A

One day before my final exam， my dad gave me a gift. It completely 1 my life.

On that day I had a 2 with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies， too. I was 3 . Then I noticed the gift. I opened it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was THE SECRET. 4 ， I was in no mood to watch it. I sat down to study， but the 5 in my life—the fight， the sleepless nights and my poor health... everything came to my mind. I wanted an 6 but I wondered if there was any. Just then， I saw the DVD again. Maybe it would be helpful. I turned on my DVD player. I had no words to 7 the feelings. I experienced while watching it. The moving stories of human beings made me so moved that I 8 not forget any of them.

Thanks to my father’s gift THE SECRET， I discovered myself. Everybody has difficulties in their lives. The important thing is that you should be 9 enough to face them. Now I have started being getting on well with my studies and my friends. And I’m in good health， too. I often hear people say， “What a perfect 10 you have！”

1. A. filledB. startedC. changedD. took

2. A. tripB. partyC. talkD. fight

3. A. nervousB. unhappyC. afraidD. interested

4. A. HoweverB. OtherwiseC. ThereforeD. Anyway

5. A. chancesB. problemsC. secretsD. mistakes

6. A. objectB. aimC. answerD. opinion

7. A. sayB. describeC. representD. send

8. A. needB. mightC. shouldD. would

9. A. braveB. patientC. cleverD. polite

10. A. parentB. lifeC. friendD. health

B

Amber Wong was not like many of her classmates. She didn’t listen to popular music. She didn’t watch many movies， and she wasn’t interested in nice clothes.

When she got 1 with her friends at a party， Amber found her friends preferred rock and pop music. When Amber 2 if they would like to try classical music， they all looked at her strangely.

“ 3 music is for old people，” one of her friends said. Amber was 4 that something was wrong with her. She decided to 5 her father. As she entered his study， he could feel something was 6 .

“Dad， am I strange？” she asked her father.

“Of course not，” he answered， “why do you ask that？”

“Because I don’t 7 the same things as my classmates. They want to listen to pop music. But I like classical music.”

“I think I understand. Never mind， Amber. It’s all right to be yourself. You don’t have to 8 what other people do. Everybody 9 different tastes （品味）. Some of them are popular， but others aren’t.”

After Amber spoke with her father， she felt 10 about herself. She realized that being different made her special. It was an important lesson for her to learn.

1. A. upB. awayC. togetherD. around

2. A. saidB. foundC. noticedD. asked

3. A. PopB. RockC. ClassicalD. Country

4. A. proudB. worriedC. gladD. lucky

5. A. talk toB. look forC. write toD. quarrel with

6. A. terribleB. wrongC. strangeD. true

7. A. haveB. knowC. useD. like

8. A. copyB. carryC. knowD. think

9. A. doesB. hasC. makesD. takes

10. A. surerB. angrierC. betterD. worse

C

It was the first week of the summer vacation. Dad said to Mike， “Charlie hurt his foot and can’t 1 for two weeks. Can you work with me on the 2 ？” Charlie was Dad’s helper.

Mum said， “We know you had plans with your friends， but Dad really needs your 3 .”

“Sure， Dad， I would love to，” Mike replied.

Dad and Mike left early the next morning. “Fishing is a（n） 4 job，” Mike thought. But he kept working. When he found they were 5 more and more crabs （蟹）， Mike was so excited.

It was late afternoon when they returned home. Mum 6 had dinner ready for them， but Mike was so tired that he went straight to bed.

The next morning Mike’s arms hurt a lot. 7 ， he had such a good time with Dad that he decided to keep helping him.

The 8 weeks passed soon. Charlie came back to work. Mike 9 being out on the ocean， so he asked， “May I come， too？”

Dad looked surprised and said， “Sure！”

They all jumped 10 the boat and set off to the ocean. The rest of the summer would be great for the three of them.

1. A. sleepB. danceC. workD. study

2. A. shipB. boatC. busD. train

3. A. loveB. adviceC. helpD. idea

4. A. hardB. easyC. newD. old

5. A. sellingB. buyingC. eatingD. catching

6. A. stillB. alreadyC. neverD. always

7. A. HoweverB. InsteadC. ActuallyD. Luckily

8. A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five

9. A. triedB. keptC. enjoyedD. stopped

10. A. downB. ontoC. fromD. over

D

Once， a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they 1 their work， he left them， saying， “When the sun is down， I will come and see your work.”

