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Once, there was a woman who had so many problems, so many worries, so many troubles… that at times she felt she had more troubles than anyone else in the world!

She was depressed. She thought she could never overcome her troubles, so she decided to end her life. That night she went to sleep early and she planned to commit suicide the next morning. But that night she had a dream…

She found herself in a large cave, surrounded by gray bundles (包袱) of all shapes and sizes. Walking toward her was a woman with flowing long white hair.

“Who are you?” asked the dreamer, “and what is this place?”

“This is the cave of bundles of troubles and I am the keeper of the cave.”

“Bundles of troubles?”

“Yes,” the keeper explained, “each person who walks on the earth carries a bundle of troubles on their left shoulder.” The dreamer turned to look and there was a gray bundle on her left shoulder—it had been there all the time and she never noticed!

“If you wish,” the keeper continued,” you can take your bundle down and exchange it for another.”

“Really?” The woman lowered the bundle from her left shoulder. Oh, it felt so good to put it down. Then she picked up a beautiful bundle.

The keeper said, “Why don’t you open it and look inside?”

So the woman opened it and looked inside. “But these are the same troubles I brought here!”

The keeper of the cave smiled softly and nodded. “That’s usually what happens, but do not despair, for there is another bundle on your right shoulder that should help lighten your load.”

The woman turned and saw another bundle on her right shoulder. It had been there all the time and she never noticed! The woman took it down and opened it. Inside were her talents, her gifts, her hopes and opportunities. The woman felt her heart filled with joy and she looked up to thank the keeper of the cave, but she was gone; all were gone. And she found herself sitting up in her own bed with the morning sun streaming through the window, shining on her face.

1.Why did the woman decide to end her life?

A. Because there were two gray bundles on her shoulders.

B. Because she always had bad dreams at night.

C. Because the keeper of the cave told her to do so.

D. Because she felt she had too many troubles to overcome.

2.According to the keeper of the cave, _____ .

A. there were good things such as talents in beautiful bundles

B. each person carries a bundle on each shoulder

C. different bundles contain different troubles

D. it is impossible for people to take their bundles down from their shoulders

3.What did the woman feel when she opened the bundle on her right shoulder?

A. Delighted. B. Moved. C. Depressed. D. Confused.

4.The story of the woman is to show that _____ .

A. dreaming a dream can save people’s life

B. the bundles on our shoulders can make us happy

C. attitude towards life plays an important role in people’s life

D. we must ignore the troubles in life

5.What do you think happened to the woman when she woke up?

A. She still felt depressed.

B. She committed suicide.

C. She looked for the keeper of the cave.

D. She didn’t want to end her life any more.

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析:文章通过一个妇女因为不堪生活的重负决定结束自己的生命,但是在梦中她梦见一个充满抱负的山洞和洞主,洞主的一番话让她对人生有了不一样的看法。

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My six-year-old came home from school this week with two envelopes. One was for a donation to help people in the Philippines. The other was to help hungry families have a Thanksgiving meal.

“I’ll put a check in each of these. Then you can add your own money from your piggy bank, okay?” I said, thinking he’d be so excited to put his own stamp on things.

“That’s okay, mom. You put money in. I don’t want to waste mine,” he sweetly sang as he colored. “I want to fill my bank all the way up.”

Ack! I guess I know what our dinnertime discussion will be about tonight, I thought.

I had figured that through watching his parents donate items, helping us take toys from time to time to needy kids and putting money in the basket at church, he would just understand why it was important to help people in need — and even want to do it himself.

But of course he doesn’t really understand yet. “There’s a big disconnect between the people ‘over there’ and my piggy bank,” said parenting educator Vicki Hoefle.

“There’s nothing wrong with the child. There’s just no connection.”

As for having that conversation immediately, or forcing my son to put money into the envelopes: “Try not to do it now,” Hoefle said. Teaching a child about donating their own money or toys or time to people in need “should be a gentle introduction into what we hope will be a way of life for our kids.”

She suggested these things to help children understand the importance of giving:

* Just talk about it. Then explore the issue from a perspective he can understand.

* Use the course of a year to introduce kids to opportunities. That way, they won’t be shocked when you ask them to stuff their own money into an envelope (like this writer just did).

* Pick a family charity for the year and have a conversation about how you all can help throughout the year.

* Think of this not as something you must teach, but as something to expose them to.

At her house, Hoefle said, “When you got something new, you gave something up.” Each birthday, her children would pick what toys they had outgrown and give them away. “There was a comfort in it. It just became a natural part of the kids’ lives.”

So I will fill those envelopes alone this time. But I’ll make sure he understands why they should be filled—gradually.

1.When the writer asked her son to give money to help the poor, he __________.

A. declined to donate

B. sang a sweet song

C. put all his money in a bank

D. seemed very surprised

2.Hoefle’s attitude towards children’s unwillingness to donate money can be best described as “_______”.

A. criticalB. tolerantC. positiveD. worried

3.Which of the following is Hoefle’s approach to educating kids about charity?

A. Giving courses about charity.

B. Setting a rule for children to give.

C. Inviting a lot of poor people home.

D. Giving children enough real life chances.

4.What can we learn about the writer from the passage?

A. She often makes donations for people in need.

B. She taught her son a lesson over dinner that evening.

C. She is at a loss as for what she should do next.

D. She invited a parenting educator home for advice.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Kids, please help those in need.

B. Why are kids unwilling to donate?

C. Kindness is lost in the young generation.

D. How can we help kids learn generosity?

 

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