Today Dante had a small skating competition in his class. Before we went to the competition, I asked him if he wanted to wear something nice for the competition and he said, “Who cares? it’s not important.” When we showed up at the rink(溜冰场), we found that most of the kids were dressed up. One boy who was around nine years old was my son’s friend, wearing a dress shirt and a pink vest. I walked over to his mother saying how beautifully dressed he was. But his mother said, “He didn’t want to dress up. He said that this competition was not important for him to dress up.”
I thought it was interesting that neither Dante nor his friend viewed the competition as important and neither wanted to dress up. I started to wonder if this was how a child learned what was “important” and what wasn’t.
Interestingly, this boy won two medals and Dante won none.
Parents and teachers often instill (灌输) what they think is important: then children will accept the opinions of the adults. Gradually, they grow up stressing about how they look, how many medals they get, what color the medals are, how good their grades are, what a great “job” they can get in life, what a big house they can live in... etc.
Dante taught me an important lesson today. He taught me what was unimportant. Life goes on long after the medal ceremony whether you win a medal or not.
1.Why didn’t Dante want to dress up for the competition?
A. He had no proper clothes.
B. He had no time to dress up.
C. His mother didn’t prepare clothes for him.
D. He thought he didn’t need to dress up.
2.What does Paragraph 5 want to tell us?
A. Children stress about many things in life.
B. Adults may instill wrong ideas into children.
C. Children are always influenced by adults.
D. Adults should set good examples to children.
3.What lesson did the author learn from her son?
A. Winning medals makes people proud.
B. Not all things are that important in life.
C. Fairness is more important in competitions.
D. Kids have a better understanding of life than adults.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How will the man go to the station?
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. By car.
2.What should the man do at first?
A. Go back to the traffic lights. B. Go to the Red Hotel. C. Go straight forward.
3.Where should the man turn left?
A. At the hotel. B. At the traffic lights. C. At the end of the road.
4.How far is the station from here?
A. It’s 3 miles. B. It’s 4 miles. C. It’s 5 miles.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Which place is the warmest ?
A. Sweden. B. Florida. C. London.
2.Why doesn’t Bob want to go to Florida?
A. It costs too much. B. It’s too cold there. C. It is too far away.
3.Where are they living probably?
A. In Wales. B. In Scotland. C. In England.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Who will the man help?
A. Jane. B. Tina. C. Mary.
2.Where will they meet at six this afternoon?
A. In the cinema. B. In the library. C. In the restaurant.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How long is the museum open every day?
A. For ten hours B. For nine hours C. For seven hours.
2.How much should a couple with a kid pay?
A. $4. 5 B. $5 C. $6
What will the man do tonight?
A. Buy some shoes. B. Go to the bank. C. Book a hotel room.
