Bill is ten years old. One day his friend Tom says to him, “I am going to have a birthday party on Sunday evening. Bill, can you come to my party?” “I’ll be glad to,” answers Bill.
Before Bill goes to the party on Sunday afternoon, his mother says to him, “Now, Bill, don’t forget(忘记) to be polite(礼貌). Don’t ask for food until(直到) someone gives it to you.”“All right, Mum.” Bill answers, and he goes to Tom’s house on his new bike.
There are a lot of children at the party. They play for an hour. Then Tom’s mother gives them some food. But she forgets to give Bill any. He waits politely for ten minutes and then holds his plate up(举起他的盘子) in the air and says loudly(高声地), “Does anyone want a nice and clean plate?”
【小题1】How old is Bill?

A．Eight.

B．Ten.

C．Twenty.

D．Eleven.

【小题2】Tom is going to _______ on Sunday evening.

A．have a meeting	B．have a talk
C．have a football match	D．have a birthday party

【小题3】Bill goes to Tom’s house _______.

A．by bus

B．on foot

C．by bike

D．in a taxi

【小题4】Which of the following is right?

A．There are few children at the party.

B．Bill throws(扔) his plate out of the window.

C．Tom’s mother forgets to give Bill any food.

D．Bill isn’t angry(生气) at all, because(因为) he doesn’t want any food.

【小题5】We can see that Bill is _______.
A. clever（聪明的）     B. old      D. tall     D. short

率真孔子
张期鹏
我读孔子，感受到的是他的率真。
在无数个深夜，我坐在桌前捧读《论语》，感觉这个中国古代最伟大的思想家就坐在我的面前。他的深邃目光，穿越2500多年的沧桑岁月，慈祥地注视着我。不知过了多长时间，他站起身来，慢慢地走向不可知的远方。我的眼前，顿时幻化出一片烂漫的充满书香气息的杏林。
我的思绪在漫长的时间隧道里穿梭，眼前的场景在变换，仿佛又回到了2500多年前的某一天。那一天，孔子把他的弟子子路、曾点、冉有、公西华召集到身边，让他们尽情地抒发自己的人生理想。子路说完，他只是微笑了一下；冉有和公西华说完，他没有表示任何意见，但似乎皱起了眉头。轮到曾点了，他在老师的鼓励下轻声说道：“莫春着，春服既成。冠者五六人，童子六七人，浴乎沂，风乎舞雩，咏而归。”就是这一段轻声地描绘，引来了孔子高声地感叹和赞许：“吾与点也！”
“只有曾点的说法符合我的心愿啊！”孔子的感叹和赞许，至今依然深深地撞击着我的心扉。千百年来，有多少人把他打扮成一个不苟言笑、循规蹈矩，而且一开口就是“君君、臣臣、父父、子子”，一闭口就是“仁”、“礼”、“忠恕”、“孝悌”之类的“至圣先师”，殊不知他始终怀着“浴乎沂，风乎舞雩，咏而归”的童心童趣。岂止是童心童趣啊，暮春时节，穿着新做的春服，五六个朋友一道，带着六七个孩子，在沂河里畅快地沐浴，在求雨台上迎接浩荡的春风，然后一路唱着悠扬的歌曲回去，难道不是孔子的人生理想吗？
这是一个多么可爱、多么率真的孔子！
孔子作为一个政治家，自然始终怀有强烈的政治热情、政治抱负和政治追求；但作为一个“士”，他更有知识分子思想纯洁和崇高的一面，不会为了某种政治利益而牺牲自己的独立人格。他30多岁的时候，因为对鲁国“三桓”的骄横跋扈不满，来到了齐国。他对齐景公讲了一番治国安邦的道理，齐景公好像很乐意接受。但他似乎又太直率了，他敏锐地看到齐国最大的危机是宫廷的奢侈，并且坦率地指出了这一点，引起了景公的极大不满。他冷冷地对孔子说：“我已经老了，也不可能有什么大作为了。以您的才能，在我这里实在太委屈了。”对于这样的逐客令，《论语》中没有记载孔子的反应，只是说了一句“孔子行”。但就是这样一句“孔子行”，使我看到了他面对景公的凛然的表情。以孔子的温文尔雅，他不会怒斥一个自己认为不值得怒斥的人，他当时一定是“色勃如也”，一脸严肃地转身离去；“趋近，翼如也”，脚步越走越快，像鸟儿舒展开了自己的翅膀。这就是有着率真个性、独立人格的孔子啊！
我同时隐约地感到，孔子作为一个凡人，内心也有着复杂的情感，思想深处也有着复杂的矛盾，有时甚至会陷入一种痛苦的矛盾斗争之中。特别是在自己理想不能实现的时候，心里真比黄连还苦。在他快50岁的那一年，眼看着壮志难酬，内心的急切终于表现在了一次差一点成为现实的冒险行动上。那一年，鲁国“三桓”之一季桓子的一个家臣发动叛乱，占据了鲁国的费城，并想以此来对抗鲁国。为了壮大自己的声威，他特意邀请孔子参加自己的反叛行动，这一次孔子真的沉不住气了，竟然想去参加叛军。子路急切地来劝他，他自知理亏，但又为自己无望的前程悲哀，于是理屈词穷地抢白子路：“他们召我去，难道我会白去吗？如果他们是真心用我，我可以帮助他们建设一个我梦想的东周王朝啊！”
孔子当然没有成行，但即使只是这样一种想法，也引起了后人的激烈论争。在他死后2500多年的时间里，不知有多少人为他的这次冒险行为辩解，他们认为 “圣人”孔子是绝对不会有这样的想法、说出这样的话的。但我却相信这是真的，因为我知道，孔子也是食人间烟火、吃五谷杂粮的，都快50岁了还一事无成，能不着急吗？我在今天可以想象孔子当时那种急切的样子，想象他面红耳赤地训斥子路的情景，不仅没有感到损伤了孔子形象的一分一毫，反而觉得这才是真正的孔子：太率真、太可爱、太伟大了。
大哉孔子！
（选自2008年12期《中华活页文选》）
【小题1】读完全文，作者是怎样评价孔子的？
【小题2】文章是从哪些方面论述孔子的“率真”的？请简要概述。
【小题3】从文章的第三、四自然段孔子与他的弟子们畅谈理想的事例中，你读出了孔子怎样的人生理想？
【小题4】作者写到孔子到齐国劝说齐景公的事例，阐明了什么观点？
【小题5】2009年是孔子诞辰2560周年，届时将举行盛大的庆典，请你为这次活动写一条宣传语。

