Driving to a store after a busy day at work, I saw a man standing near the store holding a sign that said, “Will work for food.” I knew at that moment that I was going into the store and   36   him something to eat.

   As I   37   the car park, I saw in my car mirror a lady come out from a hairdresser’s and 38   the man. I thought she must be going to give him some   39   or something to help him out. In the store I was   40   to get the things I needed and also the chicken dinner and a soda that I wanted to give the man outside. I hurried out to my car and   41   that I was going to be able to hopefully help this man.

When I drove out of the car park, I couldn’t see the   42  . As I turned the corner I saw the man sitting in a   43   area away from the hairdresser’s and still   44   up the sign. I immediately   45   over and gave the man the dinner and soda and said, “  46   this will get you through today.” He looked at me and said, “Thank you so much!”

As I got back into my car, I looked in the   47   and saw the man swallowing the dinner as if he hadn’t eaten for days.

I was so   48   that I was able to help him and at the same time I was so sad that the woman from the hairdresser’s,   49  , had asked the man to   50   from her shop. It’s sad to say that   51   I live in a small city where homeless is not as   52   as in larger cities, people are uncomfortable with these people in   53  . All they need to do is lend a helping hand  54   and it could make a huge   55   in their lives.

1.A. cook                     B. buy                   C. pay                            D. serve

2.A. turned into     B. got over            C. called at                     D. pointed out

3.A. interview        B. comfort             C. blame                    D. approach

4.A. example         B. space                C. money                           D. comfort

5.A. preparing              B. hurrying            C. hesitating                   D. planning

6.A. explained              B. wondered          C. agreed                     D. felt 

7.A. man               B. food                 C. lady                           D. sign

8.A. different         B. strange              C. famous                       D.comfortable

9.A. making          B. holding            C. taking                    D. building

10.A. turned          B. thought             C. pulled                    D. looked

11.A. Hopefully     B. Finally              C. Luckily                      D. Naturally

12.A. store                   B. mirror               C. square                  D. crowd

13.A. popular        B. anxious             C. pleased                    D. patient

14.A. immediately  B. obviously          C. carefully                    D. nervously

15.A. stop                    B. suffer                C. move                         D. change

16.A. whether        B. because          C. though                           D. unless

17.A. poor                    B. visible               C. selfish                     D. happy

18.A. danger          B. action               C. need                          D. moment

19.A. at times        B. at the time         C. at one time              D. at a time

20.A. difference     B. mistake          C. decision                     D. living

 

When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring hack at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art. 

“Now go clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.  

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1.What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

      A. To introduce Stephanie to her.             B. To prevent her from seeing his painting. 

      C. To put the materials back in the yard.       D. To show his artwork to her.

2. In his mother’s eyes, the writer_______.

      A. was a born artist                        B. always caused trouble

      C. was a problem solver                    D. worked very hard

3.The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

      A. the rainbow in the sky                   B. the stripes on the pavement

      C. something imaginative and fun            D. important lessons learned in childhood

4.It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.

      A. encourage children to paint               B. value friendship among children

      C. discover the hidden talent in children       D. protect rather than destroy children’s dreams

 

The summer I was ten,my mother decided to bring us to the world of art.My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant.What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum.Before each visit to the museum,she made us read about artists and painting styles(风格).It was almost as bad as being in school.Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?

First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人)and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum.My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny,but I was not interested.Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing.We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly(卷曲的)hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings.I certainly couldn’t see what was so great about art.

On our last visit to the museum,something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary.In it,a woman was reading to a child.The colors were soft and gentle,and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child.I couldn’t stop looking at this painting!I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made!It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.

1.The aim of the mother’s plan was to ________.

A.take them to visit the museum

B.introduce them to the world of art

C.ask them to read about artists

D.show them different painting styles

2.What was the writer’s experience in the museum before the last visit?

A.She came to feel her mother’s love.

B.She liked many paintings.

C.She hardly enjoyed herself.

D.She could understand the pictures of fat babies.

3.What made the writer go through a change that summer?

A.One of Mary’s paintings.

B.A strange way of painting.

C.Artists in the Middle Ages.

D.Her mother’s instruction.

4.From the text,we can see________.

A.the importance of curiosity

B.the effect of art

C.the value of learning

D.the power of family education

 

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