My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to us, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. Perhaps you can learn something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled children. What can we learn from them?” “You will see,” our father said.

Our father works as a volunteer at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, speech, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.

The following day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to sit down. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run fastest. All the runners were physically disabled. As the race started, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the girls fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.

All the children stopped to help the poor girl. Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were surprised to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race-they were more interested in helping each other to finish the race.

1.Why did the father take the writer and his brother to Ray Home?

A.The father wanted them to do something at Ray.

B.The father asked them to help the children at Ray.

C.The father wanted them to take part in the Sports Day.

D.The father wanted them to learn something from the children.

2.Why did all the children stop in the 50-meter race stop?

A.All the children were disabled.

B.A little girl fell over and got hurt.

C.They stopped to laugh at the girl.

D.They didn’t want to finish the race.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The children there can help each other.

B.All the runners there can not run fast.

C.All the children don’t want to be winners.

D.The disabled children there were not smart enough.

The first lady of America Michelle Obama visited China not long ago. During her trip, she went to Chengdu No.7 High School. She gave the students a wonderful speech(演讲) to tell them about her own experience. She said she was born in a common(普通的) family. There were four people in her family and they lived in a small house. Her father was a worker and didn’t make much money, but the little home was filled with love. They took care of each other and liked to share their stories during dinner time. Although her parents were only at high school education level, they still sent both Michelle and her brother to universities. Life at that time was not easy for them, especially for her father because he was ill. No matter how tired he was or how much pain he got, Michelle’s father hardly ever missed a day of work in order to give a better life to his two children. Every day, like so many of us, Michelle felt the weight of her parents’ hope on her shoulders. She wanted to make them proud, but it wasn’t easy. Whenever she got tired, she would just think about how hard her parents were working for her. And she always remembered what her mother said, “A good education is something that no one can take away from you.”

1.Michelle Obama gave the speech at a High School in ______.

A. Beijing B. Chengdu

C. the UK D. the USA

2.In Michelle’s family, ______ went to university.

A. only Michelle

B. only Michelle’s brother

C. both Michelle’s father and mother

D. both Michelle and her brother

3.Michelle’s father worked really hard because ______.

A. he never felt tired

B. he wanted to go to university

C. he didn’t want to miss a day of work

D. he wanted to give a better life to his children

4.From the passage, we have learned that ______.

A. Michelle always lives in a big house

B. Michelle was born in a rich family

C. a family with love is important for children

D. a better life is quite important for children

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