Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friends were getting ready to go to the dance, she felt very sorry for herself.
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to one little boy, Nick. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult. Poor Nick was badly ill, and now he was not able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.
Nick knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted her with the words, “I’m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you’ll find a piece of cake. I saved it from my supper today, so it’s quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there, you can buy something to drink with that. And I’d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to.”
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan.
【小题1】Joan felt unlucky that evening mainly because______.

　　Dicky knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good night to him, he greeted her with the words,“I'm very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer（抽屉）, you'll find a piece of cake. I saved it from my supper today, so it is quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there. You can buy something to drink with that. And I'd get up and dance with you myself if I was able to”, he added.

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（1） Joan felt unlucky that evening mainly because ________.

A．there was a dance ball at the hospital

B．of her unpleasant job

C．she was obligated（被迫）to look after the sick children

D．she would lose the chance to go to the big dance at the hospital

（2）Poor Dicky _________.

A．was no more than a boy of eleven

B．fell seriously ill

C．was clever at talking though he was very young

D．all the above

（3）Dicky was lovely because ________.

A．he was a nice, kind boy of eleven

B．he was always thinking about others more than himself

C．he saved a piece of cake for his nurse

D．he could foresee（预知）that he would never get any better

（4） Which of the following is not true?

A．Dicky knew why Joan was unhappy.

B．Dicky heard about the dance.

C．Dicky showed sympathy（同情）for Joan.

D．Dicky rose up to greet Joan when she came.

（5）At that party arranged（安排）for Joan, Dicky probably _________.

A．got up and danced with her

B．gave Joan some cake he had saved

C．brought her something to drink

D．lost the dollar which he was going to give Joan

A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.

Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.

“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.

He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.

“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”

1.During the war, children are ______________.  

      A.studying at school       B.safer than their parents    C.in great danger

2.The children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.

A.it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.

B.their parents are not at home

C.they want to get food and water.

3.Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.

A.he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason

B.he doesn’t want to tell a lie.

C.he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.

4.“sleeping pills” are __________.

     A. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.

     B.a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep

     C.a kind of food to make them strong

5.According to the passage we know that__________.

    A. all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.

    B. all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem

    C. the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.

A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.
Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.
“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.
He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.
“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”

1. 1.

   During the war, children are ______________.  

   1. A.
      studying at school      
   2. B.
      safer than their parents   
   3. C.
      in great danger
2. 2.

   The children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.

   1. A.
      it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.
   2. B.
      their parents are not at home
   3. C.
      they want to get food and water.
3. 3.

   Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.

   1. A.
      he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason
   2. B.
      he doesn’t want to tell a lie.
   3. C.
      he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.
4. 4.

   “sleeping pills” are __________.

   1. A.
      a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.
   2. B.
      a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep
   3. C.
      a kind of food to make them strong
5. 5.

   According to the passage we know that__________.
   

   1. A.
      all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.
   2. B.
      all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem
   3. C.
      the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.