I walked into a stranger as he passed by me.
"Excuse me." I said.
He replied with a smile and said, "Please excuse me, too. I didn't notice you."
We apologized(道歉) and went for our own ways.
Later that day, when I was cooking, my daughter was standing too near. When I turned to reach for some milk, I nearly knocked her over. "Move out of the way!" I shouted.
She walked away sadly. But I didn't feel like I had to apologize to her.
While I was in bed that evening, my husband said to me. "While dealing with a stranger, you were polite. But with a daughter you love, you were unkind. Your daughter brought you some flowers that she picked herself this afternoon. You will find them in the kitchen by the door. Have you seen the tears in her eyes?"
I quietly went and sat down by my daughter's bed.
"Honey, I am so sorry." I said. "Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
She said, "I found them by the tree. I picked them because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like them, especially the blue ones."
I tearfully replied, "Sweetie, I'm really sorry for the way I acted today. I shouldn't have shouted at you."
"It's OK. I love you anyway." She said as she kissed me on my cheek.
If we can be polite to strangers, why can't we do the same for the ones we love?
(1)The writer was to the stranger who she walked into.
A. |
mad |
B. |
honest |
C. |
unkind |
D. |
polite |
(2)Where were they when the writer shouted at her daughter?
A. |
In the kitchen. |
B. |
By the tree. |
C. |
In the bedroom. |
D. |
In the garden. |
(3)What did the writer's husband think when he saw her action?
A. |
The little girl shouldn't cry. |
B. |
She shouldn't shout at their daughter. |
C. |
She shouldn't say sorry to the stranger. |
D. |
Both he and his wife should apologize to their daughter. |
(4)What may be the writer's favorite color according to the passage?
A. |
Yellow. |
B. |
Pink. |
C. |
Blue. |
D. |
Red. |
(5)What do you think is the best title for the passage?
A. |
Be friendly to strangers. |
B. |
Mothers like flowers. |
C. |
Be kind to loved ones. |
D. |
Love between parents and children. |
Two friends were eating at the table, there was a cup of chili oil(辣椒油). It looked nice. The two men hadn’t seen it before. One of them thought it was sweet and drank some of it. Tears(眼泪) ran down from his eyes. But he hoped that his friend felt the same as him. He said nothing. When the other man saw that his friend was crying, he asked, “Why are you crying, my dear friend?” “I was thinking of my father. Two years ago, when he drove out on a wet day, another car hit his car and he died. How poor he was!”
Soon after that the other man took some of the chili oil. When tears started down from his eyes, his friend asked the same question, “Why are you crying, then?”
“To think that you were not in the same car as your father was.”How did the chili oil taste?
A.It was sweet. | B.It was nice. |
C.It was delicious. | D.It was terrible. |
Why didn’t the first man tell the fact(事实)?
A.He wanted his friend to drink some chili oil. |
B.He wanted his friend to cry for his father. |
C.He thought his friend would like the chili oil. |
D.He thought the chili oil was good for his friend. |
What does this chart tell us about in Nanjing?
A.The month. | B.The rain. |
C.The temperature(气温). | D.The weather(天气). |
What’s the temperature in May?
A.About 20. | B.About 25. |
C.About 30. | D.About 15. |
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Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons. First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.
Next, you can read a book almost anywhere: in a car, in a waiting room, on the plane, in bed—even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then to start again.
Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you keep reading as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become better at understanding what you read. As your reading skill improves, you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend on good reading . And as you read, you will learn more and more.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can also learn on the Internet. And the more you read, the better your computer skills will be . Reading is hardly out of date!
Good readers are most likely to be good writers too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about.
Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. What other hobbies could be more useful, or more enjoyable?
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Can you remember the day when you spoke your first words? If you can, you are unusual. Try to think what the first months of your life were like. I’m sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grew older, your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people make some sounds to go with some things.
Then you began to cry to make sounds you heard. And step by step (逐渐地) you were able to make the right sound for one thing.
On that day you came to understand the secret of the language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things can they understand each other, so these people have a language.
After you found the secret of language, you learnt words. Some of the words mean things, like
books, chairs and shops. Some of the words mean actions, for example, go and swim. Soon you learnt to put words together to share your idea, like “I want to go out and play with my friends.”
This is language. By the way of language, people can communicate (交流). So we say languages mean sharing. can remember the day when we spoke our first words?
A.Few of us | B.one |
C.Most people | D.All of us |
When you were a little baby, you .
A.tried your best to remember all the sounds you heard |
B.spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying |
C.could not hear any sounds around you |
D.spent most of your time playing with your parents |
The secret of language is that .
A.one sound might be as good as another |
B.a certain sound is for a certain thing |
C.people can understand each other |
D.there is a special sound for each other |
The underlined word “actions” means in Chinese.
A.表情 | B.表演 | C.动作 | D.感情 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Language is easy to learn. |
B.You learn language by reading at first. |
C.You couldn’t learn language without parents. |
D.Language means sharing. |
The advertisement is for_____________.
A.young lady |
B.kids who are too fat |
C.people who want to lose weight |
D.old people |
If you_______, you can choose to exercise in the fitness camp.
A. are too fat
B. can’t run as fast as your classmatesThe fitness camp can help you _______________.
A.gain weight | B.lose weight |
C.make more friends | D.pass the PE examination |
How long will the camp last?
A.One month | B.One week |
C.Half a year | D.Twenty days |
According to the advertisement, we can’t get the information about ____of the camp.
A.the telephone number | B.the email address |
C.the place | D.the cost |