Many years ago, an earthquake happened suddenly. A lot of buildings

collapsed(倒塌)。 It killed over 100,000 people in a few minutes. Shortly

after the earthquake, a father rushed to the school where his son studied

only to find the building had fallen down. He remembered his promise to

his son:“No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!”

The tearful father began to dig to look for his son. Some parents

felt hopeless and tried to pull him off. But he asked,“Are you going

to help me now?”And then he kept on digging. The fireman came.

They tried to pull off and said,“Danger! Leave here!” But the

father who loved his son deeply,asked,“Are you going to help me now?”

The policeman came up and said,“It’s over.Leave here!We’ll do it.”

Still he asked again and again,“Are you going to help me now?”

He went on alone because he needed to know,“Is my boy alive or

is he dead?” He dug for 8 hours…12 hours…24hours…36hours…then, in the 38^th hours, he pulled back a large stone And heard his son’s voice. He cried,“Tom!”He heard back,“Dad? It’s me, Dad! I told other kids you’d save me. I believe you would keep your promise.”“Get out, boy!”“No dad! Let the other kids out first. Because I know you’ll get me out! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”

Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F)

1.More than one hundred thousand people lost their lives in this earthquake.

2.Other parents and fireman did their best to help the father.

3.The father knew that his son was alive.

4.The boy believed his father would let him out of danger.

5.The other kids were saved first.

 

There was a little boy with a bad temper（脾气）.His father gave him some nails（钉子）to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he  held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar（痕迹）just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal （言语）wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.
【小题1】Who was in a bad temper ?

A．the boy’s father	B．the boy’s friend
C．the little boy	D．a man

【小题2】 The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .

A．the first day	B．the fence
C．the nails	D．the boy’s temper

【小题3】The way of pulling out nails is to _________.

A．make one’s temper less

B．make one hold one’s temper

C．leave a scar on somsone

D．hurt someone .

【小题4】 The boy thought that _______

A．it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence .

B．driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper .

C．holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence .

D．it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails .

【小题5】We learn from the reading that _______ .

A．the father was a man with bad temper .

B．it took a long time for the boy’s temper to become less.

C．the father was good at helping one who is easy to lose temper .

D．the boy was good at driving nails into the fence .

 

A boy was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away, this boy was the   36   student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But the boy changed after  37   home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He   38   being in a group. He was lonely all the time because he felt no one loved him.

His   39   started worrying about the boy. But they did not know   40   was wrong with him. So his dad   41   to travel to the boarding school and   42   with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started   43   him casual(随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and sports.   44  some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To check my   45  ?”

“No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for  46 . I want to see you   47  . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his dad. They didn’t say

  48    to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him   49  . And today this young man is in college at the   50   of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

1.A. healthiest                 B. nicest              C. loneliest              D. brightest

2.A.reaching         B. going               C. leaving               D. coming

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

4.A.friends                    B. parents           C .teachers            D. cousins

5.A. what             B. why              C. how                   D. where

6.A. liked              B. continued           C. decided              D. thought

7.A. quarrel                  B. talk                                C. sing                               D. dance

8.A. saying             B. telling              C. speaking             D. asking

9.A.When              B. Before            C. After                 D. Until

10.A.groups           B. grades            C. happiness           D .brightness

11.A.me               B. him                        C. her                   D. them

12.A. sad                     B. lonely                               C. happy                             D. moved

13.A.nothing                   B. anything                         C. something               D. everything

14.A.widely                    B. strongly           C. heavily               D. deeply

15.A. top                               B. bottom                          C. middle                          D. height

 

 

1.I have been collect ___________(邮票) .

2.We will give you free __________(话题)

3.On Nancy’s  n_______ (九岁) birthday, she got a nice model car.

4.His sister works as a  w________ (服务员) in the hotel near the factory.

5.The father got  a_______ (生气的)when he found that his son was late for school again.

6.Could you please not f_______ me around?

7.We all know Beijing is the c_________ of China

8.Next week , many __________(外国人) will come to visit our school.

9.If you finish these ___________（任务），we can go to a movie tonight.

10.Although rules of ____________(礼节) can often be different in different countries.

 

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make  $20  an hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down.He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy,could you lend me $10?” The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh,thank you,Daddy!.”he said happily.Then, the boy took out some coins.When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”the lillte boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now.Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.At first,the father didn’t lend the boy any money because      .

A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

B．he did not have enough money at that moment

C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D．the boy always borrowed money from him

2.In this passage,the underlined word “furious” means      .

A．very angry

B．quite happy

C．too excited

D．a little nervous

3.The boy wanted to buy       with twenty dollars.

A．a new book for himself	B．a nice present for his father
C．a toy for his own birthday	D．an hour of his father’s time

4.From the passage, we can infer that the boy’s father        .

A．often played with his son	B．spent little time with his son
C．didn’t love his son at all	D．often came back home early