Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But it was incomplete, so it could only roll very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece.
Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. The circle put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.
【小题1】
The circle rolled very slowly because it       .

Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete(不完整的)，it could only roll(滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with insects(昆虫). It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted perfectly, it put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole, with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to insects. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left the piece it found by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes, we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better.
We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us.
【小题1】The circle rolled very slowly because it __________.

Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its ? piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine ? the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but ? of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on ? for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit ? . The circle put the piece into ? . It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad ? it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.

Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man ? has everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something ? . He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

We couldn’t be perfect. But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share ? with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.

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2.A. at????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. of????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. in????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. along

3.A. none????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. all????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. every one????????????? ????????????? D. each

4.A. look????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. looking????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. to look????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. looked

5.A. perfectly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. perfect????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. part????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. partly

6.A. it????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. itself????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. them????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. themselves

7.A. which????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. whether????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. that????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. what

8.A. who????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. which????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. where????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. when

9.A. bad????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. worse????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. good????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. better

10.A. kindness????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. sadness????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. happiness????????????? ????????????? D. illness

My daughter finally lost her first tooth. She waited for this moment for more than a year.

Most of the kids in the first grade lost not only one tooth, but several. But my daughter kept waiting impatiently. Then, she finally got a loose (松的) tooth. I never saw her so happy — except on Christmas, Children’s Day or her birthday. Last Friday night, she was eating an apple, and the tooth started to become loose. Minutes later, my daughter shouted happily. The tooth was out!

I cleaned it off and put it under her pillow (枕头). When she went to bed that night, my daughter wondered, “Will the tooth fairy (牙仙) let me keep the tooth?” I told her she might and she’d have to wait and see.

The tooth fairy comes from an old story. It’s believed that when a kid loses his first tooth and puts it under his pillow, the tooth fairy will come to visit him when he is sleeping. If the tooth fairy sees the kid and loves him, she will leave some money under his pillow without taking away the tooth. If she doesn’t think the kid lovely enough, she will still leave some money but take the tooth away.

And then I put a dollar in my bag so that I’d remember to put it under my daughter’s pillow. However, I forgot. Luckily, her dear dad remembered.

1. How many of the following things make the writer’s daughter happy?

a. Christmas   b. Children’s Day

c. her birthday        d. the missing tooth

A. One.                        B. Two.             C. Three.                D. Four.

2. What do the two underlined words in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. my daughter; the tooth fairy                 B. my daughter; my daughter

C. the tooth fairy; my daughter                 D. the tooth fairy; the tooth fairy

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The daughter is a second-grader. 

B. The writer is a mother.              

C. The real tooth fairy in the story is the writer.

D. Several kids in the daughter’s class lost one tooth.

4.What may be the best ending of the story?

A. A new tooth grew during my daughter’s sleep that night.

B. My daughter woke up at midnight and saw the beautiful tooth fairy.

C. The next morning my daughter was glad to find the money and the tooth.

D. The other kids in the first grade laughed at my daughter because she lost a tooth.