题目内容
What a beautiful picture you’ve drawn!
A．Not at all
B．Thank you．
C．You’re great．
D．I’m proud of you．
There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave hack.
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.
I looked forward to the return journey.
【小题1】The author expected the train trip to be
| A．adventurous | B．pleasant |
| C．exciting | D．dull |
| A．The friendly country people. |
| B．The mountains along the way. |
| C．The crowds of people in the streets. |
| D．The simple lunch served on the train. |
| A．choose | B．enjoy |
| C．prepare for | D．carry on |
| A．Johore Baru. | B．The Causeway. |
| C．Butterworth. | D．Singapore. |
| A．Comfort in traveling by train. |
| B．Pleasure of living in the country. |
| C．Reading gives people delight. |
| D．Smiles brighten people up. |
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| My 8-year-old daughter is experimenting with kindness and smiles. She has been making her own colourful smile cards and 1 packs her pockets with them when we go out. She makes them very 2 . And she takes great pride in her 3 , which she really loves. Last Sunday, I 4 her shopping with me. My daughter packed her pockets with 20 of her 5 smile cards. She was 6 to see John, who is an elderly man. We see him from time to time and he is very happy and 7 . So we can't help feeling good 8 to him. John wasn't at the store on Sunday, so my daughter 9 it would be a good idea to distribute her smile cards to others in the shop. As much as I have taught her about stranger danger, I have also talked to her about strangers being potential 10 . So, after asking my 11 , she proceeded to give her cards to various people. The biggest 12 I think she got from our shopping trip came when she had run out of cards. She was 13 by a woman with two babies. Then the babies were crying and the woman was looking 14 . My daughter smiled at her and the young mother smiled back. She came to me and said, "Mom, I just realized 15 . You don't need cards to make someone 16 . All you need to do is make eye contact and smile into their 17 and they will smile back." What a beautiful lesson my daughter 18 me of. It is so 19 for us to make eye contact with people every day. To make a joke or to 20 a friendly words or two to a stranger or to say hello to a stranger …… and you are never too young (or old) to experiment with kindness and smiles. | ||||
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