A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, 1 my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I 2 to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about 3 I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, ‘You don’t say! You don’t say!’ I was 4. I thought, perhaps this was not a 5 topic. Well, I’d 6 change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 7 the way, have you ever 8 there?’
‘Certainly. Everyone back home will 9 me if I leave China without seeing it. It is great!’
I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of 10.’ But soon I was 11 again by his words, ‘12!’ I couldn’t help but 13, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’
‘Well, I 14 ask you to do so,’ he answered, gently surprised.
I said, ‘Didn’t you say “You don’t say”?’
Hearing this, the Englishman 15 to tears. He began to 16, “‘You don’t say!” actually means ‘really?’ It is an 17 of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English 18.’
Then I knew I had made a fool of 19. Since then I have been more 20 with idioms

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      though
    2. B.
      when
    3. C.
      despite
    4. D.
      because
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      decided
    2. B.
      longed
    3. C.
      looked forward
    4. D.
      happened
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      what
    2. B.
      when
    3. C.
      how
    4. D.
      where
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      pleased
    2. B.
      angry
    3. C.
      scared
    4. D.
      surprised
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      proper
    2. B.
      interesting
    3. C.
      ideal
    4. D.
      polite
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      to
    2. B.
      better
    3. C.
      not
    4. D.
      like
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      On
    2. B.
      In
    3. C.
      With
    4. D.
      By
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      gone
    2. B.
      visited
    3. C.
      seen
    4. D.
      been
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      look up to
    2. B.
      think highly of
    3. C.
      be proud of
    4. D.
      laugh at
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      fun
    2. B.
      interest
    3. C.
      hard work
    4. D.
      China
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      encouraged
    2. B.
      shouted
    3. C.
      interrupted
    4. D.
      disturbed
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      Really
    2. B.
      It was great
    3. C.
      You don’t say
    4. D.
      You are right
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      ask
    2. B.
      to ask
    3. C.
      asking
    4. D.
      asked
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      won’t
    2. B.
      don’t
    3. C.
      couldn’t
    4. D.
      didn’t
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      laughed
    2. B.
      cried
    3. C.
      moved
    4. D.
      came
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      explain
    2. B.
      shout
    3. C.
      prove
    4. D.
      say
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      experience
    2. B.
      expression
    3. C.
      explanation
    4. D.
      example
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      learning
    2. B.
      idioms
    3. C.
      language
    4. D.
      phrases
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      me
    2. B.
      myself
    3. C.
      him
    4. D.
      himself
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      curious
    2. B.
      anxious
    3. C.
      careful
    4. D.
      worried

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have 1 how difficult it is to write a 2 children’s book. Either the author has aimed too 3, so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 4 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are 5 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 6 who hears the story and the adult who 7 it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, 8 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 9 to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as 10 of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for 11. “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 12 the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a 13 and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop 14 to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so 15 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      hoped
    2. B.
      realized
    3. C.
      told
    4. D.
      said
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      short
    2. B.
      long
    3. C.
      bad
    4. D.
      good
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      easy
    2. B.
      short
    3. C.
      high
    4. D.
      difficult
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      and
    2. B.
      but
    3. C.
      or
    4. D.
      so
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      both
    2. B.
      neither
    3. C.
      either
    4. D.
      very
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      child
    2. B.
      father
    3. C.
      mother
    4. D.
      teacher
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      hears
    2. B.
      buys
    3. C.
      understands
    4. D.
      reads
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
      however
    3. C.
      so
    4. D.
      because
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      hard
    2. B.
      easy
    3. C.
      enough
    4. D.
      fast
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      articles
    2. B.
      work
    3. C.
      arts
    4. D.
      works
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      grown-ups
    2. B.
      girls
    3. C.
      boys
    4. D.
      children
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      become
    2. B.
      show
    3. C.
      find
    4. D.
      add
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      school
    2. B.
      home
    3. C.
      office
    4. D.
      library
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      going
    2. B.
      liking
    3. C.
      trying
    4. D.
      preferring
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      same
    2. B.
      friendly
    3. C.
      different
    4. D.
      common

