I knocked into a man as he passed by．"Oh，excuse me ，please，" I said．He replied，"Please excuse me too．I didn't notice where I was going．"

Later that day，while I was cooking，my son stood behind me quietly When I turned around，I nearly knocked him down．"Move oat of the way，" I shouted．He walked away with his little heart broken．

That night while I was lying in bed，a voice crone to me，"When saying to that man，you used good manners．But to the child you love，you seemed to act in a bad way．Look at the kitchen floor，and you'll find some flowers there by the door．Those are the flowers your son brought for you．He picked them himself He stood quietly to give you a surprise，and you never saw the tears in his eyes．"

By this time，tears began to run down my face．I took the flowers and went to his bed．I asked him，"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"

He smiled．"I found them by the tree．I picked them because they're pretty like you．I know you'd like them"

"Son，I'm sorry for the way I acted today．I shouldn't have shouted at you that way．"

"Oh，Morn，that's OK．I love you anyway．"

"Son，I tore you，too．And I do like the flowers．"

If we die tomorrow，the family we leave behind will feel sad for the rest of their life．Why don't we spend more time with our family，and why aren't we nice to them?

1．Why did the boy stand quietly behind his mother?

2．Did the writer knock her son down?

3．How did the little boy feel when his mother shouted at him?

4．When did the writer find herself wrong?    

5．What did the writer do when she knew the truth?

I knocked into a man as he passed by．“Oh，excuse me，please．”I said．He replied，“Please excuse me．too．I didn’t notice where I was going．”

Later that day，while I was cooking，my son stood behind me quietly．When I turned around，I nearly knocked him down．“Move out of the way．”I shouted．He walked away with his little heart broken，

That night while I was lying in bed．a voice came to me，“When saying to that man，you used good manners．But to the child you love，you seemed to act in a bad way．Look at the kitchen floor，and you’ll find some flowers there by the door．Those are the flowers your son brought for you．He picked them himself．He stood quietly to give you a surprise，and you never saw the tears（眼泪）in his eyes．”   

By this time，tears began to run down my face．I took the flowers and went to his bed．I asked him，“Are these the flowers you picked for me?”

He smiled．“I found them by the tree．I picked them because they’re pretty like you．I know you’d like them．”

“Son．I’m sorry for the way I acted today．I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way．”

“Oh，Morn。that’s OK．I love you anyway．”

“Son，I love you too．And I do like the flowers．”

If we die tomorrow．the family we leave behind will feel sad for the rest of their life．Why don’t we spend more time with your family．and why aren’t we nice to them?

1．Why did the boy stand quietly behind his mother?

2．Did the writer knock her son down?

3．How did the little boy feel when his mother shouted at him?

4．What did the writer do when she knew the truth?

阅读理解。

　　A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it began to rain. They didn't have raincoats or umbrellas(伞) with them and there was not any place to hide from the rain, so they had to walk home. Soon they were all wet.

　　On their way home, the boy asked his father, “Dad, why does it rain? It isn't very nice, is it?”

　　“No, it isn't very nice, but it's useful,” answered the father,“It rains to make the flowers and vegetables grow for us, and to make the grass grow for the sheep.”

The boy thought about this for a moment, then he said, “Then why does it rain on the road too, father?”

1．The man and ________ were taking a walk in the country.

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2．They were soon all wet because they________.

[　　]

A．had no raincoats or umbrellas with them

B．liked walking in the rain

C．could not find a place to hide from the rain

D．both A and C

3．It seemed that the boy________.

[　　]

A．did not like the rain

B．did not like his father

C．was happy with the rain

D．felt too tired to walk home

4．The father tried to tell the boy________.

[　　]

A．why the rain was not nice

B．how flowers and vegetables grew

C．what the use of the rain was

D．where it usually rained

5．The boy said:“Then why does it rain on the road too, father?”. It seemed that ________.

[　　]

A．there was no rain on the road then

B．he did not agree with his father

C．he agreed with his father

D．he still did not understand why it did not rain on the road

Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was  _21_  to work in a zoo. He was very  _22_  and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job. The boss told him that their monkey had just died and it would be two months  _23_  they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey’s place.

As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey! Take this place yourself. You look more like a monkey than I do.” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t look like a monkey, but we’ll  _24_  you up.” Martin thought about it for a while. Though he didn’t like the idea, he had to make a living after all. So he __25_  the job in the end.

The next day Martin started to work. It wasn’t  _26_ . The only thing he didn’t like was the tiger in the cage next to him. But, as there were strong bars(铁栏杆)  _27  them, he soon got used to his neighbour.

One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars. Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage. That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke him up. Martin had to _ 28_  the bars again quickly to get back into his own cage. He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move. He hid his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming. The next few seconds seemed like hours. Then he  _29  the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don’t be  __30_ , old man, I’m in the same boat as you.”

21. A. told              B. paid          C. wanted              D. chosen

22. A. sad             B. worried       C. surprised                 D. happy

23. A. before           B. since         C. after              D. ago

24. A. pick             B. dress         C. bring             D. give

25. A. took             B. gave           C. loved              D. lost

26. A. good            B. clean         C. bad              D. nice

27. A. behind           B. among        C. before            D. between

28. A. climb            B. lift             C. move                    D. jump

29. A. saw            B. heard         C. made             D. thought

30. A. angry            B. sad            C. unhappy          D. afraid