out of my thought. "I saw you   48   in the rain, so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little   49   , your clothes are already wet,"

    On hearing this, I was so   50   that I couldn't say a single word.

"Don't just stand there. Let's go!" He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards   51   and this time we talked   52   .

    "I know you don't like me, but I want to   53   with you." he said, "You may think I am silent, but it is because I can't find the right   54   to say."

The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, "It is wrong to  55  someone only by his appearance.

1.A. collect                             B. drink      C.move              D. hold

2.A. under                                    B. in                    C.at                              D. on

3.A. did                                B. got                  C.is                              D. does

4.A. wish                              B. duty      C.job                           D. turn

5.A. come                                     B. came     C.coming                    D. comes

6.A. had held                      B. has held  C.was holding         D. holds

7.A. near                                       B. nearly  C.nearer                     D. nearest

8.A. has been                B. had been  C.is                           D. would be

9.A. shared                             B. talked     C.spoke             D. called

10.A. the same                            B. familiar  C.strange                 D. the best

11.A. hate                                     B. ignore  C.like                 D. forget

12.A. brought                     B. made    C.got                           D. surprised

13.A. stood                                    B. stand     C.standing         D. are standing

14.A. early                                    B. frequent  C.usual                    D. late

15.A. moving                      B. move    C.moved                     D. moves

16.A. the meeting room   B. the park  C.the playground D. the dormitory

17.A. nothing                      B. too much  C.a lot                     D. something

18.A. make friends       B. have wordsC.have a speech  D. shake a hand

19.A. times                                   B. words  C.places                      D. news

20.A. understand               B. see                 C.judge              D. decide