There is (9) in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all (10) how to learn, (11) when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows (12) , he will (13) be successful, because whenever he has to do (14) he will quickly teach (15) how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other (16) , is (17) unable to do it, or (18) it badly. So the purpose (目的) of school is not just (19) languages, geography, science etc. , but to teach pupils the (20) to learn.

My son Joey was born with club feet．The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well．The first three years of his life was  1  in hospital．By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him  2  ．

Children in our neighborhood always ran around  3  their play, and Joey would jump and run and play,  4  ．We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be  5  to run like the other children．So he didn’t know．

In  6  grade he decided to join the school running team．Every day he trained．He ran more than any of the others,  7  only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the  8 We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know．

He ran foot to five mile every day - even when he had a fever．I was  9  , so I went to  10 him after school．I found him running  11  ．I asked him how he felt．"Okay," he said．He has two more miles to go．Yet he looked straight ahead and kept  12  ．

Two weeks later, the names of the team  13  were caked．Joey was number six on the list．Joey had  14  the team．He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders．We never told him he couldn’t do it ．．．so he didn’t know．He just  15  it．

1．A．spent               B．taken              C．cost              D．paid

2．A．talk                 B．sit                  C．study              D．walk

3．A．after                B．before              C．during              D．till

4．A．either                B．too                C．though             D．yet

5．A．able                  B．sorry,               C．glad                D．afraid

6．A．sixth                B．seventh             C．eighth              D．ninth

7．A．so                  B．if                  C．then               D．because

8．A．neighborhood          B．family              C．school             D．grade

9．A．excited              B．tired                C．pleased             D．worried

10．A．think about          B．hear from           C．agree with           D．look for

11．A．alone               B．away               C．almost             D．already

12．A．riding              B．walking             C．playing             D．running

13．A．jumpers            B．runners             C．doctors             D．teachers

14．A．got                 B．kept                C．made               D．found

15．A．did                 B．had                 C．left                 D．took

“My teacher was angry and sent me to the headmaster after school,” Tom answered.

“To the headmaster?” his mother said in surprise, “why did she do that?”

“Because she asked a question in class,” Tom said, “and none of the children gave her the answer except me.”

His mother was angry, “But why did the teacher send you to the headmaster then? Why didn’t she send all the other children?” she asked.

“Because her question was ‘who put glue (胶水)on my chair?’”

A．读后判断正（T）误（F）

1.Tom was a middle school student.

2.Last Friday he was late because he caught the bird in the tree with other children.

3.All the children didn’t answer the teacher’s question.

4.Tom did the bad thing so the teacher sent him to the headmaster.

5.Tom’s mother was angry with the teacher at last.

B．读后完成句子

6.Tom went to school______.

7.Tom usually got back home______, but last Friday he was late.

8.When he ran into the house, Tom saw his mother_______.

9.The teacher was so angry that_______.

10.The teacher sent Tom to the headmaster because_______.