Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with with them.
The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn’t do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired (討厭)of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn’t know what to do.
One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的)for her grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(驚訝的)and asked “Why did you buy two plates, son”
“One is for my grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you.” She cried for long. She’s kind to her mother as she did before.
【小題1】 Sandra asked her mother to live with them because________

A．the old woman lived alone

B．she needed her help

C．the old woman couldn’t look after herself

D．the old woman could give her much money.

【小題2】The family liked Mrs Black because_________

A．she was rich

B．she could watched their door

C．she could do the housework for them

D．she was friendly to them all

【小題3】Mrs Black was afraid ________,so she couldn’t leave her daughter’s house.

A．she had no house to live in

B．she couldn’t look after herself

C．Sandra couldn’t go to see her any more

D．she couldn’t buy a house and none takes care of her

【小題4】Sandra was afraid ________,so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.

A．her mother could broke another plate

B．her mother didn’t want to live

C．her husband could be tired of her mother

D．her mother couldn’t do anything at home

【小題5】Sandra is friendly to her mother again because________

A．she knows she did wrong

B．she was afraid of her son

C．the old is poor

D．it’s her duty

The student is _________ see the teacher because he_________a mistake.

A．a(chǎn)fraid of; has	B．a(chǎn)fraid to; has made
C．a(chǎn)fraid to; make	D．a(chǎn)fraid of; made

 

Have you ever complained that life is so tiring or that there is too much homework? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you look at the world with a warm heart, you will find that the whole world smiles at you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you do a good job?
If one day it is fine, but just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. Dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? Also with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible. The terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident of ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of the success.”
Attitude decides everything, with an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile at whatever we meet and the whole world will smiles at us.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。
【小題1】Students sometimes complain _____________.

A．life is interesting	B．the sky seems bright
C．their studies are successful.	D．there is too much homework.

【小題2】When we face failure,  we _____________________.

A．mustn’t be confident	B．should be afraid of everything
C．shouldn’t give up hope	D．must lose heart

【小題3】The Chinese for the world “optimistic” in the last paragraph is “____________”.

A．悲觀的

B．樂觀的

C．開放的

D．保守的

【小題4】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Complaining about life.

B．It is very hard to succeed.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Smile at the world even when you are in trouble.

根據(jù)所給漢語提示完成下列句子。
1. 青少年認為他們應(yīng)該被允許自己做決定。
Teenagers think they should             to make the decision for themselves.
2. 自從父親去世以來，我一直害怕孤獨，總是想辦法讓母親更多地關(guān)注我。
I have been afraid of      alone, and tried to make my mother pay      attention to me since my father's death.
3. 許多年輕人總是夢想成為有名的籃球運動員。
Many young people             becoming famous basketball players.
4. 你認為我們的校規(guī)和班規(guī)怎么樣？
      do you               our school rules and class rules?
5. 人人有責(zé)使學(xué)校成為無煙場所。
It is everyone's        to make our school smoking-free environment.

閱讀短文，根據(jù)意思，從各題所給的A、B和C三個選項中選出最佳答案。

One midnight（午夜）, a little girl woke up （醒來）to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared（害怕）.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage（勇敢些）!”

“What’s courage（勇氣）?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

“Courage is the brave（勇敢的） breath（呼吸）,” her mother answered.

“Mum, do you have courage?”

“Certainly.”

The girl held out（伸出） her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow（吹） some of your breath of courage to me.”

After her mother blew out two mouthfuls（口） of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously（緊張地）, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away（跑掉）. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kinds of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”

In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind（心）. Who we should defeat(戰(zhàn)勝) is nobody but ourselves.

1.The girl walked back because __________.

A. the bathroom was too far away

B. her mother wouldn’t go with her

C. she was too afraid of the dark                  

2.We learn from the reading that ___________.

A. the girl went to the bathroom by herself       

B. the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing

C. the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath

3.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

A. held out her little hands

B. clenched her fists          

C. talk to her mother

4.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A. adults are always brave enough                

B. children learn to be brave quickly

C. the fear in one’s mind is the real problem

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The Fearless Mother         

B. One Lonely Girl      

C. The Breath of Courage