“How was school, Ben?” I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten(幼儿园) this year. “The work is too long… and there’s not enough time to play,” he replied.

I couldn’t help but remember Ben’s own mother, my daughter, Jane, and her reaction(反应) to the first day of school. Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister. My three-year-old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus, “I want to go ‘sool’ and you not let me!”

When Julie returned home that afternoon, I asked her the same question that I asked Ben, “How was school, Julie?” Julie replied, “I didn’t learn to read today.”

This year as the school bus passed my house, my mind went back to those school days again. I could almost smell the chalk dust in the air. I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean. It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty. This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together while sneezing and coughing. No wonder so many babies now have allergies(过敏症), and it’s simply because we all have chalk dust in our lungs!

On the first day of school, the expectation was so great that I would be ready long before it was time to leave for school. We didn’t have backpacks because we had cigar boxes. We carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores. We saved the cigar boxes and used them from year to year until they fell apart.

The first day of school was exciting. It was a new beginning. The doors of knowledge had been opened. The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember. It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so “there isn’t enough time to play”.

1.Why did Jane become angry according to the passage?

A．Because she didn’t learn to read on the first day of school.

B．Because there was too much work for her to do at school.

C．Because she had no time to play at school.

D．Because she was not allowed to go to school.

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that       .

A．the author was thinking of her school days jokingly

B．the author warned students against the harm of chalk dust

C．the author suffered from an allergy because of chalk dust

D．the author doubted whether her lungs had chalk dust

3.In the opinion of the author, the first day of school is        .

A．a day when a child is the happiest

B．a day when a child does much work

C．the beginning of great learning

D．the end of childhood full of toys

“How was school, Ben?” I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten(幼儿园) this year. “The work is too long… and there’s not enough time to play,” he replied.
I couldn’t help but remember Ben’s own mother, my daughter, Jane, and her reaction(反应) to the first day of school. Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister. My three-year-old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus, “I want to go ‘sool’ and you not let me!”
When Julie returned home that afternoon, I asked her the same question that I asked Ben, “How was school, Julie?” Julie replied, “I didn’t learn to read today.”
This year as the school bus passed my house, my mind went back to those school days again. I could almost smell the chalk dust in the air. I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean. It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty. This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together while sneezing and coughing. No wonder so many babies now have allergies(过敏症), and it’s simply because we all have chalk dust in our lungs!
On the first day of school, the expectation was so great that I would be ready long before it was time to leave for school. We didn’t have backpacks because we had cigar boxes. We carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores. We saved the cigar boxes and used them from year to year until they fell apart.
The first day of school was exciting. It was a new beginning. The doors of knowledge had been opened. The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember. It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so “there isn’t enough time to play”.
【小题1】Why did Jane become angry according to the passage?

“How was school，Ben？” I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten (幼儿园) this year.“The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play，” he replied.

I couldn’t help but remember Ben’s own mother，my daughter，Jane，and her reaction (反应) to the first day of school.Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister.“I want to go ‘sool’and you not let me！” my three­year­old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus.

When Julie returned home that afternoon I asked her the same question that I asked Ben，“How was school，Julie？” Julie replied，“I didn’t learn to read today.”

This year as the school bus went by my house，my mind went back to those school days again.I could almost smell the chalk dust in the air.I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean.It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty.This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together while sneezing and coughing.No_wonder_so_many_babies_now_have_allergies_(过敏症)，it’s_simply_because_we_all_have_chalk_dust_in_our_lungs!

On the first day of school，the expectation was so great that I would ready long before it was time to leave for school.We didn’t miss having backpacks because we had cigar boxes.We carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores.We saved the cigar boxes and used them from year to year until they fell apart.

The first day of school was exciting.It was a new beginning.The doors of knowledge had been opened.The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember.It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood behind and so “there isn’t enough time to play”．

No matter how old we get，nor how much we learn，it still seems like “The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play.”

60．Why did Jane become angry according to the passage?

A．Because she didn’t learn to read on the first day of school.

B．Because there was too much work for her to do at school.

C．Because she had no time to play at school.

