When I was about twelve years old. I had an enemy (敌人)，a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings. She always   1  me that I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very   2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me 3 , and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever  4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s  5. Go and make a list of everything she said and find out if that are  6  . Pay no attention to the things that are not true.”

I did  7   he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t    8 , like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the  9   time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He   10  to take it. “That’s only just for you,” he said, “You know better than  11  else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to  12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something  13 is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them.

  14   hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.”

I have remembered my father’s   15   at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

1 A. reminded        B. said          C. shouted              D. laughed

2 A. dull            B. brave          C. angry              D. happy

3A. quietly         B. carelessly             C. casually            D. differently

4 A. came out        B. dealt with            C. got over            D. thought about

5A. strategies      B. ideas                C. photos              D. books

6A. crazy               B. true            C. strict               D. simple

7 A. as            B. against               C. since               D. for

8 A. produce            B. check                  C. borrow           D. change

9A. first          B. second         C. last                D. next

10 A. decided           B. liked                 C. wanted             D. refused

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

12 A. shout             B. teach           C. listen               D. read

13 A. that              B. why                 C. where              D. who

14 A. so               B. or             C. for                D. but

15 A. features            B. excuse              C. advice              D. promises

It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 41  to his class. He wanted to 42  his students’ eyes to the world of biology.
He knew that 43   young students was not easy, so he worked 44  and tried to find a good way to teach this class. 45  thinking for a long time, he made a 46  at last. He decided to show the kids something 47  and teach them a lesson at the same time.
He asked his students to 48  carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(虫子) into a glass of water. The worm 49  around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 50  they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”

It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 1  to his class. He wanted to  2  his students’ eyes to the world of biology.
He knew that 3  young students was not easy, so he worked 4  and tried to find a good way to teach this class.5  thinking for a long time, he made a 6  at last. He decided to show the kids something 7  and teach them a lesson at the same time.
He asked his students to 8  carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(虫子) into a glass of water. The worm 9  around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 10  they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”

It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 1  to his class. He wanted to  2  his students’ eyes to the world of biology.

He knew that 3  young students was not easy, so he worked 4  and tried to find a good way to teach this class.5  thinking for a long time, he made a 6  at last. He decided to show the kids something 7  and teach them a lesson at the same time.

He asked his students to 8  carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(虫子) into a glass of water. The worm 9  around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 10  they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”

1.                A．pay            B．start           C．day D．tour

2.                A．go to           B．open up        C．call up    D．keep out

3.                A．sending         B．fitting          C．following D．teaching

4.                A．hard           B．quickly         C．loudly    D．alone

5.                A．Before         B．While          C．After     D．When

6.                A．story           B．decision        C．cake     D．face

7.                A．crazy           B．impossible       C．strange   D．interesting

8.                A．watch          B．use            C．listen     D．write

9.                A．flied           B．ran            C．jumped   D．swam

10.               A．what           B．how           C．when     D．why

It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 41  to his class. He wanted to 42  his students’ eyes to the world of biology.

He knew that 43   young students was not easy, so he worked 44  and tried to find a good way to teach this class. 45  thinking for a long time, he made a 46  at last. He decided to show the kids something 47  and teach them a lesson at the same time.

He asked his students to 48  carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(虫子) into a glass of water. The worm 49  around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 50  they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”