As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she met with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.

“Watch it, dwarf (矮子),” the boy shouted, as he kept away from the little third grader. Then, the boy imitated(模仿) the way Amy limped(跛行)when she walked.

Amy closed her eyes for a moment.

“Ignore (忽视)him!” she told herself as she headed for her classroom.

It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. The teasing made Amy feel lonely.

Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. That’s why she was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter.

“There’s a Christmas Wish Competition on the newspaper,” she said. “Write a letter to Santa Claus and you might win a prize.”

Out came the pencil and paper and Amy went to work on her letter. She wrote:

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy(大脑性瘫痪). I just want one day where no one laughs at me.

Love,

Amy

The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa Claus made the front page of the News Sentinel. The little girl’s story spread quickly. She asked for such a simple, yet unusual Christmas gift - just one day without teasing.

Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to carry her head high.

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel.

1.The underlined word “teased” means___________.

A.argued with B.talked about C.cared for D.made fun of

2.Amy’s mother shared the news of a Christmas Wish Competition that day because she knew ___________.

A.Amy’s school life was not good

B.her daughter was teased by a fifth grader

C.the competition would change Amy’s life

D.Amy’s sickness went much worse than before

3.We can infer(推断)from the underlined sentence “Back home at the dinner table that evening,

Amy was quiet” that Amy was___________.

A.nervous B.sad C.happy D.moved

4.What’s the best title(标题)for the passage?

A.Amy’s Day B.Mother’s Love

C.Amy and a Tall Boy D.Amy’s Christmas Wish

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Almost every Chinese remembers the two sentences of the famous poem(诗 ). 65. “Every grain() on the plate comes from hard work”. But sadly, many of us don’t get the real meaning of these sentences: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that food Chinese people waste every year is enough for 200 million(百万) people for a year.

Do we have too much food? No, according to the UN World Food Program, 66. there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well known for being generous (慷慨的). Many even feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food on the table.

67.幸运的是,很多人明白节约食物的重要性。Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, lost her job because she took some leftover (剩余的) food home for her son.

68.Many people agreed with her and said that it was not right to waste food.

What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here is some advice:

1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order what you want to eat. 69.如果你不能吃 完所有食物,把剩余的食物带回家。

2.Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great. But your body needs it.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, such as vegetables and fruit.

1._________________________

2._________________________

3._________________________

4._________________________

5._________________________

Daddy didn’t know how to show love. He went to work every day and blamed (责备) me for the mistakes I had made when he came home.

Once I broke my leg and it was _______ who held me in her arms all the way to the hospital. Later Dad parked the car right up to the door of the hospital.

They asked him to move it, saying the space was saved for the ambulances (救护车), he _______, “What do you think this is? A tour bus?” He seemed impolite to people around. However, he just couldn’t wait to see me.

At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed out of place (不在场). He just kept himself _______ blowing up balloons, setting up tables, and welcoming the guests. It was Mom who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.

When I learned to ride a bike, I asked him not to _______ me alone(单独的), but he said it was time. I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he stopped her. I was so _______ that I showed him that I could ride it myself. He just _______.

When I went to college, Mom did _______ of the writing. He just sent money and a little note about how great his garden looked now just because I wasn’t playing football on it.

Whenever I called home, he _______ like he wanted to talk but always said, “Wait, Tim. I’ll get your mother.”

When I got married(结婚), Mom cried. He just blew his nose(擤鼻子) _______ and left the room.

All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you cannot go.”

Daddy just didn’t know how to show love, ________________...Was it possible he showed it and I didn’t know it?

1.A.Mom B.Dad C.Grandma

2.A.talked B.shouted C.laughed

3.A.free B.relaxed C.busy

4.A.take B.leave C.put

5.A.happy B.worried C.angry

6.A.smiled B.cried C.stopped

7.A.some B.none C.all

8.A.acted B.thought C.moved

9.A.clearly B.carefully C.loudly

10.A.although B.unless C.if

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