One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with 1.
I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be 2.
I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to 3 on the bus.
In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”
Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I 4 to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a 5.
I thought I had made it safely through the whole day, 6 what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.
My parents looked at each other. My father 7 again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.
“Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another 8  
and were becoming annoyed.
“Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.
“It 9 the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for 10 information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”
“I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my 11.
“I think it worked 12!” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                              

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      actions
    2. B.
      answers
    3. C.
      gestures
    4. D.
      questions
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      deep
    2. B.
      free
    3. C.
      quick
    4. D.
      strong
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      get
    2. B.
      sit
    3. C.
      come
    4. D.
      take
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      fail
    2. B.
      have
    3. C.
      want
    4. D.
      manage
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      habit
    2. B.
      step
    3. C.
      goal
    4. D.
      rule
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      or
    2. B.
      so
    3. C.
      but
    4. D.
      and
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      tried
    2. B.
      asked
    3. C.
      guessed
    4. D.
      ordered
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      look
    2. B.
      word
    3. C.
      mind
    4. D.
      topic
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      refers to
    2. B.
      belongs to
    3. C.
      puts on
    4. D.
      depends on
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      sending
    2. B.
      finding
    3. C.
      sharing
    4. D.
      keeping
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      test
    2. B.
      idea
    3. C.
      plan
    4. D.
      wonder
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      slowly
    2. B.
      safely
    3. C.
      perfectly
    4. D.
      properly

The 2010 Shanghai World Expo has been open for several months and there are large numbers of volunteers serving there.
Chen Chuan,a 19- year-old student at Fudan University, is usually fast asleep at 6 am. But over the May 1 holiday, he was rising early to eat breakfast and 1  answer questions like,“Where can I find the toilet?” Such is the life of a Shanghai World Expo volunteer. But Chen and his 72,000 colleagues(同事)aren’t complaining, 2 ,they’re trying not to. “Volunteering is 3 work,”Chen said,“but it makes me feel happy. ”
Other student volunteers have 4 feelings. Wang Lin an 18-year-old volunteer from Chongqing University,told us about trying to explain to a tourist why a line to visit a pavilion was so long. When the tourist suddenly got quite angry, Wang became upset 5 being shouted at. Wang said. “I didn’t expect we would have to face so many difficulties in our service. But I know serving is about giving 6. ”Still,the very next day, Wang received a reward(嘉奖)when she helped a lost child 7 his parents. “The happy smiles and their gratitude(感谢)made me feel so 8 ,”Wang said. “That’s 9I now always smile to others,even if they don’t look happy. Smiling makes me happy. ”
10 their green and white clothes,people call volunteers “Little Cabbage”. Wang likes this nickname(绰号). “We’re green, we are fresh,just like the vegetable,”Wang said.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      get ready to
    2. B.
      get ready for
    3. C.
      be ready
    4. D.
      get ready
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      at most
    2. B.
      at least
    3. C.
      after all
    4. D.
      at last
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      hardly
    2. B.
      a hard
    3. C.
      a hardly
    4. D.
      hard
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      same
    2. B.
      different
    3. C.
      difficult
    4. D.
      the same
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      at
    3. C.
      in
    4. D.
      with
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      and receiving
    2. B.
      not receiving
    3. C.
      for receiving
    4. D.
      with receiving
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      found
    2. B.
      with finding
    3. C.
      to be found
    4. D.
      find
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      sweetly
    2. B.
      sweet
    3. C.
      sweets
    4. D.
      sweetness
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      what
    2. B.
      how
    3. C.
      why
    4. D.
      where
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      Because of
    2. B.
      Because
    3. C.
      Thank to
    4. D.
      Thanks for

