doctors and nurses would be there, but it was Joan"s turn to look after the sick children. She liked dancing
very much, so she felt very sorry for herself.
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to one little boy,
Dickey. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult ( 成人). Poor Dickey had
a very serious illness, and now he was hardly able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan
knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people
instead of about himself.
Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted
her with the words, "I" m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to
have a party for you. If you look in my drawer (抽屉), you " Il find a piece of cake. I saved it from my
supper today, so it" s quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there, You can buy something to drink with
that. And I" d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to," he added.
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan.
A. there wasn"t a dance ball at the hospital
B. of her unpleasant job
C. she couldn"t look after the sick children
D. she would miss the big dance
B. had a serious illness
C. was clever at talking though he was very young
D. all the above (以上全部)
A. he was a sick boy
B. he could dance with Joan
C. he often thought about other people instead of about himself
D. he could foresee (预知) that he would never get any better
B. Dickey knew nothing about the dance.
C. Dickey could only move his hands.
D. Dickey greeted Joan when she came.
B. Dickey brought her something to drink
C. Joan was moved (感动) by Dickey
D. Dickey lost the dollar which he saved
Robinson went to England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed.
The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very
cold, too." But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on the a bucket (桶) of water. John said, "Who put the
glass here? I am going to put it into the house." He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful
piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden." Mr. Robinson smiled
and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove there, and dry it." The boy took the ice to the
kitchen and put it in front of the stoves. He dried his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then
he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put the glass in
front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."
B. he was young
C. he was born in Africa
D. he didn"t go to school
B. a boy of their friends
C. their daughter
D. one of their friend"s son
B. a piece of ice
C. some snow
D. some water
B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.
C. He asked John not to play with ice.
D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.
B. wetter
C. bigger
D. colder
his father and brothers "What?" and " How?" and "Why?".
They couldn"t always tell him what he wanted to know.
When they couldn"t tell him, Ben try to find the answer by himself.
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other would say,
"That Ben Franklin! He is always finding out something new!"
Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blow them
across the river.
One day Ben said to himself, "Why can"t the wind help me float (漂浮) across the water? And I"m
going to try." Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite"s sting and ran with it. The wind took the
kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
The wind blew the kite high into the sky. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the
other side, and he did not work at all.
One boy shouted, "Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without
any work!"
B. always asked easy questions
C. always liked to play with water
D. always liked to find out how things worked
B. could answer all his questions
C. tried hard to find out something new for him
D. were too busy to answer his questions
B. The water carried him across it.
C. The flying kite took him across it.
D. A boat took him across it.
B. his father and brothers knew
C. people didn"t know
D. most people knew
B. he didn"t go to work that day
C. he didn"t cross the water at all
D. he crossed the water in an easy way
he had travelled all over the world collecting animals for his own zoo. He hoped to collect two examples
of every kind of animal on his island. But he was afraid that people would find him someday.
He wrote books about his travels, and about his animals that he collected. The money from the books
helped to pay for all the food that these animals eat.
One day, when Mr King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil (石油). He needed money
for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but
he know that if he told anybody else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life"s work.
So he decided not to tell anyone about what he had found, because oil and water couldn"t mix (混合).
B. water
C. animals
D. money
B. that would be the end of his zoo
C. he hadn"t got enough water and oil
D. they would buy his animals
B. keep his wild animals
C. tell people he had got many wild animals
D. let people know he lived on an island
B. he wanted to find oil
C. the water around the island could not be drunk
D. he needed money for his travel
B. oil and water were rather difficult to be mixed together.
C. Mr King"s animals only need water, not oil
D. if he told others he had found oil, his life"s work would be stopped
only say, "Quick! Quick!" The dentist thought he must be very ill. His assistant helped to make the poor man sit in
a chair. The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then he looked into the man"s mouth and pulled
out all the bad teeth. After the man woke up, he said in a low voice, "Quick, doctor, Quick!"
"It"s all right now," the dentist told him. "It"s over."
"You don"t understand," said the man. "I came to tell you your house is on fire."
B. ill
C. all right
D. rich
B. started to cry
C. went home
D. went to sleep
B. a bad tooth
C. all the bad teeth
D. all the teeth
B. because he wanted to sleep
C. to tell the dentist that he was all right
D. to tell the dentist that his house was on fire
I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag.I coughed
uneasily. Finally 1 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.
"I"m 2 tomorrow," he said.
"I know." My 3 was almost a whisper (低声). I was 4 at myself for being so weak,but I
wasn"t about
to cry.
"My 5 is early, so there is still 6 time to come to the airport," he said. Seeing the 7 look on
my face, he quickly added, "I promise (答应) I won"t leave without saying goodbye."
I tried to say 8 , but didn"t. It"s always 9 to keep quiet if you"re about to cry. "You promised
you wouldn"t cry," he said to me, thinking that I was close to 10 .
I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 11 I thought he was always right behind me,
holding the seat to keep me from 12 . I was happy with this,but he knew he couldn"t hold me up all
my life.He told me that one day he would have to let go.
His coughing stopped my thinking. What was left to say? How could I say 13 to the person who
taught me everything?
The next morning I 14 , looked at my alarm clock,and realized he had left 15 ago. We never
even said goodbye.
Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was
only an answer in his heart.