I still remember the last time I went to the playground with two of my children. It had rained during the night and the playground was very muddy (泥泞的). They had just put on clean clothes, so I was a little worried about the mud on the playground. It was not long before Kathy got her beautiful skirt dirty on the playground. She dug through the rocks. I was about to blame (指责) her for getting her clothes dirty when she ran towards me with a smile on her face. When she got to me, she handed me a little heart-shaped rock and said, “Here, Mom! Here is a heart for you —just because I love you! Keep it!” With tears in my eyes, I thanked her.
Should I blame her for getting her clothes muddy? No way! I still have that little heart-shaped rock. It is one of the best gifts that I have ever received. I realized that many times it was not necessary for us adults to worry about the small things our children did. Let them do what they’d like to.
I will spend a lot more time on the playground with my children. I’m sure I will learn a lot from them. It makes me think of the days when my grandfather told me, “You would not enter the kingdom of happiness until you pretended (假装) to be a small child.”
【小题1】At first, the author wanted to blame Kathy because she __________.

A.ran on the playground
B.dug through rocks
C.gave her a muddy rock
D.got her clothes dirty
【小题2】The author was deeply moved by her daughter’s _____.
A.digging task on the playground
B.special way to show her love
C.smile on her face when running
D.love of the muddy playground
【小题3】From Paragraph 2, we can learn that the author thought parents should _________.
A.not worry about the small things their children do
B.allow kids to do whatever they like
C.keep the presents given by children
D.not give too much care to their own children
【小题4】The author’s grandfather’s words imply that _______.
A.children care more about happiness than adults
B.adults can not share children’s happiness
C.children may find happiness more easily in life
D.adults find it hard to know children’s happiness

One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square,? ? ? ? Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face ? ? ? first into the mud. David ? ? ? her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” ? ? , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.

Susan was falling more ? since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a ? ? danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having ? ? ? of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked ?? ? .

  One day, David's teacher announced? a ? ? ? homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ? ? ? ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.

  An idea ? ? ? David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I ? ? ? your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.

  ? ? ? the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.

  “No, Mom, I ? ? make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off? the button and the ? ? ? returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father ? ? ? as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the ? ? ? . Happily Susan cried out, “It ? ? ? !”

In July 1999, David was? ? ? national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate ? ? .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.

1.A. Where??? ?? B.while? ?????? C.when?? ???? D. then

2.A. fell????????????? ???? ?? B. touched????????????? ??? C. lay????????????? ?????? D. dropped

3.A. stood by????????????? ??? B. rushed to????????????? ??? C. looked at????????????? ?? D. ran around

4.A. Firmly????????????? ??? B. Easily????? ????????????? C. Quickly????????????? ??? D. Shakily

5.A. slowly????????????? ??? B. frequently????????????? ??? C. freely????????????? ??????? D. heavily

6.A. hiding????????????? ??? B. certainly????????????? ??? C. possible????????????? ??? D. waiting

7.A. method????????????? ??? B. disease????????????? ??? C. trouble????????????? ??????? D. hope

8.A. few????????????? ??????? B. little????????????? ??????? C. much????????????? ??????? D. more

9.A. useful????????????? ??? B. strange????????????? ??? C. common????????????? ??? D. special

10.A. appearance????????????? B. invention????????????? ??? C. experience????????????? ??? D. experiment

11.A. reminded????????????? B. encouraged?? ????????????? C. occurred????????????? ??? D. hit

12.A. fastened????????????? B. stuck????????????? ??????? C. fixed????????????? ??????? D. tied

13.A. So????????????? ??? B. And????????????? ??????? C. For????????????? ??????? D. But

14.A. might????????????? ??? B. would????????????? ??????? C. did????????????? ??????? D. need

15.A. pen????????????? ??? B. hand????????????? ??????? C. cane????????????? ??????? D. nail

16.A. watched????????????? B. supported????????????? ??? C. noticed????????????? ??? D. helped

17.A. street????????????? ??? B. ice????????????? ??????? C. yard????????????? ????? ? D. square

18.A. works????????????? ??? B. operates????????????? ??? C. succeeds????????????? ??? D. helps

19.A. declared????????????? B. received????????????? ??? C. won????????????? ??????? D. praised

20.A. more slowly????????????? B. more carefully????????????? C. more clearly????????????? D. faster

 

I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually      for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was      in the soft,sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to      from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.

    Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be       soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long       a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really       .

    Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to       some watermelons from us.”

There was a long       before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you       for them?”

“Twenty-five cents each.”

“Well, I suppose that would be       enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.

It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been      . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your     , you’re going to run out of friends.”

1.A.trusted          B.ready          C.paid          D.offered

2.A.stuck            B.broken         C.deserted       D.lost

3.A.remove           B.steal          C.sell           D.hide

4.A.purchasing       B.bargaining        C.returning       D.searching

5.A.till             B.before           C.that           D.since

6.A.astonished       B.anxious                  C.familiar       D.angry

7.A.borrow         B.buy             C.steal          D.carry

8.A.break          B.discussion        C.watching       D.silence

9.A.getting           B.offering          C.paying         D.finding

10.A.necessary         B.helpful           C.easy          D.fair

11.A.stopped           B.avoided          C.handled       D.taught

12.A.mistakes          B.neighbors        C.enemies        D.Melons

 

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