While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to (指着) a little boy in a red sweater.
“He’s a fine looking boy,” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter: “We have to leave for home now, Melissa.”
“Just five more minutes, Dad,” Melissa said. “Please? Just five more minutes.”
The man nodded (点头) and Melissa went on riding her bike happily. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his daughter, “Time to go now?”
“Five more minutes, Dad,” Melissa said again. “Just five more minutes.”
The man smiled and said: “OK.”
“Oh, you really are a patient father,” said the woman.
The man smiled and then said: “Her older brother Tommy died (死) in a traffic accident last year while he was riding his bike near here,” the man said. “I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d give anything for just five more minutes with him. I’ve vowed (发誓) not to make the same mistake with Melissa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. The truth is, I get five more minutes to watch her play.”?
【小题1】The man’s daughter and her brother were playing at the park.
【小题2】The man felt sorry that he didn’t give more of his time to his older son.
【小题3】Melissa wanted to stay longer when her father asked her to go the first time.
【小题4】Melissa agreed to go home when her father called her the second time.
【小题5】The man learned a lot from Tommy’s death.

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (晕). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
【小题1】Why were the fathers there?

 — The little girl 　　　 her seat to the old man on the crowded bus.

— What a kind girl!

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This is my story. I'm French. I fly planes in Africa.

    One day, when I was flying a very small plane, there was something wrong with the engine(发动机).The engine stopped. The plane was light and I could land it safely on the ground.

    Where was I? I couldn’t see any houses or farms. I had a bottle of water and two oranges. I had a map, too. The first day, I didn't eat anything. In the evening, I began walking. When the sun went down, the air got cold. Where should I walk? I looked at my map and the moon and the stars. I walked and walked.

      The sun came up on the morning of the second day. It was too hot to walk. In the evening, I began walk. I ate an orange and drank a little water.

     The third day, I ate the second orange. The bottle of water was now empty. There were no houses, no trees, and no water.

     The hot sun came up on the fourth day. Would this be the last day on the earth? I didn't know. What was that? A bird? A man on a hill? No! Yes, it was! I walked to him excitedly and said hello to him. He looked at me and then gave me some water. I drank and drank...

1.Where does the writer come from?     

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2.What happened to the writer one day?           

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3.What did the writer take with him?       

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4.How was the weather in the daytime?     

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5.When did the writer see a man on a hill?        

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In the 1930s a young traveler was climbing the French Alps(法国阿尔卑斯山).He arrived at big piece of land without living things.It was ugly.It was the kind of place you hurry away from.

Then,suddenly,the young traveler stopped on the way.In the middle of this large land there was an old man.On his back was a bag of seeds.In his land was an iron pipe(铁管).

The man used the iron pipe to make a hole in the ground.Then from the bag he took a seed and put it in the hole.He did this again and again.

Later the old man told the traveler,“I’ve planted over 100,00 seeds.Perhaps only a tenth of them will grow.”

The old man’s wife and son had died,and this was how he chose to spend his final years.

“I want to do something useful,”he said.

(1)二十年以后那个年轻的游客已不再年轻。 He retutned to the place.What he saw amazed him.He could mot believe his eyes.The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long.Birds were singing,animals were playing,and wild flowers were here and there.

(2)The traveler stood there remembering the lifeless picture of the place that it once was.A beautiful forest stood there now,all because someone cared.

1.Why did the ola man plant seeds?_____________________________________________

2.How many seeds did the old man think could grow,all of them or only some?___________

3.What amazed the young traveler when he returned to the place?______________________

4.将短文中画线句子(1)翻译成英语。___________________________________________

5.将短文中画线句子(2)翻译成汉语。___________________________________________