Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face, “What a long day this is going to be!”
Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off ____11____ hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.
“What a nice ____12____,” said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight. “It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up ____13____ smile.
George, the little boy, told his mother about that ____14____ girl when he got back home, “She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”
“Why not give her some ____15____?” said his mother. George agreed.
The next morning, as Jennie ____16___ at the window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said, “Can I come in?” Jennie told him _____17____ to get into the house.
Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle “Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”
“Are they for me?” said Jennie ____18____. “How kind you are,” she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap. I’ve ____19___ received any flower since we moved to the town.”
“Did you live in the countryside?” asked George, ___20____ the old, small and empty room.
“Yes,” said Jennie.
Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She ____21____ walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick ___22____ so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.
George told his parents ____23____. They decided to help her. More and more people in the ____24___ gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.
A few months later, Jennie and her mother ____25____ a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on face.
| 小题2: | | A．house | B．door | C．smile | D．schoolbag |
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| 小题5: | | A．money | B．flowers | C．clothes | D．food |
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| 小题6: | | A．danced | B．cried | C．sat | D．laughed |
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| 小题8: | | A．angrily | B．easily | C．sadly | D．happily |
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| 小题9: | | A．never | B．usually | C．always | D．sometimes |
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| 小题10: | | A．looking for | B．looking around | C．looking like | D．looking after |
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| 小题11: | | A．shouldn’t | B．needn’t | C．couldn’t | D．mustn’t |
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| 小题13: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题14: | | A．countryside | B．town | C．village | D．city |
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| 小题15: | | A．reached | B．left | C．closed | D．opened |
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