Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, “I’m going to be a soldier.” But his eyes were not very ___1_____, and he did not get in.

　　Then he said,“I’m going to   2   a small boat and I’m going around the world.”But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough   3    .

　　Last summer Mike found a swimming   4     near his house. The lessons did not cost very   5    , and Mike began going to the school at every end of the week and having   6   . Now he is a good swimmer.

　　Last week a little boy said to him,“You’re a very good swimmer. How do   7   learn to swim so well?”

　　“I’m not good at all,”Mike said and he smiled.“  8   I’m in the water, I say to myself, There are   9   fishes behind me! Then I’m very afraid, and I    10    quickly.”

(       ) 1. A. big        B. beautiful   C. good         D. strong

(       ) 2. A. buy        B. make     C. borrow        D. draw

(       ) 3. A. food       B. work      C. time          D. money

(       ) 4. A. park       B. school     C. farm          D. factory

(       ) 5. A. much      B. little       C. many         D. any

(       ) 6. A. meals      B. lessons      C. talks         D. games

(       ) 7. A. I          B. they        C. we         D. you

(       ) 8. A. If         B. When       C. Though      D. Where

(       ) 9. A. interesting  B. nice       C. dangerous     D. different

(       ) 10. A. run       B. jump      C. swim         D. fly

One afternoon just before Christmas it was cloudy with strong wind. An old man was walking in the street when he saw a little boy   56   in front of a beautiful shop window. The old man asked  57   he was crying there. The little boy said that he had lost the   58   dollars given by his mother. When the old man heard this, he put his hand   59   his pocket, took out a small wallet and gave the boy what was inside. The little boy looked at   60   and stopped crying. The old man walked away.

An hour   61  , the old man was going back home by the same route. To his surprise, he saw the same boy at the same place. The boy was standing in the   62   wind. He went up to him and asked if he had really lost his   63  . The little boy said that he had found his ten dollars. He was waiting for him there. He wanted to   64   the ten dollars to him. The old man was so moved that he could say   65  .

1.A. crying      B. speaking        C. shouting                 D. looking

2.A. what        B. where           C. how                  D. why

3.A. ten         B. eight           C. six                      D. five

4.A. on          B. behind          C. into                     D. over

5.A. me          B. it              C. you                 D. her

6.A. ago         B. before          C. later                    D. after

7.A. shy         B. hot             C. warm                 D. cold

8.A. money       B. mother          C. book                 D. wallet

9.A. borrow      B. lend            C. return                   D. keep

10.A. something  B. anything        C. everything               D. nothing

This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__  children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.

1. A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

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

3.A. saying           B. telling     C. speaking           D. talking

4. A. go to work   B. go to bed   C. go to school       D. go home

5. A. a lot              B. 1ot of        C. a lot of              D. much

6. A. schools        B. cities         C. houses           D. families

7..  A. can’t                  B. will              C. should              D. mustn’t

8.  A. teachers           B. girls           C. boys                D. all the children

9.  A. look up    B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

10.  A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

11.  A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

12.  A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

13.  A. all                    B. some       C. many              D. most

14.  A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

15.  A. not                   B. never        C. hardly               D. really

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents       five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

  One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together. 

"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

"Let me try, " Martin said. "I          it isn't too hard for me. " Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out,         . 

"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be         for us to do. " Jimmy said.

"A small computer. . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can         one in a shop. "

"A computer is very          , and we don’t have enough money. "

"That's OK," said Martin. "We can ask the new president         some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office. In front of the post office stood a small box. They         the letter into the box carefully and went home happily. 

The next morning ,they         he post office on their way to school. They found,__­­­­­______,  the box was not a post box but trash-box(果皮箱).

1.A. have died           B. had died           C. died               D. have been death

2.A. sure                B. think              C. hope               D. wish

3.A. neither               B. either              C. too                 D. also

4.A. easy enough                        B. enough easy

C. difficult enough                    D. enough difficult

5.A. borrow              B. lend               C. bring               D. buy 

6.A. expensive         B. cheap                 C. important          D. useful

7.A. to                    B. for                C. about               D. on

8.A. place                B. take                C. dropped             D. bring

9.A. passed             B. past                 C. pasted              D. passing

10.A. with their surprise                  B. in their surprise 

C. to their surprise                      D. of their surprise