One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】We learn from the reading that ___________.

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

(One day Alice runs after a strange rabbit and comes into a deep hole. She becomes smaller when she wakes up the next day. She finds herself in a wonderland with many amazing things inside.)

The Caterpillar(毛毛虫) and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence. At last the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth, and said to her in a tired, sleepy voice.

“Who are YOU?” said the Caterpillar.

This opening for a talk couldn’t make Alice at ease. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I----I hardly know, sir, just at present ----at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”

“What do you mean by that?” said the Caterpillar, “Explain yourself!”

“I can’t explain MYSELF. I’m afraid, sir.” said Alice, “because I’m not myself, you see.”

“I don’t see.” said the Caterpillar.

“I’m afraid I can’t put it more clearly.” Alice replied very politely, “for I can’t understand it myself. And being so many different sizes in a day is very puzzling.”

“It isn’t.” said the Caterpillar.

“Well, perhaps you haven’t found it so yet.” said Alice. “But when you have to turn into a chrysalis(蛹，茧)----you will some day, you know ----and then after that into a butterfly, I think you’ll feel it a little stranger, won’t you?”

“Not a bit.” said the Caterpillar.

“Well, perhaps your feelings may be different.” said Alice. “All I know is, it would make ME feel very strange.”

“You!” said the Caterpillar scornfully. “Who are YOU?” The question brought them back again to the beginning of the talk. Alice felt a little angry because the Caterpillar was making such VERY short sentences. She drew herself up and said very seriously, “I think you ought to tell me who YOU are first.”

“Why?” said the Caterpillar.

Here was another puzzling question. As Alice could not think out any good reason, and as the Caterpillar seemed to be very unpleasant, she turned away.

“Come back!” the Caterpillar called after her. “I’ve something important to tell you!”

This certainly gave Alice some hope. Alice turned and came back again.

1.Where may their talk take place?

A．In a wonderland.                        B．In the field.

C．In the tree.                            D．Outside the hole.

2.Alice didn’t feel __________ during her talk with Caterpillar.

A．shy              B．sad              C．angry             D．strange

3.Why did Alice think she was not herself?

A．Because she was too young to understand the changes.

B．Because being changed several times in a day made her feel puzzled.

C．Because she didn’t like her changes

D．Because she didn’t feel very well.

4.Put the following statements in the correct order according to the story.

① Alice drew herself up.

② Alice used an example to explain the changes to herself.

③ Alice couldn’t explain herself.

④ Alice turned away.

⑤ Alice looked at Caterpillar for some time in silence.

A．⑤②③④①                           B．⑤②③①④

C．⑤③②④①                           D．⑤③②①④

5.Which of the following sentences can be added to the end of the story?

A．“Don’t be silly. You are still yourself.” said the Caterpillar.

B．“Don’t be angry. You think you’re changed, do you?” said the Caterpillar.

C．“Don’t be sad. You’ll grow bigger again.” said the Caterpillar.

D．“Don’t be afraid. You can go home now.” said the Caterpillar.

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!” “What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered. “Mum, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】The girl walked back because _______.

完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，总分15分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    This morning, I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my   31     , and I had been afraid to do so for a long time.

    Mom came into the kitchen, asking , “Are you ready,   32   ?”

    “ Yes.” I answered quietly.    33   in fact I wasn’t ready!

    On my way    34    school, I could feel my heart beating. I hated this!

    I went into Mrs. Owens’ class. She was smiling, and saying   35   to all her students as she did every morning.

    “ Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked    36   the classroom.

    “ Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my   37   . I looked at the clock. The time was near. Then Mrs. Owens started, “ Sam, it’s time for you to show yourself.” “Show   38    ? Oh, no!”

I got up slowly,    39    the ground as I walked to the front of the class. Then, I looked up, and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was   40    , so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his    41   ,and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam,    42    did you like best about your report on Hawaii?”

I thought about the fun things I    43   about surfing before, and I started to talk. I talked and talked    44   the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. It wasn’t frightening. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was   45    .

In fact, I can do better than I think I can— if I try! I am proud of myself.

1.A. class        B. house            C. party        D. hometown

2.A. friends        B. classmates       C. Owens        D. Sam

3.A. Then          B. But          C. So           D. Or

4.A. on            B. from         C. to            D . in

5.A. sorry         B. hello            C. goodbye     D. thanks

6.A. into          B. out of           C. away from   D. far from

7.A. bed           B. seat         C. dinning room     D. reading room

8.A. me            B. us               C. myself      D. ourselves

9.A. looking after B. look over        C. looking at       D. looking for

10.A. glad         B. stressed    C. active           D. happy

11.A. dictionary       B. magazine         C. newspaper        D. report

12.A. what         B. who              C. where            D. whom

13.A. will read        B. have read    C. am reading       D. read

14.A. in front of  B. over         C. beside           D. near

15.A. playing      B. dancing     C. singing     D. smiling