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When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.

One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.

My whole life I have depended on the kindness of many strangers, I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things.

1.Why did the younger brother cry for his mother?

A. Because he was hungry.

B. Because he missed his mother. 

C. Because he wanted to sleep.

D. Because he wanted to play outside.

2.What does the underlined word “regretful” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Sorry.           B. Happy.           C. Excited.             D. Angry.

3.What did the man mean by saying “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.”?

A. People are more important than things.

B. Things are more important than people.

C. Both the shoe and your brother are important.

D. The shoe is more important than your brother.

4.According to the passage, which word can best describe the man?

A. Rude.            B. Funny.           C. Silly.               D. Kind.

When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
My whole life I have depended on (依靠) the kindness of many strangers, I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things.
【小題1】Why did the younger brother cry for his mother?

People have different ways to express love. Once, our teacher asked us to talk about it. There were all kinds of answers. Someone said we could use flowers to express love; someone said we could use languages;（1）someone said we could _____ troubles and happiness _____ each other. A girl told us a true story.
A young man and his wife were both biology scientists. They often did some research（研究） on wild plants in the forest. They had a clever girl and they loved each other.
One day, they went to the forest as usual. But when they climbed up the hill, they were afraid. A lion was watching them. They didn’t bring a gun（槍）with them. It was impossible to run away. Their faces got pale and they stood there without moving. The lion stood there, too. （2） After a few minutes it came up to them slowly, and then it ran faster and faster. It came in front of his wife. Just at that time, the man shouted in a loud voice and began to run away. The lion turned around and began to run after the man. Lions prefer to attack（攻擊）the running person. It is the lion’s character. After a while, the man was killed by the lion. The woman came back safely.
The girl asked us if we knew what the man had said. All the students gave one of these two answers. One was, “Honey, sorry.” And the other was “Hurry, run”. But the girl said we were all wrong. The man shouted to his wife loudly, “Take care of Lily. Live happily.”
At last, the girl said, “At the most dangerous moment, my dad ran away alone. He used the special way to show his love.”
【小題1】在（1）句空白處填上恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~使句意完整、上下文通順:
___________  ___________
【小題2】將（2）句譯成漢語(yǔ)。
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【小題3】What did the man do when they met the lion on the hill?
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【小題4】在文中找出所給句子的同義句: “Do you know what the man said?” the girl asked us.
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【小題5】找出文中或?qū)懗鲎钅鼙磉_(dá)該短文主題的句子。
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   A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the tables.

   A waiter went up to him and gave him the menu.

   The man read it carefully, then ordered(點(diǎn)餐) all the most expensive foods and began to enjoy himself.

   Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man’s table.

   The waiter came up and said to the man, “What would your little boy like, sir?”

   “Oh, just an ice cream, ” the man told him. Then he said to the waiter, “I’m just going out to buy a newspaper.”

   He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice cream. The boy ate it, and then stood up and walked to the door.

   The waiter ran to him.

   “Excuse me,” he said, “but your father hasn’t come back and he hasn’t paid for his meal or for your ice cream.”

   “I’m sorry,” The young boy said, “He’s not my father, I don’t know who he is.”

   The waiter did not understand. “What do you mean?” he asked.

   “The man came up to me in the street, ” the boy said. “He asked me if I liked ice cream. I told him I did. Then he told me to come into the restaurant at 2:00pm and sit down at his table. He said he’d give me some.”

    After knowing the truth, the waiter felt so sad, because he had to pay money for the meal.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1.What did the man order in the restaurant?

2.Where did the little boy sit?

3.Was the small boy the man’s son?

4.When did the man tell the boy to come into the restaurant?

5.Who paid money for the meal?