A goal for life
Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a   16  singer or just become a rich person?
A survey   17  that in modern society (现代社会), most people choose practical   18  such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.
Wang You   19  in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t   20  at all and the life was  _21 . So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he   22  in Beijing, he had his new __23  as finding a good job.
Now   24  people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress __25  people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody   26  his or her own life goal. If one man is poor,   27  life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t  __28  a diploma (文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look   29  it. If one man has no life goal, he   30  idle away (虚度) his lifetime.”

 It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb, “There is no Father Christmas.”

  I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth. Grandma was at home. I told __11___ everything. “No Father Christmas?” she was a little ___12____. “Don’t believe it. Put on your coat, and let’s go.”

  “Go? Where, Grandma?” I asked.

  “Kerby’s Store.”

  As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Take the __13___ and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.

  For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering ___14___ to buy, and who to buy it for.

  I thought of ___15___ I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors … I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker, a __16___ with bad and messy hair. He sat right behind me ___17____ Mrs. Pollack’s class.

  Bobbie ___18___ went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, ___19____ we all knew that he didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat ___20____ he would like.

  That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and ___21___ “To Bobbie, From Father Christmas” on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he ___22___ them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s house, telling that I was helping Father Christmas ____23___ the presents.

Grandma parked the car along the street, and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s house. Then Grandma said to me, “All right, Father Christmas, get going.”

  I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down. ____24___ the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the ____25_____ and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.

  That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

1.A. him  B. her   C. them   D. you

2.A. angry   B. happy   C. tired   D. afraid 

3.A. book   B. coat   C. present   D. money

4.A. what   B. when   C. where   D. how

5.A. everybody   B. nobody   C. somebody   D. anybody

6.A. girl   B. boy   C. man   D. woman

7.A. for   B. on   C. in    D. with

8.A. always   B. often   C. sometime   D never

9.A. so   B. if   C. but   D. and

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

11.A. read   B. say   C. write   D. spell

12.A. helped   B. believe   C. taught   D. made

13.A. give up   B. give away   C. put up   D. put off

14.A. on   B. behind   C. outside   D. over

15.A. shop   B. cars   C. door   D. trees

Happiness is for everyone.You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses   21 large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why?    22  those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their   23 time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will   24 you. When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get   25 , your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. When you do something good to others,you will feel happy,  26 . All these are your happiness. If you notice   27 of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same   28 money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also be very happy ,because you have something else that can’t be bought with money .When you meet difficulties, you can say   29 you are very happy ,because you have more chance to challenge yourself .So you cannot always say you are poor and you have  30  luck. As the old saying goes : “Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens .”If you take every chance you meet ,you can be a happy and lucky person.

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What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to    21   at home, but others like to go    22   a walk or play football. My friend Sam works hard in a factory during the      23   . At the weekend, he always     24   the same thing. On Saturday he    25   his car and on     26   he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a    27   one but there is always     28   to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their     29   . Sam and his friends help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all     30   and Sam’s aunt gives them a big meal.
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　　根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共10分，每小题1分)

　　Mr. Green works in an office in Chicago 21 Saturday, he went to the office to some work. When he got on the elevator, it stopped between the 22 .Mr. Green could not get out of the elevator. He started to 23 , but no one 24 him. Then Mr. Green remembered that it was a holiday in America. No one was going to come to work 25 Tuesday.

　　There was 26 for him to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat 27 drink, Mr. Green slept for most of the time. Early Tuesday morning, his 28 came to work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was 29 , Mr. Green came out. He was cold, weak cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for about sixty-four 30 ! Now Mr. Green says, “I will only use elevators if they have a telephone in them.”