题目内容
It_____John and Mike that I met in the library yesterday afternoon.
A.was B.were C.had been D.would be
A
One morning in Philadelphia, the sun shone bright through all the thick jungles and the tall churches. John, 6, wearing the worn-out clothes, walked from a far place, his dark small hands holding a piece of stolen bread.
John stopped for a moment at the entrance to the church and then left tightly holding the bread,
He was an orphan(孤儿), whose parents were killed in World War II leaving him alone in the orphanage for five years, Like many children in the house, he had a lot of free time. Mostly no one took care of them, so they had to learn how to steal those they wanted.
John believed God to be real, so every Sunday morning in any case he would go to the church to have a look and listen to those people singing inside or reading the Bible. He felt only at this moment he was the child of God and so close to God. But he couldn’t enter because his clothes were so dirty. John himself knew it.
John was quietly calculating the times. This was his 45th Sunday at the entrance to the church. He stood on tiptoe(踮着脚尖) for a while and walked away.
As time passed, the pastor(牧师) noticed John and learned from others that he was the small boy who liked stealing things in the orphanages.
On the 46th Sunday, the sun was shining and John came still holding a piece of bread with his dark small hands. When he just stood there, the pastor came out. He felt like running away, but he was carried by the pastor's friendly smile.
The pastor walked up to his side, clearly seeing John's small hands shaking.
"Are you John?"
John didn't answer, but looked at the pastor and nodded.
"Do you believe in God?" the pastor patted John on his head with dust.
"Yes, I do!" This time John told him loudly.
"So you believe in yourself?"
John looked at the pastor, without a word.
The pastor went on saying, "At the first sight of you, I find you're different from other kids because you have a good heart."
His face turning red, John said nervously, "In fact, I'm a thief." With that, he lowered his head.
The pastor didn't speak, but held John's dark small hands, slowly opened them and put them against his wrinkled face.
"Ah" Just at the same time, John shouted and was about to take out his dark small hands. Yet the pastor tightly held his small hands and spread them out in the sun.
"Do you see, John?"
"What?"
"You're cupping the sunshine in your hands."
John blankly looked at his hands: when did they become so beautiful?
"In God's eyes, all children are the same. When they are willing to spread out their hands to greet the sun, the sun will naturally shine on them. And you have two things more than they do. First is courage and the second is kindness." With that, the pastor led him into the church. It was the first time that John went into this sacred place, and at this moment he didn't feel inferior, but the unspeakable warmth.
On that morning greeting the sunshine, John found himself again, along with the confidence, satisfaction, happiness, dreams he had never had.
Twenty years have passed. Now the boy who ever tightly held the bread with his dirt hands has been the most famous cook in Philadelphia and made many popular dishes.
Every Sunday morning, he would personally send the bread he baked to the orphanage. Those children who greeted him with cheers were used to consciously spreading their palms before they got the bread.
Because they all knew when we are willing to spread out our hands to greet the sunshine, the sun will naturally shine on us.
【小题1】The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph is ______________
A.presenting contrasts (对比) | B.showing causes (原因) |
C.offering analyses | D.providing explanations |
A.He was frightened to be recognized by the pastor |
B.He was not welcomed by those singing in the church. |
C.He was sorry for his dirty clothes and identity as a thief. |
D.He was left alone in the orphanage and nobody cared for him. |
A.“Are you John?" | B."Do you see, John?" |
C."So you believe in yourself?" | D."Do you believe in God?" |
A.John became a famous cook. |
B.John admitted his bad behavior. (行为) |
C.John believed God to be real |
D.John spread warmth to other orphans. |
A.cheers and confidence | B.dreams and imagination |
C.courage and kindness | D.forgiveness and satisfaction |
1. Summer came early to Middlesbrough yesterday, as temperatures shot up to 22°C (71°F), a record for March. But local NFU agent Jim Wilkes says it could be bad news for farmers. “The crops will think it's summer,” he told our reporter, “and start sprouting (发芽) four weeks before time.”
2. The death toll (死亡人数) of the Burnside train crash rose to four yesterday when John Phillips, 32, of Petersville died in Wallsend Hospital. Another six people are still on the danger list. Mr. Phillips, an electrical engineer leaves a wife and two children.
3. China and the United States reached an agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights (知识产权) yesterday, after difficult marathon talks.
The agreement is good news for all parties concerned. The Chinese Foreign Trade Minister described the agreement as a "turning point" in Sino-US trade relations that "promises further progress" in the future. The agreement will not only favorably influence trade relations between China and the United States. It may favorably influence the overall relations between the two countries.
【小题1】What do you get to know from article 1?
A.It is as cold as usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased. |
B.It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased. |
C.It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried. |
D.It is colder than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried. |
A.Only John Phillips has died. |
B.Ten people have died in the crash, including John Phillips. |
C.Four people have died in the crash, including John Phillips. |
D.John Phillips, his wife and children all died in the crash. |
A.Petersville and Wallsend. | B.An electrical engineer and John Phillips. |
C.John Phillips' wife and two children. | D.Another six people who were on the train. |
A.It is an agreement on a marathon race. |
B.It is an agreement on trade relations. |
C.It is an agreement on overall relations. |
D.It is an agreement on intellectual property rights protection. |
A.Relations between China and the United States are going to be sometimes worse and sometimes better. |
B.Relations between China and the United States are going to be better. |
C.Relations between China and the United States are going to be worse. |
D.Relations between China and the United States are going to remain the same. |
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers(剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. “Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behaviour,” says family psychologist John Taylor. “Children,” he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness and a desire to feel safe. It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.”
When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”
So for the sake of the children, parents should be strict with them in a suitable way and get more knowledge to be good parents.
Title: 1
Kinds | ? 2.______ bossy children with an inheritable trait; ? developed bossy children. | |
Behaviors | ? having a strong need to make decisions; ? 3.______; ? leading rather than following; ? not 4.______ at home. | |
5.______ | Children | Parents |
? fear(the basic cause) ? 6.______ ? a desire to feel safe | ? weakness, hesitation and disagreement with each other; ? less power over the children; ? 7.______ about parenting skills. | |
Influences | ? having trouble dealing with others or keeping friends; ? feeling 8.______. | |
9. ______ for parents | ? being strict with children in a suitable way; ? providing protection; ? learning to be 10.______. |