It was a cold Saturday morning. An old man walked slowly into the1 . With shoulders bent forward, he leaned on his trusty stick with each2 step.
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him3 out from the usual breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips4 in a steady smile.
A young waitress named Mary5 him drag toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said, “Here, sir. Let me give you a6 with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and7 . She pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying him with one arm, she helped him get comfortably8 . Then she moved the table up close to him, and leaned his9 against the table where he could reach it.
In a soft, clear voice, he said, “Thank you for your10 .”
“You’re welcome, sir.” She replied11 . “And my name is Mary. I’11 be back in a moment, and12 you need anything at all in the meantime, just wave at me!”
After he had finished his breakfast, Mary brought him the change from his ticket. Then she13him out from behind the table. She handed him his stick, and walked14him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, “Come back and see us, sir!”
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a15 smile. “You are very kind,” he said softly.
When Mary went to clean his table, she was16 to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin (餐巾纸). Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill!
The note on the napkin17 , “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you18 others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will19 through those who meet you.”
The next day she was told that the man she had20 on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      restaurant
    2. B.
      shop
    3. C.
      hospital
    4. D.
      bank
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      big
    2. B.
      quick
    3. C.
      urgent
    4. D.
      unhurried
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      get
    2. B.
      look
    3. C.
      stand
    4. D.
      keep
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      held
    2. B.
      made
    3. C.
      remained
    4. D.
      put
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      felt
    2. B.
      noticed
    3. C.
      discovered
    4. D.
      realized
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      table
    2. B.
      cushion
    3. C.
      place
    4. D.
      hand
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      nodded
    2. B.
      obeyed
    3. C.
      sat
    4. D.
      hesitated
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      moved
    2. B.
      stayed
    3. C.
      seated
    4. D.
      rested
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      chair
    2. B.
      spoon
    3. C.
      stick
    4. D.
      plate
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      quickness
    2. B.
      kindness
    3. C.
      cleverness
    4. D.
      politeness
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      happily
    2. B.
      sadly
    3. C.
      nervously
    4. D.
      vaguely
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      until
    2. B.
      though
    3. C.
      because
    4. D.
      if
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      called
    2. B.
      helped
    3. C.
      took
    4. D.
      made
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      by
    2. B.
      around
    3. C.
      with
    4. D.
      towards
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      confident
    2. B.
      grateful
    3. C.
      relieved
    4. D.
      delicate
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      Embarrassed
    2. B.
      satisfied
    3. C.
      disappointed
    4. D.
      astonished
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      read
    2. B.
      told
    3. C.
      wrote
    4. D.
      showed
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      please
    2. B.
      admire
    3. C.
      follow
    4. D.
      treat
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      pass
    2. B.
      shine
    3. C.
      go
    4. D.
      pull
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      Depended
    2. B.
      served
    3. C.
      waited
    4. D.
      Agreed

With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the1building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy2fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he3cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that 4
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 5. He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone6 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school7 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 8 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 9 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “10 seems that he never knows how difficult it is.11 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more12.”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 13 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 14 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 15 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      largest
    2. B.
      highest
    3. C.
      earliest
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      seldom
    2. B.
      hardly
    3. C.
      almost
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      enjoyed
    2. B.
      needed
    3. C.
      made
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      while
    2. B.
      though
    3. C.
      if
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      heart
    2. B.
      hope
    3. C.
      body
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      by
    2. B.
      for
    3. C.
      from
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      as
    2. B.
      since
    3. C.
      until
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      pleased
    2. B.
      beaten
    3. C.
      moved
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      used
    2. B.
      spent
    3. C.
      took
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      Here
    2. B.
      There
    3. C.
      It
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      However
    2. B.
      Sometimes
    3. C.
      Then
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      friends
    2. B.
      helpers
    3. C.
      exercise
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      tried
    2. B.
      saw
    3. C.
      did
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      thinking
    2. B.
      talking
    3. C.
      proud
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      point
    2. B.
      go
    3. C.
      turn

It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My husband wouldn’t come back until late and I had1to sit down in a comfortable armchair in the living room and read a book. I2the children to bed early and3a cold supper and some coffee. Soon I was sitting comfortably with a plate4with food before me and a book at my side.
I was just beginning to eat when the telephone rang. I put down my knife and fork and hurried to5it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee6cold. After I finished my7I began to drink my coffee with my book8at page one. Suddenly there was a9at the door. It gave me such a great surprise that I spilt the10and made an ugly stain(污迹)on my skirt. Some stranger had got11and wanted me to show him the way. It12ages to get rid of him. At last I13to sit down again and actually read a whole page without any more interruption until the baby woke up. He began crying loudly and I rushed upstairs. The baby was14awake at eleven o'clock when my husband came home. I should have cried myself when he asked me if I had a(n)15evening！

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      decided
    2. B.
      started
    3. C.
      come
    4. D.
      hurried
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      put
    2. B.
      made
    3. C.
      threw
    4. D.
      allowed
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      boiled
    2. B.
      heated
    3. C.
      cooked
    4. D.
      prepared
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      full
    2. B.
      filled
    3. C.
      filling
    4. D.
      to be filled
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      receive
    2. B.
      accept
    3. C.
      answer
    4. D.
      reply
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      was getting
    2. B.
      had got
    3. C.
      would get
    4. D.
      got
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      supper
    2. B.
      drinking
    3. C.
      reading
    4. D.
      coffee
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      opening
    2. B.
      opened
    3. C.
      open
    4. D.
      being opened
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      stranger
    2. B.
      knock
    3. C.
      dog
    4. D.
      man
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      food
    2. B.
      supper
    3. C.
      coffee
    4. D.
      plate
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      lost
    2. B.
      gone
    3. C.
      missing
    4. D.
      disappeared
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      cost
    2. B.
      spent
    3. C.
      paid
    4. D.
      took
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      tried
    2. B.
      hoped
    3. C.
      managed
    4. D.
      decided
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      already
    2. B.
      still
    3. C.
      possibly
    4. D.
      almost
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      pleasant
    2. B.
      exciting
    3. C.
      friendly
    4. D.
      lonely

Everyone is born ________ and should be treated ________．


  1. A.
    equally; equally
  2. B.
    equal; equal
  3. C.
    equally; equal
  4. D.
    equal; equally

China is the first country ________ paper in the world．


  1. A.
    making
  2. B.
    to make
  3. C.
    made
  4. D.
    has made

Living ________ should be improved as they are out of ________．


  1. A.
    condition; condition
  2. B.
    conditions; conditions
  3. C.
    conditions; condition
  4. D.
    condition; conditions

The police ________ the ________ prisoner．


  1. A.
    is after; escaping
  2. B.
    are after; escaped
  3. C.
    are after; escaping
  4. D.
    is after; escaped

"Ready... set..." The gun popped and off we were. The other girls ran ahead of me. I found myself limping(跛) and felt ashamed as I5 farther and farther behind.
The first-place runner was two laps(圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. "Hooray!" the 39shouted with the loudest cheer I had ever heard at a meeting.
"Maybe I should quit," I 40as I limped on. "Those people wouldn't like to wait for me to finish this race." Somehow,6 , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran7 and decided not to compete in track next year. I couldn't beat the girl who lapped me twice, even if my foot did8 .
When I finished, I heard a cheer-just as9 as the one the first-place girl received "What was that all about?" I asked myself. I turned around and sure enough, the boys were preparing for their race. "They10 be cheering for the boys."
I went11 to the bathroom where a girl came across me and said, "Wow, you've got courage!"
I thought, "Courage? She must be12 me for someone else. I just13 a race! I would have never been able to finish those two miles14 I were you. What happened to your foot? We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
I couldn't believe it. A(n)15 stranger had cheered for me-not for my victory, but for my perseverance. Suddenly I16 hope. I decided to stick with track next year. One girl saved my17 .
That day I learned two things. First, a18 kindness and confidence in people can make a great difference to them. Second, strength and courage aren't measured in the19 and victories. They are measured in the struggles we20 .

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      earlier
    2. B.
      smaller
    3. C.
      simpler
    4. D.
      later
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      mention
    2. B.
      present
    3. C.
      attend
    4. D.
      watch
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      left
    2. B.
      dropped
    3. C.
      moved
    4. D.
      fell
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      competitors
    2. B.
      crowd
    3. C.
      public
    4. D.
      team
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      swore
    2. B.
      discouraged
    3. C.
      determined
    4. D.
      thought
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      however
    2. B.
      merely
    3. C.
      therefore
    4. D.
      too
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      in surprise
    2. B.
      in a hurry
    3. C.
      in pain
    4. D.
      in panic
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      hurt
    2. B.
      heal
    3. C.
      harm
    4. D.
      cure
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      different
    2. B.
      same
    3. C.
      enthusiastic
    4. D.
      outstanding
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      may
    2. B.
      would
    3. C.
      must
    4. D.
      could
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      soon
    2. B.
      around
    3. C.
      straight
    4. D.
      opposite
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      recognizing
    2. B.
      tricking
    3. C.
      knowing
    4. D.
      mistaking
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      won
    2. B.
      defeated
    3. C.
      lost
    4. D.
      missed
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      as if
    2. B.
      in ease
    3. C.
      though
    4. D.
      if
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      complete
    2. B.
      new
    3. C.
      crazy
    4. D.
      excited
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      returned
    2. B.
      rewarded
    3. C.
      readapted
    4. D.
      regained
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      life
    2. B.
      face
    3. C.
      dream
    4. D.
      trouble
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      little
    2. B.
      useful
    3. C.
      rare
    4. D.
      valueless
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      possessions
    2. B.
      medals
    3. C.
      words
    4. D.
      smiles
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      get across
    2. B.
      get in
    3. C.
      get over
    4. D.
      get to
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