A father was sitting at his desk and looking at his bills when his young son rushed in and said, “Dad, because today is your birthday and you’re 40 years old, I’m going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started kissing, the father shouted, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now. I’m too busy!”

The boy soon became silent as tears fell down from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said, “You can finish the kisses later .”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t.

Unfortunately, a few days later, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote,“If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my heart is hurting.”

Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will take it as a “No” and it may leave a scar(伤痕). If we don’t receive love, our life will lose its true meaning.

Any loving act must be warmly accepted, or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too silly! Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are and dear to us.

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1.On his father’s birthday, the boy wanted to      .

A. help his father write the bills.

B. give kisses to his father.

C. buy a gift for his father.

D. talk with his father.

2.The boy felt      when his father refused him.

A. sad                B. puzzled                   C. excited                    D. happy

3.A few days later, the boy      .

A. went back to school.

B. was hurt in an accident

C. was killed in an accident

D. was angry with his father

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Andrew’s father was busy looking at his bills on his birthday.

B. Andrew was killed in an accident on his father’s birthday.

C. Andrew’s father asked him to give him the kisses later.

D. Andrew’s father felt sorry after the accident happened.

5.We can know from the passage that       .

A. love keeps one busy all the time.

B. love can make people happy and unhappy.

C. it is important to love people around us

D. we should learn to give and receive love

Manners are much more than just saying “please” and “Thank you”．They are ways of showing kindness．

    My husband Bob is a pilot．One day we were invited to a party at his flying squadron(飞行中队). The noisy room was filled with naughty kids and their chatting moms and dads．Our youngest son，Daniel, was only 2 years old．We let Daniel play with the other kids．

    After a while，he came back with a package of peanut butter biscuits and proudly held them out to us．A pilot who asked “Do you know whose this little boy is?” followed him．

    “Yes，it is mine，”I answered，wondering what he may have done．

    “Well，”replied the pilot，“I’ve been passing out the biscuits to the kids for the last two hours，and your son is one of the youngest guys I gave them to．He was the only one who said ‘thank you．’ What he did makes me pleased．”

    Daniel smiled and proudly repeated，“Thank you．”

1．____ were invited to the party．

    A．Only pilots          B．Everyone             C．Pilots and their family

2．Daniel felt _____   when he showed his biscuits to his parents．

    A．excited             B．stupid              C．proud

3．How long did the pilot pass out the biscuits at the party?

A．All the evening．        

B．For nearly two hours．

    C．For a very short time．

4．How many kids said “Thank you” to the man when he gave them biscuits?

    A．Only one．          B．All the kids．       C．Most of the kids．

5．The pilot felt _______ when he heard Daniel said “thank you”．

A．sad                      B．pleased                C surprised

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When I was a boy, I didn't have any hair on my head. So I was very shy. I liked to watch my friends play in the park. Sometimes I would join them, but most of the time I just watched them play.

Every day, we would see an old man walking in the park. He had big ears and no hair. We thought he was dumb (哑的). Every time when my friends saw him, they would say loudly, "Hey, Mr. Dumb, what's the time?” But they got no answer.

One early evening, I was standing outside my house, and I saw the old man coming. I was not with any of my friends and there were no other kids around to say the usual words of "greeting( 问候)”.

But how could I let the old man walk by without saying anything? So for the first time, I asked, “Hey, Mr. Dumb, what’s the time?"

The old man looked at me. Then he looked at his watch and answered, "It's six thirty. " I ran into my house and never said that "greeting" to the old man after that day.

1.The boy often played with his friends together.

2.The boy’s friends were very polite to the old man.

3.Neither the boy nor the old man had any hair on the head.

4.Actually, the old man could hear and speak.

5.At last ,the boy felt ashamed of what he did with the old man.

　　Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child. So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target(靶子) nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet(子弹)! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”

　　Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的). He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.

　　“Oh, dear!” the officer said. “Has that silly man really shot himself?”

　　He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right. “I'm sorry, sir,” he said, “but I missed again.”

1．Peter Judd joined the army in order to ________.

[　　]

2．The officer thought Peter was hopeless because ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't know how to use a gun

B．he didn't get along well with other soldiers

C．he was poor at shooting

D．he couldn't do anything well

3．What the officer said at the end of the first paragraph shows that ________.

