A. to      B. home      C. behind     D. fast       E. foreign   

F. scared  G. joke       H. close     I. playing      J. so     

One day a mother mouse and her babies were out. They were enjoying    1.   games. Suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! The cat hid（藏）   2.   a big tree. She could hear the mice talk. After the mother mouse and her babies knew what had happened, the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started  3.  run after them.

The mother mouse and her babies began to run away. They hurried towards their    4.    But the baby mice were  5.  frightened that they could not run very    6.   . The cat came    7.    . What was to be done?

The mother mouse stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting “Bow! Wow! Bowwow!” just like an angry dog. The cat was so  8.    that she ran away. The mother mouse turned to her babies, “Now you see how important it is to learn a    9.   language!”

Just then she heard a shout "Miao! Miao!" just like the cat.

“Oh, the cat's coming back. We must run right now.” The mother mouse called out to her children. “Haha! It's only a    10.  ”said one of her children. “I have learned a foreign language.”

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school（寄宿学校）．Before he was sent away, the boy was the     1     student in his class．He was at the top in every exam．

    But the boy changed after     2     home and studying in the boarding school．His grades started to     3   ．He hated being in a     4   ．He was lonely all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like committing suicide（自杀）．All of this was because he felt no one loved him．

    His parents started to     5      the boy．But they even did not know what was wrong

with him．So his father decided to go to the school and    6    him．

    They sat by the lake near the school．The father started asking him some casual questions about his lessons, teachers and     7   ．After some time his father said, "Do you know, son, why I'm here today?"

    "To     8     my grades," the boy replied back．

    "No, no," his father said．"I'm here to tell you that you're the most     9     person for me．I want to see you     10    ．I don't care about grades．I care about you．I care about your

happiness．You're my life．"

     These words caused the boy's eyes to be filled with tears．He hugged（拥抱） his father．They

didn't say     11     to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on the earth who cared for him deeply．And today this young man is in university at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him     12    ．

1．A．laziest                B．cleverest           C．calmest             D．worst

2．A．coming               B．returning            C．leaving             D．going

3．A．drop                B．increase            C．rise               D．turn down

4．A．term                  B．group              C．party               D．company

5．A．look for              B．learn from          C．worry about        D．shout at

6．A．laugh at              B．look at             C．think about       D．talk with

7．A．friends               B．family             C．study             D．grades

8．A．find                 B．teach              C．check             D．hear

9．A．famous              B．important           C．outstanding         D．interesting

10．A．happy             B．serious             C．excellent           D．honest

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

12．A．ill                 B．pleasant            C．pleased            D．sad

Most people like watching TV．They always watch it at home in the evening and on their holidays．Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day．TV programs bring the outside world closer(更近的) to people's homes．Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV．What's going on in other countries? How do people live, work and study in places far away? Are there any good sports games somewhere? What's life in the deepest part of the sea?

If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on (打开) the TV and watch it．You can see a lot and learn a lot．Of course people can also learn by reading or listening to the radio (收音机)．But with TV, they can learn better and more easily．Why? Because they can hear and watch, too．

TV helps to open our eyes．TV also helps to open our minds．TV often gives us new ideas．We learn newer and better ways of doing things．

1．Some people say the world is smaller than before because              ．

A．many people have their own TV sets

B．all people like to watch TV

C．watching TV is one of the most important activities

D．TV brings the outside world closer to people

2．We can               when we watch TV．

A．hear someone talk

B．wash our clothes

C．know what's happening (发生) in the world

D．go and live in other countries

3．People learn better through TV than through radio because                 ．

A．TVs are more expensive than radios

B．it's easier to buy a TV than a radio

C．they can both watch and hear

D．They can't know anything without TV

4．"TV also helps to open our minds (头脑) "．Means                 ．

A．we can learn more from TV                      B．something is wrong with our minds

C．we are interested in TV                          D．our minds can only be opened by TV

5．Which of the following is not right?

A．The programs on TV are very interesting．

B．People can get much knowledge by watching TV

C．watching TV is one of the ways to know what's happening in the world．

D．Watching TV is the only way to know what's on in the world．