William Franklin came to my class half a year ago. But from his first day here, he   36   himself in his own world and he never spoke to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but   37  . It seemed as if he just didn’t want to break his   38  .

After the Thanksgiving holiday, we received the news of the   39   Christmas collection of money for the   40   in our school. “Christmas is a season of   41   ,” I told my students. “Some poor students in our school might not have a   42   holiday. By giving a little money, you will help   43   some toys, food and clothing for these needy students. We will   44   the collection tomorrow.”

The next morning,   45   , I found out almost everyone had   46   this matter except Willard Franklin. He came up to my desk with his head down.   47   , he dropped two coins into the small box. “I don’t need milk for lunch,” he said in a   48   voice.

After school I couldn’t help sharing what had   49   in the morning with our headmaster. “I may be wrong, but I   50   Willard might be ready to become part of our class.” “ I am   51   to hear that,” he nodded. “And I just received a list of the poor families in our school who most need   52  . Here, take a look at it.”

As I sat down to   53   , I found Willard Franklin was at the top of the list. At that moment, I felt I really   54   Willard for the first time: a cold face with a warm heart. From this   55   , I also learnt that whether rich or poor, every child has a kind heart.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A certain student passed all his school examinations and then went to a college to continue his studies. There he put his name 1 for a course in geography, but after the first lecture, he did not go to it 2 .The geography lecturer noticed that this student was always absent and thought that he had 3 to another course, so he was very 4 when he was the boy's name on the 5 of students who wanted to 6 the geography examination at the end of the year.

The lecturer had prepared a difficult examination paper, 7 followed his lecture very closely, and he was 8 to see 9 the boy's answers 10 the questions would be. He 11 that they would he very bad, but when he examined the paper 12 , he was able to find only one small mistake 13 it. As this surprised him very much, he went 14 the paper once again, but was 15 not able to find more 16 that one small mistake, so he 17 for the student to question him about his work.

When the student had come into the room and had sat down, the lecturer said to him, “I know that you came only to my first lecture and that you have been absent 18 all the others; but now I have examined your answer paper throughly and I have been able to find only one small mistake, I am 19 to know your explanation for that.”

“Oh, I am very sorry about that mistake, sir ”answered the student.“After the examination, I realized what I ought to have written. I 20 that mistake if I had not been confused(混淆)by your first lecture.”

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   A. Well done!                B. I am afraid not. 

   C. That will do!             D. I’m glad to.

After years of experience, Brenda was faced with a challenge in Sunday School．However, she just didn’t know how to  1  it in a good way．She had never been asked to teach a child quite like Cindy!

       Cindy, you see, was  2  ．She came from a broken home．And although she was really  3 , she thought she was so bad that she could not be successful． 4  , Cindy needed care, and most of all, Cindy needed love! There just had to be a way of  5  her．Day after day, Brenda would pray for Cindy, yet Sunday would come and go and she saw  6  , if any, change．

       Then one day Brenda asked Cindy if she could 7  a role in a Christmas programme the children were  8 to do．Cindy’s answer was, “Don’t you think you can find someone better than me?”

       “Better than you?” came Brenda’s  9  ．“What makes you think there is  10  better than you?”

       “Well, I’ve  11  been asked to do anything before because I’m not good．I won’t get the  part  12  and then everyone will be mad at me for messing up（弄糟）their  13  ,” came Cindy’s answer．

       “Oh, Cindy,” said Brenda in a  14  voice．“I am so  15  that you think that, but you are so wrong．Don’t you realize how  16  you are?”

       “No,”  17  a reply in a low voice because Cindy was now in  18  ．

       “But Cindy, in my eyes, you are special and you can also do something well like others,” Brenda said．

       “Really? Do you think so really? Thank you, Miss Brenda! Nobody has believed in me like you． 19  I’ll have a try,” said Cindy as she   20  a hug from her teacher for the first time!

1．A．share with            B．deal with             C．do with           D．go with

2．A．average                B．naughty              C．different            D．ordinary

3．A．clever                 B．foolish               C．lovely               D．friendly

4．A．In return              B．In turn                C．In all                D．In fact

5．A．stopping               B．keeping               C．helping              D．knowing

6．A．much                 B．little                 C．some               D．few

7．A．study                  B．like                  C．replace             D．play

8．A．asking                B．beginning          C．planning           D．learning

9．A．reply                  B．noise                C．sound              D．problem

10．A．no one             B．anyone             C．none            D．everyone

11．A．ever                 B．often                C．always             D．never

12．A．good                 B．bad                    C．right                D．poor

13．A．environment       B．programme       C．invention       D．homework

14．A．gentle                 B．high                 C．loud               D．clear

15．A．glad                 B．lucky                C．proud              D．sorry

16．A．happy                B．sad                  C．valuable            D．beautiful

17．A．said                 B．came                C．received             D．went

18．A．silence                B．troubles               C．public               D．tears

19．A．Then                B．But                  C．As                 D．Because

20．A．refused           B．expected           C．received          D．separated

When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time that taught a man everything．I didn’t understand and wondered why _1_ had such a big influence _2_ a person．I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now, _3_ I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel _4_ to express my own opinion on this saying．I know that I am just a high school student with very few experiences．There are still many things waiting for me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.

I once read this sentence, “To make this world a happy place in which to live, you had better _5_ yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world.” I was shocked．It made me think about _6_ itself．There are so many things around us that _7_ our will．We can’t force life to follow our wishes．The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we _8_ it or not ．What we can do is just to make  _9_ suit the world．I think we should learn to accept _10_ life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.

    The pop song Grandmother by Jay Chou is my favorite．I’m deeply moved by this beautiful song．I always try to _11_ every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see that I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments．It is more likely that they slip by（流逝）and leave you _12_ regretful．I realize that I’m not just living for myself and that there are others I should _13_ such as my parents, friends, and so on．They all pay attention to my growing up, _14_ it’s just a little progress.

Everyone has his or her own _15_ towards life, positive or negative．It doesn’t  matter, I think．There is one rule that should be obeyed and that’s to make this world better.

1．A．man                      B．time                    C．thing                  D．parent

2．A．about                    B．with                    C．on                      D．in

3．A．before                   B．after                    C．as                      D．when

4．A．glad                      B．angry                 C．tired                   D．anxious

5．A．praise                   B．change                C．exchange            D．force

6．A．life                       B．money                 C．heart                   D．world

7．A．go with                 B．go along             C．go for                 D．go against

8．A．receive                 B．check                 C．refuse                D．accept

9．A．himself                 B．themselves           C．ourselves            D．yourself

10．A．what                   B．that                    C．which                D．why

11．A．touch                  B．escape                C．catch                  D．lose

12．A．feeling                 B．looking               C．remaining            D．proving

13．A．make of              B．speak of             C．hear of                D．think of

14．A．in case               B．in that                 C．even if               D．as if

15．A．idea                    B．way                   C．view                   D．attitude