[　　]

A．the officer really wanted Peter to die

B．the officer was very angry with Peter

C．the officer was not a kind-hearted man

D．the officer was afraid that Peter would shoot himself

4．The officer felt ________ when he heard the sound of a shot.

[　　]

5．What happened at the end of the story?

[　　]

A．Peter became a good soldier.

B．Peter killed himself behind the wall.

C．The officer was pleased with Peter in the end.

D．Peter missed the target for the tenth time.

Mrs. Davies was a teacher in India．One summer she got a job as a teacher in an international school．But the school was in London．After she discussed with her husband, they decided to move to London．

     One day, after dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Davies told their son, Matt, the decision about moving to London．The boy felt surprised and upset．He didn't want to leave his friends．He said that he would rather live with his classmate, Mike．His parents thought that he would change his mind later．Soon, it was August, Mr. and Mrs. Davies were busy packing．However, Matt refused to go together With his parents．

    When the day came for them to leave India, Mr. and Mrs. Davies found their son lost, They were anxious and they called Mike, but he didn't know where Matt was, either．In fact, at that time, Matt was walking alone on the street．He walked past a park．He remembered that he and his father often played tennis in the park．He walked past a supermarket． It reminded him of shopping with his mother．He realized that those things would be meaningless （毫无意义的）without his family．Matt quickly ran home to say sorry to his parents．He told them he was looking forward to living in London with them and making new friends there．

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Where did the Davies live before they moved to London?

2．How did Matt feel when his parents told him about moving to London?

3．Who did Matt’s parents call when they couldn’t find him?

4．What did Matt and his father often do in the park?

5．Did Matt want to move to London with his parents at last?

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　　Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child. So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target(靶子) nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet(子弹)! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”

　　Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的). He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.

　　“Oh, dear!” the officer said. “Has that silly man really shot himself?”

　　He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right. “I'm sorry, sir,” he said, “but I missed again.”

1．Peter Judd joined the army in order to ________.

[　　]

2．The officer thought Peter was hopeless because ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't know how to use a gun

B．he didn't get along well with other soldiers

C．he was poor at shooting

D．he couldn't do anything well

3．What the officer said at the end of the first paragraph shows that ________.

[　　]

A．the officer really wanted Peter to die

B．the officer was very angry with Peter

C．the officer was not a kind-hearted man

D．the officer was afraid that Peter would shoot himself

4．The officer felt ________ when he heard the sound of a shot.

[　　]

5．What happened at the end of the story?

[　　]

A．Peter became a good soldier.

B．Peter killed himself behind the wall.

C．The officer was pleased with Peter in the end.

D．Peter missed the target for the tenth time.

There was a boy in India who was sent to a boarding school by his parents．   1  being sent away this boy was the best student in his class．   2   the boy changed when he went to the boarding school．His grades started dropping． He   3   being in a group．He was lonely （孤独的）all the time．And sometimes he even felt like killing   4  ．All of this because he felt no one loved him．

     His parents started   5   the boy．So his dad decided to travel to the school and talk with him．

     They sat on the beach near the school． The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and sports, After some time his dad said, "Do you know   6   I am here today, my dear son?"

     The boy answered back, "to check my grades．"

     "No, no, I don't care about your   7  ," his dad replied．"I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me． I only care about you．I only want to see you   8 ．YOU ARE MY LIFE．"

     These words   9   the boy's eyes to fill with tears （泪水）．He hugged （拥抱） his dad． They didn't say anything to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy knew there was   10   on this Earth who cared for him deeply．He meant the world to someone. And today this young man is one of the best students in a university and no one has ever seen him sad!

