In October, I told the eight-year-olds in the class about my plan.“I'd like all of you to do housework to earn some money," I said. “Then we'll buy food for the poor." I wanted the children to learn that it's more blessed to_______than to receive.
A week later, they returned with their hard-earned_______. And now they couldn't wait to go shopping. After buying what we need, we_______toward the checkout, pushing a cart filled with food. Then someone_______a“necessity" that sent them racing.
“Flowers!" Kristin cried. The group_______ toward the holiday plants. I commented that it was_______to use the money to buy some food. "_______" I said "You can't eat flowers."
"_______Mrs. Sherlock," came the loud cry, "we want flowers." Defeated, I looked at the flowers before us. There was a pot of beautiful _______flowers. “She'll like this one," the children put the plant into the cart. We would visit a__________grandmother who lived alone. We finally __________in front of a small house.
Kids carried the gifts in, and the old woman oohed and aahed-much to her visitors’__________. When Amy put the flowers on the table, the woman seemed__________. She's wishing it was a bag of flour, I thought.
We returned to the car. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, straight to the__________. She put her face in their petals. There was a smile on her face.
The children were quiet. In that brief moment, they had seen for themselves the power they possessed to __________other people's lives. And I also learnt that sometimes a person needs s pot of purple flowers on a dark November day.
【小题1】A.take | B.ask | C.give | D.provide |
【小题2】A.money | B.chance | C.victory | D.salary |
【小题3】A.left | B.headed | C.moved | D.ran |
【小题4】A.spotted | B.recognized | C.revealed | D.heard |
【小题5】A.passed | B.turned | C.rushed | D.jogged |
【小题6】A.cooler | B.faster | C.simpler | D.wiser |
【小题7】A.As a result | B.After all | C.Above all | D.At last |
【小题8】【小题9】A.red | B.yellow | C.purple | D.pink |
【小题10】A.wealthy | B.lucky | C.needy | D.funny |
【小题11】A.broke down | B.pulled up | C.came along | D.came down |
【小题12】A.pleasure | B.sadness | C.regret | D.relief |
【小题13】A.thrilled | B.annoyed | C.amused | D.surprised |
【小题14】A.car | B.money | C.flowers | D.food |
【小题15】A.save | B.strengthen | C.love | D.brighten |