Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his children．
When he was 12, his parents died．He was alone and didn’t get on well with others．People always laughted at him．No one showed kindness to him．
His only friend was a dog named Tige．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(吹口哨)to his dog and went directly to the river nearby．
“Thank you ,dear! You are a nice littlke dog!” Tige raised its ears as if it understood．
“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!” he said．“Well Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more．” Tige 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(种子)of knidness．All of us should learn about kindness．What a great power(力量)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?
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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．
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A．
funny
B．
sad
C．
lonely
D．
excited
(4)
Which of the following is Right according to the passage?
Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, was killed by one of the elephants he loved．This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future(将来)of London Zoo-and maybe for all of Britain's city zoos．
London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild(野生的)animal park outside London．Its director-general(总经理), Michael Dioxn, said,“We are sorry that the elephants are leaving; there have been elephants at Lon-don Zoo since 1831．”
One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animals－and most of all elephants．
London Zoo is not only losing its elephants．The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears(熊)have already gone．Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman called Mary said she hoped the zoo could keep big animals．“This is the only way the young people can see animals without travelling to other countries,”she said．
Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to well keep them．Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos．
Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry．“If we send them back to the wild they will die．If you take away big animals, people will stop visiting London Zoo．It can survive(继续生存)at the moment, but it won't survive in the future．”
However, Mary Rosevear, directory of the Federation(联合会)of Zoos, believes(相信)that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals．
(1)
London Zoo has kept elephants ________．
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A．
since last Sunday
B．
for about one hundred years
C．
for nearly two hundred years
D．
ever since it was built
(2)
Zoos are important because ________．
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A．
they can make a lot of money
B．
there are many animals living in them
C．
there are some big animals there
D．
they can keep animals and help children learn about them
(3)
The underlined word“it”in the passage refers to(指)________．
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A．
the elephant
B．
London Zoo
C．
the bear
D．
the wild animal park
(4)
London Zoo might face a big problem because ________．
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A．
the elephants in the zoo will be killed
B．
the elephants may also kill other people
C．
it may have fewer visitors in the future
D．
no one would like to be an elephant keeper any more
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
The writer hopes that big animals except elephants should be kept in London Zoo．
B．
London Zoo and the public(公众)have different ideas about where to keep the big animals．
C．
Some animals in the park are still dangerous to visitors．
D．
Some people think that the big animals will die if they are sent to the wild animal park．
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