At last one of them said， “What’s the use of doing this

2 work？ We can never fill the basket.” The other man answered， “That is none of your business.” The first man said， “You may do 3 you like， but I am not going to work at 4 so foolish.” He put away his bucket and went away. The other man said no word and kept on carrying 5 . At last the well was almost 6 .

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket， he 7 a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. As soon as he saw the ring， he 8 that he had found the kind of man he wanted. The king told him to 9 the ring for himself. “You did 10 well in this little thing，” the king said， “that now I know I can believe in you with many things.”

1. A. finishedB. didC. beganD. had

2. A. hardB. foolishC. dirtyD. bad

3. A. asB. whenC. whyD. if

4. A. anythingB. somethingC. nothingD. everything

5. A. waterB. basketsC. businessD. work

6. A. fullB. emptyC. filledD. clean

7. A. gotB. sawC. putD. used

8. A. worriedB. saidC. knewD. hoped

9. A. keepB. buyC. sellD. find

10. A. muchB. tooC. veryD. so

E

David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small

1 for fifteen years. It was a small place with 2 five families living there. His father， Mr Hill， was a rich farmer and later on he opened a shop in town. He bought a 3 here last month. His family moved to the new house and his son

4 to study in our class. But he had few friends here. At first he often 5 by himself.

His neighbor Cathy was a kind girl. She had many friends. She finds the boy never talked with anybody and decided to 6 him. David liked to stay with her and talked to her a lot. Now they were good friends.

One afternoon， Cathy told David， “It’ll be my 7

birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Would you like to come？”

“Certainly. I’m glad to，” the boy said happily.

David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked， “What’s the 10 ， dear？”

“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday， Mom？”

“Nothing，” the woman said， “I just wish I were sixteen.”

1. A. townB. cityC. villageD. country

2. A. hardlyB. evenC. onlyD. ever

3. A. farmB. shopC. buildingD. house

4. A. likedB. beganC. wantedD. needed

5. A. playedB. livedC. workedD. rested

6. A. seeB. teachC. visitD. help

7. A. thirteenthB. fourteenthC. fifteenth D. sixteenth

8. A. bookB. dressC. presentD. pen

9. A. forgotB. choseC. startedD. refused

10. A. timeB. matterC. numberD. place

F

A well-dressed man went into a restaurant. He sat down 1 a table near the window.

A waiter came up to him and said， “Can I help you， sir？” The man said， “Can I see the 2 ？” “Certainly.” The man wanted a good meal. He wanted a lot of 3 dishes. The waiter got them for him. The man was having his meal. At that time a 4 came in and sat down beside the man. He asked the waiter to 5 him an ice cream. The waiter did so. Then the boy was eating his ice cream. The man was saying， “I will go out for a newspaper.” Then he 6 . After the boy ate his ice cream up. The boy 7 and went to the door. “Sorry， your father hasn’t 8 the money for the meal and your ice cream.” The waiter stopped him and said.

“Father？ You’re 9 . He isn’t my father. I don’t 10

him. I meet him in the street. He says he will give me an ice cream if I come here at twelve o’clock.”

1. A. inB. toC. atD. with

2. A. menuB. dishC. mealD. table

3. A. cheapB. niceC. newD. strange

4. A. womanB. manC. girlD. boy

5. A. showB. sellC. giveD. make

6. A. went inB. went outC. went onD. went up

7. A. sat downB got upC. stood upD. came down

8. A. givenB. broughtC. tookD. showed

9. A. goodB. rightC. busyD. wrong

10. A. likeB. knowC. helpD. ask

G

While attending a meeting， I returned to my hotel room late one rainy evening. The overhead light outside my door was 1 and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I finally opened the door， I 2 around the wall for a light switch.

I remembered seeing a 3 by the bed. I found the bed in the dark and walked 4 ， but when I switched it on， nothing happened！

Though I knew that it was dark outside my window 5

the outdoor light was burned out， I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use the light from the 6 to find another lamp. So I 7 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no draw-string！

What a 8 day！ That evening I discovered how dark the world can be and how necessary light is. But even more necessary than light is the light that shines from people—the light of heart.

