Although it was only autumn,everything outside was covered in white.Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big  36  storm and no one was prepared.

    We have two apple trees in our backyard.Prana,our dog,loves  37.When she goes outside,she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on.Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house,I am not always  38,so she tries to hide it from me.It is our little game.

    On the day that it snowed too  39  in the season,Prana went outside and I  40  her from the window.I noticed that she was  41 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow.She seemed to be  42 to dig up as many apples as she could.

    But when she came back inside,she brought back only one.About five minutes later,I looked outside.The yard was completely  43 with birds.Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat.She knew that they hadn’t prepared  44 food for the early winter.

    This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an)  45 taught me what real kindness was.

1.A.sand    B.snow    C.thunder D.rain

2.A.apples    B.winter    C.games D.bones

3.A.clear    B.correct    C.happy D.surprised

4.A.1ate    B.beautifully    C.1ightly D.early

5.A.met    B.watched    C.called D.heard

6.A.hiding    B.finding    C.cutting D.digging

7.A.determined    B.suitable    C.nervous D.encouraged

8.A.hit    B.marked    C.covered D.taken

9.A.delicious    B.enough    C.1ess D.extra

10.A.teacher    B.friend    C.animal D.bird

 

Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.

I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.

It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.

When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!

1.I wasn’t always happy because  ____________ .

A.Prana loved apples

B.Prana caught an apple and ate it

C.the apples fell on the ground and were dirty

D.Prana brought the dirty apples into the house

2.On the snowy day, Prana ____________ .

A.ate up all the apples

B.dug holes to put the apples in them

C.brought the apples under the snow to the ground

D.left the house and died

3.The birds flew to the garden to  ______________.

A.look for Prana

B.eat the apples

C.make new homes

D.store food for the winter

4.The topic of the story is about __________ .

A.apples

B.animals

C.love

D.life

 

Walter owns three Italian  restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers(顾客) all over the world.

He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics(道德准则) of his father came into play  . It made him a person who studied and explored (探索)the secrets in the food business.

Walter’s learning never stops. He says “ The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind.” So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work.

Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says “Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I’m a happy man.”

1.The underlined phrase “came into play” means                

A. played a joke on him             B. needed to be used

C. gave him much help               D. began to be studied

2.The secret of Walter’s success is             .

   A. building a bridge to the country   

B. keeping on learning without any stops

C. getting new cooking ideas from his family

D. bringing the Italian cooking culture into America

3. From the last sentence of the passage, we can know that it is           .

   A. happy to make a lot of money

   B. exciting to have more and more customers

   C. important to make the customers pleased

   D. impossible to make 15 or 20 customers happy every day

4. We can learn from the passage that           .

   A. the lifetime education is important

   B. creative spirit always comes first

   C. exploring the food business is difficult

   D. new ideas are necessary in running a restaurant

5.The best title of this passage may be “           ”

   A. Culture is Important for Cooks

   B. A Cook and His Customers

   C. The Story of Three Restaurants

   D. A Winner is Made, not Born

 

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