It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other's yearbooks in the cafeteria．I was president of the class and I played sports．When I sat down at a table，people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign   1   

Among them，a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking．I had seen him around，and I knew he was always laughed at．He seemed   2  of himself，and was so pale that it  3  us to look at him．

He came up and asked me nervously，"Can you sign this?" I took his yearbook but I didn't know  4  to write．I saw that there was the name" Ricky Sanders" written on the front of it．So I wrote:

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I   5  my yearbook was gone．I saw that Ricky had sat down with my year-book．"What are you doing?" I asked him．He looked up calmly（平静地）and  6  said" Sign!"

My friends broke into a loud laugh，and I saw that he was carefully trying to put a signature in my yearbook．He hadn't even finished the" R" yet．I thought for a while and  7  to let him sign．

It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back，there was a very shaky" RICKY"．He hugged（紧抱） his yearbook and  8 ．I couldn't help but smile back at him．

In that moment，my  9  changed completely．

I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature．He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature  10  of his yearbook were filled up．He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room．

I changed schools the next year，and I never saw Ricky again．However，I will never for- get the day that he became the most  11  guy in school．Whenever I'm  12  ，I still look back at that yearbook．

1．A．mine               B．his                      C．ours                    D．theirs

2．A．unafraid             B．unsure             C．proud             D．tired

3．A．worried             B．surprised         C．taught           D．hurt

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

5．A．saw                B．noticed            C．thought          D．believed

6．A．still                 B．ever             C．even               D．just

7．A．decided          B．meant                C．began             D．prepared

8．A．smiled           B．waited               C．left                D．rose

9．A．sense               B．value               C．attitude             D．idea

10．A．lists             B．pages            C．boxes              D．tables

11．A．different           B．patient           C．popular          D．important

12．A．away            B．out              C．behind           D．down

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”

My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough    36   to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would    37   me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big   38   on the face and tell me to be a good    39  . It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!

I remember the day when I decided I was too    40   for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean (倾斜) toward me, but I put my hand up and   41  , “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for a long time, and his    42  started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield (挡风玻璃). “You’re   43  ,” he said.“You are a big boy—a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”

It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to   44   and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big family to feed

How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would    45   have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.

（   ）36. A. food      B. birds            C. animals      D. fish

（   ）37. A. ride          B. carry            C. drive            D. bring

（   ）38. A. kiss      B. laugh            C. look         D. hand

（   ）39. A. man           B. boy          C. teacher      D. fisherman

（   ）40. A. old           B. young            C. excited      D. moved

（   ）41. A. spoke     B. said         C. repeated     D. answered

（   ）42. A. hands     B. feet         C. eyes             D. face

（   ）43. A. kind          B. clever           C. wrong            D. right

（   ）44. A. school        B. sea          C. boat         D. river

（   ）45. A. still         B. ever         C. never            D. only   

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing ____ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her ____. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons ___ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __ found work in a big shop. The __ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice ____ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __ did anything at home. She didn’t love her ___ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few ___ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She ____ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were ____the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all ___. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to ___. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（流浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a___ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”

1.A. him                           B. himself                     C. her                                    D. herself

2.A. classes                          B. English                     C. maths                          D. language

3.A. when                            B. while                                 C. because                           D. after

4.A. hardly                           B. easily                                C. no longer                         D. happily

5.A. bookseller          B. shopkeeper               C. gatekeeper                  D. policeman

6.A. agreed                          B. hated                                C. preferred                        D. failed

7.A. sold                               B. was sold                           C. gave                                  D. was given

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

9.A. husband                       B. son                                    C. brother                            D. uncle

10.A. cheap                         B. expensive                        C. terrible                   D. strange

11.A. liked                            B. interested                        C. watched                           D. knew

12.A. looking up                  B. looking for                  C. talking about           D. hearing from

13.A. old                           B. clean                                 C. dirty                                  D. thin

14.A. stop                   B. smile                                 C. laugh                                 D. lie

15.A. busy                            B. clever                          C. rich                                     D. poor