One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(戰(zhàn)勝) is nobody but ourselves.
  
小題1:The girl walked back because __________.
A．the bathroom was too far away.B．her mother wouldn’t go with her
C．she was too afraid of the darkD．the bedroom door was locked
小題2:We learn from the reading that ___________.
A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself
B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath
D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself
小題3:To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.
A．held out her little handsB．clenched her fists
C．talk to her motherD．held her own breath
小題4:The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.
A．a(chǎn)dults are always brave enough
B．children learn to be brave quickly
C．the fear in one’s mind is the real problem
D．the mother can deal with anything with breath
小題5:Which is the best title of the passage?
A．The Fearless MotherB．One Lonely Girl
C．One midnightD．The Breath of Courage

小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:D

試題分析：這篇短文中的母親在象征性的吹給自己孩子幾口勇氣之后，這個(gè)小女孩就敢獨(dú)自去廁所了。從而告訴我們，隱藏于我們心靈深處的恐懼才是真正的問題。我們無論做什么事情都需要勇氣。
小題1:根據(jù)She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
可知她怕黑。故選C。
小題2:根據(jù)Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.及上文描述可知她自己去的廁所，故選選B。
小題3:根據(jù)the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. 描述可知選選C。
小題4:根據(jù)In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind.描述可知一個(gè)人心靈深處的恐懼才是真正的問題。故選C
小題5:這篇短文主要描述了一個(gè)人做什么事情都需要勇氣，故選D，勇敢的氣息。
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