Seed(种子)of Kindness

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 work 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 happily 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.

“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you anymore.” 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 of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!”

1.Who was Jim’s only friend?

A. The dog.

B. The businessman.

C. The young lady.

D. The gentleman.

2.One day as Jim walked down the street, ______ .

A. he said kind words to the lady

B. he looked at himself in the river

C. he saw a young lady dropped her bags

D. he told the experience of his childhood

3.Jim was feeling ______ when he whistled to his dog.

A. funny B. excited C. sad D. lonely

4.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. Jim usually had many friends around him.

B. Jim often washed his dirty face in the lake.

C. Jim never took good care of his friend, Tige.

D. Jim thought the woman planted in him the first seed of kindness.

Steven is six years old. He gets some money from his mother every week. He buys a lot of things from the shops, but he doesn’t really need them, and he puts them everywhere. One day his mother gives him a notebook and says, “Now, Steven, when you buy things, write their names down in the notebook, and also write down how much they are. Then you can look at it again when your money is all gone (花光了), and you don’t waste (浪费) so much money next time.”

After a week, Steven says to his mother, “Do you know, Mum, before I spend any money now, I really stop and think!” His mother is very happy and thinks, “Well, my son knows the value (价值) of money now.” But then she hears him say, “Mum, before I buy something, I always ask myself, ‘Can I spell (拼写) that word and put it down in my notebook?’ ”

1. Who gives Steven money every week?

A. His father. B. His mother.

C. His teacher. D. His parents.

2.Why does Steven’s mother give him a notebook?

A. She wants him to play with it.

B. Steven asks her to buy one for him.

C. She wants him to write down the name and how much it is after he buys something.

D. Steven needs one to do his homework.

3. Why is Steven’s mother happy?

A. She thinks that her son doesn’t waste money now.

B. She thinks that her son knows how to buy the notebook.

C. Her son stops to think how to write the name of the thing before he buys it.

D. She thinks that her son doesn’t buy anything.

4.What does Steven stop to think about before he spends any money?

A. Which to buy.

B. What he really needs.

C. Which is nice.

D. How to spell the name of the thing.

5.How does Steven’s mother feel at last?

A. Angry. B. Happy. C. Wonderful. D. Glad.

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