________ is difficult if you put your heart into it.

A. Something      B. Everything       C. Anything       D. Nothing

Tom went to see his grandparents with his father. In the train Tom often put his head out of the window. His father said, “Tom, don’t put your head out of the window.” But Tom went on putting his head out of the window.
His father took Tom’s hat quietly and hid it behind his back and said to Tom, “You see your hat is gone.” Tom was afraid. His father said, “Well, whistle（吹口哨）once. Maybe your hat will come back.” Tom whistled. His father put his hat on Tom’s head quickly. “Oh! It’s wonderful!” Tom laughed and said. He quickly took his father’s hat and threw it out of the window. “Now it’s your turn to whistle, Dad!” he said happily.
【小题1】Tom went to see his grandparents with his father __________.

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Mrs. Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat’s first winter. One evening it was __1___ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs. Andrews looked __2___ everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, __3___ she telephoned the police and said, “ I have ___4___ a small black cat. Has ____5____ found one?”

“No, madam,” said the policeman at the other end, “But cats are really very __6___ animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts（融化）and somebody finds them, they are quite ____7____.”

Mrs. Andrews felt ____8___ when she heard this “And”, she said, “Our cat is very ____9___. She almost talks.”

The policeman was getting rather tired. “Well then,” he said, “Why don’t you put your __10____ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now.”

(    )1. A. here        B. there        C. inside         D. outside

(    )2. A. at          B. for         C. after          D. around

(    )3. A. so          B. or          C. if            D. because

(    )4. A. got         B. sold        C. lost           D. bought

(    )5. A. he          B. she        C. anybody       D. everybody

(    )6. A. bad         B. good       C. weak          D. strong

(    )7. A. well         B. ill         C. careful        D. worried

(    )8. A. worse       B. happier     C. colder         D. younger

(    )9. A. busy        B. clean       C. clever         D. angry

(    )10.A. cat         B. book       C. hands         D. telephone

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36  .

I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37  .

  I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38   on the bus.

In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”

  Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39   to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40  .

  I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41   what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.

My parents looked at each other. My father   42   again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.

    “Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43    

and were becoming annoyed.

   “Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.

“It   44   the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45   information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”

   “I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46  .

“I think it worked   47  !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                               

1.A. actions              B. answers             C. gestures             D. questions

2.A. deep             B. free            C. quick            D. strong

3.A. get                  B. sit                 C. come         D. take

4.A. fail             B. have            C. want             D. manage

5.A. habit            B. step                C. goal                 D. rule

6.A. or               B. so                  C. but              D. and

7.A. tried             B. asked            C. guessed           D. ordered

8. A. look                B. word            C. mind                 D. topic

9.A. refers to            B. belongs to     C. puts on          D. depends on

10.A. sending         B. finding             C. sharing         D. keeping

11.A. test            B. idea            C. plan                 D. wonder

12.A. slowly              B. safely          C. perfectly            D. properly

Your dream will come true _______ you put your heart and soul into it.