A little boy was visiting his grandparents on their farm．He was given a slingshot （弹弓） to play with out in the woods．He （ 1） in the woods, but he could never hit anything．Getting a little （ 2） , he headed back for dinner．As he was （3 ） back he saw Grandma's pet （ 4） ．Just out of impulse （冲动）, he let the slingshot （5）,

hit the duck right in the head and killed it．He was shocked and （6） ．

In a panic, he hid the （7） duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said （8） ．After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the （9）．" But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he （ 10 ） to help in the kitchen．" Then she（11） to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny washed the dishes．Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing．Before they left, Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I （ 12） Sally to help me make supper．"Sally just smiled and said, "Well, you needn't worry about it （13） Johnny told me he wanted to help．"She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went （14） and Johnny stayed to help．After several days of doing both his （15） and Sally's, he finally couldn't （16） it any longer．He came to Grandma and admitted that he had （17） the duck．

Grandma knelt down, gave him a （18） , and said, "Sweetheart, I know．You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the （19） thing, but because I love you．I forgave you．I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a （ 20 ） of you．If you make a mistake, just be brave to admit to it and promise not to make it again．In that way, everyone will forgive you．"

1．A．worked                B．practiced             C．climbed               D．searched

2．A．pleased                 B．worried              C．puzzled               D．discouraged

3．A．turning                 B．looking                C．walking               D．falling

4．A．dog                      B．duck                   C．cat                      D．rabbit

5．A．rise                       B．leave                  C．stop                    D．fly

6．A．sad                       B．lucky                  C．angry                  D．excited

7．A．happy                   B．hungry                C．fat                      D．dead

8．A．anything                B．something            C．nothing               D．everything

9．A．clothes                  B．dishes                 C．hands                 D．floors

10．A．wanted                B．managed             C．tried                    D．willing

11．A．shouted              B．explained            C．talked                 D．whispered

12．A．command           B．request                C．need                   D．allow

13．A．until                    B．because              C．while                  D．although

14．A．fishing                B．swimming           C．climbing              D．shopping

15．A．exercise              B．lesson                 C．problem              D．housework

16．A．accept                 B．afford                 C．stand                  D．support

17．A．hurt                    B．killed                  C．hidden                 D．wounded

18．A．kiss                    B．surprise               C．gift                    D．suggestion

19．A．strange               B．terrible                C．serious                D．whole

20．A．enemy                 B．winner                C．slave                   D．leader

One night, a little before nine o’clock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson’s city – Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His wife was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.

“Drive on”, he said. “I’ve got a gun (枪).”

“I’m a doctor,” said Johnson, “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”

“Don’t talk,” said the man in the old black coat, “Just drive.”

A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o’clock.

It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.

“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”

They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”

1. From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _________ to get to the hospital.

A．12 hours          B．7 hours           C．only 1 hour        D．about 5 hours

2.Dr Johnson was late because __________.

A．there was something wrong with his car

B．a strange man made it hard to drive

C．a strange man drove his car away

D．the train to Glens Falls was late

3. The man in a black coat __________.

A．hit the boy and ran away

B．took the boy to the hospital

C．was the boy’s father

D．was the real doctor

4.The man in black would feel __________ in the end.

A．happy and pleased                      B．regretful(悔恨) and sad

C．worried and angry                       D．tired and hungry

There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only _36_ in the most rare things. One day his parents bought him a very strange _37_. When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very_38_. He tried smiling, _39_ his reflection continued with its sad expression.

_40_, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he _41_ looked sad in that mirror.

“What a(n) _42_ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t _43_ properly!”

That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was _44_. The boy went over to see what had __45_ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents. Together the two children set off _46_ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to _47_ her up. After much walking, they _48_ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.

Then the boy said _49_ to the family. When seeing the time, he _50_ to head for home, without toys and without _51_. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n)  _52_ face in the mirror. And so he understood the _53_ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the _54_ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having _55_ that little girl.

1.                A．interested      B．confident       C．skilled    D．rich

2.                A．book           B．mirror          C．sweet    D．toy

3.                A．shy            B．sad            C．excited   D．beautiful

4.                A．for            B．or             C．but D．and

5.                A．Proud          B．Hungry         C．Satisfied  D．Surprised

6.                A．already         B．once           C．still  D．never

7.                A．nice           B．terrible         C．big  D．expensive

8.                A．work           B．move          C．change   D．appear

9.                A．studying        B．playing         C．sleeping  D．crying

10.               A．devoted        B．referred        C．happened D．turned

11.               A．in need of      B．in search of     C．in honor of D．in charge of

12.               A．put            B．bring           C．dress D．cheer

13.               A．found          B．recognized      C．left   D．accepted

14.               A．no            B．hello           C．sorry D．goodbye

15.               A．decided        B．agreed         C．pretended D．refused

16.               A．effort          B．hope          C．doubt D．money

17.               A．red            B．dark           C．angry D．happy

18.               A．meaning        B．mystery        C．game D．reason

19.               A．general        B．strange         C．true  D．good

20.               A．introduced      B．helped         C．invited    D．saved

They have been married for a long time. As usual they have their ups and downs. One day they had a big   1   over his long working hours and things were falling apart. He was disappointed and she was  2  .

After one week of silence treatment from his wife, he approached her with   3   and pencils. He suggested that both of them sit down at the dining table and   4   down on paper what they were not   5   with each other. They would then   6   the paper and discuss it.

So the wife   7   to write without looking up because she had a lot to write about her frustration(沮丧). The husband took a long look at the wife and he was too started to write. After fifteen minutes of writing, they   8   at each other and exchanged the paper. What did the husband see on the paper? He looked at the paper full of   9  . The wife wrote down all the behaviors of her husband that she didn’t like. When the wife looked at his paper, She was   10   and quickly tears rolled down her cheeks. On his paper, he wrote for two full pages, “I love you, honey.”

A．rest     B．party    C．quarrel   D．experience

A．happy    B．angry    C．excited   D．confident

A．books    B．brushes   C．boxes   D．paper

A．settle    B．turn    C．go    D．write

A．happy    B．disappointed  C．sad    D．worried

A．change   B．keep    C．exchange   D．hold

A．started    B．stopped   C．happened   D．planned

A．laughed   B．looked   C．aimed   D．threw

A．complaints   B．expectations  C．questions   D．advantages

A．disappointed  B．surprised   C．shy    D．brave