A great French writer has said that we should help everyone as much as we can because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. About this, he told the following story.
An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. she tried her best to reach the side, but she couldn’t move at all. The poor ant got too tired but was still doing her best when a big bird saw her. With a pity, the bird threw a piece of wood. With it the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in grass she heard a man coming up. He was walking without shoes on his feet and carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird, he wished to kill her, and he would certainly do so, but the ant bit(咬) him in one of his feet and at that moment the bird flew away at once. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than the bird herself that had saved her life.
【小题1】 According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so we should _____ .

A great French writer has said that we should help everyone as much as we can because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. About this, he told the following story.

An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. she tried her best to reach the side, but she couldn’t move at all. The poor ant got too tired but was still doing her best when a big bird saw her. With a pity, the bird threw a piece of wood. With it the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in grass she heard a man coming up. He was walking without shoes on his feet and carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird, he wished to kill her, and he would certainly do so, but the ant bit(咬) him in one of his feet and at that moment the bird flew away at once. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than the bird herself that had saved her life.

1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so we should _____ .

A．help others as much as we can

B．help the people who may be useful to us

C．get as much help as we can

D．first need to help ourselves

2.Why could the bird fly away at once?

A．Because the bird could fly very fast.

B．Because the man hurt his feet himself.

C．Because the man didn’t want to kill her.

D．Because the ant bit the man in one of his feet.

3.The writer tells this story to show ____  _. 

A．how brave the bird is

B．even the small can help the great

C．how an ant saved a bird

D．how clever the ant is

4.The title of this story can be “___  __”. 

A．The Ant           B．Pity              C．Help             D．The Bird

A great French writer said that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. To this effect, he tells a simple story. 

An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She tried hard to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant, almost tired out, was still bravely doing her best when a bird saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade (??) of grass, which supported her like a boat, and thus she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man coming near. He was walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. As he saw the bird he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just before he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the bird immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life. 

1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, therefore we should________. 

A. not help others                  B. help those who may be helpful to us 

C. get as much help as possible     D. help others as much as we can

2.The ant finally got on the bank _______.  

A. when the water pushed her      B. with the help of a piece of wood

C. with the help of a blade of grass  D. when the bird reached out a leg for her

3.The French writer tells the story in order to show _______.  

A. how an ant saved a bird         B. how brave the ant is 

C. how clever the bird is           D. even the small can help the great

A. The writer, our nation's most trusted resource for food-related issues, offers this indispensible    guide for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible, and easy to use. The    book is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many &-awn from a variety of ethnic or   cultural traditions. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy,    pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful    of the food we eat.

B. What follows in the book -- an Eater's Manifesto, is a series of wonderfully clear and     thoughtful answers that help us omnivores (杂食动物) find the way the nutritional minefield has come to characterize our food culture. Pollan's call to action --"Eat food, Not too much. Mostly plants."  -- is a program I actually want to follow.

C. The writer wants to tell us about "A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet" She, an actress, activist, and committed conservationist, explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese -- the very foods we've been taught to regard as the cornerstone of good nutrition -- are actually the causes behind rising rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent 'damage to our ecology.

D. The book by Will M. Turtle suggests us eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony     and tells connection both with the living natural order and with our living cultural heritage. So we as a species might move our consciousness forward so that we can be more free, more intelligent, more loving, and happier in the choices we make.

E. His new book takes up where the previous work left off. Examining the question of what to eat from the perspective of health, this powerfully argued, thoroughly researched and elegant manifesto cuts straight to the chase with a maxim that is deceptively simple: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. But as Pollan explains, food in a country that is driven by a thirty-two billion-dollar marketing machine is both a loaded term and, in its purest sense, a holy grail.

F. Less is more, even in exercise!  In her new book, the writer reveals her signature T-Tapp workout, and teaches you how to" use your body as a machine so you can lose inches quick, build bone density, and condition your heart, all with only 8 repetitions and no equipment;" Watch our exclusive video with' Teresa, featuring a quick demonstration that you can do at your desk!

This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend（超越） it. Once we truly know that life is difficult---once we truly understand and accept it---then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.  Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
【小题1】From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.