Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning(推理的) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.

For example, you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, “What would take someone put on a heavy jacket?” Maybe the person is going outside into very cold weather. Maybe the person works in the penguin pen(企鵝圈養(yǎng)地) at Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.

Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he bullied(欺負) another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!

Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, but this was really much too strange. Cait’s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause end effect, could you tell?

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.According to the second paragraph, which of the following is an effect?

A．Someone puts on a heavy jacket.

B．Someone works in the penguin pen.

C．Someone will go outside into cold weather.

D．Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.

2.Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. Which of the following isn’t the possible cause?

A．He bullied another student.               B．He is going shopping.

C．His is being picking up early.               D．He is being given a prize.

3.What was Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall asleep?

A．He was going outside.                    B．He was reading a story.

C．He was sleepwalking.                     D．He was looking for his dad.

4.Which of the following is cause and effect?

A．Tony got up and had a glass of water.

B．We came home and found him sleeping.

C．The ball was lost and a window was broken.

D．Tim was late again and his teacher got angry.

5.What is the best title for the next?

A．Truth and lies                          B．Work and sleep

C．Cause and effect                        D．Life and dreams

 

Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning(推理的) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.
For example, you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, “What would take someone put on a heavy jacket?” Maybe the person is going outside into very cold weather. Maybe the person works in the penguin pen(企鵝圈養(yǎng)地) at Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.
Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he bullied(欺負) another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!
Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, but this was really much too strange. Cait’s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause end effect, could you tell?
根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。
【小題1】According to the second paragraph, which of the following is an effect?

A．Someone puts on a heavy jacket.

B．Someone works in the penguin pen.

C．Someone will go outside into cold weather.

D．Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.

【小題2】Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. Which of the following isn’t the possible cause?

A．He bullied another student.	B．He is going shopping.
C．His is being picking up early.	D．He is being given a prize.

【小題3】What was Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall asleep?

A．He was going outside.	B．He was reading a story.
C．He was sleepwalking.	D．He was looking for his dad.

【小題4】Which of the following is cause and effect?

A．Tony got up and had a glass of water.

B．We came home and found him sleeping.

C．The ball was lost and a window was broken.

D．Tim was late again and his teacher got angry.

【小題5】What is the best title for the next?

A．Truth and lies	B．Work and sleep
C．Cause and effect	D．Life and dreams

　 The doctor in a small town was standing behind his desk, cleaning something．On the desk there are some books．A young man came in and asked quite excitedly： “Doctor, have you anything to stop the hiccups （打嗝） ?” The doctor looked at him with a smile for a moment and suddenly slapped （給……一巴掌）him in the face with the cloth he held in his hand．“What do you mean by that?” The young man shouted angrily．“Why! I only asked you a question．”“That was the cure（治療） for the hiccups,” the doctor explained．“Are they gone?” “No, it is my wife．My wife has the hiccups and she is out in the car．”

36．What was the doctor doing when the young man came in?

A．He was reading 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．He was talking with others．

C．He was cleaning something．　　　　　　　　　　 D．He was making a phone call．

37．Why did the man go to see the doctor?

A．Because was ill．

B．Because he couldn't stop hiccupping．

C．Because his wife was ill in bed．

D．Because he wanted to help his wife stop hiccupping．

38．Why did the doctor slap the young man?

A．Because the young man was not polite to him．

B．Because the doctor was busy cleaning and didn't want to listen to him．

C．Because the doctor thought it would be great fun to slap the young man．

D．Because he thought the young man had hiccups．

39．How was the young man after the doctor slapped him?

A．He was happy because he stopped hiccupping．

B．He was angry and shouted to the doctor．

C．He went out without saying say a word．

D．He slapped the doctor．

40．What do you think the doctor would do after he heard what the young man said?

A．He would feel funny．

B．He would ask the young man slap him, too．

C．He would say sorry to the young man．

D．He would go and slap the young man's wife in the face．

The doctor in a small town was standing behind his desk, cleaning something．On the desk there are some books．A young man came in and asked quite excitedly： “Doctor, have you anything to stop the hiccups （打嗝） ?” The doctor looked at him with a smile for a moment and suddenly slapped （給……一巴掌）him in the face with the cloth he held in his hand．“What do you mean by that?” The young man shouted angrily．“Why! I only asked you a question．”“That was the cure（治療） for the hiccups,” the doctor explained．“Are they gone?” “No, it is my wife．My wife has the hiccups and she is out in the car．”

1 What was the doctor doing when the young man came in?

A．He was reading                                         B．He was talking with others．

C．He was cleaning something．                      D．He was making a phone call．

2 Why did the man go to see the doctor?

      A．Because was ill．

B．Because he couldn't stop hiccupping．

      C．Because his wife was ill in bed．

D．Because he wanted to help his wife stop hiccupping．

3 Why did the doctor slap the young man?

      A．Because the young man was not polite to him．

B．Because the doctor was busy cleaning and didn't want to listen to him．

      C．Because the doctor thought it would be great fun to slap the young man．

      D．Because he thought the young man had hiccups．

4 How was the young man after the doctor slapped him?

      A．He was happy because he stopped hiccupping．

B．He was angry and shouted to the doctor．

C．He went out without saying say a word．

D．He slapped the doctor．

5 What do you think the doctor would do after he heard what the young man said?

      A．He would feel funny．

      B．He would ask the young man slap him, too．

      C．He would say sorry to the young man．

      D．He would go and slap the young man's wife in the face．

When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop in the center of our town. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him and I made a little pocket money by buying things for his workmates. But I never paid attention to all the things and people around me.

One day, as my dad and I were driving to the shop, I looked out of the window of the car and I saw an old man standing at the street corner. There was a rose in his hand, he was smelling the rose. For some reason, our eyes met and we looked at each other for about twenty seconds. There was nothing unusual about this man but the meet was unusual to me. Up to that moment in my life, I had given no thought to anyone on the street, in shops or anywhere else. I had no interest out of my family.

But I was interested in that old man. For the first time I had interest in a stranger. What kind of life had he lived? Where had he been in his time?

Once a great man encouraged us to “stop and smell the rose”. Now I want to tell these words to you. Stop what you are busy with and try to fully understand things and people in your eyesight. If you don’t care about others on your road of life, then you are missing your life itself.

1.How did the writer make a little pocket money?

A．By asking his father to give him.

B．By stealing other’s money.

C．By buying things for his father’s workmates.

D．By asking in the street.

2.What was the old man doing when I saw him?

A．He was selling roses.

B．He was walking in the street.

C．He was talking to the writer.

D．He was smelling a rose.

3.When did the writer have interest out of his family?

A．When he was a kid.

B．When he met the old man with rose.

C．When he went to school.

D．When he went to work.

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．If you care about others on your road of life, then you are having your life itself.

B．If you care about others on your road of life, then you are missing your life itself.

C．If you meet an old man with a rose in the street, then you’ll have interest in your life.

D．If you have interest in others, then you are having your life itself.