Philipwasanine-year-oldboyinaSundayschoolclassof8-year-oldgirlsandboys.Sometimesthethirdgradersdidn’twelcomePhilipintotheirgroupandusuallytrickedhim.Thiswasnotbecausehewasolderbutbecausehewas“different”.YouseePhilipsufferedfromaconditioncalledDowns’sSyndrome.Thismadehim“different”withhisfacialcharacteristicsslowresponsesandmentalproblems.
OneSundayafterEastertheSundayschoolteachergatheredsomeplasticeggsthatpulledapartinthemiddle.Theteachergaveonetoeachchild.Onthatbeautifulspringdaythechildrenweretogooutanddiscoverforthemselvessomesymbolof“newlife”andplaceitinsidetheplastic(塑料)eggs.
Afterthechildrenreturnedtotheclassroomtheteacheropenedtheireggsonebyoneaskingeachchildtoexplainthatsymbolof“newlife”.Thefirstopenedeggcontainedaflower.Everyonecheered.Inanotheronewasabutterfly….Whentheteacheropenedthelasteggitwasempty.“That’sstupid”saidsomeone.Theteacherfeltapullathisshirt.ItwasPhilip.LookingupPhilipsaid“It’smine.Ididit.It’sempty.Ihavenewlifebecausethetombisempty.”Notasoundwasheardinclassatall.FromthatdayonPhilipbecamearealpartofthegroup.Theywelcomedhimandwhatevermadehimdifferentwasnevermentionedagain.
Philip’sfamilyknewhewouldn’tlivealonglifeforthereweretoomanythingswrongwithhim
1.Theteachergaveeachchildoneplasticeggtoletthem________
A.putsomesymbolof“newlife”intoit
B.playaroundonthatbeautifulspringday
C.trytopullitapartinthemiddle
D.gooutanddiscoverthemselves
2.AfterPhilipexplainedhisnewlife________
A.Theclassthoughthewasclever
B.Hebegantostudyintheclass
C.Theclassfellsilent
D.Hefeltdying
3.Welearnfromthepassagethat________
A.Theteacherusedtohaveclassesoutdoors
B.Philip’snewlifewishwasempty
C.Philipwashealthyasawhole
D.Philipwasacceptedbyhisclassmatesintheend