Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and 1 a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to 2．Her father was worried about it．

It was Sunday. Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who 3 math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter 4 to learn math．The woman came and said，“You are a 5 girl．Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your 6．”

“I’m afraid I can’t，Aunt，”said Sally．“Girls 7 be good at math.”

“I don’t think so，”said the woman．“1 was good at it when 1 was a 8．You must do more 9 and try different Ways to solve(解决)math problems until you work them out，or at least 10 them better. Here is a math 11．Please think it over and see if you can work it out.

“OK,” said the girl. “Let me   12 ”

About an hour later Sally   13 the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I’ve tried many times and worked out the problem at last!”

“Well done!” her aunt looked at her answer and said 14 , “Now you see, math is not as difficult as you   15  ”

1.                A．spent          B．paid           C．took D．cost

2.                A．put it away      B．give it up        C．give it away    D．put it up

3.                A．taught          B．found          C．liked D．studied

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

5.                A．strange         B．poor           C．thin  D．clever

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

7.                A．can’t         B．mustn’t        C．needn’t D．shouldn’t

8.                A．woman         B．doctor          C．girl  D．teacher

9.                A．reading         B．sports          C．housework    D．exercises

10.               A．write          B．understand      C．copy  D．discuss

11.               A．book          B．game          C．problem   D．answer

12.               A．say            B．try            C．use   D．make

13.               A．left            B．took           C．bought    D．moved

14.               A．angrily         B．quietly         C．sadly D．happily

15.               A．saw           B．heard          C．asked D．thought

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When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was   1  and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very   2  and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry. I’m just   3 .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it   4 , I’ll hit you.”

One day I went swimming with my   5  in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming   6 , and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help me, only to   7  that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so   8  that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.   9 , they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best   10  in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.

1.                A．cooking        B．sleeping        C．writing   D．running

2.                A．angry          B．worried         C．sorry D．excited

3.                A．smiling         B．saying          C．playing   D．joking

4.                A．now           B．then           C．again D．once

5.                A．friends         B．classmates       C．brothers  D．parents

6.                A．fast            B．slowly          C．well D．alone

7.                A．find           B．understand      C．say  D．think

8.                A．careful         B．careless        C．fast  D．slow

9.                A．At first         B．In the end       C．Since then D．At that time

10.               A．time           B．sport          C．lesson D．day

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is

  1 .”

And he told the   2  . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    3 . “I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have

  5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good    7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he  9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild

   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

His wife was very    11 , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Denny went off to  12  some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her   13 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14  it at his wife and the lion.

Then he shouted, “  15 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.                A．dangerous      B．natural         C．convenient    D．impossible

2.                A．lie             B．reason          C．news     D．truth

3.                A．allowed         B．refused         C．failed D．joked

4.                A．wealth         B．prize           C．pleasure  D．luck

5.                A．money         B．time           C．interest   D．ability

6.                A．meet           B．work           C．shop     D．stay

7.                A．meal           B．picnic          C．room     D．party

8.                A．agree          B．understand      C．reply     D．complain

9.                A．worried        B．forgot          C．asked    D．thought

10.               A．land           B．flowers         C．animals    D．people

11.               A．sad            B．excited         C．surprised D．amazed

12.               A．find           B．feed           C．drive D．shoot

13.               A．singing         B．crying          C．laughing   D．cheering

14.               A．threw          B．fired           C．showed   D．pointed

15.               A．Hurry up        B．Look out        C．Slow down     D．Go ahead

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I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one ___1__ was the most important.   It happened last term just after I had got a __2__ result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be __3___.   The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking __4_ a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票)!

“Who wants this?” he asked. Unsurprisingly, __5__ of us in the class held up our hands.   The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but __6_ nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same __7_ a third time.   I didn’t __8__ what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, __9_ I put my hand up again. After a while, he __10__ the note and started to laugh. “you have all just told me how to become successful,” __11_ said to us with the note in his hand.   “The note is worth twenty yuan. It is __12__ worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter __13__ happens to you, you still have your worth.”   When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I _14_ I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t __15__ I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!

1.                A．classroom       B．subject         C．class D．school

2.                A．same          B．good           C．lucky D．bad

3.                A．comfortable     B．successful       C．famous   D．rich

4.                A．like            B．for            C．about    D．by

5.                A．both           B．neither         C．all   D．none

6.                A．said           B．bought         C．saw  D．wanted

7.                A．student         B．teacher         C．question  D．way

8.                A．remember      B．understand      C．notice    D．find

9.                A．so             B．though         C．if    D．or

10.               A．took out        B．threw away      C．picked up  D．put down

11.               A．you           B．he            C．she   D．they

12.               A．never          B．sometimes      C．hardly D．always

13.               A．when          B．who           C．what  D．how

14.               A．realized        B．forgot          C．dreamed  D．decided

15.               A．know          B．mean          C．think D．complain

Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same    1  ?

A new   2  —Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a   3  one day. They teach him to   4  and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold   5  at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.

"   6  do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be   7  . "

The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to   8  their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.

Young audiences(观众)enjoy the story, and also the   9  in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very  10  to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!

1.                A．jobs           B．dreams         C．habits    D．hobbies

2.                A．song           B．film            C．play D．opera

3.                A．writer          B．teacher         C．sportsman D．musician

4.                A．paint           B．write           C．run  D．drive

5.                A．match          B．ring            C．medal    D．race

6.                A．How           B．Why           C．When    D．Where

7.                A．myself         B．different        C．alone D．great

8.                A．encourage      B．understand      C．criticize   D．inspire

9.                A．light           B．clothes         C．skill  D．music

10.               A．easy           B．difficult         C．important  D．necessary