Let your light shine. Whatever light you 9 may be a beacon （燈塔） of hope in someone’s darkness. And if you feel that your light is only a candle in a forest， there isn’t enough darkness in the world to 10 the light of one small candle.

1. A. burningB. brokenC. shiningD. lost

2. A. foundB. turnedC. feltD. looked

3. A. lampB. switchC. deskD. window

4. A. lightlyB. fastC. carefullyD. easily

5. A. ifB. unlessC. sinceD. so

6. A. starsB. streetC. roomD. shops

7. A. forcedB. followedC. madeD. pushed

8. A. luckyB. specialC. peacefulD. terrible

9. A. imagineB. receiveC. offerD. throw

10. A. give outB. break offC. care forD. put out

H

In a small town in France， there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he 1 a pound of butter to his neighbour， who was a baker. One day the baker decided to 2 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it， he found that he wasn’t. The baker then 3 the farmer to the judge （法官）.

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied. “I am so 4 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it， 5 I do have a kind of scale （天平）.” The judge asked， “Then how do you weigh the butter？” The farmer replied， “Before the baker started buying butter from me， I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the 6 from the baker， I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight.”

We 7 back what we give to others in life. Whenever you take action， ask yourself this question， “Am I 8 ？”

Honesty or dishonesty can become a 9 . Some dishonest people can lie without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 10 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for？ As a matter of fact， those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

1. A. gaveB. fedC. threwD. sold

2. A. weighB. eatC. cutD. use

3. A. droveB. sentC. tiedD. took

4. A. terribleB. poorC. busyD. sorry

5. A. andB. soC. butD. though

6. A. cakeB. sugarC. breadD. butter

7. A. getB. lookC. giveD. turn

8. A. richB. honestC. cleverD. kind

9. A. differenceB. habitC. mistakeD. difficulty

10. A. studyB. meanC. sayD. know

I

Rosa liked making up stories. She was so sure that her classmates 1 her from time to time. In fact， the whole class believed her！ At first she thought it was fun， but now she knew that make-believe stories had some way of coming back to make you 2 .

Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year， Rosa lived with her mother on Anderson Street. But when summer arrived， she went to her father’s 3 in Arizona.

Rosa rode horses and 4 with some farm work. Her father， however， was so busy that he couldn’t find time to go to other places with her. 5 on the day when she went back to the city he would always buy her a present.

When summer came to a close， Rosa 6 to her mother’s. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a 7 to talk about.

Not long after school began， Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting 8 ， like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer， she 9 something that was not true. Remembering the travel magazines she had read， she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to England.

When the class began studying England， Mr Thomas asked Rosa to 10 all the things she could remember about her trip to England！

1. A. hurtB. likedC. believedD. missed

2. A. sadB. confidentC. dishonestD. worried

3. A. factoryB. farmC. apartmentD. block

4. A. madeB. playedC. helpedD. finished

5. A. SoB. AndC. ButD. Because

6. A. ranB. flewC. rodeD. returned

7. A. familyB. storyC. secretD. vacation

8. A. peopleB. citiesC. languagesD. places

9. A. laughed atB. made upC. took outD. thought up

10. A. carryB. displayC. tellD. teach

J

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old， Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to 1 off most of his right leg.

Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg （假肢）. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg， Jeff can not only walk but also run.

Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs， 2 . He and his friends decided to 3 across America.

Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west 4 he was twenty-two years old. He started running in Boston. Seven 5 later， he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3， 200 miles. Jeff 6 out thirty-six pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff 7 in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff， but for the American Cancer Society. The Society used the money to 8 people know more about cancer.

On the way to Los Angeles， Jeff talked to people about 9 . Jeff is disabled， but he can do many things. Jeff says， “People 10 do anything they want to do. I want people to know that I ran not only for disabled people， I ran for everybody.”

1. A. takeB. cutC. moveD. set

2. A. alsoB. tooC. eitherD. neither

3. A. walkB. flyC. swimD. run

4. A. whileB. becauseC. whenD. if

5. A. monthsB. daysC. hoursD. minutes

6. A. putB. sold C. tookD. wore

7. A. reachedB. studiedC. stoppedD. started

8. A. askB. helpC. tellD. teach

9. A. cancerB. walkC. societyD. America

10. A. mustB. needC. shouldD. can