My Name Is Stone Breaker

  Stone was an officer in charge of training soldiers. The officer was very strict with his soldiers in everything. Once he was talking to some soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he introduced (介绍), “My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you, or there will be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, and then we'll get on well together.”

  Then he went to the soldiers one after another and asked him his name, “speak loudly so that everyone can hear clearly,”he said, “and don't forget to call me ‘sir’”.

  Each soldier told him his name, until he came to the last one. This man remained(保持) silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, “When I ask you any question, answer it. I will ask you again. What's your name, soldier?”

  This time the soldier had to answer the question. He was very much afraid, but at last he replied in a low voice, “My name is Stone Breaker, sir. ”

1.Why did the soldier keep silent at first?

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A.He was afraid of the officer.

B.He was ashamed.

C.He wouldn't tell the officer his name.

D.Because his name was Stone Breaker.

2.Who was Stone?

[  ]

A.An old soldier.

B.An officer whose work was to train soldiers.

C.A new soldier.

D.A man who looks after a kind of hard stone.

3.“I'm even harder than stone” means“ ________ ”.

[  ]

A.His body was harder than stone

B.His temper(脾气) is bad

C.He would punish the soldier

D.He was very strict with the soldiers

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

[  ]

A.The officer did not allow the soldiers to call him “sir”.

B.Not all the soldiers told their names.

C.At last, the soldier told Stone his name.

D.The soldier refused to tell Stone his name.

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 A very strict officer was talking to their new soldiers It was the first time he met those young men So he began, My name is Stone, and you will find I'm harder than a stone. So please do what I tell you if you don't want to be in trouble You must always obey me and then we'll get on well together.”

 Then he went to each soldier one after another and asked him his name, Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly.”he said, and don't forget to call me sir.”

 Each soldier told him his name Soon he came to the last one, but this young man did not speak Stone was angry, and he shouted at him, When I ask you a question, answer it! I'll ask you again, what's your name, soldier?

 The soldier looked very sad but at last he replied, My name is Stonebreaker(碎石机)sir,he said slowly

1The officer was strict with his soldiers because ________

[  ]

Ahis name was Stone

Bhe never met them before

Che wanted them to obey him

Dthey were new soldiers

2The officer told the soldiers to ________

[  ]

Abe in trouble

Bmake no trouble

Ccall him Stone

Dmeet him

3Mr Stone was angry because ________

[  ]

Aeverybody told him his name

Bnobody spoke

Che asked a question

Done of the soldiers did not speak

4At last the officer made the last soldier ________

[  ]

Alook angry

Bfeel sad

Cspeak slowly

Dshout

5The last soldier knew his name would make the officer ________

[  ]

Ahappy        Bstrict

Cangry         Dkind

I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.

We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.

On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit(灯光暗淡的)room.

Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."

That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.

Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.

1.A. dangerous                   B. different                C. impossible    D. terrible

2.A. promise              B. wish                        C. suggestion             D. decision

3.A. miss                     B. keep                       C. get                          D. accept

4.A. whom                 B. whose           C. which            D. what

5.A. first                     B. next                        C. other                      D. last

6.A. us                        B. them                       C. me                          D. her

7.A. expecting                    B. remembering       C. agreeing                D. allowing

8.A. again                            B. still                          C. then                        D. ever

9.A. excuse                B. fun                          C. trouble                   D. chance

10.A. moved              B. talked            C. turned                    D. looked

11.A. colors               B. tears                       C. joys                         D. fears

12.A. even though   B. as if                         C. so that                    D. now that

13.A. sure                           B. proud            C. alone                     D. together

14.A. on                     B. for                           C. since                       D. through

15.A. visit                            B. sleep                      C. leave                      D. play

 

I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.

We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.

On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit(灯光暗淡的)room.

Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."

That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.

Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.

1.A. dangerous                   B. different                C. impossible    D. terrible

2.A. promise                  B. wish                         C. suggestion             D. decision

3.A. miss                     B. keep                       C. get                          D. accept

4.A. whom                     B. whose            C. which            D. what

5.A. first                     B. next                        C. other                      D. last

6.A. us                            B. them                        C. me                          D. her

7.A. expecting                    B. remembering       C. agreeing                D. allowing

8.A. again                            B. still                          C. then                        D. ever

9.A. excuse                    B. fun                           C. trouble                   D. chance

10.A. moved                  B. talked             C. turned                    D. looked

11.A. colors                   B. tears                        C. joys                         D. fears

12.A. even though       B. as if                          C. so that                    D. now that

13.A. sure                           B. proud            C. alone                     D. together

14.A. on                         B. for                            C. since                       D. through

15.A. visit                             B. sleep                      C. leave                      D. play

 

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