When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn’t anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. He was sad most of the time.

Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way so it took her a long time to get there. She bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.

The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,“Today is your birthday, so we’re going to have a party.”She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.

“A book!”Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,“Thank you, Mom.”

1.Abraham Lincoln’s father was a _______.

2.Abraham Lincoln couldn’t go to school because _______.

3.On the farm most of the time little Lincoln was _______.

4.It took Mrs. Lincoln _______ to make a trip to the town.

5.What was the present for Abraham’s birthday?

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and created a bestseller based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages （孤儿院）. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
【小题1】Without Mr. Clark, the writer _________.

When you finish high school or university, is learning done? The answer is “no”. In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. 【小题1】____ is lifelong(终身的) learning important? How can it help you?
You go to school and learn. You study. You take tests. 【小题2】____ learning doesn’t only happen in school. Learning doesn’t【小题3】_____ when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can 【小题4】___ when you go to a museum. It can 【小题5】____ happen when you get a job. You learn when you 【小题6】_____ sports or when you take a trip. 【小题7】_____ is life! We never stop learning. Every day you can improve yourself by learning something 【小题8】_______.
Let’s look at one example of lifelong learning in Japan. In Japan, lifelong learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning activities. Music, calligraphy(书法) and foreign languages are some of their 【小题9】_____ classes.
When we graduate from school, we should 【小题10】____ on learning. Make lifelong learning one of your goals!

1. The little girl often ___________(teach) herself to do new things when she was young.

2. Driving to the centre of the city is faster than ____________(take) a bus.

3. My computer is broken, but my father doesn’t agree ___________(buy) me a new one.

4. ____________(get) off the bus and we’ll take the underground there.

5. Mr Wu and his students had a lot of fun ____________(travel) to South Hill.

6. Look, the students of Class One ____________(plan) to go on a school trip next week.