The other day I decided to teach my son about the power of small acts of kindness. He had won some lollies(棒棒糖) in a prize machine in the local supermarket, so I asked him if he would like to   46  his prizes with another child. He hesitated(犹豫) for a while because he is a(n)   47  boy, but said yes after I   48  him a bit.
A father and his daughter were   49 . I approached the father and asked if my son could give his   50  a lolly that he had won. The father looked at me in   51  and was unsure what to say. I   52  explained that I was teaching my son about the power of kindness. Eventually he said it was okay.
  53 , his daughter, who was looking at us sideways(侧向一边地),   54  accept the lolly! At this moment, my son was rather embarrassed(尴尬) and then he   55  to me, “We go to the same   56 , Mum.”
Rather than say sorry to my son for embarrassing him and give up this   57 , I put a couple of lollies into their shopping bags and   58  them a great day!
When we left the supermarket, I   59  to my son, “People in the world today are not so open to   60  because their thoughts and opinions have been   61  by the past. However, we can reshape their opinions by   62  small acts of kindness. So don’t be embarrassed. Hey, they may have been standoffish(冷淡的), but I’m sure we left them   63 , moved and inspired in some way. Not only that,   64  the young girl will probably remember you as the boy with a   65  heart when she comes across you at school!”

【小题1】
A.giveB.showC.eatD.share
【小题2】
A.shyB.outgoingC.handsomeD.kind
【小题3】
A.praisedB.encouragedC.persuadedD.blamed(责备)
【小题4】
A.far away B.out of sightC.nearbyD.lost
【小题5】
A.daughterB.friendC.wifeD.mother
【小题6】
A.joyB.sorrowC.surpriseD.anger
【小题7】
A.onlyB.furtherC.hardlyD.difficultly
【小题8】
A.Therefore(因此)B.BesidesC.AnywayD.However
【小题9】
A.shouldn’tB.mustn’tC.wouldn’t D.couldn’t
【小题10】
A.shoutedB.whispered(小声说)C.smiledD.cried
【小题11】
A.shopB.schoolC.hospitalD.park
【小题12】
A.momentB.girlC.lollyD.lesson
【小题13】
A.hopedB.helped C.wishedD.offered
【小题14】
A.explainedB.shoutedC.pointedD.cried
【小题15】
A.happinessB.kindnessC.luckD.presents
【小题16】
A.turnedB.viewedC.testedD.shaped
【小题17】
A.doingB.readingC.learningD.knowing
【小题18】
A.disappointedB.touchedC.sad D.angry
【小题19】
A.andB.orC.butD.so
【小题20】
A.smallB.bigC.coolD.hot


I'm writing this letter slowly because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happened within 20 miles from our home, so we moved.
I won't be able to send you the address because the last family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so that they wouldn't have to change their address. This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure it works so well though: last week I put a load in and pulled the chain (拉链) and haven't seen them since. The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days. About that coat you wanted me to send you, your uncle Stanley said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out. Your sister had a baby this morning, but I haven't found out what it is yet. The baby looks just like your brother.
Uncle Ted fell in a whiskey vat(桶)last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off playfully and drowned. We had him cremated(焚化)and he burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up trunk. Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. You other two friends were in back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tail gate down.
There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.
Love,
Mom
P.S. I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed.
【小题1】From the passage, we can infer that _____.

A.here is the letter by a son for his father
B.here is the letter by a mother for her son
C.the family moved to a new and nice place because it is really good there
D.the writer's daughter has got a male baby
【小题2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The number of the family is four, including the new-born baby.
B.The son can't send his parents a letter because the address was taken by the other family.
C.The son will receive a coat with the buttons detached (拆下).
D.None is true.
【小题3】The underlined word "it"(Para.3) refers to _____.
A.the thing that the baby was born B.the baby
C.the son's father D.the son's mother
【小题4】What is the reason why the family moved to a new place?
A.The son asked them to do so .
B.The place is really nice and the climate there is not bad, too.
C.His dad read in the newspaper most accidents happened within 20 miles from their home.
D.His sister had a baby, so they wanted to find a fine place.

There’s a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America,I guess—I’m the guy who can get these for you:cigarettes,a bag of cigar,if you want that,a bottle of wine to celebrate your son or daughter’s high school graduation,or almost anything else...within reason,that is.It wasn’t always that way.

I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty,and I am one of the few people in the prison who is willing to admit what he did.I committed murder.I put a large insurance policy on my wife,who was three years older than 1 was,and then I fixed the brakes of the car her father had given us as a wedding present.It worked out exactly as I had planned,except I hadn’t planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son on the way down Castle Hill and into town.The brakes let go and the car crashed through the bushes,gathering speed.Bystanders said it must have been doing fifty or better when it hit the base of the Civil War statue in the town arid burst into flames.

I also hadn’t planned on getting caught,but caught 1 was.I got a pass into this place.My state has no death penalty(死刑),but I was tried for all three deaths and given three life sentences,to run one after the other.That fixed up any chance of parole(假释)I might have,for a long,long time.The judge called what I had done‘an extremely evil crime’, and it was ,but it is also in the past now.

Have I transformed myself,you ask ?I don’t know what that word means,at least as far as prisons and corrections go.I think it’s a politician’s word.It may have some other meaning,and it may be that 1 will have a chance to find out,but that is the future...

I was young,good—looking,and from the poor side of town.I met a pretty,headstrong girl who lived in one of the fine old houses on Carbine Street.She got pregnant later.Her father was agreeable to the marriage if 1 would take a job in the company he owned and ‘work my way up’.I found out that what he really had in mind was keeping me in his house and under his thumb,like a disagreeable pet that has not quite been housebroken and which may bite.Enough hate eventually piled up to cause me to do what I did.

?? Given a second chance 1 would not do it again,but I'm not sure that means I am transformed.

1.What do we know about the man from the passage?

A.He is treated unfairly in the prison.

B.He is in charge of the federal prison.

C.He is quite an able person as a prisoner.

D.He is the most powerful man in the prison.

2.By saying that“I got a pass into this place”(in Para.3),the man means that________.

A.he has got to stay in prison

B.he was allowed to go home

C.he was caught by the police without a pass

D.he has stayed in the federal prison before

3.The man committed such an evil crime because__________.

A.he had made a secret deal with an insurance company

B.he had been angry for a long time with his father—in—law

C.his wife’s family members had disapproved of their marriage

D.his wife had looked on him as a pet and he didn’t feel respected

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the man?

A.He regrets having committed the crime.

B.He will be out of prison in the near future.

C.He thinks the trial a mistake and is unfair.

D.He has found out the

 

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