A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s   36 , she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher   37  his mother and he felt   38  of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that   39  nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   40  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were   41  by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother   
  42  the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and   43  himself from everyone. He did, however, get within hearing of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked   44  , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “   45  my son was a baby, he was in a room that   46  fire. Everyone was   47  afraid to go in because the fire was   48 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself   49  him trying to protect him. I was knocked   50  but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us. ” She   51  the burned side of her face. “This scar will be   52 , but to this day, I have never   53  what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He   54  her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand   55  for the rest of the day.

One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a   36   bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill ? ” Hands were   37  . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the   38 . He then asked the audience, “   39  still wants it ?” Still the hands went  40  in the air.
“ What   41  I do this? ” He asked, and he  42  it on the ground, and started to step on it. He   43  it up. Now the bill was  44  and crumpled. “ Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up.
“My friends,” He continued, “You have all  45   a good lesson . No matter   46  I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its  47  . It was still worth $20. Many times in our   48 , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes  49  wrong decisions, or we may   50  with something we do not   51 .When that happens, we feel depressed and think we are   52 . But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not   53  what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget ‘the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside   54  , but on its inner value.’ This is the   55  of life.

I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He  1  to be walking with a great effort, trying to be as  2  as possible.
A few minutes after he disappeared into the   3 , he came running toward the house again. I went back to making sandwiches,   4  that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later,  5 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods.
 6 curiosity, I walked out and followed him on his journey. He was  7  both hands in front of him as he walked, being  8  not to spill the water he held in them. I secretly walked   9  behind him as he went into the woods and I saw the most amazing  10  .
Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I almost  11   at him to get away. A huge male deer with elaborate（精美的）antlers was   12  close. But they didn’t even move as Billy   13  . And I saw a small deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from   14 and extreme heat, lift its head  15  to drink the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.
It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of  16 . You know, we hadn’t had any rain for three months and our crops were   17 . As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly   18  by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was  19  God was moved to weep. The rain came that day and saved our farm, just like the  20  of one little boy who saved another.

Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回忆录）of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.

Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.

Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.

Tyler became well-known nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.

Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent（独立的）spirit in their work.

Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives（目标）that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools. 68. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?

   A. Top managers.                           B. Language learners.

   C. Serious educators.                      D. Science organizations.

69. The words “hooked oh teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.

   A. attracted to teaching                   B. tired of teaching

   C. satisfied with teaching                 D. unhappy about teaching

70. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?

   A. The University of Chicago.         B. Stanford University.

   C. Ohio State University.                 D. Nebraska University.

71. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because ____________.

   A. he developed a new method of testing        B. he called for free spirit in research

   C. he was still active in giving advice                    D. he still led the Eight-Year Study

The young boy saw me, or rather, he saw the car and quickly ran up to me, eager to sell his bunches of bananas and bags of peanuts. Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already known the bitterness of life. “Bananas 300 naira. Peanuts 200 naira.” He said in a low voice. I bargained him down to 200 total for the fruit and nuts. When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill. He didn’t have change, so I told him not to worry. He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth.

When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I was more aware of my position in a society where it’s not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the corner selling fruit in the burning sun. My parents had raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the responsibility it brought to us. I pulled over and rolled down my window. He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready. I waved them away. “What’s up?” I asked him. “I … I don’t have money to buy books for school.” I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh 500 naira bills. “Will this help?” I asked. He looked around nervously before taking the money. One thousand naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year. “Thank you, sir,” he said．“Thank you very much!”

When driving home, I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for schoolbooks. What if he’s a swindler? And then I wondered why I did it. Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later, I realized that I didn’t know his name or the least bit about him, nor did I think to ask.

Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria. Sometime after I returned, I went out for a drive. When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window with a big smile ready on his face.

“Oh, gosh! Long time.”

“Are you in school now?” I asked. He nodded. “That’s good,” I said. A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted. “Here,” I held out a 500 naira bill. “Take this.” He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “It’s a gift.” He shook his head again and brought his hand from behind his back. His face shone with sweat. He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said, “I’ve been waiting to give these to you.”

1.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _________.

A．the boy was greedy

B．the boy had suffered a lot

C．the boy was in bad need of money

D．the boy was good at bargaining

2.The second time the author met the boy, the boy _________.

A．told him his purpose of selling fruit and nuts

B．wanted to express his thanks

C．asked him for money for his schoolbooks

D．tried to take advantage of him

3.The author gave his money to the boy because _________.

A．he wanted to make himself feel better

B．he had learnt to help others since childhood

C．he held a higher position in the society

D．his parents asked him to do so

4.What does the underlined word “swindler” mean?

A．troublemaker      B．beggar            C．thief             D．cheat

5.Which of the following best describes the boy?

A．Brave and polite．                      B．Kind and smart.

C．Honest and thankful．                   D．Shy and nervous.