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 (膽量）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.
(       )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 dark

D.     the bedroom door was locked

(       )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

(       )3. To stop "mother's breath" from running away, the girl_________ 

A. held out her little hands                                 B. clenched her fists

          C. talked to her mother                       D. held her own breath

(       )4. The writer mainly wants to tell us that_______ .

A.     adults 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 

(       )5. Which is the best title of the passage?

       A.     The Fearless Mother

B.     One Lonely Girl

C.     One Midnight

D.     The Breath of Courage

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