Do you learn from your mistakes? I hope so. But have you ever made the same mistake twice? I have. Sometimes I make the same mistake three or four times!
Sometimes, good things happen because of mistakes. Once I got on the wrong train. That was a big mistake. But on that train, I saw a good friend. I was so happy I made that mistake!
Another time I ruined a surprise. My mother planned a surprise party for my father. She told me it was a secret. But I was just a little boy and I couldn’t keep the secret. I told my father about the party. At first, my mother was mad at me. But then my father said he was happy he knew about it. He said he didn’t like surprise.
When a good thing comes out of a mistake, that’s a happy accident.
1.The boy saw ___ on the wrong train.
A.his friend B.his father
C.his mother D.his teacher
2.His mother asked him to ___.
A.plan a surprise party B.tell his father about the party
C.keep a secret about the party D.invite his friend to the party
3.What does the boy think of mistakes?
A.Mistakes are not welcome.
B.A mistake is terrible thing..
C.All mistakes men happy accidents.
D.Sometimes a mistake can be a good thing.
Last Sunday, my daughter and I went to the supermarket. A little girl with her mother was in line in front of _________. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of _______. The polite way she was asking almost broke the mother’s heart. “Sorry, honey. _______ we don’t have enough money to get it.”
My daughter heard that dialogue. By the way, she had made some money to buy herself a bike by cleaning our garden once a week. As she watched the mother and daughter leave the supermarket, she rushed to the candy counter and bought a box of smarty(模版) with her money. Then she ran _______ and caught up with the little girl and her mother, and sent them the box. She came back and told me _______ she told them, “Every child should have a box of smarty because they can _______ you smart.”
I was so _______ that I bought a box of smarty for my daughter. I told her that I was proud of her _________ her good action just now. She replied, “_______ we do nice things for others we shouldn’t wish to be returned.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t expect to get anything, but when you get something from others, you should be very __________.”
1.A.her B.them C.us D.me
2.A.smarty B.money C.candy D.chocolate
3.A.So B.But C.Or D.And
4.A.carefully B.easily C.quickly D.slowly
5.A.how much B.which C.how D.what
6.A.set B.make C.build D.move
7.A.careful B.excellent C.happy D.surprised
8.A.think of B.because of C.think about D.thanks for
9.A.When B.Before C.As soon as D.Unless
10.A.bright B.different C.thankful D.useful
—What do you think of the movie The Capitain you saw yesterday?
—Oh! It’s one of________ films I’ve ever seen.
A.moving B.more moving
C.most moving D.the most moving
—Excuse me, could you wake me up if my friend ________ here?
—Of course. But we still don’t know when your friend ________ .
A.comes; will come B.comes; comes
C.will come; comes D.will come; will come
—Do you know________?
—Tomorrow.
A.when will the teacher tell us a story B.where will the teacher tell us a story
C.when the teacher will tell us a story D.where the teacher will tell us a story
English ________ by the largest number of people all over the world today.
A.speak B.spoke C.is spoken D.was spoken
