题目内容
This is a story of a man who works in a big factory. He was a little bit strange, I think. A little bit short. A little bit dirty. He always wore an old red hat and he always carried a rubbish bag. He usually spent his break time and his lunchtime by walking around in that old big factory to collect the unused tins scattered around the place.
I have been following him for years and years, does not matter it is hot or cold. I followed him whenever he walks to his old pick-up car in a very cold weather when the snow fell down onto the earth.
I saw him there, with a lot of rubbish bags, which were full of tins. He threw them into the back of his car then he got into the car. After that, I got into my car as well and we were raced until we reached the exit door of this wide, empty parking area.
Today, I was fixing one of the broken machines in the factory when this “tin man” came with his bag. As usual, he picked up the tins. My manager was standing there to watch me. He was worried about the delay caused by the machine that could affect the production in the factory.
When I finished my job, I heard my manager asked the “tin man” about what he was going to do with those tins that he had collected. I never even thought about this kind of question, because I always had an assumption that this “tin man” would destroy those tins in the recycled place.
Unexpectedly, this “tin man” answered, “I will give these tins to my neighbor; he had epilepsy(癫痫)and he can not work. ”
I was so shocked to hear that, so I asked him, “You mean you collect all those tins just to help your neighbor?”
“I know this does not help much”, he said. “But I give everything to him, because he can not work. He has a lot of weaknesses. ”
Right in that factory, I found myself slapped in front of Jesus. This “tin man” who only wore a T-shirt and an old red hat and carried a rubbish bag, which were full of tins, has made an evident (显然) of Christ.
It was the most beautiful moment in my life, which had made me humble (谦恭的) every day in my lifetime.
“Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1. The author never asked the “tin man” what he would do with the tins because _________.
A. the tin man was a little bit strange, short and dirty
B. the author knew what he would do with the tins
C. the author had been following him for years and years
D. the author considered him an ordinary tin collector
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author raced his car with the tin man for the parking place.
B. The tin man collected abandoned tins to help his sick neighbor.
C. The tin man’s neighbor depended completely on him for life.
D. The manager was worried that the tin man would delay the production.
3. What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean?
A. The author was slapped in front of Jesus so he felt humble every day in his lifetime.
B. The author felt humble because he had never found a man who made an evident of Christ.
C. It was a moment when the author felt regretful because he had rejected the tin man.
D. It was a beautiful moment when the author realized he should be humble to others in his lifetime.
4. Which of the following sayings best suits the lesson of the story?
A. Never judge a book by its cover.
B. A candle lights others and consumes itself.
C. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
D. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
1-4 DBDA
Let children learn to judge their own. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Little by little, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s, in the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught—to walk, run, climb, ride a bicycle—compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in doing such work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
1.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is ___
A.to listen to skilled people’s advice |
B.to ask older people many questions |
C.to make mistakes and have them corrected |
D.to do what other people do |
2.According to the writer, teachers in school should ___
A.allow children to learn from each other |
B.point out children’s mistakes whenever they are found |
C.correct children’s mistakes as possible as they can |
D.give children more book knowledge |
3.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should not do?
A.Give children correct answers |
B.allow children to make mistakes |
C.Point out children’s mistakes |
D.Let children judge their own work |
4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ___.
A.different from learning other skills |
B.the same as learning other skills |
C.more important than other skills |
D.not really important skills |
It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry , but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:“Take this to the butcher(* person whose job is selling meat)and he's going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himeself,“This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite .
A.cruelly |
B.fairly |
C.kindly |
D.friendly |
2.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it .
A.might do it much harm |
B.could do it much good |
C.would help the butcher |
D.was worth many pounds |
3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
A.before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith |
B.when he found that the words on the paper were not clear |
C.because he had sold out all the meat in his shop |
D.until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith |
4.From its experience, the dog found that .
A.only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat |
B.the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it |
C.Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher |
D.a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat |
5.At the end of the story, you'll find that .
A.the dog was clever enough to write on the paper |
B.the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more |
C.the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog |
D.the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal |