A young man had a beautiful dream.

A fairy came to him and said,"Little boy, whatever you like, you may  5  . I will give it to you now.

"What will I ask?" Suddenly he 6 from his mind one of his great desires. With 7 he raised his voice, "I have a 8 Can you take 'nights' away from our life?"

The fairy asked, " 9 should I take away nights from the earth?"

The boy opened his heart. "As the day 10 , my mother forces me to stop playing. If there is  11  night,I can play for a long time. Not only that, I am afraid of going out at night. Devils and thieves 12 us at night. Therefore, nights are unnecessary."

"Yes, let it happen as you wish," the fairy said. 13  , the night disappeared. Everywhere was full of light！ But as time passed, it became 14 As nights disappeared, there were  15   days full of light. Then he could play and play, but he got 16 at the end. The joy of sunrise and sunset was just good old  17 .The boy cried out, "Oh, Fairy, give nights. 18 to me my beautiful nights.Suddenly the young boy 19 from the dream.

Nights give rise to days, months and years. If there are no nights, days will not be as 20 as we have them today.

It is the same with regard to the darkness in our life 21  pain, sorrows and troubles.   A life 22 problems and difficulties will result in a lack of strength and  23    As day takes birth from the womb of night, joy takes birth from the womb of   24 .

5.    A. tell     B. say

C. inform       D. ask

6.    A. picked       B. made

C. packed       D. accepted

7.    A. joy     B. sadness

C. surprise      D. disappointment

8.    A. goal    B. suggestion

C. desire  D. chance

9.    A. How   B. What

C. When  D. Why

10.   A. starts  B. breaks

C. continues    D. ends

11.   A. one     B. no

C. any     D. some

12.   A. see     B. destroy

C. protect       D. attack

13.   A. Finally       B. Naturally

C. Suddenly    D. Luckily

14.   A. nice    B. troublesome

C. horrible      D. orderly

15.   A. always       B. never

(、• seldom     D. sometimes

16.   A; delighted    B. interested

C. satisfied     D. tired

17.   A. life     B. memories

C. games D. ideas

18.   A. Give   B. Send

C. Return       D. Show

19.   A, got up B. turned up

C. woke up        D. jumped up

20.   A. beautiful    B. short

C. dark    D. moon-lit

21.   A. next to       B. due to

C. as to   D. close to

22.   A. with   B. of

C. without      D. under

23.   A. weakness    B. courage

C. force   D. trouble

24.   A. sorrow       B. pleasure

C. astonishment      D. excitement

按要求完成下列各题

用所给词的适当形式填空

 1. A sudden blizzard occurred in Beijing last night, _______________ (cause) great inconvenience in transport.

5. 当他很小的时候，他的父母就去世了，除了一座破旧的老房子外什么也没给他留下。

When he was very young, his parents died, _____________________________ but a poor old house.

4.当你迷路的时候，你最好留在原地并报警，等待救援到来。

When you get lost, you'd better stay______________________   and call the police,waiting for help to come.

3. 毕业之后，他去了北京，五年之后他在那里取得了成功。

After graduation, he went to Beijing, __________________________________  fives years later.

2. 等我妈妈到家时，我已经把晚饭做好了。

_______________  my mother got home I___________________ the dinner.

根据中文意思使用恰当的句式完成句子

1. 2010年，海南遭遇了一场严重的洪灾，造成了 100多人死亡。

A big flood occurred in Hainan in 2010, __________________________________ •

5. He is universally recognized as one of the greatest scientists_________________________ (有史以来）.

4.I like oranges because they are delicious and their skins are easy to_______________________ (剥掉）.

3.If you keep driving your car like that, you'll_________________________ (结束)in hospital sooner or later.