Do you wish you had a magic gourd（葫芦）to help you get everything you want? You may think twice and say“no”after you watch the planned Disney film“The Secret of the Magic Gourd”! It’s the first project Disney will co-produce in China. Based on（依据）a famous Chinese tale, the film is expected to open next year. In the story, Wang Bao is a lively and ‘imaginative young boy. He dreams of having something magic to keep him out of trouble at school and in his everyday life. One day, he finds a real Magic Gourd. The Gourd helps him realize everything he needs or wants to do. He just has to think about it! The Gourd adopts（认）Wang as his master and answers his every call. The gourd helps Wang catch big fish when he goes fishing. It fixes the boys’ models quickly, and always does his homework on time. The boy just sits to wait for everything to happen. But he slowly learns his wishes come at a price. When the boy wants to borrow a picture book in the library, the book’s stolen instantly into his schoolbag. When he wishes to get the answers in an exam, his classmate’s paper flies onto his desk! This time the teacher finds out, and Wang’s in big trouble. The gourd brings chaos（混乱）to Wang’s life, at school and in his neighbourhood. It’s up to Wang to find the courage to give up his secret friend. Will he make up his mind? The film will give you the message that working hard to earn things truly matters.

A．warn people not to be lazy

B．introduce a movie for kids

C．advertise a magic gourd

A．you can succeed without help from others

B．them is magic power in the world

C．one can not succeed without hard work

A．He has to speak to the gourd.

B．He has to beat the gourd hard.

C．He just needs to imagine what he wants.

A．gets into trouble after the gourd helps him

B．can get whatever he wants free of charge

C．has to pay a high price to keep the gourd

Hurry up, _____ you won’t catch the early bus.

Many years ago, a man (16)____Wu taught King Wang how to ride horses and how to drive a chariot (马拉战车). (17)_____ some time the king started to race against Wu. But no matter how many (18)______ the king raced against Wu, Wu always won.
　　The king was (19)_______ and said to Wu, “You have taught me how to ride and how to drive a chariot. But I don't think you have taught me everything about (20)______.”
“I have taught you (21)______ I know,” (22)______ Wu. “But you have not learned everything. The (23)______ thing about driving a chariot is to think of the horses. The driver of the chariot and the horse should work together. You can then go very (24)______ and drive for long distance, but your problem is this: When you are behind me, you want to (25)_____ with me. And when you are (26)_____ me, you are afraid that I will catch up with you. (27)_____ whether you are in front of me or behind me, you are thinking of me. You are not thinking of your (28)______. If you want to win, you must (29)______ thinking of me, you (30)______ think only of your horse.”

Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     1   of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     2    for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

As they grew up together, they had their share of     3   and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    4    own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A     5    misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     6    . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    7    independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     8  .”

　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     9    future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms;     10     Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     11    determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     12    you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1.                A．legs           B．arms           C．eyes D．hands

2.                A．sad            B．afraid          C．worried  D．alone

3.                A．questions       B．accidents       C．problems D．business

4.                A．his            B．her            C．my  D．their

5.                A．serious         B．sudden         C．terrible   D．similar

6.                A．returned       B．disappeared     C．seriously  D．immediately

7.                A．break          B．beat           C．fly   D．jump

8.                A．unfair          B．uncertain       C．unsafe   D．undoubted

9.                A．and            B．so             C．while D．or

10.               A．opinions        B．values          C．senses    D．attitudes

11.               A．follow          B．catch          C．disturb    D．hurt