Tom brought a box of biscuits(饼干) to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp coach(教练) about it.

The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree. He came up with an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who took away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”

“Well, yes… are you going to punish him, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I’m not,” the coach explained patiently. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more gifts.”

Tom received another box of biscuits by mailing from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and share them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s intention(意图), but he still followed his suggestion.

Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment for(赔偿) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so important.

In some situations, forgiveness(原谅) is better than punishment.

1. Why did the coach ask Tom to ask for more gifts?

A. The coach wanted to teach the boy a lesson.

B. Tom wanted to get more biscuits.

C. The coach wanted to make friends with Tom.

D. The coach wanted to make Tom hate the boy.

2. In which order did these things happen?

①Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp, but soon it was stolen.

②Tom refused the gift from his new friend.

③Tom received another box of biscuits and shared them with his partner.

④Tom forgave the boy.

A. ①②③④ B. ①③④②

C. ②①③④ D. ④①②③

3.From the story, we learn __________________.

A. the coach punished the boy at last

B. the coach wrote to Tom’s mother and asked for more gifts.

C. Tom accepted the boy’s robot in payment for the stolen biscuits.

D. forgiveness is sometimes better than punishment

Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can’t wait. It’s fun!”

When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards

To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

1.From the passage we know that most children like .

A. doing housework B. playing computer games

C. playing cards D. doing housework

2.Jim and Robert chose card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A. two B. four C. eight D. ten

3.Jim likes to .

A. clean the bathroom B. make the bed

C. feel the fish D. sweep the floor

4.The underlined phrase “came up with” probably means “ ”.

A. looked at B. gave up

C. thought of D. believed in

5.Who did the housework on the weekends?

A. Jim B. Robert

C. The parents D. The whole family

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