One day, Mrs. King asked Lucy to go shopping for her.

   "Here is a shopping list, so you won't forget anything," she said.

   "OK, Mum"said Lucy. When she got to the shop, she picked up all the things on the list.

   "I haven't forgotten anything , "she said to herself. But then it was time to pay for them.

   "Oh, sorry!" she said to the shopkeeper. "I've forgotten my money! Well, I'll keep the things on this shelf for you," said the shopkeeper.

   Lucy ran home at once. Her mother saw her when she arrived.

   "That was quick! "she said. "Have you finished yet?"

   "No, Mum, "said Lucy. "I forgot the money!"

   "Well, you should take the shopping basket with you, too! "said Mother.

   In the shop, Lucy got all the things on her shopping list, and took them home. When she reached home, her mother asked:

   "Have you got everything?"

   "Yes, Mom, "said Lucy. "I haven't forgotten anything. "

   She quickly put the basket on the table. She was taking things out of the basket when she dropped a bag of sweets. The bag fell on the floor and broke open. The sweets went every- where! "Oh, my dear !"she said.                                

    "Bad luck ! "said Mother. "It doesn't matter !"

    They both started to pick them up.

    "How much did you pay for all these things? "asked her mother.

"Not too much," said Lucy. "I didn't spend all the money. I brought some back. "

"Where is it?" asked the mother.

"Here it is, Mum! That's one thing I haven't forgotten today!"

1   What did Mrs. King give Lucy before she went shopping?

2   Why did the girl have to run home?

3   What her mother tell her to take?

4   Did Lucy get everything at last?

5   What happened when she was taking the things out of the basket?

6   Do you often forget anything? Do you have any good ideas to improve your memory?

 

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company; Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.

1. Believe in yourself;

2. Catch the chance when it comes up;

3. Find the system that works for your style;

4. People will love you for being yourself;

5. Stay humble (谦逊).

1.Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A. the title of Nick's speech            

B. Nick's company

C. an international organization         

D. a machine that can speak

2.Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A. Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B. He says people can learn from their failures

C. He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D. He has never traveled around the world so far

3.Facebook is _______.

A. a world-wide network    B. Zuck's workmate    C. a popular book    D. Zuck's boss

4.From what Zuck wrote ,we can learn _______.

A. Facebook doesn't build services

B. Facebook doesn't make money

C. offering better services is more important than making money

D. building services doesn't make money

5.From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A. one must have self-confidence          

B. catching the chance is the most important

C. one should try his best to follow others   

D. one must keep the rules all the time

 

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