The lad couldn’t ______ even if he ______ in time.

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice,     2   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the    3   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
4  as high as he could , but even as his tallest  5 he was unable to touch it. He began to 6  up and down , as high as he could, at the  7  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 8  .
Not giving up , he though , if only he had something to 9  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  10  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and  Gameboy . Looking   11  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   12  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .
He had tried everything he could think to do .   13  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk  14 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  15  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  16  like this , the more unhappy he became.
17  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what  he wanted .He started to say to himself ：This isn’t  18    , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  19  more I can do to get the apple  that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  20  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

Having a son as a woman who has only really been around women can be a strange experience. I sometimes tell my husband that raising our 3-year-old boy     someone dropped me off on another planet where I didn’t know the  _   and had no map.

   My son makes me laugh like no other, but his desires and interests sometimes do feel as  _   to me as another galaxy(银河系). He has taught me so much about the bigger man in my life (my husband) and even more about  _   in general.

   When I get mad at my husband now, I look at our son and  _   . He was once as sweet and precious as my son, even if he is so  _   now.

My mother-in-law’s attitude used to be confusing to me, but now I kind of  _   it. I love my son violently. If some woman ever  _   him, she’d be punished for that.

    _   my daughter can’t find something, she searches. But my son is  _   calling, “Mommy! Daddy! Where is my toy?” It’s so much like my husband. He will also spend 0.1 seconds  _   before calling out to me and  _   where the butter, cheese, or coat is. My son has taught me it’s a male thing. _   , that doesn’t mean I won’t break of it. I  _   will. Isn’t that what all moms say?

My husband showers every day on most  _   days. But on the weekends or on vacation? Forget it. Now I understand that. My son hates bath time and  _   the whole time. I have to fight with him and reward him to get  _   .

   Nothing is sweeter for a mom than her baby boy. My son and daughter are equally _   to me, but in a different way. He tells me he loves me and how  _   I am. I wish I could bottle that sweetness and  _   it for the teen years.

1.A. feels like       B. competes with       C. contributes to    D. turns out

2.A. connection      B. movement          C. language        D. change

3.A. risky          B. mild                C. foreign         D. classic

4.A. interests       B. planets              C. kids            D. men

5.A. stop          B. grow                C. rise            D. burst

6.A. exciting       B. confusing            C. touching        D. annoying

7.A. set            B. get                 C. make          D. take

8.A. approaches      B. hurts               C. ignores        D. persuades

9.A. Before         B. Because             C. If             D. Unless

10.A. sincerely       B. immediately          C. fortunately     D. obviously

11.A. guessing       B. imagining            C. wondering      D. looking

12.A. thinking       B. telling               C. asking          D. debating

13.A. However       B. Moreover             C. Otherwise      D. Therefore

14.A. finally         B. probably             C. mainly          D. definitely

15.A. cold           B. rainy                C. meeting         D. working

16.A. laughs         B. screams              C. talks            D. sings

17.A. weak          B. tight                 C. clean           D. clever

18.A. close          B. welcome              C. strange         D. similar

19.A. regretful       B. beautiful              C. skillful          D. shameful

20.A. remind         B. exchange             C. save           D. appreciate

(D)

Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in Salzburg,

Austria, in 1756. Even when he was very young, Mozart loved music. His father, who was the leader of an orchestra, was very happy that his son was so interested in music. When Mozart was three years old, he learned to play the harpsichord, which is a kind of piano. Mozart began to compose music at the age of five, and his father took him to play in front of the kings and queens of Europe.

At one concert, one of the violinists was missing from the orchestra. Mozart picked up a violin and played the music without a mistake. Mozart’s father and the other players in the orchestra were surprised. Mozart had never been taught to play the violin! Mozart continued travelling around Europe with his father, who was his teacher in everything. He composed many pieces for the piano, the violin, and later for full orchestra.

Mozart could write down a piece of music even if he had heard it only once. One day, he went to hear a group of people singing in a big church in Rome. The song was very special. The church leader said that people could sing the song only once a year, and only in his church. No one else was allowed to have the music. Mozart listened to the song. Although it was very difficult and long, Mozart went back home and wrote down the whole piece from memory. The head of the church heard about this, and instead of being angry with Mozart, he gave him a prize.

When Mozart grew up, people were not so interested in him. He worked as a teacher and pianist, but he did not make much money. In 1791, at the age of 35, he died. He was so poor that there was not enough money for him to have a proper grave. No one knows where he is buried.

43. The story is mainly about ____.

A. Mozart and his music

B. a leader of an orchestra

C. the life of a great composer

D. the head of a church in Rome.

44. Mozart’s father helped Mozart a lot by ____.

A. teaching him about music

B. giving him a violin to play with

C. sending him to a music school

D. giving him a lot of money

45. When Mozart was only three years old, he ____.

A. went to Rome  B. began to sing  C. began to compose music  D. played the harpsichord.

46. Mozart had a very good _____.

A. violin   B. grave   C. memory   D. orchestra

47. Although Mozart was one of the world’s greatest composer, ____.

A. he died poor   B. he did not teach anyone.

C. he did not know many famous people

D. he couldn’t play the piano or violin

I won’t allow him to make the trip alone, even if he_____ do it.