1．A．After                  B．Before              C．By                D．For

2．A．But                 B．And               C．Although         D．Since

3．A．liked                B．enjoyed             C．hated            D．appreciated

4．A．yourself             B．herself             C．myself             D．himself

5．A．worrying about                            B．laughing at

      C．giving up                              D．staying away from

6．A．how                  B．when              C．where           D．why

7．A．sports                B．classes            C．grades            D．teachers

8．A．awful                       B．happy              C．hard-working      D．angry

9．A．caused               B．allowed             C．taught           D．told

10．A．nobody             B．someone           C．anyone            D．everybody

The first teacher-parent meeting would be held in the school. To the little boy’s disappointment(失望), his mother said she would go. He felt sorry for her face. She was very beautiful, but there was a big scar (疤痕) on her right face. The boy never talked about it with his mother.
At the meeting, the people noticed the mother’s kindness and beauty though she had the scar. But the little boy hid himself. After the meeting, the teacher asked his mother carefully. "How did you get the scat on your face?" The mother answered. "When my son was a baby, he was once in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control. At that time, I rushed in As I was running towards his bed. I saw a piece of wood coming towards his bed. I threw myself over him to protect him. I was knocked down. Luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us. But I got the scar." She touched her face." This scar will be here for ever, but I have never felt sorry for what I did."
At that moment, the little boy came out with his eyes wet. He held his mother’s hand for the rest of the day

1. 1.

   The boy_____ when his mother decided to go to his first teacher-parent meeting

   1. A.
      was happy
   2. B.
      felt disappointed
   3. C.
      was angry
   4. D.
      cried loudly
2. 2.

   The boy was sorry for his mother because______

   1. A.
      his mother was not beautiful
   2. B.
      he didn’t love his mother
   3. C.
      there was a big scar on her face
   4. D.
      the teacher didn’t want to see her
3. 3.

   Which of the following is TRUE?

   1. A.
      The boy knew why his mother got the scar before
   2. B.
      The boy told his classmates why his mother got the scar
   3. C.
      The mother told the boy about the scar many times
   4. D.
      The mother told the teacher about the scat after the meeting
4. 4.

   The mother got the scar when she_____

   1. A.
      slept in a room on fire
   2. B.
      put out the fire
   3. C.
      rushed out of the room
   4. D.
      protected her son
5. 5.

   The boy was____ when he knew the truth at last

   1. A.
      moved
   2. B.
      sad
   3. C.
      bored
   4. D.
      afraid

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet．He held up a sign which read，“I am blind，please help．” There were only a few coins in the box．The boy felt sad．

A man walked by．He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box．Then he took the sign，turned it around and wrote some words．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words．

Soon the box was full．A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．

That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps（听出他的脚步声）and asked，“Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said，“I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a different way．”

What he had written was，“Today is a beautiful day and I can not see it．”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind．But the first sign simply said the boy was blind．The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．

Great men say，“In the journey of life，if you want to travel without fear，yon must have the ticket of a good conscience（良心）．”

It's a beautiful thing to see a person smiling! And it's even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of a person's smiling!

1．When did the man pass by and change the blind boy's sign?

A．In the morning      B．At noon            C．In the afternoon     D．At night

2．Why did the second sign have a better effect?

A．It told the truth in a straight way．

B．It told the passing people a lie．

C．It told people to buy some tickets for the boy．

D．It told people to feel lucky for not being blind．

3．What do the first three paragraphs tell us?

A．No pains，no gains．

B．Different ways，different results．

C．The early bird catches the worm．

D．When the cat's away，the mice will play．

4．According to the last paragraph，the most beautiful thing is _________．

A．to know the reason of a person's smiling              B．to see a person smiling

C．to be the reason of a person's smiling            D．to be a person smiling

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When I was a boy, I didn't have any hair on my head. So I was very shy. I liked to watch my friends play in the park. Sometimes I would join them, but most of the time I just watched them play.

Every day, we would see an old man walking in the park. He had big ears and no hair. We thought he was dumb (哑的). Every time when my friends saw him, they would say loudly, "Hey, Mr. Dumb, what's the time?” But they got no answer.

One early evening, I was standing outside my house, and I saw the old man coming. I was not with any of my friends and there were no other kids around to say the usual words of "greeting( 问候)”.

But how could I let the old man walk by without saying anything? So for the first time, I asked, “Hey, Mr. Dumb, what’s the time?"

The old man looked at me. Then he looked at his watch and answered, "It's six thirty. " I ran into my house and never said that "greeting" to the old man after that day.

(    ) 71. The boy often played with his friends together.

(    ) 72. The boy’s friends were very polite to the old man.

(    ) 73. Neither the boy nor the old man had any hair on the head.

(    ) 74. Actually, the old man could hear and speak.

(    ) 75. At last ,the boy felt ashamed of what he did with the old man.