Many people asked me how I started Pajama (睡衣) Program, but in fact, it seemed that Pajama Program came to me. I never planned to start it. In the beginning, I just wanted to find my purpose (意义) in life.

I visited a children’s home. I read to them in the evening once a week. One night I watched them go to sleep. There was no changing clothes, no bedtime stories, no hugs from parents. Bedtime should not be like that. I decided to send some pajamas to the children’s home. I couldn’t change the children’s life, but I could give them warm, clean pajamas to sleep in.

The next week I took some pajamas to the children’s home. One little girl didn’t take the pajamas from me. She asked me quietly, “What are these?”

“They’re pajamas,” I said.

“When do I wear them?”

“When you go to bed at night.”

She still didn’t understand.

“What do you usually wear to bed?” I asked her.

“My pants,” she said.

I felt sad. A few weeks later, it seemed that a “raindrop” fell onto my head and the words PAJAMA PROGRAM spoke to me loud. Then I started to tell everyone to give me new pajamas for my birthday, Christmas ..., and I gave them to children in need. And then I found my purpose in life.

1.From the passage we know the writer ______.

A. gave the homeless children hugs

B. went to the children’s home every week

C. gave much money to the children’s home

2.What did the writer think the children should do at bedtime?

① change clothes ② listen to stories

③ play games with parents ④ get hugs from parents

A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①②③④

3.Why didn’t the little girl take the pajamas from the writer?

A. Because she didn’t like them.

B. Because she liked wearing her pants to bed.

C. Because she didn’t know what they were.

4.How did the writer feel after she heard the little girl’s words?

A. Tired. B. Sad. C. Angry.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. What’s the purpose of life B. Welcome to Pajama Program

C. The “raindrop” that changed my life

During all this time, I never stopped thinking about escape(逃跑).When I travelled across to the other side of the island, I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, "Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day."

So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe(独木舟).Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn't I think carefully before I began to work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn't move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn't move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.

In my sixth year on the island, I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.

I kept food and tools at both of my houses, and also wild goats (山羊).There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learned to take food from me, and soon I had goats' milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn(玉米)fields. And so, many years went by.

1.Where might the man in the story come from?

A. America. B. China. C. England. D. Australia.

2.Why was the man unhappy for a long time?

A. He was alone on the island.

B. He couldn't make a boat by himself.

C. The canoe he made was too heavy to move.

D. The canoe was too small for a long journey.

3.This story is mainly about how the man .

A. kept goats in the fields

B. escaped from the island

C. built houses by himself

D. kept himself alive on the island

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