Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly. “Hi, Bob!” They said. But some students said, “Hi, Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked another student, “ Why do some students call me Peter?”
“Oh, that is easy to answer,” the student said. “Peter was a student here last year. Now, he goes to a different school. You like Peter. Some students think that you are Peter.”
Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address(地址) from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his   eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same color eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday.
Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. They both were adopted(领养) by two different families. Soon after the boys born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob, either.
【小题1】Bob didn’t understand why __________.

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building only was a few feet away from mine. They was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

    That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because __________.

    A. the woman’s window was dirty         B. the writer’s window was dirty

    C. the woman lived nearby               D. the writer was near-sighted

2.The writer was surprised that _________.

    A. the woman was sitting by her window  B. the woman’s window was still terrible

    C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon  D. the woman’s window was clean

3. “It dawned on me” probably means “_______”.

    A. I began to understand it             B. it cheered me up

    C. I knew it grew light                 D. it began to get dark

4.It’s clear that ________.

    A. the writer had never met the woman before    B. the writer often washed the window

    C. they both worked as cleaners         D. they lived in a small town

5.From the passage, we can learn _______.

    A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often

    B. one should often make his windows clean

    C. one must judge himself before he judges others

    D. one must look at others through his dirty windows.

Ben Jones was walking home from school one day when he saw a black cat. It was walking across the street in front of him. Ben stopped, turned around, and walked down a different street to go home. Why did he do that?
“It’s unlucky when a black cat crosses the street in front of you,” says Ben, “I did not want to walk down that street!”
Many people think that some things bring bad luck or good luck. For example, some people think that 13 is an unlucky number. They never invite 13 people to a party.
“I never walk under a ladder(梯子),” says Ben. “And I never open an umbrella inside the house. They both bring bad luck.”
And what brings good luck? “We have a horseshoe over the front door of our house for good luck,” says Ben.
“And when I find a penny on the ground, I always pick it up. That brings me good luck all day!”
【小题1】Why did Ben turn around when he saw the black cat crossing the street?
A. Because he thought it was unlucky.   
B. Because he disliked a black cat.
C. Because he was afraid of the cat.
【小题2】In western countries, which number do some people think is unlucky?
A. 4       B. 10       C. 13
【小题3】Which of the following things can bring people good luck?
A. Opening an umbrella inside the house.     
B.  Walking under a ladder.
C. Picking up a penny on the ground.
【小题4】Where does Ben’s family have a horseshoe?
A. Over the front door.  
B. Inside the house.  
C. Under a ladder.
【小题5】Which is the best title of the passage?
A. A black cat.           
B. Good luck and bad luck.
C. Good things can bring good luck.

1Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子)

1.They both are editors of the school newspaper. (改为否定句)

_____ of them ______ an editor of the school newspaper.

2.Lucy will leave for London on business in three days. (对划线部分提问)

______ ______ will Lucy leave for London on business?

3.The students watched a very exciting match yesterday. (改为感叹句)

_____ ______exciting match yesterday.

4.Mr. Brown manages a large Disneyland Park in Japan. (保持句意基本不变)

Mr. Brown is  _____ _____of a large Disneyland Park in Japan.

5.If I don’t finish my homework, my mother will not allow me to play computer games. (保持句意基本不变)

I won’t be _______to play computer games_____ I finish my homework.

6.The scientists store a lot of information in the computers every day. (改为被动语态)

Much information _____ _____ in the computers every day.

7.”Have you got ready for the final exam?” Our class teacher asked the students. (合并一句)

Our class teacher asked us _____ we _____got ready for the final exams.