题目内容
The little elephant is afraid to go alone．He always walks _________ his mother．
A．besides B．beside C．below D．under
B
One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】The girl walked back because __________.
| A．the bathroom was too far away. | B．her mother wouldn’t go with her |
| C．she was too afraid of the dark | D．the bedroom door was locked |
| A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself | B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing |
| C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath | D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself |
| A．held out her little hands | B．clenched her fists |
| C．talk to her mother | D．held her own breath |
| A．adults are always brave enough | B．children learn to be brave quickly |
| C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem | D．the mother can deal with anything with breath |
| A．The Fearless Mother | B．One Lonely Girl |
| C．One midnight | D．The Breath of Courage |
Having returned from her round trip (往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (应给予) me￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office, “you sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, madam,” he said politely, “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” She answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Err, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
【小题1】The woman was angry because__________.
| A．she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip |
| B．she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned |
| C．she spent more money than she had expected |
| D．Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing |
| A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do |
| B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl |
| C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice |
| D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl |
| A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket |
| B．she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man |
| C．she was moved by Harry’s kindness |
| D．she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted |