Mr. Reynolds, my teacher, handed us a list of thoughts, and asked us to write a paper on one of those thoughts. I chose the topic I wonder why things are the way they are.

I wrote down all the questions that puzzled (困擾) me about life. I realized that many of them were hard to answer, and perhaps others could not be answered at all. When I handed in my paper, I was afraid that I might fail because I did not answer the questions.

The next day, Mr. Reynolds handed me the paper and asked me to read it for the class. The other students became quiet as I began to read my story:

Mum, why are the roses red? Why is the grass green and the sky blue? Why do I have to graduate(畢業(yè)) ? Why do I have to grow up? Why do I have to be called Grandma" one day?.. Dad, why can't I stay out until 12: OO? Why do I miss my old friends? Why do 1 miss being at home?Why do you love me so much?

Mum, Dad, why did you have to leave me? I need you. OGANU

At the end of my story. I looked at Mr. Reynolds, and I saw a tear slowly coming down his face. Then I realized that life is not built on the answers we receive but on the questions we ask.

1.Why was the writer afraid that she might fail? (不超過10個詞)

2.What did the teacher ask the writer to do for the class? (不超過15個詞)

3.What did the writer realize at the end of the story? (不超過15個詞)

1.Because she did not answer the questions(she wrote down). 2.The teacher asked her to read her paper for the class./To read her paper for the class. 3.The writer realized that life is built on ...
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