—Tommy, you can never let others know what I have told you today.

—Don’t worry. I will keep the ______.

A. address          B. money          C. secret      D. stone

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Long long ago, a poor young boy lived in a small village. Every afternoon, he walked around the village selling his cooking oil to make money. He carried the   1  in a small wooden basin(盆).

After he sold out his oil, he was very tired. He thought that he  2  a rest.

He left his wooden basin on a stone, put the money in it and   3  asleep. About two hours later, he woke up. He looked into the basin and found that his money  4  gone.

He went at once to see a judge(法官). The judge listened to the boy’s story very   5 . She thought for a while and then said to the man in her office,“  6  and get all the villagers here.”

When all the villagers came, she said that everyone should put a coin into a pail(桶) of water. About half of the people  7  their coins into the water before a young man came up. He also put his coin into the water. “Wait a minute,” the judge said, “You stole the boy’s money,  8 ?” The young man’s face   9  red. “Yes-yes-yes,” he said, “But how did you know that?” The judge explained, “You see, after you put your coin into the water, some oil came up to the top. Your money must   10  from the oil basin. Am I right?”

Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do，while others don't.

　The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House”ever since.

1. White House is a house for ___________.

　　  A. the American people.　　  B. the soldiers of U.S.A.   C. the presidents of U.S.A.　 

2.England fought with America in ____________.

　　  A. 1810　　　　　　       B. 1812　　　 C. 1814　　　  　　 

3. The house is called “White House” because ____________.

　　  A. it's covered with snow      B. the house is very clean

 C. the stone walls of the house were painted white

4.The White House was painted white because ____________.

　　  A. the house is old　　  B. the house is new  C. it was once on fire and was with marks

5. “ever since” means ___________.

　　  A. never　　               B. once　　   C. from then on　　

For years I wanted a garden．I’d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together．
But then we had Matthew, and Marvin, and the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was not enough．Neither was time．Often when my children were little,
one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know．”
Finally, all the children got through high school and college and were off on their own．I started thinking again about a garden．
Then, one spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．There were things blowing around on it．       Then I put my glasses on—and I couldn’t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills(帐单), one hundred of them, hanging all over that tree．There was also a note among them, “Thank you for your time, Mom．We love you!”
Later, my children bought me tools, ornaments, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．A new page started in my life．
That was three years ago．My garden’s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．It feels like they’re right there with me．Now every year when winter comes, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I’ll see next spring in my little garden．I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes—every time．
I’m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
【小题1】How many children did the writer have?

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An old man had a monkey. The old man liked the monkey a lot b__1._____the monkey was very clever. When the birds came to the garden, he drove them away. He also h__2._____ the old man in many other ways.

One h__3._____ afternoon in the summer, the old man was sleeping in his chair in the garden. A fly（苍蝇） came and sat on the t__4.____ of the old man’s nose. The monkey drove it away. Soon the fly came b__5._____ again and sat on the old man’s nose again. Again the monkey drove it away. Again and again, the monkey became very a__6._____. He jumped up, ran to pick a big stone. When the fly was on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hit it hard w__7._____ that stone. The fly died, and blood（血）came out of the old man’s nose. The old man’s nose was broken. Well, many people, even our friends, sometimes do things just l_8._____ the monkey. They do things too q__9._____ but they don’t think more before they do. They want to do s__10._____ good but they sometimes bring us troubles.