About ten years ago, a very successful businessman named John was travelling down a neighborhood street. He was going a little too  1   in his expensive new car.

    Suddenly, a brick（砖） hit his new car and broke the  2  .The   3   driver jumped out of the car, caught the kid who threw the brick and shouted, "What are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to   4    a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

    "I'm sorry for breaking your new car, but I didn't know   5  to do," the young boy apologized（道歉）. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!"

With   6   on his face, the little boy said, "It's my elder brother. He fell out of his wheelchair. Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's too  7   for me to lift him up. "The driver was greatly moved. He quickly lifted the   8   boy back into the wheelchair and checked to see that he was going to be OK.

"You are a nice man. Thank you." the little child said. The businessman watched the little boy push the wheelchair down the sidewalk toward their home.

    After that, John   9   the hole in his window to remind（提醒） him of this message "Don't go through life so fast that   10  has to throw a brick at you to get your attention."

    The world sends a message and speaks to our hearts. We all have the choice to listen…or wait for the "brick".

1．A．fast                         B．slow                      C．slowly

2．A．seat                        B．door                      C．window

3．A．glad                       B．angry                    C．happy

4．A．cost                     B．save                     C．get

5．A．how else                 B．which else               C．what else

6．A．happiness                  B．tears                    C．smiles

7．A．small                      B．old                      C．heavy

8．A．disabled                   B．healthy                  C．illness

9．A．kept                     B．repaired                   C．filled

10．A．no one                   B．someone                 C．anyone

在短文中找出下列词的同义词

A. looking-glass　　    　　　　　　 B. handsome　　   

C. happy　　    　　　　　　　　   D. was going on　　   

E. daughter　　   

2.根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)

①The story is about a man and his two children.　　　　　　 

②One of them was a boy and the other was a girl.　　　　　　

③One day they found a mirror and looked at themselves in it.   

④The boy looked very nice and the girl looked pretty.　　　　  

⑤The boy was pleased at his own looks and angry with his sister. 

⑥The sister was angry and she pushed her brother away.　　　　

⑦The father saw what was happening but didn't come up.　　   

⑧He told the boy that it was enough to be good-looking.　　　　

⑨He told the girl if she could be nice and kind to people and ready to help, everybody would love her   .

⑩The story tells us that the most important thing for a person is to be nice and helpful

 to people.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

　　One day they found a mirror （镜子）and for the first time, they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased. He said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!” The girl did not like what he said. She gave her brother a push and said, “Go away!”

　　Their father saw what had happened and said to the boy, “You must always be as good as you look.” And to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone and be kind to everyone, you will be loved. Our looks don't mean anything.”

A．the father told them

B．people told them

C．they saw themselves in the mirror

D．the boy found it out

A．she herself was not good-looking

B．the boy was handsome

C．what the boy said made her angry

D．she was jealous （嫉妒）of the boy

(3) Where did the story take place（发生）？

A．It is good to be good-looking.

B．It is a pity to be ugly-looking

C．Good-looking is important

D．Deeds （行为）are more important than looks.

　　One day they found a mirror and for the fast time they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister,“How nice I am! I look much nicer than you!”

　　The girl didn't like what her brother said and gave him a hard push.“Go away!”she said.Their father saw this. He went up to them and said to the boy,“To be good-looking is not enough. You must be good morally.”Then to the girl he said,“My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please them, they will love you. Then it will not matter if you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

A．No, she wasn't. She was unhappy.

B．Yes, she was. She didn't feel anything.

C．She cried loudly.

A．was angry with the boy

B．told him to be a good boy

C．broke the mirror

(3) The word“good-looking”means ________.

A．his son more than his daughter

B．his daughter more than his son

C．both the girl and the boy

A．The most important thing for a person is to be nice and helpful to people.

B．If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

C．If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

句子配对

　　　　　　A　　　　　　　　　　　　B

1．What's this in English?　　　　A．The one behind the door.

2．Are these knives?　　　　　　B．He's my father.

3．Who's that man?　　　　　　C．It's orange.

4．What colour is that orange?　　D．Yes, they are.

5．How old are you?　　　　　　E．It's here.

6．Which boy is your brother?　　F．No, it's blue.

7．Where is Polly?　　　　　　　G．It's an egg.

8．Is that coat black?　　　　　　H．Fourteen.