One day, some children were playing hide-and-seek（捉迷藏）happily. In front of the  31  , Jim found the door of the letter box was   32   and climbed in. He   33 closed the door. When he knew   34  he had locked himself in it, he began to  35  help, but nobody could   36  . He was  37  and began to cry. At that time, his sister was   38  for him. She happened to hear him. She , of course, wasn’t able to open it.
　　When the  39  helped him out, he couldn’t keep back his tears. He had been in the box for nearly an hour.
　“Don’t forget  40  a stamp on yourself next time,” said the postman.

The Pope（教皇）arrived at Heathrow Airport and got straight into a car. "I'm rather 36

for a very important meeting, my good man," he told the driver. "Please go as fast as possible." The driver agreed, 　37 he couldn't do more than 100 kilometres an hour on that road. The Pope kept asking the driver to go faster. but he failed. It made him 　38 .Then the Pope said, "Look, I really 39 　get to this meeting. It's very important. You sit 40 　and I'll drive."

　 Being a good Catholic（天主教），the driver felt he should do 41 the Pope told him. So they changed their 42　 and went on. The Pope really put his 43　 down and they were doing well over 160 kilometres an hour. But a few kilometers down the road they got pulled over by the police. A policeman came over to the car, looked in and then walked away to call his chief(长官)．

　 “Chief," he said into his radio. “I might have just stopped　 44 really, really important." "Is it the Prime Minister（首相）?”asked the chief. "No," said the policeman, "More important than him." "Well, is it the Queen?" asked the chief. "No, sir," answered the policeman. "More important than her." "Well, who is it then?" asked the chief. "I don't know, sir," said the policeman, "But he has got the Pope　 45　 him around."

36. A. waiting　 B. busy　 　C. tired　 　　 D. late

37. A. and　 　 B. so　 　　C. but　 　　　D. or

38. A. pleased　 B. afraid　 C. alone　 　　D. worried

39. A. can　 　　B. have to　 C. mustn't　 　 D. may

40. A. in the back B. in the front　 C. on the floor　 D. in the car

41. A. when　 　B. like　 　C. how　 　　 D. as

42. A. cars　 　 B. clothes　 C. places 　　D. minds

43. A. hand　 　B. foot　 　 C. bag　 　　D. key

44. A. someone　 B. anybody　 C. two persons D. some people

45. A. looking　 B. walking　 C. driving　 　D. turning

Failure （失败）often happens in our daily life. 　26　 may fail in their school exams, scientists may fail in their research, and athletes may fail in their competitions. Although failure 27 　to everyone, 　28　 different people have different attitudes towards failure. Some people don’t think their failure is very 29 at all. So they pay 30　 attention to it . As a result, they will fail again 31 . Some people think 32 they are fools（傻瓜）and they lose their confidence (信心)after they fail in something. So they 　33 their time and energy(精力) 　　on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought.

Other people are quite different 34　 those two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of 35 frustrated, they draw a 36　 from every failure and become more experienced(有经验的).After hard work, they will be 37 in the end. It is said that failure is 38 mother of success. Success will be gained(赢得) after many times of failures 39 we are good at drawing lessons from our failures.

　 In 40 opinion, failure is not a bad thing. The really bad thing is not learning from failure or even losing heart after failure.

26．A. teachers　　 B. doctors　 C. singers　　　 D. students

27. A. happens　 B. joins　　 C. begins　　　　 D. finds

28 . A. but　　　 B. /　　　　 C. and　　　　　 D. because

29. A. different　 B. easy　　 C. interesting　　 D important

30. A. no　　　　 B. much　　 C. many　　　　 D. more

31. A. before　　 B. later　　 C. after　　　　　 D. late

32. A. why　　　 B. who　　　 C. when　　　　 D. that

33. A. pay　　　 B. take　　　 C. spend　　　　 D. cost

34　 A. from　　 B. in　　　　 C. on　　　　　 D. for

35　 A. to be　　 B. being 　　 C. be　　　　　 D been

36. A. lesson　　 B. reason　　 C. picture　　　 D .thought

37. A. happy　　 B. sad　　　 C. successful　　 D. helpful

38. A. one　　　 B. a　　　　 C. an　　　　　 D. the

39. A. if　　　　 B. until　　　 C. or　　 　　　D so

40. A. my　　　 B. your　　　 C. her D.his 　

Dear Lily,

We are back in New York City now．We had   36   good trip．

I  37  to collect my photos yesterday．They  38  great! l showed these photos  39  my classmates．They all  40   them．

There is a photo of Ben and Simon  41  the Great Wall．There is also a picture of you and  42  in the Forbidden City（紫禁城）．

We really enjoyed  43__vacation．We were sad to  44   you．

Please  45  and visit us in New York City at Chinese New Year．

Love,

Amy

36．A．the              B．a                C．an               D．some

37．A．go               B．went             C．is going             D．was going

38．A．arc             B．were             C．feel                 D．felt

39．A．from            B．by               C．for             D．to

40．A．like                 B．liked           C．likes                D．liking

41．A．in               B．about            C．on              D．from

42．A．I                B．me               C．we               D．they

43．A．my               B．your             C．their            D．our

44．A．leave           B．meet             C．take away from  D．play trick on

45．A．go               B．weet             C．come             D．came