题目内容
When he was small, Hill was a famous bad boy.
At the age of 9, his father married his stepmother. At that time they lived poor in the countryside while his stepmother was from a wealthy family.
His father introduced Hill to his stepmother as he said, “Dear, I hope you notice in the entire shire this is the worst boy, who has made me have no other way. Maybe before tomorrow morning he will throw a stone at you, or do a bad thing you will never imagine.”
To Hill's surprise, his stepmother went up to him with a smile, held up his head and looked at him carefully. She then turned around to tell her husband, “You’re wrong. He is not the worst boy in the entire shire, but the cleverest and creative boy. Only he doesn’t find a place to show himself. ”
His stepmother’s words warmed his heart, his eyes full of tears. With this, he started building friendship with his stepmother. And this became the drive of his life, making him create 28 successful golden rules, which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success.
Before his stepmother came, no one praised him smart, and his father and neighbors considered him as a bad boy. However, his stepmother’s words changed his life.
When Hill was 14 years old, his stepmother bought him a used typewriter and said to him, “I believe you will become a writer.” Hill accepted his stepmother’s gift and expectation, and started writing things to a local newspaper. He understood his stepmother’s strong feeling of interest in his family while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family. Therefore, he would do as well as she expected him to.
The strength from his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century.
Praise will never be unnecessary, especially for children. A sincere (真诚的〉praise may be better than 10, 000 bad words.
1. What did people think of Hill before the age of nine?
A. Clever. B. Creative.
C. Unfriendly. D. Foolish.
2.Hill started making friends with his stepmother after she ______.
A. smiled at him
B. looked at him carefully
C. said good words about him
D. said bad words about him
3. Which of the following is wrong about Hill?
A. He accepted his stepmother's typewriter.
B. He failed to do as he was expected.
C. He started writing to a local newspaper.
D. He understood his stepmother.
4.The writer is most probably an expert of______.
A. house building B. diet
C. news writing D. education
5.The passage was written mainly to tell us that ______.
A. children should be praised
B. Hill’s father married again
C. Hill's stepmother wan kind to him
D. Hill'S father was cruel to him
书面表达
这些年来，我们的生活在多方面发生了巨大变化。对比过去和现在，根据以下内容写一篇题为“Past and present”的短文。
要求：1、必须包括表格中所有的相关信息，并适当发挥。2、词数：90词左右。
阅读 | 旅游 | 环境 | |
过去 | 空闲时间看电视，阅读纸质书。 | 骑车，坐公交车或火车旅游。 | 马路又窄又脏，到处是垃圾。 |
现在 | 大部分家庭有电脑，在网上阅读报纸、杂志。 | 乘飞机出国旅行，甚至通过网上旅游，不带护照(passport)周游世界。 | 宽阔干净的街道，两边都是绿色的树。政府在大的空地上建起了高楼。 |
感受 | ……（自拟1-2点） |
Past and present
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