In a school some trouble was caused by the students. They are very naughty and didn't obey the school rules.They often fought with each other and they didn't forgive each other. One day a new teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea.

He told each of his students to bring a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn't want to forgive in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person's name on it, and put it in the plastic bag.

Some of their bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. * And they had to pay attention to it all the time so they didn't forget it or leave it in embarrassing (令人难堪的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty.

Too often we think of tolerance as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ourselves! * If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students got on well with each other and didn't fight anymore. Learn to forgive (原谅), and you will be happier at the same time.

( )76．The new teacher asked the students to bring _____________to school.

　 A. a clear plastic bag of potatoes　 B. a clear plastic bag and a potato

　 C. some clear plastic bags of potatoes　 D. a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes

( )77. They wrote the person's name on the potato, who_____________.

　 A. they liked　 B. they didn't forgive　 C. hated them　 D. liked them

( )78. The underlined word “tolerance” means

　 A. 感恩　　 B. 宽容　 C.　 仇恨　 　　　 D. 憎恨

( )79. From this passage we can know that _____________.

　 A. we should learn to forgive　 B. we should know something about potatoes

　 C. we shouldn't use plastic bags　 D. we should take potatoes to school

( )80. Which of following is NOT true?

A. Tolerance is a gift for other people and ourselves.

B. Carrying a bag of potatoes made the students embarrassed.　

C. The students had to take bags of potatoes with them everywhere.　

D. The students had to take bags of potatoes with them for about two weeks.

　　A Japanese toy maker speaks out that they made a gadget（小配件）that translates（翻译）dog bark（狗叫）into people’s language and plans to sell the gadget in U．S．pet stores and gift shops this summer.

　　Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd（有限公司）says about 300,000 of the dog translating gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. They think far bigger sales come to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan.

　　Regarded as one of the coolest inventions（发明）of 2002 by Time magazine, the gadget translates each bark into six feelings. It can tell whether the dog is happy, sad, disappointed or angry etc.

　　“We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don’t think they will mind spending $ 120 on this gadget,” the marketing manager said during an interview in America.

　　One thing that seems certain is that the market for animal translation gadgets will likely keep on a dog’s world since Takara has no plans to make a gadget for cats. “They are too changeable,” the marketing manager said.

　　1．This text mainly tells us that________.

　　A. the gadget is very expensive

　　B. Japanese made a new gadget

　　C. American dogs can tell their feelings

　　D. Japanese will sell the gadget in America

　　2．“They are too changeable.” means “________ are too changeable.”

　　A. Cats　　　　 B. Dogs　　　　　C. Stores　　　　 D. People

　　3．We can learn from the text that________.

　　A. people need to talk to dogs

　　B. there are more dogs in America than in Japan

　　C. Japanese people don’t like dogs

　　D. they will make a gadget for kids in the future

　　4．Takara Co. Ltd. is ________ the sale of its new gadget.

　　A. proud of　　　B. satisfied with　　 C. sure of　　　 D. worried about

 

Metal ______ making machines.

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C．is used for	D．is used to