Mary’s dime(一毛钱)
It was Sunday afternoon. I decided to clean up the room nicely so that my parents would feel   1  when they returned from a long ride! Then, I sat in the room, having nothing to do.
   What else could I do? Then, with no reason, I suddenly  2  the pale face of that little beggar(乞丐) girl. I could see the glad light   3  her eyes when I put the dime in her little dirty hand.
    How much I  4  that dime, too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs, but those sugar apples looked so attractive, and were so   5  — only a dime a piece — that I wanted to have one.
    I could imagine the little girl stood there in front of the  6  in her old dirty dress, looking at the   7  that were put all in a row in the window. I wonder what I should say, “Little girl, what do you want?” I gently asked. She felt   8  and looked straight at me, just as if(似乎)nobody had spoken so   9  to her before. She realized what I had meant, so she said seriously and sadly. “I was thinking how good one of those delicious hamburgers would  10 . I haven’t had anything to eat today.”
   Now I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good lunch today,   11  this poor girl has not had a mouthful yet. You can give her your  12 . She needs it a great deal more than you do.”
   I could not run away from that little girl’s sad,  13  look — so I dropped the dime right into her hand. How  14  the girl was! I am so glad I gave her the dime,  15  I had to go without the apple lying there in the window.

【小题1】
A.disturbedB.unhappyC.satisfiedD.interested
【小题2】
A.saw B.rememberedC.forgotD.described
【小题3】
A.fillingB.protectingC.attractingD.touching
【小题4】
A.hatedB.lovedC.missedD.noticed
【小题5】
A.valuableB.meaningfulC.expensiveD.cheap
【小题6】
A.marketB.libraryC.storeD.bookshop
【小题7】
A.dressesB.magazinesC.booksD.candies
【小题8】
A.surprisedB.excitedC.pleasedD.worried
【小题9】
A.happilyB.kindlyC.angrilyD.sadly
【小题10】
A.tasteB.soundC.feelD.smell
【小题11】
A.sinceB.soC.andD.but
【小题12】
A.appleB.hamburgerC.dimeD.candy
【小题13】
A.proudB.angryC.calmD.hungry
【小题14】
A.gratefulB.unluckyC.lonelyD.friendly
【小题15】
A.unlessB.if C.thoughD.because

Mr. Jones works in a factory far away from his home. One day he wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin. 
Nasreddin was already in bed. “It is late,” he said. “What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Mr. Jones. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then asked, “Has the letter got to go far?”
“What does that matter?” answered Mr. Jones. 
“Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. ”Mr. Jones went away with no words.
【小题1】Mr. Jones is a ________.
A. letter-writer                    B. postman                  C. worker
【小题2】Mr. Jones looked for somebody to write a letter for him ______.
A. late at night
B. in the morning
C. in the afternoon
【小题3】Nasreddin was not pleased because he wanted to ______.
A. write the letter             B. make money               C. remain in bed
【小题4】We know from the story that Nasreddin is a _______ man.
A. kind                     B. funny                        C. strict
【小题5】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Mr. Jones paid no money to Nasreddin.
B. Mr. Jones was happy when he heard the words.
C. Nasreddin wrote the letter for Mr. Jones.

Mary’s dime(一毛钱)

It was Sunday afternoon. I decided to clean up the room nicely so that my parents would feel   1  when they returned from a long ride! Then, I sat in the room, having nothing to do.

   What else could I do? Then, with no reason, I suddenly  2  the pale face of that little beggar(乞丐) girl. I could see the glad light   3  her eyes when I put the dime in her little dirty hand.

    How much I  4  that dime, too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs, but those sugar apples looked so attractive, and were so   5  — only a dime a piece — that I wanted to have one.

    I could imagine the little girl stood there in front of the  6  in her old dirty dress, looking at the   7  that were put all in a row in the window. I wonder what I should say, “Little girl, what do you want?” I gently asked. She felt   8  and looked straight at me, just as if(似乎)nobody had spoken so   9  to her before. She realized what I had meant, so she said seriously and sadly. “I was thinking how good one of those delicious hamburgers would  10 . I haven’t had anything to eat today.”

   Now I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good lunch today,   11  this poor girl has not had a mouthful yet. You can give her your  12 . She needs it a great deal more than you do.”

   I could not run away from that little girl’s sad,  13  look — so I dropped the dime right into her hand. How  14  the girl was! I am so glad I gave her the dime,  15  I had to go without the apple lying there in the window.

1.                A.disturbed       B.unhappy        C.satisfied  D.interested

 

2.                A.saw            B.remembered    C.forgot    D.described

 

3.                A.filling          B.protecting       C.attracting D.touching

 

4.                A.hated          B.loved          C.missed   D.noticed

 

5.                A.valuable        B.meaningful      C.expensive D.cheap

 

6.                A.market         B.library          C.store D.bookshop

 

7.                A.dresses         B.magazines       C.books    D.candies

 

8.                A.surprised       B.excited         C.pleased   D.worried

 

9.                A.happily         B.kindly          C.angrily   D.sadly

 

10.               A.taste           B.sound          C.feel  D.smell

 

11.               A.since          B.so             C.and  D.but

 

12.               A.apple          B.hamburger      C.dime D.candy

 

13.               A.proud          B.angry          C.calm  D.hungry

 

14.               A.grateful        B.unlucky        C.lonely D.friendly

 

15.               A.unless         B.if              C.though    D.because

 

 

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