Bill is ten years old. One day his friend Tom says to him, “I am going to have a birthday party on Sunday evening. Bill, can you come to my party?” “I’ll be glad to,” answers Bill.

Before Bill goes to the party on Sunday afternoon, his mother says to him, “Now, Bill, don’t forget(忘记) to be polite(礼貌). Don’t ask for food until(直到) someone gives it to you.”“All right, Mum.” Bill answers, and he goes to Tom’s house on his new bike.

There are a lot of children at the party. They play for an hour. Then Tom’s mother gives them some food. But she forgets to give Bill any. He waits politely for ten minutes and then holds his plate up(举起他的盘子) in the air and says loudly(高声地), “Does anyone want a nice and clean plate?”

1.How old is Bill?

A．Eight.             B．Ten.              C．Twenty.           D．Eleven.

2.Tom is going to _______ on Sunday evening.

A．have a meeting                         B．have a talk

C．have a football match                    D．have a birthday party

3.Bill goes to Tom’s house _______.

A．by bus            B．on foot           C．by bike           D．in a taxi

4.Which of the following is right?

A．There are few children at the party.

B．Bill throws(扔) his plate out of the window.

C．Tom’s mother forgets to give Bill any food.

D．Bill isn’t angry(生气) at all, because(因为) he doesn’t want any food.

5.We can see that Bill is _______.

A. clever（聪明的）     B. old      D. tall     D. short

 

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 　1　 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 　2　 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　3　 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 　4　. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 　5　 mean that the loss of 　6　 made me enjoy more of 　7　 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 　8　 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 　9　 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 　10　. My parents and my teachers saw 　11　 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 　12　 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 　13　 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 　14　. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 　15　 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess
2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because
3. A. myself        B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness
4. A. that         B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply
5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always
6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light
7. A. that         B. what             C. which            D. where
8. A. moments      B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end
10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise
11. A. something    B. everything           C. nothing      D. anything
12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson
13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last
14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person
15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社会)   D. family

How much of an addict(成癖/嗜好) are you? Are you like any of the people?

①I dislike haircut(理发). I seldom(很少) get a haircut. So when I get one, my hair is really short. My hair gets really long before my next haircut.    --- Harry

②I hardly drink soda(苏打水).I usually drink coffee. I sometimes drink eight cups a day. ---Rose

③I exercise regularly（有规律地）.Sometimes I spend 4 or 5 hours on it in one day.  ---Sam

④I have a bar(条/根) of chocolate sometimes. I can’t eat a lot of it, because it makes me heavy.   ---Kim

⑤I have a TV in my living room, one is in my dining room, one is in my bedroom. I even have one in the bathroom(浴室).  --- John

　    ⑥I spend a lot of time shopping, but I don’t spend a great deal of (大的量)money. I mostly (主要) do window shopping.     ---Jenny

1. How often does Harry get a haircut?

　　   

A．Once a month

B．Twice a year

C．hardly ever

D．Always

2.How many TVs does John have?

　　   

A．Four

B．Three

C．Two

D．Five

3.How much time does Sam spend on exercise?

A．Four or five hours in a day.	B．Five hours in one day.
C．Four hours in one day.	D．One day.

4. Kim has chocolate _________ ,while(而) Jenny spends ________ shopping.

A．once, a lot of time	B．sometimes, a great deal of money
C．sometimes, a lot of time	D．once, a great deal of money