A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”

　  The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.

　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.

　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”

1.The story is about ____________.

　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   

B. how strict parents should be with their children

C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor

2. The young man untied the string ________________.

　　    A. in order to throw it away   　　

B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight

　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side

3.When could the string be taken away?

　　    A. When the old man left.　   　　

B. When the young man untied it next time.

　    　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.

4. At last the old man told the young man ________________.

　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 

stand alone

　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children

　　    C. that he should be hard on his children

5.We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.

A. the young father and the old neighbor    　　

B. parents and their children

　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”
　  The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.
　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.
　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
【小题1】The story is about ____________.
　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
【小题2】 The young man untied the string ________________.
　　    A. in order to throw it away  　　
B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight
　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side
【小题3】When could the string be taken away?
　　    A. When the old man left.　  　　
B. When the young man untied it next time.
　   　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.
【小题4】 At last the old man told the young man ________________.
　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 
stand alone
　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children
　　    C. that he should be hard on his children
【小题5】We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.
A. the young father and the old neighbor   　　
B. parents and their children
　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father

　　A rich man saw an old man digging（挖坑）in the garden. On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The rich man called out to the old man.“What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”“This is a fig（无花果）tree, sir.”He said.“A fig tree?”Tile rich man was very surprised.“Why? How old are you, may I ask?”“I am ninety years old.”

　　“What?”cried the rich man.“You are ninety years old. You axe planting a very young tree now and it will take years to grow fruit. You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree.”The old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile,“Tell me, sir. Did you eat figs when you were a boy?”“Sure!”the rich man didn't know why he asked the question.“Then tell me this,”he said,“who planted the fig trees?”“Why! I don't know.”“You see, sir,”went on the old man,“our forefather（祖先）planted the trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”

　　The rich man was quiet and said,“You are right, my good man. We should do good things for the people after us. Thank you very much.”

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　　When the Americans were getting ready to 1 their first men to the moon, an old Australian was 2 them on TV in a shop in a small town in Australia.

　　There was an English in the shop 3 , and he said to the Australian, “The Americans are very clever, 4 ? They're going to send men to the moon. It's a very long way 5 our world.”

　　“Oh, that's nothing,” the Australian answered quickly. “The Australians are going to send some men to the sun 6 a few months' time. That's much 7 away than the moon, you know.”

　　The English man was very surprised when he 8 this. “Oh, yes, it is,” he said. “But the sun is too hot for people 9 .”

　　The Australian laughed and answered, “Well, the Australians aren't 10 , you know. We won't go to the sun during the day, of course. We'll go there during the night.”

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