A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   16   to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   17   it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted. Then on the morning of his graduation（毕业）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   18   he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.   19  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his  20   to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then rushed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

     Many years passed and the young man was very   21  in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  22   that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   23  that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a phone telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take care of the things that his father left him. When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible,   24    as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the    25    of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.            

1.A．expected       B．believed         C．enjoyed          D．felt

2.A．afford     B．spend            C．cost             D．pay

3.A．excited        B．proud            C．angry                D．anxious

4.A．Interested     B．Tired                C．Surprised            D．Relaxed

5.A．hand           B．head             C．voice                D．sound

6.A．careful        B．helpful          C．wonderful            D．successful

7.A．Wanting        B．Suggesting       C．Noticing         D．Realizing

8.A．on         B．since                C．after                D．from

9. A．just          B．only             C．always           D．already

10.A．place         B．date             C．test             D．name

Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge(判断) things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.
When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.
The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so beautiful, and it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down with heavy fruits. It was full of life and fulfillment(收获).
The man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the fulfillment of your autumn." said the old man
It is true that we shouldn’t let the hard season break the happiness of the other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.
【小题1】Why did the old man ask his sons to look at the pear tree?         

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Do you know how to study __1__ and make your study more effective (有效的)?　We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long　__2__, This is very good ,but it doesn’t__3__a lot ,for an effective student must have enough sleep ,enough food and enough rest and __4__. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your__5__.

When you return __6__your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒)and you’ll learn more__7__study better. Psychologists (心理学家)　__8__ that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning __9__ an example. First you make a lot of progress（进步）and you feel happy. __10__ your language study seems to stay the same. So you will think you’re learning nothing and you may give __11_. This can last for days or even weeks, yet you __12__ give up, and at some point your language study will again take another big __13__. You’ll see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and __14_ . Don’t give up along the way. Learn __15__ ,you are sure to get a good result(结果).

1.                A．well           B．better          C．good     D．best

2.                A．days           B．time           C．hours    D．weeks

3.                A．help           B．give            C．make D．take

4.                A．exercise        B．homework       C．running   D．clothes

5.                A．health          B．body           C．study     D．life

6.                A．after           B．for             C．at   D．to

7.                A．yet            B．and            C．or   D．but

8.                A．found          B．taught          C．told D．said

9.                A．with           B．for             C．as   D．to

10.               A．Third          B．Secondly        C．Last D．Then

11.               A．in             B．out            C．up   D．off

12.               A．mustn’t       B．couldn’t       C．needn’t D．may not

13.               A．work           B．jump           C．walk D．result

14.               A．hard           B．common        C．possible   D．interesting

15.               A．slowly          B．fast            C．quickly    D．happily

Matt's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like America, Egypt and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right——stamps.  
Matt's favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2003 except one. That was a 1974 special edition (版). It was very hard to find.
He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Matt very sad.
"Don't worry," his father said to him. "You'll find it one day."
"I hope so," Matt said.
"Be patient (耐心的),"his father said. "Don't give up."
Besides collecting stamps, Matt liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Matt's pen friend, Philip, gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Matt received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked closely at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Matt was so happy! He told his sister, his mother and his father.
"You see," his father said, "You did find your stamp. So, you see, it's good to have two things in life."
"What are they?" Matt asked.
“Friends and patience (耐心).” he answered.
【小题1】Matt loved the stamps from ______best.