One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.	B．The old father.
C．Both the father and the son.	D．Neither the father nor the son.

【小题2】The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A．some food

B．some water

C．some cherries

D．some pennies

【小题3】When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy

B．didn't say anything

C．beat the son

D．became a little angry

【小题4】 The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all	B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson	D．he wanted his son to pick them up

【小题5】From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

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A woman saw three old men sitting outside .She said, "I don’t' think I know you ,but you must be very hungry .Please come in and have something to (1) ______."

"We don't go into a house (2) ______. " they answered ."Why is that ?" she asked .

One of the old men said ,"His name is Wealth（财富）,this is Success, and I am Love ,Now go in and (3) ______with your family which one of us you want in your house ."

The woman went in and told her family all that happened .She said, "Let's invite Wealth .We have been so (4) ______ ." Her husband disagreed." My dear ,why don't we invite Success ? Don't you want me to be a successful man ?" Then her daughter asked ."Would it be (5) ______ to invite Love ? Our life will then be filled with love!" In the end ,the family decided to take the (6) ______ advice.

So the woman went out and asked ,"Which one of you is (7) ______? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and (8) ______ him. Surprised ,the lady asked Wealth and Success, "I ( 9) ______invite love .Why are you coming along ?" The two old men answered . "If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to (10) ______ , but as you invite Love ,wherever he goes ,we go with him. Where there is Love ,there is Wealth and Success."

1.A. say  B. eat  C. use

2.A. together   B. alone  C. crowdedly

3.A. play  B. exercise  C. discuss

4.A. poor  B. rich  C. lucky

5.A. worse  B. better  C. less

6.A. father's  B .mother's  C. daughter's

7.A. Love  B. Wealth  C. Success

8.A. left  B. followed  C. stopped

9.A. only  B. hardly  C. never

10.A. join in  B. go along with  C. stay out

 

Dear grandma,

How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a    21  last week. I hope you are in    22  health.

Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year  23  last week, and got my report card today. I always    24  nervous when I see the envelope   25  school in the mail, but luckily I did OK this time. I   26  a really hard time with science this semester , and I wasn’t surprised to find that my    27  report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn’t true .It’s just that I find   28  really difficult. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that  29  math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that’s about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad    30  their love.

Love,

Alan

1.A. cold    B. lesson   C. picnic

2.A. pity    B. good C. bad

3.A. exercise    B. homework C. exams

4.A. get B. do   C. take

5.A. on  B. from C. about

6.A. made    B. had  C. put

7.A. longest B. easiest  C. worst

8.A. Chinese B. science  C. P.E

9.A. his B. your C. my

10.A. send   B. bring    C. start

 

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Which part is the most important?

My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. When I was  1   .1 thought music and talking were the most important things, so I said: “My  2  Mommy.”

She said; "No. many people are deaf and can’t hear anything but they live normal lives. But you  3   thinking about my questions and I will ask you again soon. "

Several years passed before she asked me again. This time I told her_: “Mommy.  4 is very important to   5  , so it must be our eyes. "

She looked at me and told me: "You are learning fast, but your  6   is not right because there are many people who are blind and who arc happy and healthy all the same.”

Then, last year, my grandpa   7  .

Everybody was crying. My mom asked me: “Do you know the most important body

pan now, my dear? The most important body part is your  8  .”

“Is it because it holds up (支撑)my head?” I asked.

"No, it is because it can hold a head of a friend or a loved one when they  9  ."

she answered. “ Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life. I only hope that you have enough love and friends in your life. So, you will  10  have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."

1. A. older             B. younger          C. cleverer

2. A. ears              B. eyes             C. mouth

3. A. stop              B. begin            C. keep

4. A. mind              B. heart            C. sight

5. A. everybody     B. somebody         C. nobody

6. A. question          B. problem          C. answer

7. A. came              B. died             C. arrived

8. A. shoulder          B. foot             C. hand

9. A. laugh         B. dance            C. cry

10. A. never            B. always           C. seldom