A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to 36 . She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.

Her father,  a cook,  took her 37 the kitchen. He poured water into three pans(锅)and boiled(煮)it. When the water was boiling,  in the first pan he put some carrots,  in the 38 he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He     39      them for a few minutes without any words.

The girl closed her mouth and waited impatiently,  not knowing   40   her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes,  her father turned     41   the stove,  took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put 42    in another bowl. After that the   43   was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter,  he asked,  "What do you    44   ?" "Carrots,  eggs,  and coffee, " she answered.

Her father told her to 45 her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and 46 them. Then,  she got the eggs,  cooked and hard. At last,  the father asked her to smell the coffee. "What's the meaning,  Father?" He 47 that each had suffered the same unlucky experience— the boiling water,  but 48 had a different reaction(反应). The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The eggs became hard 49 being cooked. The coffee was very special and it changed the wa­ter. "Who are you?" asked her father,  "When calamity(厄运) 50 your door,  what's your reaction? Are you carrots,  eggs,  or coffee?"

1.A. grow up       B. give up          C. set up            D. pick up

2.A. into           B. within           C. out of            D. away from

3.A. first          B. second           C. third              D. fourth

4.A. looked for     B. searched for      C. waited for          D. called for

5.A. that          B. what            C. where             D. why

6.A. on           B. over            C. off                 D. in

7.A. it            B. its              C. them              D. themselves

8.A. eggs         B. carrots           C. coffee             D. water

9.A. hear         B. taste              C. smell              D. see

10.A. close        B. open             C. wash              D. drop

11.A. keep        B. protect           C. break               D. drink

12.A. complained  B. explained          C. told                D. expected

13.A. every      B. all                C. each               D. either

14.A. before      B. after              C. behind              D. under

15. A. lies in     B. comes across       C. meets with           D. knocks at

These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people

In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.

The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.

1.                A．streets         B．schools         C．towns    D．cities

2.                A．boys           B．money         C．computers    D．houses

3.                A．take           B．spend          C．cost D．pay

4.                A．possible        B．easy           C．good D．hard

5.                A．read           B．learn           C．win D．download

6.                A．lose           B．try             C．waste    D．watch

7.                A．come          B．eat            C．study D．live

8.                A．watch TV        B．go out          C．stay there     D．work

9.                A．better          B．exciting         C．even worse    D．interesting

10.               A．lessons         B．games          C．families    D．sports

11.               A．classes         B．rooms          C．schools    D．shops

12.               A．classmates      B．teachers        C．sisters     D．parents

13.               A．lucky          B．unlucky         C．careful    D．polite

14.               A．good           B．bad            C．rich D．poor

15.               A．important       B．serious         C．unusual   D．wonderful

One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon, Bob could hardly(几乎不) see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? No one of them could tell. Bob looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1.Bob and his two friends went to the forest to _______________.

A. build their camp

B. find their way home

C. enjoy the mountains in the snow

D. watch the trees in the forest

2.They could not find their way back because _______________.

A. there was only one road to their camp

B. they couldn’t decide which of the two roads went to their tents

C. there were no roads in the mountains at all

D. the white snow covered everything

3.It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______________.

A. Bob’s house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains

4.The horses stopped because _______________.

A. it was getting late

B. they were tired after running for a long way

C. they got to the camp

D. they saw Bob’s house

5.The story happened _______________.

A. on a cold winter day

B. on a dark snowy morning

C. in a cold camp far from villages

D. at night when nothing could be seen

阅读理解

A Trip to the Forest

One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp（营地）, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!

It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? 

None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1.John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.

2. They could not find their way back because ________.

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______.

4. The horses stopped because _______.

5. The story happened _______.

Wang Ling, a middle school girl, felt angry with her parents after getting a boy’s phone call.“A classmate called me to discuss homework.We talked  1  just a few minutes before my parents got mad,” said the girl.“They asked whether I liked the boy.I said I didn’t,  2  they wouldn’t believe me.”

Wang’s trouble is not strange at all because puppy love(早恋) becomes a big headache for  3  parents and schools.They worry that puppy love will be bad for  4 .Her school makes it a rule not to allow any talk or any physical contact(身体接触)  5  one boy and one girl alone.

Many students say they understand  6  parents and teachers are so nervous about puppy love.But some think they are going too far.“We have our own thoughts and we know what to  7  with it,” said Wang Ling.

Another girl, Jiang Ting, liked making friends with boys.” Boys and girls can learn from each other,” she said.” My mother asks me to study hard.However, she  8  stops me from making friends with boys.“once Jiang told her mother she might fall in love with a boy.Her mother let Jiang make  9  own decision.Soon Jiang found that she didn’t like him any more because the boy was not as  10  as what she had thought before.And she did wrose and worse in her subjects because she spent much on it.At last she understood the worry form schools and most parents about puppy love.

1.                A．for            B．in             C．with D．to

2.                A．because        B．if              C．but  D．and

3.                A．both           B．none           C．either    D．neither

4.                A．game          B．study           C．match    D．housework

5.                A．during         B．between        C．around   D．about

6.                A．how           B．what           C．who D．why

7.                A．play           B．live            C．do   D．fill

8.                A．never          B．already         C．ever D．just

9.                A．its             B．my            C．his  D．her

10.               A．good          B．bad            C．heavy D．thin