Daniel was always making excuses for forgetting to do things. His usual excuse was: “ I was too busy.” or “I didn’t have time.”

Daniel’s parents were worried about him. “ He shouldn’t go through life making excuses all the time.” his father said. “ No one will trust him to do anything. He won’t be able to keep a job. No sensible(明智的)girl will marry him.”

“I don’t know what we can do.” his mother said.

“I have an idea.” his father said. “If this doesn’t work, nothing will.”

The next day was Daniel’s birthday. He was really looking forward to getting exciting presents. He woke up, expecting his parents to wish him a happy birthday. But all day what they said was “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry, or you will be late for school.” There were no presents, not even a card. He was really disappointed.

“Never mind.” he thought. (3) “There’ll be a surprise for me after school.” But there wasn’t. Sadly he said to his parents at dinner, “Today’s my birthday.”

“Oh,” his father said. “So it is. I forgot.”

“So did I.” his mother said.

“How could you forget?” Daniel asked. “There must be a reason.”

“Well, yes.” his father said. “We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn’t remember your birthday because we were too busy.”

Poor Daniel! He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again.

1.判断Daniel got his birthday present at last(?? )。

2.He thought there would be ________for him afte school.

3.What did Daniel feel when he didn’t receive any presents?

_______________________________________________________.

4.What do you learn from the story?_____________________________________.

5.翻译划横线句子?

_________________________________________________________________.

One day a poor student walked in a town. He didn’t have anything to eat for several days and he was very hungry. But when he saw a man selling steamed bread (馒头 ), he let out a scream (大叫一声 ) and fell (倒 ) to the ground. When the man asked the student what was the matter, the student answered, “I don’t like steamed bread. Whenever (无论何时) Ｉsee them , I feel ill and can’t eat .”

The man then wanted to play a joke on the student. He put ten steamed bread in a room and then put the student in it. After a short time, the man opened the door of the room. H e was surprised to find that the student ate all the steamed bread. The student explained, “For some strange reason, I suddenly find that I like steamed bread.” 

The man was angry that the student had fooled ( ) him. He asked what other things he did not like to eat. “Oh, I like everything,” answered the student. “But at the moment I don’t like to drink two cups of good strong tea!”

1.The student was very hungry because ___________.

2.The man wanted to _______ the student .

3.The man was surprised to find the student ate  _______steamed bread .

4.In fact, ___________.

5.The student  ___________.

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“Lei Feng” is now part of our language. It means “helping o  【小题1】  ”.If a person is h 【小题2】 , we call him “Lei Feng”.
“Lei Feng was a soldier in the early 1960s. He was born in 1940 in Changsha, Hunan. His family didn’t have much money. When he was seven, his parents died. He became a soldier at the a  【小题3】  of  20.  He had a warm heart and a  【小题4】 helped others.
He said, “To live is to serve the people－live to make others h  【小题5】 . ” He regarded other people a  【小题6】  his family. He gave his own money to other soldiers. He e  【小题7】  washed clothes for others.
Lei lived a s 【小题8】 life. He didn’t often buy new clothes and never wasted things. He loved to study and work.
On August 15, 1962, a pole(杆) fell on Lei’s head and took his life. He was only 22 years old.
On March 5, 1963, Chairman Mao Zedong called on(号召)all C  【小题9】  to learn from Lei Feng.
Today many Lei Feng groups exist in China. They try to help people in needs.
Not only Chinese but also many f  【小题10】 people around the world follow his example.

将下列打乱的句子重新排序，使其意思连贯完整。

Balzac was a great French writer.

A．Balzac went to bed early but he couldn't sleep. He didn't have anything for supper.

B．He lived in a dirty, wet room and was often worried about food.

C．Balzac got up quietly, lit a lamp(点上灯) and said, "Don't waste time, my friend! I couldn't find any money in the daytime . How can you find some in the dark?"

D．The man began to steal (偷) something on his bookshelf.

E. But he was very poor before he became famous.

F. All his friends were as poor as he was and they could not help him.

G. One night it was very cold. The wind blew and it was snowing heavily.

H. And he didn't know where he could get some food for the next breakfast.

I. At midnight he saw a man crawl (爬)in through the broken window.

J. He thought and thought, but he couldn't have a good idea.