Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift.
Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage could only be stretched so far.
What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family unity. They ran the household in their mother’s absence. All three of his sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother.
It was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Bobby started to walk down to the street. He walked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach. It was starting to get dark, then suddenly his eyes caught a shiny dime. Never has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby did at that moment.
He went inside a flower shop. When the owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower. The shop owner looked at Bobby, then said, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.”
The shop owner returned holding red roses all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby’s heart sank as the owner placed them gently into a long white box. “That will be ten cents, young man,” said the shop owner, reaching out his hand for the dime. Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime.
Then the shopkeeper’s wife appeared. “Where are the roses you were fixing?”
The shop owner replied, “A strange thing happened to me this morning. I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn’t sure at the time whether I had lost my mind or what, but I set them aside anyway. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was.”
小題1:According to the first three paragraphs we know that _____.
A．Bobby’s sisters didn’t help Bobby to buy a gift
B．Bobby had known what gift he’d give to his mother
C．the children in the family all loved their mother
D．Bobby’s family was rich before his father died
小題2:Why did Bobby walk along the street?
A．Because he didn’t know what to do.
B．Because he wanted to try his luck there.
C．Because he wanted to get some money.
D．Because he hoped to see what he could get.
小題3:What could he buy with a dime then?
A．A flower.B．Nothing.C．A piece of cake.D．Many flowers.
小題4:Bobby slowly gave the dime to the shop owner because _______.
A．he did not want any rose flowers
B．the flowers weren’t worth a dime
C．the shop owner would cheat him
D．he hardly believed what had happened
小題5:From the last two paragraphs we can infer that the shop owner ______.
A．was shocked by the voice he heard
B．was always ready to help others
C．didn’t know how to run a business
D．was good at making up stories

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A
文章講述的是一個(gè)孩子在地上撿到一角錢，到花店買花給母親，店主賣了一束最好的玫瑰給他，
小題1:推理判斷題，根據(jù)前三段的內(nèi)容，可知他們家庭很困難，但是幾個(gè)孩子還是在為母親做禮物，由此可見他們非常愛(ài)他們的母親。
小題2:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第四段he had nothing. Bobby started to walk down to the street. He walked from shop to shop可知，他不知道該給母親什么禮物，因此在街上閑逛，
小題3:推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容可知，其實(shí)這一角錢什么也買不到，那束花是店主送給他的。
小題4:推理判斷題，他慢慢把錢遞給店主是怕店主欺騙他，因?yàn)樗肋@些花不止這么多錢、
小題5:推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段A strange thing happened to me this morning. I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn’t sure at the time whether I had lost my mind or what可知，他認(rèn)為自己瘋掉了，所以他當(dāng)時(shí)肯定對(duì)這聲音感到很震驚。
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Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct(指導(dǎo)).” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小題1:Which sentence best express the central point of the passage?
A．Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering.
B．We become stronger by facing and solving problems of life.
C．Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain.
D．People like to complain about their problems.
小題2:The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ___.
A．save spaceB．persuade readers
C．make readers laughD．get readers’ attention
小題3:The main idea of paragraph 3 is that _________.
A．most people feel life is easy
B．the writer feel life is easy
C．the writer likes to complain about his problems
D．most people complain about how hard their lives are
小題4:According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in         order to ______.
A．encourage them to learn
B．teach them to fear the pain of solving the problems
C．help them learn to deal with pain
D．teach them how to respect problems
小題5:The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests   that ______.
A．we do not learn from experience
B．we do not learn when we are in pain
C．pain teaches us important lessons
D．pain cannot be avoided

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