Katie was in big trouble. She was such a sweet girl that a third-grade teacher always dreamed of having a classroom filled with students like Katie. I just couldn’t imagine why she had made her parents so angry.
It seemed that Katie had been running up a lot of charges in the lunchroom. Her parents explained that Katie brought a great homemade lunch each day, and there was no reason for her to buy school lunch. They asked me to help them get to the bottom of this situation. So the next day, I asked Katie to my office.
“Why are you charging lunches, Katie? What happens to your homemade lunch?” I asked.
“I lose it,” She answered.
I leaned back in my chair and said, “I don’t believe you, Katie. Is someone stealing your lunch?”
“No. I just lose it,” she said.
The problem was still unsolved the next week until I noticed a boy in the dining room. He was sitting alone silently at a lunch table. He had messy hair and a thin face, always wearing his oversized coat and looking sad and shy. I thought I would go and sit with him for a while. As I walked towards him, I noticed the lunch bag on the table. The name on the bag said “Katie.” Now I understood what had happened. Later that day, I found Katie and talked to her about it.
Katie asked me not to tell her parents. But I drove to Katie’s house and told them. I had never seen parents so proud of their child. Later, Katie still bought lunch every day at school. And every morning, as she headed out of the door, her mom handed her a delicious homemade lunch.
1. Katie answered “No. I just lose it.” because she ________.| A．has lost her homemade lunch | B．forgot where she left her lunch |
| C．wanted to protect the poor boy | D．didn’t know who took her lunch |
| A．Angry—Surprised—Proud | B．Sad—Angry—Proud |
| C．Sad—Surprised—Worried | D．Angry—Worried—Sad |
| A．A Small Mistake | B．A Lost Lunch |
| C．A Poor Little Boy | D．A Careless Girl |
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An aged man lived in a nice village with a large garden in a town in England. He was seen busy looking after his flowers all the time.
One day a young painter went by this garden. He was deeply attracted by the beautiful flowers, imaging how happy he could be if he lived there. Then, suddenly, he found the old gardener(花匠) was blind.
The painter was very surprised to ask, “Why are you busy taking care of these flowers which you can’t see?”
The blind gardener smiled, answering, “Well, first, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me.” Asked the painter.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know flowers are earthly angels(天使) which everyone knows and would never turn them down. I know many people who show enthusiasm(热情) in life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good mood. At the same time, it also offers a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
I believe every flower has eyes with which they can see the kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul(灵魂). He grows flowers in his heart. I suppose although failing to see the beauty of blossoming(花开), he surely can hear the voice of it .
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4. The old man thought his beautiful garden can
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【推荐2】Little Tom likes cartoons very much. When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’re over. Sometimes he’d rather (宁可) wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he’ll be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but he didn’t see the program on it. He had to have breakfast and then go to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen. He hurried (急忙) to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed (冲) into the kitchen and asked his mother for help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your program will be after supper.”
“Well, let’s have supper right now!”
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1. When the cartoons begin on TV, Tom does2. Tom will
3. 回答问题
How did Tom go home after school?
John and his parents are now in China. He is studying in a middle school in Beijing. In his new school, he has to obey some school rules but the rules are different from those in the USA.
He has to be at school at 7:30 in the morning. Classes begin at 8:00. They have a break between two classes. It’s about ten minutes. During the break, they can eat and play games. He has to have lunch at school. He has to wear a school uniform on school days. He also has to wear sports shoes for P.E. classes. School is over at 5:30 in the afternoon. He has to go home for dinner. After dinner, he has to do his homework. He can watch TV if he finishes his homework.
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When he reached home, he knocked on the door as he did not bring his keys. To his surprise, no one answered the door. David thought his mother was in the toilet so he waited patiently for her. After a few minutes there was still no answer.
David knocked again but still no one answered. He was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to get the keys, when he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor, John.
David told him that no one was at home and John's mother suggested that David stay in their house to wait for his mother. David and John played happily till evening when David's mother came back.
David thanked John and his family before he went back to his house. David's mother explained to David that she had a backache and she had to see the doctor. From this experience, David learnt an important lesson, "Neighbors are people who help each other."
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How long did David wait before he went back home on foot?
2. Where did David's father work?
3. When did David's mother come back home that day?
4. Where might David's mother be when he reached home?
5. What was wrong with David's mother?
Jane, a l3-year-old girl, grew up in a big family. She has six older sisters. When she was young, she lived with her sisters and parents. All of her sisters were very good-looking. She knew she wasn’t as beautiful as her older sisters. Jane even heard people say she was a very ugly(丑的) girl. So she always hoped she could be a beautiful girl。
As teens, the girls spent every weekend out meeting friends, but Jane used her weekends to read and study. Her sisters spent their days doing up their hair and putting on make-up (化妆品). Jane didn’t care about these things. Her sisters laughed at her a lot.
As adults (成年人), all her sisters got married early. They all had cool husbands with no jobs. Jane went to college because of her hard work. A few years later, she became a great scientist. All her sisters thought Jane was right then. It’s true that hard work, not good looks, brings real happiness to people.
1. How many people were there in Jane’s big family?2. What did Jane’s sisters look like?
They were
3. What did Jane do during the weekend?
She spent her weekend
4. What did Jane become when she grew up?
She became
5. What can we learn from Jane’s story?
We can learn that
Mr. Dawson was bad-tempered and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick an apple, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy. They had to go by Dawson’s house, but as they got close, Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and advised them to cross over the street. Like most, she was afraid of the man.
Amy said not to worry. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown (皱眉), but when he saw it was Amy, he gave a broad smile.
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight with her, they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and gave them each an apple.
Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he isn’t generous. Actually he’s the meanest man in town. How come he was so nice to us?"
Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house, he wasn’t very friendly, but she pretended (假装) he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back.
After a while, he started smiling real smiles and then talked to her. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.
“An invisible smile?” questioned Janet.
“Yes,” answered Amy, “My grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, sooner or later he would really smile.”
If we remember that everyone wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most people can’t resist our smile after a while.
It’s so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simply we can bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile takes so little effort. Let’s make sure that we’re not the ones that others have to pretend are wearing invisible smiles.
1. What did people in town think of Mr. Dawson?2. How did Amy make Mr. Dawson nice to her?
3. Will you keep smiling in your life? Why or why not?
