Two careful and brave children--Benjamin,12, and his sister Emily, 11, found a stolen(被偷的) car in the woods(树丛) yesterday morning. The happy owner, Mrs Judy Roberts,said she would thank them by taking then out to dinner.

Both Benjamin and Emily like hiking. They were walking along a path through the woods near their home. And they noticed a car. They were surprised because very few people parked their cars there. They looked inside the car and there was nobody in it. The children thought something went wrong. They made a note of the type of the car and its colour. Benjamin also wrote down its number. When they went back to their school, they told their teacher about the car. The teacher reported (报告)it to the police.

Soon the police found the owner, Mrs Judy Roberts. “I really have to thank Benjamin and Emily. I’m going to write to the local newspaper and their headmaster(校长) to thank them” she said. Benjamin and Emily’s teachers felt proud(自豪的). “Benjamin and Emily are not only students but also good members of the community” they all said.

Profile (简介)of the children

  1.   

Benjamin and Emily

  2.  

12 and 11

 

 

Personalities

Careful and   3.  

Finding the car

They found the car when they were 4.  . They made a note of the type of the car, its colour and   5.    .

Finding the   6.   

They   7.    their teacher about the car and the teacher reported it to the  8.    . They found the car was Mrs Judy Roberts’s .

Being praised(表扬) and thanked

Mrs Judy Roberts invited them to a   9.  . The teachers said they were good   10.  of the community.

 

Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!

   Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!

   Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!

   Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.

From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.

1.From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.

A. catching toys     B. counting toys    C. finding toys    D. putting toys in order

2. At first researchers asked Rico to ______.

A. bring a certain toy out of a room       B. choose a toy that he liked best

C. name toys and put them away         D. put his toys into his room

3.Rico went into the room _______ times to find a new toy he did not know.

A. seven          B. thirty-seven      C. ten         D. forty

4. The best title for the passage is ________.

A. German dogs are the smartest         B. An unusual dog

C. How dogs use language              D. The best toys for Rico

 

Elena jogged (慢跑) with her dad in some empty lots (小块地). These out-of-the-way lots were good places to jog. But the lots were full of rocks and rubbish.

One day, Elena saw a sign on the lots. It said, “New City Park”. Elena was excited. Maybe the park would have a jogging trail (路径)! Elena told her parents about the sign.

“I read about the park in the newspaper,” said Elena’s father. “The city wants volunteers to help clean the area. Then the city will build a soccer field and a playground. But the paper didn’t mention a jogging trail.”

“Well, perhaps if I help clean up the lots, they’ll put in a jogging trail,” said Elena.

On Saturday Elena went to the lots. Many adults were working there. Some were picking up rubbish. Some were moving rocks. Elena looked around. She could carry rubbish, and she could move rocks. So she went to the area every week to do volunteer work. She told everyone she was glad to help build the park. She explained that she hoped the park would have a jogging trail. Then everyone knew her and her jogging trail.

Soon the volunteers cleared the lots. The city could start building. The mayor (市长) gave a speech. He showed a drawing of the new park. He told them about the soccer field. There would be picnic tables. There would be a playground. The park would even have basketball courts. But there was no sign of a jogging trail.

The mayor thanked the volunteers. Then he asked if they had any suggestions. The volunteers said they wanted to build a jogging trail around the park. They told the mayor how helpful Elena had been and how she wanted a jogging trail. The mayor then said, “A jogging trail won’t be hard to build. Let’s do it!”

Everyone clapped and cheered.

1.How did Elena know the city needed volunteers to help clean the lots?

A.She read it in the newspaper.              B.She learned it from a sign.

C.She was told by other volunteers.           D.Her father told her about it.

2.Why did Elena want to help clean the lots?

A.Because she wanted to play on the playground.

B.Because she wanted her name in the newspaper.

C.Because she wanted the city to build a jogging trail.

D.Because she wanted to work with other volunteers.

3.Who suggested the mayor to build a jogging trail?

A.The volunteers.     B.Elena herself.       C.Elena’s father.     D.Nobody.

4.What can be the best title for the story?

A.Elena and a Mayor                      B.Elena and a Jogging Trail

C.Elena and Some Volunteers                D.Elena’s Family

 

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