Today is March 7th, and tomorrow is 1 . Doris wants to 2 her mother a gift. She 3 10 dollars. She is thinking about 4 buy. She thinks and thinks. Then she has 5 idea（主意）.“I can buy a card 6 my dear mother.”

　　Doris goes to a supermarket and buys a beautiful card. She 7 some words on it.

　　She shows it to her mother and says,“Here is a card for you, Mum.”Her mother is 8 happy.” 9 , Doffs.” She says. Doffs is 10 , too.

A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls and nobody liked her. So she was always    1    and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother    2    her a beautiful hair clip（發(fā)夾）. When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than    3  . She decided to wear it to school.

On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled    4    her. Most of her classmates said    5    to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip    6    her happiness. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. All her classmates wanted to know what happened to her，   7   she didn’t want to tell them about her beautiful hair clip.

When she went back to her    8    after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I    9    it by the door this morning.”

She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school at all.

It is not important what we wear or    10    we look. The most important is how we think about ourselves.

1. A．excited                             B．unhappy                               C．tired

2. A．told                                  B．dropped                               C．gave

3. A．now                                 B．before                                   C．a(chǎn)go

4. A．a(chǎn)t                                     B．for                                       C．on

5. A．goodbye                           B．thanks                                  C．hello

6. A．borrowed                         B．brought                                C．bought

7. A．if                                     B．but                                      C．or

8. A．classroom                         B．shop                                    C．home

9. A．knew                               B．liked                                    C．found

10. A．how                               B．what                                    C．when

The train started moving. It was packed with people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old.

As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, “See Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!” It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man’s son. Suddenly, it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the open window. Seeing the rain, the old man’s son said happily, “See Dad, how beautiful the rain is!” Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She couldn’t help shouting at the noisy son and his father.

“Can’t you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don’t disturb us any more!” The old man’s face turned slightly red and then in a low voice, he replied, “We are on the way back from hospital. He was blind at birth. Only last week he can see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please forgive him.” All the other people became quiet.

1.How old was the old man’s son?

2.What did people think of the son’s behavior（行為）? They thought he was _________.

3.What was wrong with the son when he was born?

4.What do you think of the young lady?

5.According to the passage, what does the writer want to tell us?