It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed (叹气). Dad said he could come home by 5:30, but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn’t be much fun playing ____ in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, but couldn’t.

The phone rang at about 8:00. It was Dad: “Paul, I’m ____ , but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?....”

Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so busy. He threw ____ into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page.

The next day at school, Paul didn’t hand in his homework and ____ a test. Mrs. Green, his teacher, asked him to stay after school. “Paul, you didn’t do your homework. You didn’t pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What’s wrong?”

Paul just sat there ____ . “Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I will. I know that something’s worrying with you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.”

As Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn’t do his homework because he wanted to get his dad’s ____ . He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take her advice.

When Paul got home, he ____ his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail. Paul began talking: “Dad, I can’t play with you next weekend. I’ve got lots of problems with my homework. Also, I really don’t want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you ____ our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It’s not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my ____ sometime. Dad, I love you.”

As Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn’t know whether his dad would be different, but it didn’t matter. He himself ___ . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.

1.A. baseball B. cards C. chess D. toys

2.A. lucky B. sorry C. surprised D. pleased

3.A. it B. them C. him D. himself

4.A. made B. missed C. failed D. chose

5.A. cheerfully B. angrily C. hopefully D. quietly

6.A. attention B. message C. praise D. trust

7.A. saw B. thanked C. called D. greeted

8.A. make B. break C. follow D. forget

9.A. choice B. homework C. speech D. decision

10.A. regretted B. complained C. insisted D. changed

Yesterday my son, daughter and I went to the grocery store. In front of us in line was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking almost broke the mother’s heart, “I’m sorry, Honey, but we have no money to buy it.”

My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking(用耙子耙)leaves our garden to raise himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the store, he ran to the candy counter(柜台)and bought a box of Smarties with the money .

He turned to look at me and I just nodded. He ran out after the little girl and her mother and he gave them the box. He came back and told me what he told them. “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you smart.”

I was so excited that I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he replied, “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.”I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t expect to get anything. When you get something you should be very thankful.”

1.When the writer and her children went to the grocery store, they saw a little girl asking ____.

A.her mother for a nice toy

B.her mother for a box of Smarties

C.where she could find a box of Smarties

D.her mother if she could had enough money

2.From the passage we know Smarties are ____.

A.a nice electric toy

B.an interesting story book

C.a kind of candy

D.some leaves of a nice tree

3.The writer was ____ to see her son buy a pack of Smarties for the little girl.

A.sad B.excited C.angry D.proud

4.The writer still bought the pack of Smarties to ______ .

A. praise her son’s good deed.

B. give it to the little girl some day

C. have them with her husband.

D. give it to other children.

5.What can we learn from the story above?

A.Every kid should have a pack of Smarties.

B.Everyone should have a good mother.

C.Everyone should do nice things for others.

D.Every mother should often do something for her children.

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