Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then _? Here is an example.

There was a farmer who _ corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the _ and won the first prize.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it.The farmer _ seed (做种子的) corn to his neighbors.

“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?” the reporter asked.“You know they are taking part in the _ with you each year.”

“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn't you know?The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow __ corn, cross?pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must _ _ my neighbors to grow good corn.”

The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve _ _ his neighbor's corn improves.

As a great man says, “We make a living by what we __ _, but we make a life by what we give.” We can't live without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us different from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find _ _ in their life.

1.A. why B. how C. when D. where

2.A. grew B. bought C. sold D. collected

3.A. cheapest B. prettiest C. best D. shortest

4.A. lent B. showed C. offered D. provided

5.A. game B. fight C. experiment D. competition

6.A. tasty B. bad C. tall D. unusual

7.A. teach B. remind C .help D. require

8.A. unless B. though C. because D. when

9.A. do B. own C. get D. grow

10.A. hope B. success C. friendship D. happiness

 

Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. "I got a red flower today. Could you please sign签字 this note?" he said to Mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK", but often he gets "You can do better than this." Mum knows what it means. She tells me "You can do better than this" means "Extremely bad" in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are satisfied with对---满意 a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was a 6th grader in the USA! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

1.Why did Ted come home with .a letter last Friday ?

A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

B. Because he did something wrong.

C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

2.If a student in the USA gets "OK" in his school work, it means .

A. he gets top scores

B. he gets medium scores

C. he gets extremely bad scores

D. he gets the worst scores

3.American parents will be when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A. excited B. sad C. angry D. happy

4.The underlined words "high expectations" in this passage means .

A. 很高的待遇 B. 很多的自由 C. 很高的期望 D. 很多的关爱

5.The writer mainly wants to tell us .

A. the differences between Chinese education and American education

B. Chinese students are better than American students

C. American parents are not strict enough with their children

D. what the best way to educate children is

 

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