题目内容
I lived in America _______ about five years.Those days I missed my hometown very much.
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My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.
【小题1】According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.
| A.brave | B.lonely | C.serious | D.generous |
| A.handsome | B.strong | C.happy | D.silly |
| A.The family showed thanks to the Santa Claus and helped others in need. |
| B.The bag from the other Santa Claus was filled with gifts and money. |
| C.Santa Claus that helped the family lived a rich life in the same community. |
| D.The writer’s father arranged another Santa Claus to take the place of him. |
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was seen clearly. Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through(通过) my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own mistakes?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?”
Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.
【小题1】The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because _________.
| A.the woman’s window was dirty |
| B.the writer’s window was dirty |
| C.the woman lived nearby |
| D.the writer has short sight |
A. the woman was sitting by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading
B. the woman’s window was clean as soon as he washed his own window
C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon, so the writer could see the woman clearly
D. the woman’s window was still terrible after he washed his own window
“It dawned on me” probably means “_________”.
A. I began to understand it
B. it cheered me up
C. I knew the woman’s window grew light.
D. it began to get dark
【小题3】It’s clear that _________.
| A.the writer didn’t meet the woman ago |
| B.the writer often washed the window |
| C.they both worked as cleaners |
| D.they lived in a small town |
| A.one shouldn’t criticize others very often |
| B.one should often make his windows clean |
| C.one must judge himself before he judges others |
| D.one must look at others through his dirty windows |
My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.
【小题1】According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.
| A.brave | B.lonely | C.serious | D.generous |
| A.handsome | B.strong | C.happy | D.silly |
| A.The family showed thanks to the Santa Claus and helped others in need. |
| B.The bag from the other Santa Claus was filled with gifts and money. |
| C.Santa Claus that helped the family lived a rich life in the same community. |
| D.The writer’s father arranged another Santa Claus to take the place of him. |