It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade．Carmen found she couldn't see things 1 all the time．She became very worried, but she hoped 2 would know that．When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn't 3 ．But her mother's mind was made up．
Three days later．Carmen got new glasses and instructions 4 ．her doctor．"All of the kids will think I'm silly．" Carmen said．Her mother 5 and shook her head．"You look just as beautiful as before, she said．But Carmen didn't believe her．
The next day．Carmen kept the 6 in her pocket(口袋))as she walked into the schoolyard．She stood alone away from her friends, feeling 7 Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout．
Carmen ran over to the other girls．"What's the 8 ?" she asked．
"My ring is gone!" Theresa cried．"My sister sent it to me from California．It's very 9 and I can 't lose it．"
Carmen and her friends began to 10 the ring in the grassy area of the playground．Carmen realized that she could do better 11 she could see better．She took the glasses out and put them on．Everything looked so 12 ! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 13 ．It was the ring．
"Here it is," she shouted．She handed it to Theresa．
"Thanks, Carmen," she said．"I 14 thought we'd find it．" She paused(停顿)．“Hey, 1 didn’t know you wore glasses．They look great!"
Carmen had 15 that she was wearing the new glasses．“Thanks,” she replied．
"Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all．" Carmen thought．
If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them．If you don’t, you may get lost．If you get lost, this is what you shold do．Sit down and stay where you are．Don’t try to find your friends, let them find you．You can help them find you by staying in one place．There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you．You can shout or whistle(吹口哨)three times．Stop．Then shout or whistle three times again．Any signal(信号)given three times is a call for help．
Keep up shouting or whistling．Always three times together．When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun．They will let you know that they have heard your signal．They will give you two shouts or two whistles．When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help．
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches(树枝)．Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass．
When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it．Don’t just walk away．Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily．When you are lost, the most important things to do is to stay in one place．
(1)
If you get lost in the forest, you should ________．
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A．
try to find your friends
B．
stay in one place and give signals
C．
walk around the forest
D．
shout as loudly as possible
(2)
Which signal is a call for help?
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A．
Shouting here and there．
B．
Crying twice．
C．
Shouting or whistling three times together．
D．
Whistling every where in the forest．
(3)
When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that ________．
When I was about twelve years old, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings(缺点)．Week by week her list became 1 ：I was very short, and I wasn't a good student, I talked too much, and so on．I tried to stand all of these as long as I could．Finally, I became very 2 ．I ran to my father with tears in my eyes．
He listened to me 3 , and then asked, ‘ Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever 4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl's 5 ．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are 6 ．Pay no attention to the other things that she said．’
I did 7 he told me．To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true．Some of them I couldn't 8 , like being very short, but many of them I could．I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the 9 time I knew something about myself in a very clear way．
I brought the list back to my father．He 10 to take it．‘ That's just for you, ’ he said, ‘you know better than 11 else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to 12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt．When something 13 is said about you is true, you'll find that it will be of help to you．Our world is full of people who think that they know you．Don't shut your ears．Listen to all of them, 14 hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do．’ I have remembered my father's 15 at many important moments．I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life．
In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage．She 1 cabbage．She sat there in silence with tears(眼泪)in her eyes．
“Sindu, darling, why don't you 2 a little?Your Mom will shout at me．”
Sindu wiped(擦)her tears with the back of her hand．
“OK, Dad．I'll eat, just a 3 ．”Then Sindu said：“Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”
“Yes, within reason．”
4 she began to eat．It took her almost half an hour to finish the 5 ．Then she came up to me and said：“Dad, I want to have my head shaved(剃)!”
“Sindu, why don't you 6 something else?If we see you with a clean-shaven head, we will be 7 ,”I said．
“But, Dad, you 8 !Now, you are going back on your words．”
I had to 9 my promise．Sindu had all her hair cut off．She looked beautiful．
On Monday morning, I took her to school．Just as we 10 , a boy got out of a car, and shouted,“Sindu, please wait for me!”
Guess what?The boy had 11 hair either．
“Sir, your daughter is 12 !”A man got out of the car and said,“That boy is my son Harish．He has cancer．He lost his hair 13 he got ill．Sindu cut hers off, so Harish would feel less 14 ．She's a special girl．”
I stood for a while, then said“My little girl, you are 15 me how selfless(无私的)real love is!”
I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice．The look on his face said that one of us had done something 1 ．
“Which one of you did this?”
We all looked down at the 2 ．There was child’s handwriting in chalk there．I was filled with a lot of 3 ．I hoped no one could see it．Would he guess it was me?I was so worried．When he asked me, I lied,“Not me, Dad．”
The others denied(否认)it as well．Of course, we all knew that one of us 4 have done it．But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the truth．
To 5 who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil．“I want each of you to 6 exactly what you see on the step．”I tried my best to write the words 7 ．I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me．
He 8 our pieces of paper and looked at them．“ 9 none of you will admit(承认)to have done it, then I will punish you all．”I stood there and said nothing．The last thing I wanted was for Dad to 10 me!
“I did it．”My sister stepped forward and said 11 had done something she hadn’t．She was grounded for a month．
We didn’t talk about that day for man years．Not until we were all older and I knew it was 12 to finally tell my dad it was really me．I always felt sorry because of it．That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me．