Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.

Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books. But he was interested in his mother’s microscope (显微镜). When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes.

Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope. The boy thought they were beautiful enough for him to start to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.

How could he keep their beauty all the time? Bentley thought of buying a camera.

The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.

But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.

For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became famous as “Snowflake” Bentley.

1. The best title for this passage is .

A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy

C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer (摄影师)

2. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was .

A. a farmer B. a funny man C. a writer D. a school teacher

3. Which of the following statements about Bentley is TRUE?

A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.

B. He was born into a rich family.

C. He was crazy about the beauty of snowflakes.

D. He was the only person to take photos of snowflakes.

4. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to (指的是)“ ”.

A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. snowflakes

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I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic , in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe little friend and I’ll never forget the words she said, even though it was imagined.

She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very . She didn’t listen to a I said or do the things she should.” In the , I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was she’d been put to sit alone and think.

My daughter her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up. I just don’t know to do with her any more. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never lets me do the things that I just have to do. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot . And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play — what I mean?”

And that day I thought a lot about making some in my life, as I listened to her words that cut me like a knife. I hadn’t been playing enough attention to what I hold most . I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased years.

But now my attitude has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs (蜘蛛网) the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the floor. I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them anymore.

I’m going to fill the house with of a child and her mother, for we are only one childhood, and we will never get another.

1.A. table B. camera C. carD. phone

2.A. gentleB. happy C. good D. helpful

3.A. story B. wordC. joke D. sentence

4.A. cornerB. bed C. room D. box

5.A. possible B. clearC. common D. unusual

6.A. stopped B. continued C. repeated D. made

7.A. what B. whether C. why D. how

8.A. solve B. arrive C. rise D. reach

9.A. ability B. dutyC. energyD. reason

10.A. mind B. see C. feel D. learn

11.A. influencesB. changesC. plans D. troubles

12.A. cleverB. heavy C. dear D. lovely

13.A. after B. to C. duringD. over

14.A. have B. manageC. make D. stop

15.A. conversations B. messages C. imaginations D. memories

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