A long time ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play with it every day. But time went by, the little boy had    1  and he no longer played around the tree.
   One day, the boy came back to the tree. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a    2  I can’t play with you now.” The boy replied, “I need    3  .” “Sorry, I don’t have any. But you can pick all my apples and    4  them.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. He didn’t come back. The tree was sad.
   The other day, the boy returned and the tree was so    5  . “Come and play with me.” The tree said. “I need a house for my family. Can you help me?” “You can cut off my branches(枝干)to build your house.”   6  the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
The tree was glad to see him happy, but the boy didn’t come since then. The tree was lonely again. One hot summer day, the boy came back again after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have    7  for you anymore.
“I don’t need much now, just a place to rest. I am    8  after all these years.” The boy replied. “Good! Please sit down with me and have a rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…
This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with them. But when we grow up, we    9  them, and only come to them when we are10   trouble. You may think that the boy is cruel(残忍)to the tree, but that’s how many of us are treating to our parents.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      grown up
    2. B.
      dressed up
    3. C.
      got up
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      tree
    2. B.
      child
    3. C.
      toy
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      money
    2. B.
      time
    3. C.
      help
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      eat
    2. B.
      sell
    3. C.
      buy
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      sad
    2. B.
      calm
    3. C.
      happy
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      So
    2. B.
      But
    3. C.
      Because
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      anything
    2. B.
      something
    3. C.
      nothing
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      angry
    2. B.
      tired
    3. C.
      shy
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      hate
    2. B.
      love
    3. C.
      leave
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      at
    2. B.
      for
    3. C.
      in

“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”  
“Well, if you can 1 do it, …”
“Of course I can,” I replied, trying to convince 2.
In fact, all this started from my 3 of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy. He said that he had 4 one year without TV for a hundred dollars, 5me with mocking eyes. It seemed he was saying, “I did it, 6 you can’t!”. I glared at the boy’s face.
That year I did a lot of things. For example, my father taught me to 7, which became my favorite sport. 8 winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbors offered daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and swam as much as a fish.  
It was unbelievable how much 9 I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the 10 thing I learnt, though, was self-motivation(上进心).  
I started to do my homework. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of 11.  
I used to 12 reading if there were no 13, but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could arrange off all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little TV, right 14 my head!
I’m surprised what I did. I got a lot more from the 15 than just the 100 dollars!

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      really
    2. B.
      finally
    3. C.
      quickly
    4. D.
      clearly
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      herself
    2. B.
      myself
    3. C.
      himself
    4. D.
      ourselves
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      belief
    2. B.
      love
    3. C.
      joy
    4. D.
      anger
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      become
    2. B.
      gone
    3. C.
      arrived
    4. D.
      reached
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      picking up
    2. B.
      laughing at
    3. C.
      talking with
    4. D.
      looking after
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
      and
    3. C.
      or
    4. D.
      though
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      draw
    2. B.
      read
    3. C.
      act
    4. D.
      ski
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      Few
    2. B.
      Any
    3. C.
      Several
    4. D.
      Many
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      difficulty
    2. B.
      trouble
    3. C.
      fun
    4. D.
      knowledge
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      smallest
    2. B.
      biggest
    3. C.
      first
    4. D.
      last
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      years
    2. B.
      days
    3. C.
      weeks
    4. D.
      hours
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      hate
    2. B.
      enjoy
    3. C.
      interest
    4. D.
      prefer
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      stories
    2. B.
      words
    3. C.
      pictures
    4. D.
      plots
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      on
    2. B.
      with
    3. C.
      inside
    4. D.
      outside
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      TV
    2. B.
      reading
    3. C.
      trip
    4. D.
      experience

Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their1with themselves when they were young or with other people when they were children.
"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I2what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals (目标). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class3you have no goals."
The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age, " the young man’s father4, " she had a good job and she5lots of money. You don’t even have a part-time job .You earn nothing. " The man’s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "And when your6brother was your age, "the young man’s father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time."
And the man’s son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man’s father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."
This time the son7stay silent. "
And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of8United States.9are you?"
His father had no answer10this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what’s your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      children
    2. B.
      students
    3. C.
      teachers
    4. D.
      friends
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      know
    2. B.
      knew
    3. C.
      will know
    4. D.
      have known
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      although
    2. B.
      or
    3. C.
      and
    4. D.
      but
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      went away
    2. B.
      went over
    3. C.
      went up
    4. D.
      went on
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      won
    2. B.
      made
    3. C.
      received
    4. D.
      gave
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      old
    2. B.
      young
    3. C.
      older
    4. D.
      elder
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      can
    2. B.
      can’t
    3. C.
      could
    4. D.
      couldn’t
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      a
    2. B.
      an
    3. C.
      the
    4. D.
      /
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      What
    2. B.
      How
    3. C.
      Where
    4. D.
      Who
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      to
    2. B.
      with
    3. C.
      of
    4. D.
      on
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