Miss Smith was a teacher. Her home was not far from her school,and she always walked there in the morning. One cold and windy morning, Miss Smith walked to the school as usual. The cold wind went into her eyes, and big tears（眼泪）began running out of them.She reached the school, opened the door and went into the classroom.It was nice and warm there. Miss Smith was happy. Then a small boy looked at her for a few seconds. He came up to her, put his arms round her and said kindly, "Don't cry, Miss Smith. School isn't very bad."

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　　1. Miss Smith was a _______. 

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　　 A. teacher of English 

　　 B. teacher of small children

　　 C. nurse 

　　　　　　　　 D. doctor

　　2. It was ________ from Miss Smith's home to her school.

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　　 A. far 　B. an hour's walk 　C. near 　D. a long way

　　3. She went to the school _______ every morning.

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　　 A. by car 　B. by bike 　C. by bus 　D. on foot

　　4. When the small boy saw tears in Miss Smith's eyes, he thought _______.

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　　 A. she was crying because she didn't like school

　　 B. there was something wrong with her eyes

　　 C. she was ill

　　 D. she was crying because the students were not good

　　5. From the story we can know that ______. 

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　　 A. the small boy loved Miss Smith

　　 B. the small boy was not a good boy

　　 C. Miss Smith was not a good teacher

　　 D. Miss Smith didn't like bad weather

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　A small boy and 　1　 father were having a 　2　　 　in the country. Suddenly （突然）it began to rain very 　3　　 　. They did not have their umbrellas （雨伞）　4　 　　 them, and there was no place to hide themselves. They were all wet soon. The small boy was not very 　5　　 　.

　For a long time they were walking home. The boy was thinking of something. Then 　6　 last he 　7　　 　to his father, “Why does it rain, Father? It isn't very nice, is it?”

　“No, it isn't very nice, but it's very 　8　　 　, Tom,” answered his father.“ It rains to make the fruits （水果）and vegetable （蔬菜）grow for us, and to make the grass grow 　9　　 　the cows and sheep.”

　Tom thought 　10　　 　this for a few seconds, and then said, “Why does it rain on the road, too?”

　　For a long time the zoo didn't have hippopotamus (河马). Tex wanted 1 very much. But a hippopotamus was hard to find.

　　Then a circus (马戏团) 2 down. It had to sell all the animals. One of them was Cleo-Cleo the hippopotamus! For a while Cleo was 3 on a farm. Poor Cleo! A hippopotamus can't be let 4 on a farm, so Cleo had to lie in a tub (木盆) of water just 5 enough to hold her. She couldn't move anything 6 her head.

　　Tex wanted to buy Cleo. But she was $ 4000! The 7 didn't have the money.

　　Then Tex thought of his friends, the children of Kansas City. 8 they knew about Cleo, they would help. He wrote a story about Cleo and sent it to a 9 . “Help save Cleo, children!” the story said. “Send in your pocket money.”

　　The children 10 . They sent in enough money to buy Cleo. And Cleo came to live at the zoo.

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