Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

  Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off   41  hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

  “What a nice   42  ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up   43  smile.”

  George, the little boy, told his mother about that   44  girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

  “Why not give her some   45  ?”said his mother. George agreed.

  The next morning, as Jennie   46  at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him   47  to get into the house.

  Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

  “Are they for me?”said Jennie   48  .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve   49  received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George,   50  the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She   51  walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick   52  so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents   53  . They decided to help her. More and more people in the  54  gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother   55  a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

41) A. her      B. his      C. your    D. my

42) A. house     B. door    C. smile      D. schoolbag

43) A. and      B. but     C. as      D. or

44) A. rich      B. lucky     C. bad     D. poor

45) A. money     B. flowers    C. clothes    D. food

46) A. danced     B. cried    C. sat      D. laughed

47) A. how      B. who      C. when     D. why

48) A. angrily    B. easily    C. sadly     D. happily

49) A. never   B. usually     C. always     D. sometimes

50) A. looking for  B. looking around C. looking like  D. looking after

51) A. shouldn’t   B. needn’t    C. couldn’t    D. mustn’t

52) A. for      B. in       C. at       D. on

53) A. something   B. anything    C. everything    D. nothing

54) A. countryside   B. town     C. village     D. city

55) A. reached    B. left      C. closed     D. opened

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Ashley Smith is a 26-year-old single mother (71) w_____ a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the (72) m_____ of March 12, when a man followed her to her door, and put a gun (枪) to her side.

“I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really (73) f______,” she said in a TV interview (采访) last week.

The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He killed three people at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11. The police were searching for him.

Nichols tied Smith up with tape, (74) b____ set her free after she begged him not to take her (75) l______ again and again. “I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn’t have a mummy,” she said with tears.

“I just talked to him and tried to (76) m_____ him believe me,” Smith said.

She asked Nichols (77) w_____ he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and God asked him to do so.”

Smith even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was   (78) s________ when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing the police (79) l______ for him. “I cannot believe that’s me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman.

Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he (80) s_____ do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don’t, lots more people are going to get hurt.”

Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.       

As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it’s impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.

In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

51. Which of the following isn’t mentioned in this passage?

A. You may think you’re not good at some school subjects.

B. Making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.

C. You must never give up your dream.

D. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.

52. If we have dreams in our hearts and work hard, our dreams _______.

A. can’t be realized                              B. can be very small

C. will come true                                        D. can be very big

53. How do you make your dream come true faster?

A. Remember what your dream is.

B. Don’t let your dream leave your heart.

C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day.

D. A, B and C.

54. To make your dream real, the first thing you must do is _______.

A. to remember what your dream is

B. to decide what is the most important

C. to learn something more useful and find new hobbies

D. to get better exam results

55. The best title of this passage is _______.

A. How to Become a Writer

B. How to Make Your Dream Real

C. A Big Dream Is Made Up of Small Dreams

D. Everyone Can Realize His Dream

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