There was a little boy with a bad temper(脾气).His father gave him some nails(钉子)to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he  held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar(痕迹)just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal (言语)wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.
【小题1】Who was in a bad temper ?
A.the boy’s fatherB.the boy’s friend
C.the little boyD.a man
【小题2】 The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .
A.the first dayB.the fence
C.the nailsD.the boy’s temper
【小题3】The way of pulling out nails is to _________.
A.make one’s temper less
B.make one hold one’s temper
C.leave a scar on somsone
D.hurt someone .
【小题4】 The boy thought that _______
A.it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence .
B.driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper .
C.holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence .
D.it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails .
【小题5】We learn from the reading that _______ .
A.the father was a man with bad temper .
B.it took a long time for the boy’s temper to become less.
C.the father was good at helping one who is easy to lose temper .
D.the boy was good at driving nails into the fence .

 

A  LITTLE  PRINCESS

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

¥18.3 (online)

Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows(伙伴). It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes(磁带) for children.

PETER  PAN

Author: J.M Barrie

¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online)

   It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures(冒险), which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)

UNCLE  TOM’S  CABIN(小屋)

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

¥20 (in bookstores)

   The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave(奴隶) states during the American Civil War(美国内战) and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago.

THE  SECRET  GARDEN

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

¥35 (in bookstores)  ¥30 (online)

Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.

GONE  WITH  THE  WIND(乱世佳人)

Author: Margaret Mitchell

¥25 (in bookstores) ¥18 (online)

Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.

根据短文内容,选最佳择答案, 并在答题卡上按要求作答。

1. All of the following books have children as their main characters except _____.

A. PETER PAN                                B. GONE WITH THE WIND    

C. A LITTLE  PRINCESS                       D. THE SECRET GARDEN

2. We can know from the passage that _________.

A. two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

B. we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores

C. there are only three books with tapes

D. THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online

3. If you buy THE SECRET GARDEN and PETER PAN online, you have to pay _________.

 A. ¥30                   B. ¥12                      C. ¥50                      D. ¥42

4.Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ____.

a. the power of hope  b. friendship    c. her uncle      d. nature’s magic

A. a, b, c             B. a, c, d            C. a, b, d        D. all of the above

5..How many stories happened in the American Civil War?

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

 

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