D．Because she wasn’t allowed to go to school.

61．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that________.

A．the author was thinking of her school days jokingly

B．the author warned students against the harm of chalk dust

C．the author suffered from an allergy because of chalk dust

D．the author doubted whether her lungs had chalk dust

62．In the opinion of the author，the first day of school is________.

A．a day when a child is the happiest

B．a day when a child does much work

C．the beginning of great learning

D．the end of childhood full of toys

63．Which of the following may the author agree with?

A．Children have too much homework to do now.

B．Teachers should make their classes interesting on the first day of school.

C．School days haven’t changed over years.

D．People never have enough time to play once they start school.

“How was school，Ben？” I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten (幼儿园) this year.“The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play，” he replied.

I couldn’t help but remember Ben’s own mother，my daughter，Jane，and her reaction (反应) to the first day of school.Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister.“I want to go ‘sool’and you not let me！” my three?year?old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus.

When Julie returned home that afternoon I asked her the same question that I asked Ben，“How was school，Julie？” Julie replied，“I didn’t learn to read today.”

This year as the school bus went by my house，my mind went back to those school days again.I could almost smell the chalk dust in the air.I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean.It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty.This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together while sneezing and coughing.No_wonder_so_many_babies_now_have_allergies_(过敏症)，it’s_simply_because_we_all_have_chalk_dust_in_our_lungs!

On the first day of school，the expectation was so great that I would ready long before it was time to leave for school.We didn’t miss having backpacks because we had cigar boxes.We carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores.We saved the cigar boxes and used them from year to year until they fell apart.

The first day of school was exciting.It was a new beginning.The doors of knowledge had been opened.The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember.It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood behind and so “there isn’t enough time to play”．

No matter how old we get，nor how much we learn，it still seems like “The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play.”

50．Why did Jane become angry according to the passage?

A．Because she didn’t learn to read on the first day of school.

B．Because there was too much work for her to do at school.

C．Because she had no time to play at school.

D．Because she wasn’t allowed to go to school.

51．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that________.

A．the author was thinking of her school days jokingly

B．the author warned students against the harm of chalk dust

C．the author suffered from an allergy because of chalk dust

D．the author doubted whether her lungs had chalk dust

52．In the opinion of the author，the first day of school is________.

A．a day when a child is the happiest

B．a day when a child does much work

C．the beginning of great learning

D．the end of childhood full of toys

53．Which of the following may the author agree with?

A．Children have too much homework to do now.

B．Teachers should make their classes interesting on the first day of school.

C．School days haven’t changed over years.

D．People never have enough time to play once they start school.

Prince was a dog. His owner, Julie, was an exchange student from Singapore. She had found him lying in the street, cold and hungry. _36_ her apartment’s no pets rule, she rescued him and took him in. but after several weeks of hiding the __37_ dog, she brought him to our house.

“Just for a couple of weeks,” she  38  me, “until I can figure something else out.”

But after several weeks, Julie asked us to keep her dog forever. Of course, she didn’t have to push too hard  39  we had all fallen in love with this little dog.  40  , we weren’t too crazy about his name. “Prince”  41  so formal. It was more like the  42  of a German shepherd (德国牧羊犬). Although we all  43  to come up with a name more fitting, we seemed to be stuck with “Prince”.

Before long Prince showed some of his princely  44  to our family. It started when our younger son Luke was sick in bed. Prince didn’t usually go  45  where the boys’ rooms were. He usually  46  to me like glue since I was the one who fed him. But on that  47  day, when I went upstairs to check Luke’s fever, I found that Prince was  48  beside my sick boy. He didn’t leave Luke’s side until Luke began feeling better.

The same thing happened  49  . Whenever anyone in our family was sick, Prince would be right by that person’s side  50  it was his job to take care of them until they recovered. It was incredible to see this normally  51  dog put aside his romping （玩耍的）needs to display his  52  for a sick family member.

Our little Prince lived for nearly sixteen years. He  53  loyal to our family the entire time. Even in his final days, when he was in pain, I knew he would  54  his life for any of us. By then we had all realized that he had been named  55  -- for he truly was a Prince among dogs.