Yesterday my son， daughter and I went to the grocery store. In front of us in line was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking almost broke the mother’s heart， “I’m sorry， Honey， but we have no money to buy it.”
My son was watching that dialogue. By the way， he had been raking(用耙子耙)leaves our garden to raise himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the store， he ran to the candy counter(柜台)and bought a box of Smarties with the money .
He turned to look at me and I just nodded. He ran out after the little girl and her mother and he gave them the box. He came back and told me what he told them. “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you smart.”
I was so excited that I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him， and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly， he replied， “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.”I explained， “When you do something nice for someone， you shouldn’t expect to get anything. When you get something you should be very thankful.”
1.When the writer and her children went to the grocery store， they saw a little girl asking ____.
A．her mother for a nice toy
B．her mother for a box of Smarties
C．where she could find a box of Smarties
D．her mother if she could had enough money
2.From the passage we know Smarties are ____.
A．a nice electric toy
B．an interesting story book
C．a kind of candy
D．some leaves of a nice tree
3.The writer was ____ to see her son buy a pack of Smarties for the little girl.
A．sad B．excited C．angry D．proud
4.The writer still bought the pack of Smarties to ______ .
A. praise her son’s good deed.
B. give it to the little girl some day
C. have them with her husband.
D. give it to other children.
5.What can we learn from the story above?
A．Every kid should have a pack of Smarties.
B．Everyone should have a good mother.
C．Everyone should do nice things for others.
D．Every mother should often do something for her children.
Perhaps the only test score that I remembered is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remembered waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right handed out our papers one by one. It was a rather test. I heard my classmates groaning(叹息)， and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking .
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers， circled to draw attention， was my score， 55!
I lowered my head， and the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good， none of you ，” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big that day and asked me as soon as I got home， “ did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55，” I said.
A frown(皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to at once. “But Dad， I had the highest score in the class， ” I said. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You !” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I .
“I don’t what scores others had， but you failed. What is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years， my father was that way. It didn’t matter what others did， it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
1.A. boring B. difficult C. strange D. interesting
2.A. poor B. true C. good D. suitable
3.A. checked B. covered C. turned D. opened
4.A. failed B. missed C. passed D. won
5.A. Especially B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Slowly
6.A. event B. breakfast C. show D. test
7.A. When B. Why C. What D. How
8.A. speak B. explain C. prove D. reply
9.A. impatiently B. carefully C. nervously D. proudly
10.A. lied B. failed C. regretted D. lost
11.A. advised B. realized C. insisted D. promised
12.A. care B. imagine C. know D. understand
13.A. makes B. suggests C. improves D. matters
14.A. always B. seldom C. still D. once
15.A. wisdom B. worries C. trouble D. courage
— Have you asked the teacher ________ tomorrow morning?
— Some food and drinks.
A. what we should take
B. how shall we go for a picnic
C. when and where should we go
D. if we need take an umbrella with us
—______ will the terrible weather stop?
— I’ve no idea. The radio says it will _____ until next Monday.
A. How soon； last B. How often； stop
C. How far， last D. How long； stop
—Have you had a plan for the coming summer holiday?
— Well， I want to go to _______________ to relax with my family.
A. interesting somewhere
B. anywhere interesting
C. no interesting places
D. somewhere interesting
—Bill， can I get you anything to drink? —____
A. You are welcome.
B. No problem
C. I won’t mind a cup of coffee.
D. It doesn’t matter.
