One Christmas when I was three years old,my father gave me a present wrapped in shiny red paper. I tore off (新下) the paper 6        to discover what deli?cious secret was inside. My 7        fell on the face of a beautiful little girl on the 8        of a book with a lighted match in her hands. "It's called The Little Match Girl. It was one of my 9         when I was at your age," said my father.

  I was pleased to have Papa J.0it to me. My eyes opened widely as his rich,deep voice 11        the story of a little girl. She was sent out to the cold street to make money by 12        match sticks. Warned not to return home 13        all of her match sticks were sold,the girl warmed her 14        hands by lighting matches,one by one. With the flame of the final match,she 15        joining her dear grandmother in heaven who had ever really 16        her. When Papa stopped here,my heart was filled with sorrow.

  The Little Match Girl became part of our holiday 17___________ . Each Christmas after dinner,my father and I sat on the couch together. I 18        my head on his shoulder and felt the 19        warmth of his shirt. His sweet 20        carried me along on an unforgettable trip. No matter how old I got,I 21        let Papa read it to me.

  This past June,Papa 22___________ . Each holiday,I will miss Papa's soft shoulder and his warmth. But,bravely,I will read The Little Match Gir l23 on my own. And when I come to the 24        where the girl lights her final match,I will close my eyes 25        that I am with the person who loved me more than anyone,ever.

6. A. quickly   B. calmly   C. disappointedly   D. sadly

7. A. hands   B. hair   C. eyes   D .tear

8. A. paper   B. cover   C. board   D. shelf

9. A. memories   B. stories

   C. hobbies   D. favourites

10. A. buy   B. talk   C. explain   D. read

11. A. told of   B. thought of   C. consisted of   D. heard of

12. A. making   B. burning   C. collecting   D. selling

13. A. since   B. if

   C. as   D. unltss

14. A. little   B. beautiful   C. cold   D. white

15. A. met with H. drtamed of

   C. reminded of   D. worried about

16. A. cared for   B. lived with   C. brought in   D. depended on

17. A. present   B. tradition   C. list   D. project

18. A. cleaned   B. covered   C. rested   D. hid

19. A. familiar   B. attractive   C. serious   D. strong

20. A. sight R. voice   C. laughter   D. advice

21. A. never   B. ever

   C. always   D. sometimes

22. A.ran away   B. passed away   C. set off   D. moved out

23. A. aloud   B. perfectly   C. quietly   D. carefully

24. A. shop   B. house   C. part   D. street

25. A. watching   B. begging   C. missing  D. imagining

  My name is Tina Duong. I came from Vietnam. I had a big house in Vietnam,and my family lived together. My father,mother,brother and sister,we had a business.

  After 1975 my family immigrated to Malaysia by a small boat. When we were on the sea,we were very worried about the robbers on the sea,but we were very lucky. After 48 hours,we arrived in Malaysia. We stayed in Kuala Lumpur for two days before they sent us to Bulaubidong Camp. In Bulaubidong we lived there while waiting for my brother to sponsor us. We lived in the camp. We couldn't leave the camp to find firewood,vegetables- or any food for the children because it was forbidden to go outside the camp. My husband went fishing for small fish and we didn't have enough rice to cook. When the children were sick,we didn't have medicine for them.

  After two years,the person who sponsored us was my husband's brother. We left the camp to go to Philip?pines. We had to study English there for six months and then we went to the United States. When we first arrived? we had trouble because we didn't speak Eng?lish very well. We didn't get used to the customs and way of life in the United States. I couldn't use the oven,turn on the tap and shower,nor vacuum (用真空吸尘器清扫) the floor because I had never met these things in my homeland.

  Finally,I lived through the tough times and got to learn how things work with hard work and determina?tion. My family and I succeeded in life. We now have a very happy family,a nice house and a successful busi?ness. My children are studying hard in school and are bound to be successful in the future.

