Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.?

His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.

“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tiger, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has! "

1.The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because ????? .

A. he was thinking about the words ????????????? ?????????????

B. he didn't understand the words

C. he wanted to talk to his dog????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. he liked talking to himself

2.What made the boy start his new life?

A. The people laughing at him. ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. The kind words spoken to him.

C. The hard life.?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D. His lovely dog.

3.He was feeling ????? when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny?????? B. sad??????? C. lonely?????? D. excited

4.Which of the following is Right according to the passage?

A. He never took good care of his friend, Tiger.

B. He usually had many friends around him.

C. He helped a young lady when her bag dropped.

D. He often washed his dirty face in lake.

5.What's the best title of this passage?

A. A Dog and a Boy????? ????????????? ????????????? B. A Poor Boy's Childhood

C. A Businessman and a Boy???? D. The Power of Kindness

 

As prices and building costs keep rising , the “do-it-yourself”(DIY) trend(趋势)in the USA continues to grow .

“We needed furniture for our living rooms ,” says John Ross , “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it . So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs .” John got married six months ago , and like many young people these days , they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high .The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school .Now they make all their furniture and repairs around the house .

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife has died .He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory .Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420 . “I was deeply upset about it .Now I’ve finished a car repair course .I should be able to fix the car by myself .”

John and Jim are not unusual people .Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes .And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell them how they can do things themselves.

1.We can learn from the passage that many newly married people ______ .

A.take DIY courses run by the government

B.have to learn to make their own furniture

C.find it hard to pay for what they need

D.seldom go to a supermarket to buy things

2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _______ .

A.run a DIY shop

B.save time and money

C.make or repair things

D.improve their life

3. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home ,he means Jim___ .

A.makes shoes in his home

B.does extra work at night

C.repairs his own car at home

D.keeps house and looks after his children

4. Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when he found _____ .

A.his car repairs cost too much

B.the car repair class was not helpful

C.he could not possibly do two jobs

D.he had to raise the children all by himself

 

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