1 . One day in summer, little Jack was playing on the beach with his father. Suddenly, he saw a little tortoise moving slowly on the sand. He started to look at it carefully and began to touch it with his hand. To his surprise, the tortoise stopped moving. It pulled in its head and legs, and closed its shell tightly. He touched it again but the tortoise didn't move at all. Jack became angry. He used a stick and tried to force it to open.
When his father saw this, he stopped him and said, "No, son, you mustn't do that! You will kill the tortoise. You won't get it open with a stick. "Jack was curious and asked, "Why?"
"Just wait and see, "his father replied. Then he picked up the tortoise and put it in a bag.
After they came back home, the father took the tortoise out of the bag. He put it near the fireplace. After a few minutes, the tortoise began to move a little. The tortoise stretched out its head and legs. At last, the tortoise began to crawl across the room. How excited Jack was when he saw this！
"Son, now you see, "said his father."Sometimes, you can't force someone to do things he doesn't like. But if you get him warm first, he will do what you want him to do."
1. Where was Jack and his father was playing one day?| A．In the zoo. | B．On the beach. |
| C．In the garden. | D．On the hill. |
| A．cooked it | B．killed it |
| C．threw it into the sea | D．put it in a bag |
| A．After it got warm. | B．After it get cold. |
| C．After it got hungry . | D．After it got thirsty . |
| A．People refuse to do things we want them to do. |
| B．People will do things we want them to do. |
| C．We can force people to do things they don't like. |
| D．We can't force people to do things they don't like. |
2 . It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought. We bought her a lovely doll, and a doll house. Then much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she “really wanted a bike more than anything else”.
But it was just too late. With such a lot of preparations to do for the Christmas dinner we did not have the time to buy our little girl a bike. So, here we were Christmas Eve around 9:00 p.m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, sleeping in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. “What if I make a little bicycle out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade (交易，交换) the clay bike in for a real bike?” her dad asked. So he spent the next four hours making a tiny clay bike.
On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little gift box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud. “Does this mean that I can trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?” I said, “Yes.” Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I’d rather keep this than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle in the world!
1. Which is the right time order of the following events?a. The girl asked for a new bike.
b. The girl opened the little gift box.
c. The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll.
d. The father made the girl a bike with clay.
e. The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one .
| A．a-b-c-e-d | B．a-c-d-b-e | C．a-c-b-d-e | D．a-b-d-c-e |
| A．The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike forever. |
| B．Tears were in the girl’s eyes because she didn’t like the present at all. |
| C．The girl never lost her desire for a bike. |
| D．The parents paid little attention to the daughter’s desire for a bike. |
| A．Because he wanted to buy a real one.but he had no money. |
| B．Because he didn’t want to disappoint his daughter. |
| C．Because he thought his daughter would like it. |
| D．Because he wanted to give his daughter a surprise. |
| A．The parents were happy and encouraged. | B．The parents felt comfortable and relaxed. |
| C．The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl. | D．The parents felt disappointed and sorry for the girl. |