1. The underlined word " immigrated”most probably means ____________.

   A. paid a visit to a foreign country

   B. came into a foreign country and lived there

   C. opened up a new market in a foreign country

   D. went to a foreign country to study its language

2. How many countries have Tina and her families lived in so far?

   A. Six.

   B. Five.

   C. Four.

   D. Three.

3. How was the life of Tina and her families when they were in Bulaubidong?

   A. Hard and terrible.

   B. Easy and happy.

   C. Hard but happy.

   D. Simple but easy.

4. According to the passage,what led to the success of Tina's family in America finally?

   A. Being good at speaking English.

   B. Their hard work and determination.

   C. Help from many friendly Americans.

   D. Being accustomed to American life well.

5. What is this passage mainly about?

   A. Tina's business in different countries.

   B. Tina's study life in different countries.

   C. Tina's travel experiences in different countries.

   D. Tina's story of moving to different countries.

 It was a busy morning,about 8:30,when an eld?erly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 9 :30.

  The nurse had him take a 6      in the waiting area,7          him it would be at least 40 minutes 8 someone would be able to see him. I saw him 9        his watch and decided,since I was 10        busy―my patient didn't 11        at the appointed hour―I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound,I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he 12        to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his

  13      He told me that she had been 14        for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be 15        if he was a bit late. He replied that she 16        knew who he was,and that she had been able to 17        him for five years now. I was 18        and asked him, " And you 19        go every morning,even though she doesn't know who you are?" He smiled and said, " She doesn't know me,but I know who she is.”I had to hold back 20        as he left.

  Now I 21        that in marriages,true love is 22        of all that is. The happiest people don't 23        have the best of everything;they just 24        the best of everything they have. 25      isn't about how to live through the storm,but how to dance in the rain.

6. A. breath   B. test   C. seat   D. break

7. A. persuading   B. promising   C. understanding   D. telling

8. A. if   B. before   C. since   D. after

9. A. taking   B. fixing   C. looking at   D. winding

10. A. very   B. also   C. seldom   D. not

11. A. turn up   B. show off   C. come on   D. go away

12. A. needed   B. forgot

   C. agreed   D. happened

13. A. daughter   B. wife   C. mother   D. sister

14. A. late   B. well   C. around   D. there

15. A. lonely   B. worried   C. doubtful   D. hungry

16. A. so far   B. neither   C. no longer   D. already

17. A. recognize   B. answer   C. believe   D. expect

18. A. moved   B. disappointed   C. surprised   D. satisfied

19. A. only   B. then   C. thus   D. still

20. A. curiosity   B. tears

   C. words   D. judgement

21. A. realize   B. suggest   C. hope   D. prove

22. A. agreement   B. expression   C. acceptance   D. exhibition

23. A. necessarily   B. completely   C. naturally   D. frequently

24. A. learn   B. make   C. favour   D. try

25. A. Adventure   B. Beauty   C. Trust   D. Life

  We bet that on cold days,many of you love to stay in your warm homes and,every now and then,come out into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately,plenty of creepy-crawly critters (爬行生物) like to do the same thing!Winter is the time when bugs (虫子) invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for such creatures. In winter the air is cold,the ground is hard and many trees have no leaves. So bugs do what they have to do to survive.

  Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates. Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year. Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapause. There are different kinds of diapauses,but all are similar to hibernation,a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold. Insects go into an inactive period,too,but they often don' t when the temperature drops.

  They rely on more dependable signals in the envi?ronment. For example,many insects can tell how much sunlight there is each day. They use that to tell themselves when to shut down. Bugs are cold-blooded,meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside. They can't move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So they search for any warm place.

  They're looking for protection. These guys have been doing this for 300 million years,so they don't really know they're coming into your house. The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behav?iour. They enter through tiny cracks or come in unno?ticed on your clothes or shoes. Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food,but they don't care about humans. 

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

   A. To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter.

   B. To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits.

   C. To mean that bugs will invade humans' houses for their winter.

   D. To put forward the idea that bugs are not wel?come in winter.

2. According to the text,what does the word "dia?pause" mean?

   A. It is the same as the animals' hibernation.

   B. It often appears in warm areas all the year.

   C. It is done to keep bugs active in winter.

   D. It means insects go into a deep sleep

3. What often decides bugs' diapause?

   A. The lower local temperature.

   B. The amount of sunlight.

   C. Kinds of environmental signals.

   D. The insects' inside temperature.

4. According to the text,bugs invade humans' home" to      .

   A. attack humans

   B. look for enough food

   C. seek for protection

   D. show their evolutionary results

5. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Bugs' life on cold days

   B. Why do bugs invade your home in winter?

   C. Good relations between humans and bugs

   D. What does diapause mean?

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