One afternoon, my son came home from school and asked me, “Are all people the same even if their skin color is different?” I thought for a moment, then I said, “I’ll explain. Let’s go to a fruit store first. I have something interesting to show you.”
At the store, I told him that we needed to buy apples. And we bought some red apples, green apples and yellow apples.
After we got home, I told Adam, “It’s time to answer your question.” I put one of each type of apple on the table: first a red apple, followed by a green apple and then a yellow apple. Then I looked at Adam, who was sitting on the other side of the table.
“Adam, people are just like apples. They come in different colors, shapes and sizes. See, some may not even look as delicious as others.” As I was talking, Adam was examining each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled them, placing them back on the table, but in a different place.
“OK, Adam, tell me which one is the red apple, the green apple and the yellow apple.”
He said, “I can’t tell. They all look the same now.”
“Take a bite(一口) of each one. See if that helps you tell which one is which.”
He took big bites, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are just like apples! They are all different, but if you take off the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”
“Right,” I agreed. “Just like everyone has their own features but they are nearly the same.”
He completely got it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
Now, when I eat an apple, it tastes a little sweeter than before. What perfect fruit it is!
【小题1】I took Adam to buy apples for         .            
A.supperB.his questionC.a partyD.a present
【小题2】As soon as we got home, I put          on the table.
A.all the applesB.three apples of different colors
C.three red applesD.three peeled apples
【小题3】After Adam took big bites, he found they         .
A.looked the sameB.tasted goodC.tasted the sameD.weren’t delicious
【小题4】In the end, Adam understood that         .
A.people are much the same even if their skin color is different
B.people are different if their skin color is different
C.the apples look the same after they are peeled
D.apples of different colors taste different
【小题5】I feel that apples taste a little sweeter than before because         .
A.they are delicious enough B.they are perfect fruit for thinking
C.they are safe fruit D.my son falls in love with them


Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect your life in some serious ways.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful (痛苦的) and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure (失败) you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
【小题1】The people we meet          .

A.all know where to find usB.serve us on no purpose
C.won't become our neighborD.will change us in some way
【小题2】From the passage, we know that bad things can make us           .
A.terribly meet bad luckB.realize our further ability
C.find no serious successD.possibly enjoy every moment
【小题3】The underlined word "poignant" in the passage means "           ".
A.平淡的B.明显的C.深刻的D.艰苦的
【小题4】The writer's suggestion is that we should           .
A.try not to talk to strange people
B.learn as much as we can each day
C.avoid failure in our life
D.not believe in others but ourselves

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