Most people in America like having the surprise party. It is very popular.They think it is very exciting to have surprise parties for their friends or family members.They often plan a surprise party for special events like someone’s birthday.If you want to know what a surprise party is like,please look at the following example.

One Saturday night,Sam’s wife(妻子)asked him to go to the kitchen and bring her a glass of water.Sam walked to the kitchen.When he opened the door,he saw a “bear”standing in front of him!Sam was very scared and wanted to run away at once.Just then the”bear”took off his costume(服装).It was Sam's friend John!When he turned back,he saw some other people standing behind him All of them said”Surprise!Happy birthday!”to him.

In fact,we can have many kinds of surprise parties. A successful surprise party always makes people feel surprised and excited. would you like to plan a party 1ike this for your friends or family members?

1.What does the underlined word”They”refer to?

A. Most Americans. B. Most friends. C. John's guests. D. Some other people.

2.How is the surprise party in America?

A. Relaxing. B. Boring. C. Meaningless. D. Popular.

3.Who stood in front of Sam that night in fact?

A. His wife. B. His SOIL C. His friend. D. His bear.

4.What's the passage mainly about?

A. How Sam went to the kitchen that night.

B. What a surprise party is like in America.

C. Where to have a surprise party at home.

D. What people think of a surprise party.

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city.The building next door was only a few feet away from mine.There was a woman who lived there. Although I never met her, I could see her seating by her window each afternoon, reading.

Several months later, I begin to notice that her window was dirty. Everything through the dirty window was unclea. I would say to myself, "why doesn't that woman wash her window?

It really looks terrible."One bright morning, I decided to clean my bouse and wash the window. Late in the afternoon whenI fnished the cleaning. I sat down by the window for a rest. What a suprise! I could see the woman siting by her window clearly. Her window was clean! I always criticized her dirty window, but all the time, I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often do I look at and criticize others through the d?rtу w?ndоw оf mу hеаrt оr thrоugh mу оwn ?hоrtсоm?ng? (缺点)? Аfеr thаt, whеnеvеr ? wаnt tо judgе(判断)someone, I will ask myself, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?"

1.The underlined word “criticized” means “_________”in Chinese in the second paragraph.

A. 批评 B. 观察 C. 反思 D. 擦拭

2.When did the writer find his own window dirty?

A. When they met each other for the first time.

B. When the woman sat by the window.

C. When the writer finished the cleaning that day.

D. When the writer lived in the building.

3.After the writer cleaned his window that day, he felt________.

A. happy and exciting B. surprised and sorry C. sad and angry D. terrible and tired

4.After reading the passage, we can infer that________.

A. the writer didn't criticize anyone after cleaning the window

B. the writer must be more careful when looking at someone later

C. the woman was lazy and liked sitting by the window

D. the woman often laughed at the writer through her window

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