A boy without ears was often laughed at at school,so he often asked his parents to graft(移植)a pair of ears for him.

One day a doctor said to the boy's father that he could graft a pair of ears for his son,if they could be offered.Two years went by.Then,“You are going to the hospital,son.Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need.But it's a secret,” said the father.

The operation was a brilliant success.Later the boy married and entered the diplomatic service(外交部).“But I must know who gave so much to me.I could never do enough for him.”“But the agreement was that you are not to know,not yet,”said the father.The years kept their secret,but the day did come,one of the darkest days that ever passed through his son.Slowly,the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick,reddish?brown hair to show that the mother had no ears.

“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut,”he whispered gently,“and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful,did they?”

Real beauty lies not in the physical appearance,but in the heart.Real treasure lies not in what can be seen,but in what cannot be seen.Real love lies not in what is done and known,but in what is done but not known.

1.Why was the boy laughed at at school?

A. Because he was very short. B. Because he was very foolish.

C. Because he had no eyes. D. Because he had no ears.

2.What's the meaning of the underlined word“donate”?

A. 喜欢 B. 捐赠 C. 破坏 D. 生长

3.Which is the right order according to the story?

①The boy married and entered the diplomatic service.

②The boy knew who gave him the ears.

③The boy asked his parents to graft a pair of ears for him.

④The boy's operation was successful.

A. ③④①② B. ②①③④ C. ①③④② D. ③①④②

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Real beauty lies in the heart. B. Real love lies in what is done but not known.

C. The passage mainly tells us how the boy succeeded. D. The love of mother is great.

When you make a mistake, big or small, treasure it as it's the most valuable thing in the world.

Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, and get mad at ourselves.

And that's only natural: Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, and we should try to avoid mistakes. We've been punished when we make mistakes — at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction(无意识的反应).

Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be treasured and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world: They make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.

By test and error — trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes — we have found out how to make electric lights, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and to fly.

Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, and make works of genius(天才) possible.

Think about how we learn: We don't just get information about something and know it at once or know how to do it. You don't just read about painting, or writing, or computer programming, or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from watching usually ... then you set a model in your mind ... then you test it out by trying it in the real world ... then you make mistakes ... then you correct the model based on the results of your real world experiment ... and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you've pretty much learned how to do something.

That's how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new — because if you succeed in something, it's probably something you already knew how to do. You haven't really grown much from that success — at most it's the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey is made up of mistakes, if it's a good journey.

So if you value learning, if you value growing and improving, then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world full of wonders possible.

1.According to the passage, how should we treat mistakes?

A. We should try to avoid making mistakes.

B. We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.

C. We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.

D. We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.

2.The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.

A. a small child learning to walk

B. a kindergarten child learning to draw

C. a primary pupil learning to read

D. a school teenager learning to write

3.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. most of us can really grow from success

B. growing and improving are based on mistakes

C. we learn to make mistakes by test and error

D. we read about something and know how to do it right away

4.The author wants to tell us ________.

A. what you should do when meeting with difficulties

B. where you can find your mistakes

C. how you can avoid making mistakes

D. why you should celebrate your mistakes

A little knowledge can make a difference at a time of life or death. Do you know what to do if you find yourself in an earthquake?

If you are inside:

Quickly move under a strong desk, a strong table or along a wall. You can also go into a small room like the bathroom. This will protect you from falling things. Do not get into a lift.

Don’t stand near windows, large mirrors, heavy furniture(家具) or fireplaces.

If you’re outside:

Move away from buildings and streetlights. These could fall on you.

Squat(蹲下) and protect your head until the shaking stops.

After the earthquake:

Check, take care of injuries(伤员)and help make sure people around you are all right.

Watch out for aftershocks

Protect yourself by wearing long pants, a long-sleeved(长袖的) shirt and strong shoes.

Listen to the radio for the latest information.

1.If you are in a tall building when an earthquake happens, you’d better _______

A. run into a lift B. not stay in the bathroom C. stand near large mirrors D. not stand near windows

2.After the earthquake, you should _______

A. look after injuries B. not help the others around you

C. protect yourself without wearing shoes D. not listen to the radio for the latest information

3.The underlined word “aftershocks” in the passage means “_____” in Chinese.

A. 震撼 B. 震源 C. 余震 D. 防震

4.The passage is mainly about _______

A. what to do before an earthquake takes place

B. what to do if you are in an earthquake

C. how to escape from an earthquake when you’re at home

D. how to predict an earthquake in the open air

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