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Mr. Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ling. The little boy is clever. He and his wife love him very much. It’s September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He’s going to school with his new bag. “Let me take you to school, dear.” said Mrs. Gao. “Thank you, Mummy,” said the boy. “The school is not far from here. I can go there myself.”

At school a teacher met the  little boy and asked, “What’s your name, my little friend?” “Gao Ling, sir.” answered the boy. “How old are you?” “Six, sir.” “What’s your father’s name?” “Gao Daling, sir.” “How old is  he?” “He is six, too, sir.” “Oh,” the teacher said in surprise. “Is he as old as you?”

“Yes, sir,” said the boy. “He became a father only on the day when I was born.”

1.Mr. Gao is _____now.

2. Mr. and Mrs. Gao love their son because_____.

3. Gao Ling didn’t let his mother take him to school because_____.

4. Gao Ling went to school_____.

5. Gao Ling thought_____.

When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines（台词）. But once on the stage, every word      from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator（解说者）for the play.        I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my       and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

 It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions（蒲公英）popping（炸开）      the grass in bunches（束）. I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll dig up（挖光）all these weeds（野草）,” she said. “From now on, we’ll       have roses in this garden.”

“But I like dandelions,” I protested（抗议）. “All the flowers are        -- even dandelions!”

My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is        of people, too.” She added.

When I       that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said,       me of how much I loved to read stories aloud.

Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own      in the world, I felt proud of the role in the play.

1.A. developed                      B. left                     C. failed                         D. disappeared 

2.A. If                         B. Because           C. Though                   D. Since

3.A. difficulty           B. mistake            C. danger                       D. unhappiness

4.A. through                     B. past                  C. beyond                   D. behind

5.A. hardly                           B. only                 C. still                           D. also 

6.A. harmless                              B. healthy        C. beautiful                        D. fresh 

7.A. true                      B. kind         C. same                         D. clever 

8.A. remembered                B. realized    C. explained                 D. promised

9.A. representing                    B. complaining        C. recommending          D. reminding 

10.A. honour                        B. progress       C. value                D. interest 

完形填空

One evening I went to have dinner with my uncle and aunt. They had 　l invited another person, a young woman, so that there would be four people at 2　 . Her face was familiar (面熟的). I was quite 　3 　that we had met 4 , but I could not 　5 　where I had seen her face. In the course of the talk, however, the young woman 　6 　to tell us that she had lost her purse the other day. All at once I remembered where I had seen her face. She was just the young girl in the photo in the purse I had picked up while walking down the street that afternoon, although she looked much older. She was 　7 　, of course, when I was 　8 　to describe her purse to her. Then I explained (解释) that I had recognized (认出) her from the photo I had found in the purse. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to fetch the purse.

As the policeman handed it 　9 , he said I had found not 　10 　the purse, but the person who had lost it.

完形填空：从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was a young boy, I  1  very shy（害羞的）. My classmates often laughed(笑) at me. I was unhappy but could do  2 . Later, something happened and it changed my life. It was an English speech(演讲) competition. My English teacher asked me  3  part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak  4  all the teachers and students of my school!

“ 5 , boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win. ” Then my teacher and I  6

about many different topics. Finally I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I did my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my teacher's great love, I did  7 in the competition. I won the first place. I could hardly(几乎不) believe my  8

when the news came. I  9  the cheers from the teachers and students.

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell  10 to be sure and I will find myself.

1.A. will be                 B. was                  C. am

2.A. something               B. anything             C. nothing

3.A. take                    B. taking               C. to take

4.A. after                   B. before               C. with

5.A. Come on                 B. Go on                C. Turn on

6.A. told                   B. talked               C. said

7.A. good                    B. well                 C. interested

8.A. ears                    B. eyes                 C. story

9.A. listened                B. heard                C. sounded

10.A. I                      B. my                   C. myself