Be Grateful for Everything You Have

裴娜

The day was like any other day in his life. Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the basketball shoes in the window of the shoe store， and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much were still there. Looking down， he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.

He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew she would give him anything he liked if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once， as he looked worried and his mother would notice① it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheelchair②. He noticed that the boy moved the wheel with his hands. Tom looked at him carefully and was surprised to see the boy has no feet. He looked at his own feet. “Its much better to be without shoes than without feet， ” he thought. There was no reason③ for him to feel so sorry and sad. “We should be grateful for everything we have. ” He thought.

Answer the question.

1. Tom passed the shop ____.

A. on foot          B. by bus         C. by bike             D. in a car

2. Tom stop in front of the shop because he wanted ____.

A. to buy the shoes

B. to look at the shoes he liked

C. to steal the shoes

D. to ask his friends to buy shoes for him

3. The pair of shoes he liked was ____.

A. too expensive     B. quite cheap       C. not thereD. black and white

4. Tom went into the park because he ____.

A. was thinking how to tell his mother about it

B. wanted to see the boy

C. didnt want to make his mother happy

D. felt sad

5. From the story we can know that Tom ____.

A. wanted to borrow some money     B. loved his mother very much

C. didnt want to go to school        D. didnt want to stay at home