I walked up to the counter.Behind it was a lady with glasses on the tip of her nose and gray hair on her head.

"Excuse me," I said.She looked up."You're that Clements kid," she said."I'm Miss Bee.Come closer and let me get a look at you." She pushed her glasses up her nose."I can describe you to the police if something goes missing from the store."

"I'm not a thief!" I was shocked.I was seven,too young to be a thief!

"From what I can see,you're not much of anything.But I can tell you've got potential." She went back to reading her newspaper.

"I need to get these."I said,holding up my list."So? Go get them."Miss Bee pointed to a sign on the screen door. "I'm not your servant,so I suggest you get yourself a basket and start filling."

I visited Miss Bee several times a week that summer.Sometimes she short-changed me.Other times she overcharged. "That can of beans is only twenty nine cents" I corrected her one afternoon.I had watched the numbers change on the cash register closely,and Miss Bee had added 35 cents.She didn't seem embarrassed.She just looked at me over her glasses and fixed the price.

But she ever let me declare victory.All summer long she found ways to play tricks on me.No sooner had I learned how to pronounce bicarbonate of soda(小苏打)and memorized its location on the shelf than Miss Bee rearranged the shelve and made me hunt for it all over again.

One day before I left,she said,"I know what you think of me,but I don't care! Each of us is put on this earth for a reason.I believe my job is to teach every child I meet life lessons.When you get older you'll be glad our paths crossed!"Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd...

Until one day my daughter asked me to finish her math problems. "If I do it for you,how will you ever learn to do it yourself?" I said.Suddenly,I remembered the lady Miss Bee.

1.The girl felt when Miss Bee implied she could be a thief.

A. surprised B. shocked

C. puzzled D. annoyed

2.We can infer from Paragraph 6 that Miss Bee .

A. showed no care about her mistakes

B. made the girl learn to double-check

C. was always playing tricks on the girl

D. was careless and dishonest to do business

3.It can be learned from the passage that Miss Bee .

A. knew her job was to help every child she met

B. asked the girl to shop by herself to test her honesty

C. taught the girl many lessons but she didn't understand

D. rearranged the shelves to teach the girl to be changeable

4.Which is NOT the lesson the writer learnt from shopping?

A. Treat others kindly and politely.

B. Don't be so quick to judge others.

C. The best teachers aren't only in school.

D. Try our best though the task seems beyond us.

Honeybees can do three kinds of jobs.

It is one of the most unusual insects in the world. Bees are special because they divide up their honeybee work. Each bee has a certain job to do.

The busiest bee is the worker. Workers build the nest, called a hive. Inside the hive, workers make a honeycomb from wax(蜂蜡). They store honey there for food. Workers are always cleaning and fixing the hive. They even stand at the opening and fan their wings to cool the hive. Worker bees will attack anything—even people—to keep their hive safe, if need.

Another kind of bee is the drone(雄蜂). Drones are male bees, and their job is to fly with the queen bee and mate with her. After the queen mates, the worker bees drive the drones away. The drones then starve to death.

The third kind of bee is the queen. Each hive needs only one queen, and her job is laying eggs. She can lay as many as 2, 000 eggs a day.

1.The bee’s nest is called a _______.

A. hive B. honeycomb

C. drone D. wax

2.Which jobs do workers do?

A. They lay 2, 000 eggs each day and build a nest.

B. They mate with the queen bee and then starve.

C. They clean the hive and keep it cool.

D. They attack the queen bee.

3.The drone is driven away when its job is finished, because _______.

A. it attacked the workers B. the queen bee has died

C. it is no longer needed in the hive D. it ate the queen bee

4.According to the story, bees _______.

A. are very dangerous insects

B. will attack anything or anyone to protect the hive, if necessary

C. are like any other insect that flies

D. eat each other as food

China Daily hit the press for the first time 35 years ago. Over the past three decades, we have struggled to bring the story of China to the world and to bring the world to China.

To celebrate the 35 anniversary(周年纪念) of China Daily, we are inviting readers from all around the world to share with us their special story. The story could center on anything about you and China Daily. It can be about a news story that touched you a lot that you still remember; it could be about an opinion piece that changed your understanding of China and its people; or it could be about photos that convinced you to visit China.

Who is invited

Foreigners with something to say about  China Daily. Anyone familiar with China Daily is welcome to participate.

What to write

Anything that you read or saw in China Daily could be your subject. For instance, your impression of China Daily, how China Daily changed your perception(理解,看法), how China Daily helped you develop a deeper understanding of Chinese culture.

How to join

Send your work (preferably with one or two photos) to readers@chinadaily.com.cn

Requirements 

At least 300 words and one photo (50k) related to your story. More words and photos are encouraged. Please caption your photos with information such as who, what, where and when. Of course, if you can shoot a video and send it to us, it would be better.

Deadline 

May 10, 2016.

Rewards 

If the article is chosen, we will promote it on the China Daily website and on China Daily’s official Weibo and WeChat(微信)accounts.

Contact us if you have questions:

Office number: 010-84883694, 010-84883574

Email: readers@chinadaily.com.cn

1.According to the text, what can we learn about China Daily?

A. It only brings stories from foreign countries.

B. It has been published for 35 years up to now.

C. It has helped lots of foreigners learn Chinese.

D. It makes its readers touched by Chinese culture.

2.If you intend to contribute an article, which of the following topics will you probably choose?

A. Readers’ impression of Chinese culture.

B. How to improve our spoken English.

C. The development of foreign culture.

D. The bright future of China Daily.

3.According to the text, where can you probably read the chosen articles?

A. China Daily’s newspaper.

B. China Daily’s overseas edition.

C. China Daily’s WeChat.

D. Readers@chinadaily.com.cn

4.What’s the purpose of this text?

A. To attract more readers of China Daily.

B. To draw readers’ attention to China Daily.

C. To increase China Daily’s sales.

D. To celebrate China Daily’s birthday.

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