I learned how our attitudes made a big difference in our everyday lives from my friend Mary.
She doesn’t have any pets. I happened to see her outside on a -30 degree morning walking a dog. I felt sorry for Mary, out there walking a dog that’s not hers in such cold weather. I thought maybe she was saying to herself, “Yeah, this is why I don’t have any pets! I hate walking dogs.”
Later that day I saw Mary and said, “I saw you out there walking a dog this morning. Are you unhappy because you had to walk it on such a cold day?” To my surprise, she said that she enjoyed getting out there and walking the dog and that she got good exercise because of the dog. She also said she had talked to her brother, the dog’s owner, who was on holiday in Orlando, Florida with his family. He said his children were enjoying Disney World and the resorts (勝地). His four-year-old son had breakfast with Mickey Mouse and said it was the best day in his life. Mary said, “If I can help my brother and his family have a wonderful time relaxing for a week, knowing that their pet is being loved and cared for, what more could I ask for?” She added, “It’s worth it for me to make the sacrifice (犧牲) so that they can go and have fun.”
I learned a lesson from Mary.
【小題1】What do we know about Mary?

A．She liked exercising outside before that day.
B．In fact she likes taking care of dogs very much.
C．She likes helping others.
D．She was sorry for not going on holiday with her brother.
【小題2】Why did the author feel sorry for Mary?
A．It was a cold morning.
B．He thought Mary was suffering because of others.
C．Mary didn’t have any pets.
D．He found Mary was unhappy to walk the dog.
【小題3】Mary’s brother and his family could have a wonderful holiday because __________.
A．the children could have breakfast with Mickey Mouse
B．the children enjoyed Disney World and the resorts
C．Mary did not go with them
D．Mary looked after their dog
【小題4】What lesson did the author learn from Mary?
A．Traveling is fun, and walking dogs is also fun.
B．Walking dogs will make you feel warm.
C．Helping others is also a kind of enjoyment.
D．Walking dogs is also a kind of exercise.
【小題5】What can we infer from the passage?
A．The author mistook Mary that morning.
B．Mary would raise a dog after helping her brother.
C．Mary made a lot of sacrifices for her brother.
D．Mary disliked raising any pets.


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析我的朋友Mary沒有寵物，我碰巧看見她在-30度的早上遛狗。在如此冷的天氣里去溜不屬于她的狗，我很同情她。我原以為她會(huì)對我說這就是她沒寵物的原因，她討厭遛狗之類的話，但通過與她的交談，我發(fā)現(xiàn)是自己誤解了。從她那里，我學(xué)會(huì)了態(tài)度對于我們的日常生活中是有很大影響的。
【小題1】結(jié)合第3段最后兩句Mary said, “If I can help my brother and his family have a wonderful time relaxing for a week, knowing that their pet is being loved and cared for, what more could I ask for?” She added, “It’s worth it for me to make the sacrifice (犧牲) so that they can go and have fun.”  Mary說：“如果我能幫助我的哥哥和他的家人，讓他們能夠美美的放松一周，并且讓他們知道狗被很好的照顧和關(guān)愛，我還能要求什么��？”她又補(bǔ)充道：“能讓他們?nèi)ザ燃�，好好放松一下，對于我而言做出一些犧牲是值得的�！惫蔆正確。
【小題2】結(jié)合第2段第2句，“I felt sorry for Mary, out there walking a dog that’s not hers in such cold weather.”，我很同情Mary, 要在如此冷的天氣里，去外面溜一只不是她的狗。故B正確。
【小題3】結(jié)合第3段倒數(shù)第2句Mary said, “If I can help my brother and his family have a wonderful time relaxing for a week, knowing that their pet is being loved and cared for, what more could I ask for?” Mary說：“如果我能幫助我的哥哥和他的家人，讓他們能夠美美的放松一周，并且讓他們知道狗被很好的照顧和關(guān)愛，我還能要求什么�。俊惫蔇正確。
【小題4】結(jié)合文章第2、3、4段，Mary沒有寵物，我碰巧看見她在-30度的早上在遛狗。我很同情她，在如此冷的天氣里去溜不屬于她的狗。我原以為她會(huì)對我說這就是她沒寵物的原因，她討厭遛狗。而Mary說她喜歡遛狗，在遛狗的同時(shí)可以鍛煉身體，還給我講著哥哥一家度假的情況。最后她補(bǔ)充道：“如果我能幫助我的哥哥和他的家人，讓他們能夠美美的放松一周，并且讓他們知道狗被很好的照顧和關(guān)愛，我還能要求什么�。俊惫蔆正確。
【小題5】結(jié)合文章第2、3段，Mary沒有寵物，我碰巧看見她在-30度的早上在遛狗。我很同情她，在如此冷的天氣里去溜不屬于她的狗。我原以為她會(huì)對我說這就是她沒寵物的原因，她討厭遛狗，通過與她的交談，我發(fā)現(xiàn)是自己誤解了。故A正確。

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C．show that Santa Claus was hard-working
D．make Alice believe the gift was exactly for her
【小題5】From the last paragraph we can infer that _________.
A．old people still keeps something of childishness
B．we should always give our parents a surprise
C．old people usually feel lonely on festivals
D．we should spend more time with our parents

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