Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   21   sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   22   was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   23   failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   24   a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   25  .

“Thank you for   26   me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be   27  !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   28   ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   29   of her happiness. She always smiled and   30  , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   31   when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   32   all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   33   that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   34   and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   35  . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. thought            B. found            C. sounded          D. felt

2.A. butterfly      B. bird         C. snake                D. squirrel

3.A. so             B. or           C. but              D. as

4.A. on             B. up           C. into                 D. down

5.A. surprised      B. tired            C. mad              D. angry

6.A. catching       B. beating      C. killing              D. saving

7.A. active         B. happy            C. energetic            D. humorous

8.A. always         B. never            C. seldom           D. hardly

9.A. success            B. secret           C. power                D. lesson

10.A. asked         B. hoped            C. answered         D. refused

11.A. witch         B. fairy            C. ghost                D. princess

12.A. village           B. town         C. city             D. world

13.A. excited           B. pleased      C. glad             D. afraid

14.A. shouted           B. cried            C. smiled               D. jumped

15.A. young         B. great            C. nice             D. quiet

I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten(幼儿园) party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes.

I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change(零钱). It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank(猪形储蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money. “

It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that. “I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills(纸币) and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and touching(令人感动的) as all these strangers seemed to react(反应) with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”

I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this. “ The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I was left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”

1.What is this passage mainly about?

A. Love and goodness.                       B. Culture and tradition.

C. Friendship and honesty.                  D. Communication and understanding.

2.Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A. Because the boy had saved some money.     

B. Because they both didn’t need to give anything.

C. Because the cashier didn’t look down on the boy.

D. Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy. 

3.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy’s shirt.

b. The cashier counted the boy’s money.

c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.

d. The boy went to the line to pay.

A. b, a, c, d           B. b, c, a, d           C. d, b, c, a           D. d, c, a, b

Dear Mum:

Today I’m going to tell you something really special. I know you work very hard and feel tired every day.

Every time you come home and see the messy(杂乱的) house. I know you are very angry with me. But you always say nothing and clean up the house .I always want to help you, but I have so much homework to do. After I finish my homework, I feel like dying. I really want to help you, but I’m so tired too.

I also want to tell you one thing, I love you so much. I usually talk back to you when you say that I don’t study hard enough. But in fact I just want you to praise（赞扬） me more. I will try my best to get good grades and get praise from my teacher. So don’t feel frustrated （失望）about my grades, OK? I have made up my mind that I will study harder and help you to clean the house. I am serious this time. I will have my homework done faster so that I can have more energy to clean the house. I will watch TV less so that I can have more time to study and get good grades. All these things are for one reason: I want to make you happy Mum.

I love you!

With lots of love Sally

1.Why is Sally’s mother angry with Sally when she comes back from work?

A．Because she doesn’t study hard.

B．Because she isn’t good at English.

C．Because she doesn’t clean the house.

D．Because she doesn’t finish her homework.

2.What does Sally’s mother think about her?

A．She thinks Sally is very lazy.

B．She feels frustrated about her.

C．She thinks Sally studies very hard.

D．She thinks Sally is a bad girl.

3.What does Sally want?

A．Enough money                         B．Enough free time

C．Good grades and praise                   D．Enough good food.

4.Why does Sally want to do her homework faster?

A．Because she will have enough time to watch TV.

B．Because she is interested in doing homework.

C．Because she has many important things to do.

D．Because she can have more energy to do some cleanig in her house.

5.Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Sally feels very tired after she finishes her homework.

B．Sally love her mother deeply.

C．Sally’s teacher feels frustrated about her.

D．Shally wants to make mother happy.

Lisa has always been overweight. She wanted to lose weight, not just because she wanted to  16   more beautiful and he healthier, but also because it would make life easier. For example, it was   17  for Lisa to find ready-made clothes that would fit. She had to ask a tailor(裁缝)  18  clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special chair  19  was bigger and stronger than the other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly. She was also unhappy about the way people treated  20  sometimes. “People look at me and even make fun of me. That’s unfair! It’s true that I’m overweight, but I don’t think people   21  treat me differently because I’m big. I can’t enjoy  22  with my friends because I’m afraid of getting fatter.” Her friends and family never made fun of her. They tried to help her  23  . They wanted her to be happy and healthy. Sometimes when Lisa was feeling sad, she didn’t want to speak to  24  .

But now things   25  quite different. Last month her classmates were preparing for the School  26  Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the lead role of the proud Queen(女王) who was tall and fat. Lisa   27  and practiced a lot.

Soon after the play, Lisa became the star! She did  28  well that everybody remembered the proud Queen. They stood around her and said “  29  ” to her. She even won the School Best Actress Award for her wonderful performance.

Now Lisa doesn’t worry  30   being fat any more. She believes in the English saying “Every dog has its day.”

1.A. see            B. watch               C. notice           D. look

2.A. easy           B. difficult             C. wrong           D. right

3.A. making         B. makes              C. make            D. to make

4.A. who           B. what                C. which           D. whose

5.A. her            B. him                 C. me             D. you

6.A. can           B. may                C. should            D. must

7.A. having dinner   B. to have dinner        C. doing sports       D. to do sports

8.A. however       B. instead              C. though           D. either

9.A. nobody        B. someone            C. anyone           D. everyone

10.A. was           B. is                  C. were             D. are

11.A. Sports         B. Art                 C. Science          D. Environment

12.A. agreed         B. disagreed            C. refused           D. allowed

13.A. very           B. too                 C. such             D. so

14.A. Sorry          B. Good luck           Congratulations       D. Good-bye

15.A. with           B. about               C. in               D. for

Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious（显而易见的）.

There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies. If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better. English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking.

This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures（结构）. If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules. Throw away your grammar book! You needn’t know the rules for the present perfect tense(现在完成时). Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong. The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that ________.

2.What is the best way to get correct English sentences according to the passage?

3.In the writer’s opinion, we can grasp English grammar rules _______.

4.The only difference between you and native speakers is that native speakers _______.

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