After Mom died， I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak. He always put a glass of  1     on the kitchen table for me， with a note reading， “Drink your juice.”

As a kid， I once    2   Mom， “Why doesn’t Dad love me？”Mom asked me， “   3  ？ Why do you think so？”“Well， he never tells me，” I said.“But    4  ， how hard he works to take care of us. That’s how he    5   his love.”

Many years later， after drinking the juice， I hugged（拥抱） my father and said， “I love you， Dad.” From then on， I did that every   6  . My father never told me how he felt about my hugs.

Then one day， I didn’t hug him and just   7   towards the door. Dad said， “Well？”

“Well， what？” I asked. “Well…” he said again， holding out his   8  . Then I hugged him， and told him， “I’m fifty years old， Dad. You’ve   9   told me you love me.” A minute later， Dad said， “All right! I    10   you.” Although he spoke in a very low voice， I heard it clearly.

1. A. water              B. juice                C. wine

2. A. asked              B. surprised            C. told

3. A. When               B. What                 C. How

4. A. watch              B. look                 C. see

5. A. kisses             B. does                 C. shows

6. A. morning            B. afternoon            C. evening

7. A. arrived            B. came                 C. moved

8. A. arms               B. head                 C. neck

9. A. always             B. never                C. usually

10. A. hate              B. miss                 C. love

Mr. White looks out of his window. There is a boy at the other side of the street. The boy takes some bread out of a bag and begins eating it.There is a very thin dog in the street, too. The boy says to it, “I’ll give you some bread.”

The dog is hungry and goes to the boy, but he does not give it any bread. He kicks(踢) the dog. It runs away, and the boy laughs.

Then Mr. White comes out of his house and says to the boy. “I’ll give you a shilling(先令).”The boy is happy and says “Yes.”“Come here,” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, but Mr. White does not give him a shilling. He hits him with a stick(用棍子打他).The boy cries and says, “Why do you hit me? I do not ask you for any money.” “No,” Mr. White says, “and the dog does not ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”

1.Where is Mr. White at first?

A．In the room.

B．In the street.

C．In front of the house.

D．Close to the boy.

2.Why does the dog go to the boy? Because _____.

A．it wants to eat

B．the boy asks it to do so

C．the boy is the dog’s owner

D．the boy is friendly to it

3.Mr. White tells the boy to come up to him, because he wants to _______.

A．give him a shilling

B．give him a good lesson (教训)

C．give him some more bread

D．help the boy

4.What kind of man do you think Mr. White is? He is a _____.

A．cruel(粗鲁的)                          B．sympathetic (有同情心的)

C．friendly                               D．Polite

Mr. White looks out of the window. There is a little boy on the other side of the street. The boy  1  a piece of bread out of a bag and begins to eat it. There is a very thin dog  2  the street, too. The boy says to it, “Come on. I’m going to give you  3  bread.” The dog is very hungry and goes to him. But the boy  4  give it any bread. He kicks(踢)  5  god. It runs away, and the boy laughs.

Then Mr. White comes out of  6  home and says to the boy, “I’m going to give you a shilling(先令).” The boy is  7  and says, “Good.”

“Come here!” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him,  8  Mr. White doesn’t give him a shilling. He hits him  9  his stick(手杖).

The boy  10  and says, “Why do you hit me? I don’t ask you for any money.”

Mr. White says, “you know the god doesn’t ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”