A bully is a person who enjoys hurting other people. A bully can hurt people with words or by hitting them. 85% of children in the UK have been bullied（欺侮）at least once.

How can I tell if a person is a bully?

He or she will…

·try to find your weak point—perhaps you are shy, nervous or easily made worried.

·make fun of（取笑）you in front of your friends.

·borrow money then won’t pay you back.

What can I do if a bully bothers （骚扰）me?

·Tell the bully to leave you alone.

·Do not be afraid to ask other people for help, even though the bully tells you not to.

·Do not feel ashamed（羞愧）because you have been bullied. You have done nothing wrong! The bully should feel ashamed.

·Do not believe the bad things a bully says about you.

What should I do if I see a bully bothering someone?

·Help people who are being bullied, even though you don’t know them.

·Be a friend to people who are bullied.

·Tell a teacher if you see bullying.

·Tell bullies to stop. Sometimes bullies are afraid, too.

Why do some people become bullies?

Some bullies…

·have never learnt to think about other people’s feelings.

·don’t like themselves, so they are sad. They think they will be happy if they make another person sad.

·have been bullied themselves by other bullies.

Can bullies change?

Yes! Bullies can change when they learn to think about other people’s feelings.

Sometimes bullies must be punished（惩罚）before they understand. Sometimes, bullies just need friends.

  1. A bully often _________.

A. makes people think about themselves

B. borrows money but doesn’t return

C. helps people when they are in trouble

D. thinks about other people’s feelings

  2. If you see a bully bothering your friends, you should _________.

A. leave them alone

B. help them stop the bully

C. make them ashamed

D. tell them they are wrong

 3. Which of the following is true?

A. Bullies say bad words to people.

B. Bullies like themselves very much.

C. Bullies make people around them happy.

D. Bullies must always be punished.

  4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Bullies Can Change

B. World Without Bullying

C. Bullying Is Everywhere

D. Bullying Around Us

About a week ago，when I was playing basketball at our local park，I noticed a small group of boys picking on a smaller，skinnier boy．They were   1   him names and even pushed him to the ground and kicked dirt in his face．  2  I saw that，I walked over to the group．

I stepped   3  them and the smaller boy，and asked them politely what this boy had done worthy of   4  they were doing to him．One of the boys replied，"He's weird．" At that，I asked one of the boys if he thought his friend was weird，and the   5  was" No．" So，I asked another boy what the word" weird"  6  ，and he said，" Different．"That was my cue（暗示）．I told them that everyone is  7  ，and that they all looked just as different to the other boy as he did to them．They all stood   8  for a moment，and then the most amazing thing happened．One of the boys helped the small boy off the ground and then said sorry to him．He  9  to let him play with them．

I thanked the boy for being so   10  ．As I looked around，I realized that there were dozens of other people at the park   11  no one else had stopped to help this boy．I felt happy that the boy was strong enough to stand up against his friends to  12  someone in need，but I felt sad that  13  else had even taken a second look．

I hope that my action helped them 14  that they could have made a difference with a little  15   ，and maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help．

1．A．giving              B．making            C．calling           D．telling

2．A．When               B．Before           C．If               D．Though

3．A．against              B．between           C．beside           D．with

4．A．how                 B．why              C．whom           D．what

5．A．guess               B．sign               C．problem           D．answer

6．A．read                B．proved            C．meant              D．wrote

7．A．different            B．free               C．important          D．strong

8．A．angrily              B．silently            C．carefully            D．happily

9．A．refused             B．expected               C．offered            D．prepared

10．A．proud              B．clever                    C．honest             D．patient

11．A．or                B．so                 C．and               D．but

12．A．help               B．stop               C．love               D．remember

13．A．someone           B．anyone             C．no one            D．everyone

14．A．decide             B．realize             C．suggest            D．agree

15．A．energy            B．practice            C．knowledge          D．effort

　　For a long time the zoo didn't have hippopotamus (河马). Tex wanted 1 very much. But a hippopotamus was hard to find.

　　Then a circus (马戏团) 2 down. It had to sell all the animals. One of them was Cleo-Cleo the hippopotamus! For a while Cleo was 3 on a farm. Poor Cleo! A hippopotamus can't be let 4 on a farm, so Cleo had to lie in a tub (木盆) of water just 5 enough to hold her. She couldn't move anything 6 her head.

　　Tex wanted to buy Cleo. But she was $ 4000! The 7 didn't have the money.

　　Then Tex thought of his friends, the children of Kansas City. 8 they knew about Cleo, they would help. He wrote a story about Cleo and sent it to a 9 . “Help save Cleo, children!” the story said. “Send in your pocket money.”

　　The children 10 . They sent in enough money to buy Cleo. And Cleo came to live at the zoo.

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When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things(生物). But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on.
The trees feed the forest “people” by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings(人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks(售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.
We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else!
【小题1】According to the text, colorful plants and flowers live on _____.