Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother’s birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn’t do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother’s birthday present?
Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn’t. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard(纸板), plastic(塑料)bottles and cans(易拉罐). When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.
Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother’s birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.
When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I’ve ever received.”
【小题1】How old was Joyce?
A. Seven.           B. Eight.        C. Nine.         
【小题2】Why couldn’t Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?
A. Because she had no money.
B. Because she didn’t know what her mother liked.
C. Because she didn’t love her mother at all.
【小题3】What was Joyce’s idea?
A. Doing part-time jobs.   
B. Collecting waste things and selling them.
C. Asking her best friend for help.
【小题4】How long did Joyce collect the waste things?
A. A week.      B. A month.    C. More than a week.
【小题5】 How did Joyce’s mother feel when she got the present?
A. Very sad.      B. Very happy and moved.     C. Very surprised.
阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空(必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。
" Everything happens for the best," my grandmother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry, one day your luck【小题1】_______(change). "
Grandmother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to be sports announcer (广播员) in a radio station, so I 【小题2】_______ ( go) to Shanghai and knocked on the door of every station. But I got refused every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was short of experience. " Get some work with a small station and【小题3】______(work) your way up ," she said.
I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a company and needed someone【小题4】_______ ( manage) the sports center. But again, I didn't get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Granny reminded me. I tried another radio station in Beijing. But the owner, a nice man, told me he already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, " How can someone be a sports announcer if he 【小题5】_______(not, get) a job in a radio station?"
I 【小题6】_______( wait) for the elevator when I heard the man call, " What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" I 【小题7】_______(put) in front of a microphone and asked to imagine I was commenting (评论) on a football game. "Now you 【小题8】_______ (watch) the football game between Lu Neng and Shen Hua. . . "
On my way home, Granny's words came back to me, " One day your luck will change, boy. And when it 【小题9】 _______( happen) , it'll feel twice as good because of all the disappointment (失望) you 【小题10】 _______ ( have) . " At that moment I knew just what she meant.

Happiness is for everyone, and you don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with         and swimming pools or those who have nice cars         a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often         lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are  in         at school, your friends will help you; when you study at your lessons, your parents are always         good care of your life and your health; when you get        , your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to         it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel        , too. All these are your happiness. If you notice those things, you can see that happiness is always         you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are        , you can also say you are very happy because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy because you have more chances to         yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor or you have bad luck. As the saying goes: Life is like a revolving(转动的)door. When it        , it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1.A. trees       B. flowers     C. gardens        D. cars

2.A. and        B. with       C. but        D. for

3.A. be         B. feel        C. seem   D. live

4.A. wrong      B. trouble     C. problem       D. danger

5.A. making     B. talking     C. feeling D. taking

6.A. regret      B. trouble     C. decision        D. success

7.A. correct     B. forget      C. change        D. know

8.A. lonely      B. sorry      C. happy   D. beautiful

9.A. before      B. around     C. follow         D. for

10.A. poor       B. lucky      C. healthy        D. angry 

11.A. develop    B. progress    C. challenge      D. exercise

12.A. goes       B. sleeps      C. moves        D. closes

 

I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls.” And she did!

There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel(削……皮)potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”

Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架).When it was my turn, I said no, Some kids laughed. I went home crying.

The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.

It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage to face anything. And she taught me I could, too.

1.How many younger sisters do I have?

A.Two.             B.Three.            C.Four.             D.Five

2.What does the doctor’s advice mean?

A.My are could be all right soon.

B.The other girls had the same arms as me.

C.My mum should look after me differently.

D.My mum should treat me the same as others.

3.Who peeled the potatoes at last?

A.Jenny.            B.Jenny’s mum.     C.Jenny’s sister.     D.Nobody.

4.Why did Mum take me back to the school playground the next day?

A.she wanted to tell me I could do anything.

B.she wanted the teacher to let me try again.

C.she would punish the kids who laughed at me.

D.she would like to praise me before the other kids.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.My bad-tempered mother                B.Different mother love

C.A doctor’s advice                      D.My childhood(童年)

 

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