Today is Tom’s birthday. After school he walks past the shop on the street corner. He looks at the window. That pair of trainers is still there. He really wants to have them very much.

　He was very sad and walks away. He knows his mother can give him anything he likes if she can. But he also knows she has no money and the trainers are too expensive. He doesn’t go home at once because his mother could notice (注意) his worry. So he goes to the park and sits on the grass. Then he sees a boy in a wheel chair (轮椅) . He finds that the boy moves the wheel with his hands. Tom looks at him carefully and is surprised to see that the boy has no feet. He looks at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet.” he thinks. There is no reason (理由) for him to feel so sorry and sad. He smiles and thinks he is happier.

1.Tom passed the shop__________.

A．on foot　         B．by bus　          C．by bike 　         D．in a car

2.Tom wants to buy a pair of trainers and the trainers are___________.

A．too expensive　                        B．quite cheap

C．not there　                            D．not fit him

3.Tom goes into the park because he___________.

A．wants to watch someone fishing there

B．wants to see the boy

C．doesn’t want his mother to notice his worry

D．wants to sit on the grass

4.From the story we can know that Tom______.

A．asks his mother to buy the trains at last

B．doesn’t want to buy the new trainers

C．didn’t want to go to school

D．didn’t want to stay at home

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time     36   with her. One night, when he     37   his house, Helen came running to him and was ready to play. But he had a lot of work to do,     38    couldn’t play with his daughter. In order to keep her     39   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. Mr. Black said he had     40    time to play right now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to make up a map of the world, and then they could both play.

About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, “Okay, it’s finished. Can we play now?” Mr. Black was surprised, he said, “That’s     41   . Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every    42     in its place. Mr. Black said, “That’s surprising!    43    did you do that?” Helen said, “It was    44   . On the back of the paper was a picture of a    45   .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”

Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

1.Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _________.

A．rich              B．famous           C．young            D．lonely

2.Jean thought “David” was special because he _________.

A．made her quite happy on QQ              B．was from San Francisco

C．sent her a picture of himself               D．was tall and good-looking

3.When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised?

A．“David”.                             B．Both “David” and Jean.

C．Jean.                                 D．Neither “David” nor Jean.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.

B．People don’t use their real names on QQ so often.

C．Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ.

D．People should tell their real names to others on QQ.

I am _______ at the _______ news.

A．surprising; surprising

B．surprising; surprised

C．surprised; surprising

D．surprised; surprised

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 “Cool” is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes, the word gets many different meanings. We can use “cool” when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example. When you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, “It is cool.” You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, “The farm is so cool.” Because he thought “cool” was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don’t have enough words. Without “cool”, they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like “cool: with so many meanings? If you can they are also very “cool”.

1.The meaning of the word “cool” ______.

A. is always the same               B. changes a lot

C. is “wonderful or smart”            D. is “new and surprising”

2.“You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool”. Here “cool” means

A. a little cold    B. a little hot    C. new and surprising    D. good-looking

3.When some people use “cool” everywhere they don’t have other words, the writer seems a little ______.

 A. excited        B. happy      C. surprised     D. worried

4.The best title is _____.

 A. Meanings of the word “Cool”       B. “Cool”, the Best Word to Use

C. People use “Cool” Too Much        D. “Cool’ Is A New Word