I'm Maria．I'm twelve years old．I have a brother and a sister．My brother is eight and my sister is only three．I like hamburgers and salad．My brother likes French fries and my sister likes ice cream。So we often eat in KFC．We have a small sports collection．We all like tennis．Today is my father's birthday．It's April l6th．There's a birthday cake on the table。How much is it? Do you know? It's seven dollars．Come to my father's birthday party and have some cake．

1．How old is Maria's sister?

A．12                       B．8                         C．16                       D．3

2．Do Maria and her sister and brother like the food in KFC?

A．Yes．they do．                                       B．Yes，they don't．

C．No．they don't．                                       D．We don't know．

3．When is her father's birthday?

A．January 2nd．       B．February 20th．      C．April l6th．             D．April 6th．

4．Where is the birthday cake?

A．On the TV．           B．On the desk．        C．On the table．         D．Oh the sofa．

5．How much is the cake?

A．It's$7．                                                  B．It's$17．

    C．It's $70．                                                  D．We don't know．

There was a little boy with a bad temper（脾气）.His father gave him some nails（钉子）to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .

Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he  held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar（痕迹）just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal （言语）wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.

1.Who was in a bad temper ?

2. The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .

3.The way of pulling out nails is to _________.

4. The boy thought that _______

5.We learn from the reading that _______ .

A man got a new car and he was very proud 　26　 it. One day, when he 　27　 back home, he saw his three-year-old son 　28　 hitting the new car with a toy hammer. The man was 　29　 angry that he ran to his son, grabbed the hammer from 　30　, and used the hammer to hit the little boy’s hands too hard. The 　31　 boy cried out but his father didn’t care.
When the father 　32　, he took his son to the 　33　 as fast as he could. Although the doctor tried his best to save the 　34　 bones（骨头）, he had to cut the fingers from both of the boy’s hands in the end.
When the boy 　35　 in the hospital and saw his hands, he innocently(天真) said, “Dady, I’m sorry about your car.” Then he asked, “but 　36　 are my fingers going to grow back?” The father 　37　 very sad.
Think about the story when 　38　 steps on your feet or when you wish to take revenge(报复). Think first before you lose your patience with someone. Cars can 　39　, but broken bones and hurt feelings often can’t.
　　People often make mistakes. But we should remember that forgiveness is greater than revenge. 　40　 before act!