Weshouldspeaktotheoldpeople（po-优题课

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A couple decided to go on a holiday．The wife was on （66）　　business trip so the husband went to the destination（目的地）（67）　　and his wife would meet him the next day．

When he reached his hotel，he decided to send his wife a （68）　　email．But when he typed （69）　　address．he typed a wrong letter and his note was（70）　　to an elderly woman．Her husband had died only the day （71）　　and she had just come back from the funeral（葬礼）．

When the sad woman checked her （72）　　．she let out a shout，and （73）　　to the floor in a dead faint（昏厥）．At the sound，her family rushed（74）　　the room and saw this note on the screen：

Dearest（75）　　，Just got checked in．Everything prepared for you to arrive tomorrow．

Black or White

When I was in elementary school，I got into an argument with a boy in my class．The teacher （31）　　to teach us a very important lesson．

She brought us up to the front of the（32）　　and placed him on one side of her desk and （33）_____on the other．In the middle of her desk was a large，round object．I could（34）　　see that it was black．She asked the boy what color the object was．"White，"he （35）　　．

I couldn't （36）　　he said the object was white，when it was clearly black!Another （37）　_____started between my classmate and me，this time about the （38）　　of the object．

The teacher told me to go （39）　　where the boy was standing （40）　　told him to come stand where I had been．We changed（41）　　，and now she asked me what the color of the object was．I（42）　　answer，"White．"

It was an object with two （43）　　colored sides，and from his viewpoint（视角） it was white．Only from my （44）　　it was black．

I have never （45）　　the lesson I learned that day．Sometimes we need to look at the problem from the other person's viewpoint in order to truly understand his/her view．

31．A．decided	B．remembered	C．offered	D．promised
32．A．office	B．playground	C．library	D．classroom
33．A．her	B．me	C．him	D．you
34．A．clearly	B．hardly	C．closely	D．carefully
35．A．shouted	B．guessed	C．answered	D．suggested
36．A．choose	B．believe	C．notice	D．hear
37．A．argument	B．match	C．fight	D．talk
38．A．shape	B．size	C．color	D．weight
39．A．find	B．lie	C．sit	D．stand
40．A．so	B．but	C．or	D．and
41．A．places	B．ideas	C．objects	D．seats
42．A．was able to	B．had to	C．happened to	D．used to
43．A．brightly	B．beautifully	C．differently	D．completely
44．A．side	B．lesson	C．book	D．experience
45．A．finished	B．taught	C．prepared	D．forgotten

Tom felt really pleased．When he arrived （66）　　his seat in the classroom that morning，he （67）f 　　an invitation on his desk．It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them in a camping trip．This was the first time he was asked to join in an out﹣of﹣school activity．Why were they asking him now？Nobody seemed to like him．In fact，he had been so lonely that he had drowned（掩盖） his felling with food．As a result，he had put on a lot of （68）　　/weit/，and this gave the kids something more to make（ 69）　　of him．

When Tom read the invitation，Nancy went out quickly to tell the others that the trick（恶作剧） had worked．Everyone was happy that Tom thought that was true．But there was no camping trip．The whole thing was （70）　　（make） up．

First of all，Nancy thought it was fun．But later，when Tom told her that he was going to buy a （71）　　（sleep） bag with his savings（积蓄），Nancy had a （72）s 　　idea．She （73）　_____/nju：/that Tom's family had （74）l 　　money，and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use．Nancy also hated to tell Tom the （75）_____　（true）．Her close friends would be angry with her．

What could she do now？

It was one month before Christmas，when nine﹣year﹣old．Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike．（31）　　bike was just too old，（32）　　it needed repairing as well．

When Christmas was coming，her dream for a （33）　　seemed to disappear，for she didn't mention it again．We were busy（34）　　some beautiful story books，a doll house，a holiday dress and toys．Then to our surprise，（35）　　December 24，she said she really wanted a bike more than （36）　　else．

Now we didn't know （37）　　to do．It was just too late．We were busy with Christmas （38）　　and packing children's presents，parents' presents，a brother's present and friends'presents till midnight．So there was no time to buy the"right bike"for our little girl．Thinking that we were （39）　　who would make their child unhappy，we felt ashamed and（40）　　．

Suddenly my husband had an idea．"What if I make a little bike out of clay（泥土） and write a note that she could trade in（交换）the model bike for a real one？"So he （41）　　the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a （42）　　bike．

On Christmas morning，we were so excited when Rose opened the little box with the beautiful red and white （43）　　bike and the note．She（44）　　the note loudly．She looked at us and said："So，does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one？"Smiling，I said："Yes．"Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied："I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made for me．I prefer to （45）　　it rather than get a real bike．"At that moment，we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the earth．

31．A．His	B．Her	C．My
32．A．and	B．but	C．or
33．A．dress	B．bike	C．toy
34．A．buying	B．buy	C．bought
35．A．in	B．at	C．on
36．A．something	B．anything	C．nothing
37．A．what	B．which	C．how
38．A．breakfast	B．lunch	C．dinner
39．A．mother	B．father	C．parents
40．A．happy	B．sad	C．excited
41．A．took	B．cost	C．spent
42．A．big	B．small	C．real
43．A．clay	B．wood	C．steel
44．A．saw	B．watched	C．read
45．A．keep	B．borrow	C．buy．

Philip is a school boy．On his twelfth birthday，he decided to give up eating（26）　　．"I don't think it's right to eat animals，"he said．"They live on the Earth just like us and they are our friends．"Philip's parents were not happy about that．"You are a growing boy，"his mother said．"You need meat．Don't you want to become healthier and（27）　　？"

His mother put some（28）　　，rice and carrots in front of him．"I want you to eat all your food now，"she said．"Don't（29）　　anything．"Philip didn't want to make his mother sad．But he ate only the rice and the carrots without touching the beef．

"You're a silly boy!"said his father （30）　　．"I m getting very angry with you．"

"I'm sorry，Mum and Dad，"answered Philip．"I don't want you to be sad or angry．（31）　　I really don't want to eat any meat．"

"Then have some fish，dear，"said his mother．

"Oh no，I can't!"cried Philip．"Fish are living things too．"

"Well，you can't have（32）　　to eat at all if you don't eat any meat or fish，"said his father．

The next morning Philip got up hungry．His father walked to the（33）　　with him and asked to see the teacher．

"Is this what you teach the students at school？"he asked the teacher．"Philip（34）　　to eat meat at home．He doesn't listen to what I say．"

"I don't agree with Philip，"replied the teacher．"But I think he's（35）　　to do what he thinks is right．We teach the students to do that．"

26．A．fruit	B．vegetables	C．meat	D．rice
27．A．shorter	B．taller	C．weaker	D．lazier
28．A．beef	B．pork	C．chicken	D．duck
29．A．eat	B．have	C．taste	D．leave
30．A．angrily	B．happily	C．rudely	D．politely
31．A．And	B．But	C．So	D．Or
32．A．nothing	B．everything	C．anything	D．something
33．A．factory	B．hospital	C．supermarket	D．school
34．A．agrees	B．hopes	C．wants	D．refuses
35．A．brave	B．kind	C．foolish	D．shy．