题目内容
Stop ________ and start your work.
A.talking
B.to talk
C.talk
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】The girl walked back because __________.
| A.the bathroom was too far away. | B.her mother wouldn’t go with her |
| C.she was too afraid of the dark | D.the bedroom door was locked |
| A.the girl went to the bathroom by herself |
| B.the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing |
| C.the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath |
| D.the girl’s mother was very proud of herself |
| A.held out her little hands | B.clenched her fists |
| C.talk to her mother | D.held her own breath |
| A.adults are always brave enough |
| B.children learn to be brave quickly |
| C.the fear in one’s mind is the real problem |
| D.the mother can deal with anything with breath |
| A.The Fearless Mother | B.One Lonely Girl |
| C.One midnight | D.The Breath of Courage |
When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop in the center of our town. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him and I made a little pocket money by buying things for his workmates. But I never paid attention to all the things and people around me.
One day, as my dad and I were driving to the shop, I looked out of the window of the car and I saw an old man standing at the street corner. There was a rose in his hand, he was smelling the rose. For some reason, our eyes met and we looked at each other for about twenty seconds. There was nothing unusual about this man but the meet was unusual to me. Up to that moment in my life, I had given no thought to anyone on the street, in shops or anywhere else. I had no interest out of my family.
But I was interested in that old man. For the first time I had interest in a stranger. What kind of life had he lived? Where had he been in his time?
Once a great man encouraged us to “stop and smell the rose”. Now I want to tell these words to you. Stop what you are busy with and try to fully understand things and people in your eyesight. If you don’t care about others on your road of life, then you are missing your life itself.
1.How did the writer make a little pocket money?
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A.By asking his father to give him. |
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B.By stealing other’s money. |
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C.By buying things for his father’s workmates. |
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D.By asking in the street. |
2.What was the old man doing when I saw him?
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A.He was selling roses. |
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B.He was walking in the street. |
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C.He was talking to the writer. |
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D.He was smelling a rose. |
3.When did the writer have interest out of his family?
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A.When he was a kid. |
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B.When he met the old man with rose. |
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C.When he went to school. |
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D.When he went to work. |
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
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A.If you care about others on your road of life, then you are having your life itself. |
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B.If you care about others on your road of life, then you are missing your life itself. |
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C.If you meet an old man with a rose in the street, then you’ll have interest in your life. |
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D.If you have interest in others, then you are having your life itself. |