“Excuse me,” said a young man, standing shyly at the open church door. “I’m here to pick up an Easter basket for my daughter. Am I in the right place?” Well, we have baskets, but they’re not Easter baskets for kids; they’re food baskets,” I explained.
That morning I arrived at St. Micheal’s Church in Carmichael, California, to help give out the baskets to needy families for Easter. To make sure every family would receive one, we had handed out numbers to them that matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a whole ham, potatoes, bread, vegetables, and a pie --- enough food to help feed a family for a week.
“Why don’t you come in?” I said to the man. He looked disappointed. He shook his head and said, “I can’t... My daughter is waiting for me over there. I’m grateful for the food, but when I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter ... well, I thought they would be Easter baskets for children.” He continued, “I promised my daughter one, and I wanted to surprise her.”
I felt bad, but there was nothing I could do. The man handed me his number, and I walked over to the baskets. A bulge(凸起) in one of the baskets caught my eye. “What is that?” I wondered. Leaning over and looking more closely, I could see, unmistakably, an Easter basket --- filled with candy, chocolate, and Easter eggs. One of the volunteers must have added it by mistake! I thought. Then I looked at the man’s number in my hand. Well, he’ll be....
“Happy Easter,” I said to the man, handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside --- the very same basket with his number on it. “Someone knew just what you needed.”
【小题1】The young man had thought that ____________.

A.he would have an Easter basket and a food basket
B.there would be Easter baskets for children.
C.there would be children’s toys in the food basket
D.he would get enough food for the whole year.
【小题2】What did the author do at the church?
A.He worked there as a churchman.
B.He was called in to give out Easter baskets.
C.He went there to meet the young man.
D.He was a volunteer who helped there.
【小题3】The young man looked disappointed at first because ____________.
A.he was told not to take a food basket
B.there was little food in the Easter basket
C.he came so late that all the basket had been given out
D.he was told that he wouldn’t get what he wanted
【小题4】What surprised the author was that __________.
A.there was an Easter basket in the food basket
B.someone knew what the young man needed
C.one of the baskets was filled with more bread than others
D.he found that the young man’s name was on the basket
【小题5】We can infer that the young man left the church feeling ________.
A.sadB.satisfiedC.angryD.surprised


An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” he boy did, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “ You’ll have to walk faster next time.”
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “ See Grandpa, it’s useless!”
So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out.
“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”
【小题1】The grandfather got up early to __________.

A.repair a basketB.do farm workC.wake up his grandsonD.read books
【小题2】The underlined phrase “leaked out” means “______” in Chinese.
A.出现B.保留C.漏出D.爆发
【小题3】The passage might be written for ___________ to read.
A.children who like asking questions
B.children who like playing with water
C.children who dislike farming
D.children who dislike reading
【小题4】 The basket was ________ in the end.
A.lightB.cleanC.uselessD.dirty
【小题5】 What can we know from the passage?
A.The old farmer might be changed by reading.
B.The old farmer played tricks on his grandson.
C.The little boy got a full basket of water at last.
D.The old farmer was angry when he saw the empty basket.

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