One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered. “Mum, do you have courage?”“Certainly.” The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
1.The girl walked back because _______.
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A．the bathroom was too far away. |
B．her mother wouldn’t go with her |
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C．she was too afraid of the dark |
D．the bedroom door was locked |
2.We learn from the reading that _______.
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A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself |
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B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing |
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C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath |
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D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself |
3.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl ________.
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A．held out her little hands |
B．clenched her fists |
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C．talk to her mother |
D．held her own breath |
4.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.
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A．adults are always brave enough |
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B．children learn to be brave quickly |
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C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem |
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D．the mother can deal with anything with breath |
5.Which is the best title of the passage?
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A．The Fearless Mother |
B．One Lonely Girl |
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C．One midnight |
D．The Breath of Courage |
请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框所给的词中选出最恰当的5个，用其适当形式填空。
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habit, result, talk to, get over, sorry, mad |
I’d like to tell you a story about my best friend Jane. Last week in school we had a big fight, and she didn’t 1 me. It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework. I asked her why she wanted to do that, and she said that she had forgotten to do hers. I said I didn’t think it was a good idea. I said it would start a bad 2 and she should do her own work. She got really 3 at me and said she didn’t want to be my best friend anymore. I said that was OK and that I was sure she would 4 it. And she did. Yesterday she told me she was 5 . She said it was much better if she did her own work.
Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is 26 .”
And he told the 27 . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always 28 .”I’ll travel for my work, not for 29 ,” he told her. “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have 30 to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to 31 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good 32 or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t 33 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he 34 about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild 35 there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very 36 , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went to off to 37 some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her 38 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and 39 it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “ 40 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”
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—Why are you still waiting in line?
—I’ve missed my _______ .
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A．place |
B．order |
C．turn |
D．time |
—Why don’t you choose the red tie?
—For me, it doesn’t _______ my shirt very well.
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A．fix |
B．accept |
C．compare |
D．match |
—Look at that girl! Is it Susan?
—No, it _______ be her. She has gone back to her hometown.
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A．mustn’t |
B．can’t |
C．needn’t |
D．wouldn’t |
