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 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 little boy” he
repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a
nice little dog!” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Unum! 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
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 goog care of his friend ,Tige.
B.H 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 tile (题目)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