One bright sunny day our class went out to the schoolyard.Miss Brooks told us to look for something on the ground that belonged to us.We looked and looked.Finally Mike cried,“I know! It's my shadow on the ground.”
We saw that each girl and boy had a shadow and Miss Brooks had a bigger one.
I tried some funny tricks.When I moved, my shadow moved.When I ran, my shadow ran, too.But I could not catch it in the least.The Jess found a long and thin bamboo pole and stuck it into the ground.Even the pole had a shadow.
All this started me thinking about shadows.I didn't have a shadow the day before, when I walked in the very dark tunnel.My shadow is never with me in my room at night when the light is out.
I can't stop thinking about me and my shadow and about what makes shadows.I am going to look for more shadows because they are lots of fun.
(1)
The story took place ________.
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A.
on a cloudy day in the schoolyard
B.
on a rainy day in the schoolroom
C.
on a fine day in the schoolroom
D.
on a fine day at the schoolyard
(2)
Miss Brooks told her pupils to look for something on the ground because ________.
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A.
each of her pupils had really lost something valuable on the ground the day before
B.
she wanted to teach her pupils to learn how to observe things
C.
she had hidden something valuable in a secret place on the ground
D.
she wanted to test how good her pupils were in finding lost things
(3)
When the children really found the things on the ground that belonged to them, they ________.
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A.
were no longer interested in them
B.
were very active in playing with them
C.
began to realize that shadows were necessary for their lives
D.
immediately ran to Miss Brooks and told her that they had found the thing she asked them to find
(4)
From this passage, we can know that ________.
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A.
where there is light, there exists a shadow
B.
a shadow is one of your silent friends
C.
though it had been sunny the day before, the writer of the story did not have a shadow
D.
you shadow always follow you even when it is a cloudy day or when it is very dark in your room
(5)
From this passage, we can draw a conclusion that ________.
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A.
education is very important and necessary to small children
B.
all the pupils' time must be spent in classes, studying lessons
C.
children should be taught to learn something during the course of playing games
D.
teachers must be very strict with their pupils when they are very young
阅读理解
Liu Ting is a student of Zhejiang Forestry College.One month after he went to the college, he rented a house outside the school and took his mother there.In this small room, they began their new life.Every morning, as soon as Liu Ting gets up, he takes his mother's blood pressure(血压)-After that, he makes breakfast and then goes to school.In order to manage daily cost, he has a part-time job in the school's canteen(食堂).Thanks to this job, he can have free dinners and get 50 yuan a month.Besides, he is allowed to bring meals to his mother from the canteen every day.
Liu Ting doesn't have time to do his homework until his mother gets to sleep late at night.The 19-year-old boy sleeps only six hours every day.It is no surprise that he got ill.“He was absent that day.We went to his house to see what had happened.When we arrived, we saw that both he and his mother were lying in bed because of illness,”said his classmates.
From then on, Liu Ting's story was known by his classmates and teachers.Even more people knew his story after it was reported on TV.People donated over 200, 000 yuan in order to treat his mother's illness.In late 2005, a hospital in Shanghai agreed to operate(手术)on his mother.Now his mother is getting better and better.Liu donated the rest 40, 000 yuan to set up a fund(基金)to support other poor college students.
Liu Ting said,“I know that there are people who have a better life.I just try my best to control my life and make it better.I'll take part in more charity activities to express my thanks to society.I am very happy when helping others.”