One day，the son，an American schoolboy，came home after school．He was very   1  ．He didn't pass the math exam．The father was very  2  with the son，so  the son was quite afraid(害怕)of him．Now the son went up to his father and said．

    “I'm  3  ，Father，but...”

    The father was  4  a newspaper．Now he stopped reading and looked at the  son，“What is the matter?" he asked．

    “I didn't pass the exam，”the son said．

    “What? You didn't  5  ?”the father shouted(喊叫)at the son．He was  6   .Then he asked，“You know  7  about Thomas Edison，don't you?”

    “Yes，answered the son，he was a great  8  inventor(发明家)．”

    “Right．He Was an inventor at your age，you know．”

    “But Father，I think you  9  something about Abraham Lincoln．”said the son．

    “Of course．Everybody knows him．”

    “Right，said the son．He was president(总统)of our   10  at your age，you know．”

    1．A．sad                   B．happy              C．hungry

    2．A．pleased              B．friendly            C．strict

    3．A．sick                  B．sorry              C．glad

    4．A．reading             B．writing            C．looking for

    5．A．again                 B．either               C．more

    6．A．angry                B．happy             C．sad

    7．A．anything          B．something    C．nothing

    8．A．Canadian           B．French             C．American

    9．A．don't know       B．want to know C．know

    10．A．city                B. town                C．country

Tomorrow is Saturday. It is Linda, my 1    birthday. She will 2    seven years old. She is very happy because she 3    to school in autumn. We are all very 4   , too. We are going to 5     a party for her. My mother will make her a big _6 __. She likes reading ,my father will buy her an interesting 7     _. I will buy a CD _8    her ,9   she likes singing. She is going to 10      her favorite songs for us. We all hope she can be happy forever (永远).

Do you have to be very smart to live a happy life? The character of McDull (麦兜) tells you that this is not true. He is famous for having a birthmark on his right eye. He is not very clever, but he has a heart of gold. He is also happy, with lots of dreams. McDull wanted to visit the Maldives (马尔代夫). But his mother didn’t have enough money for a trip there. So she lied to him and took him to a place called Hong Kong. The place has a sign that says, “Go to the Maldives”. It made McDull very happy. He thought he was really excited in the Maldives!

The cartoon pig character was created (创造) in Hong Kong by Alice Mark and Brian Tse. McDull is just a common pig. He has many dreams, but they never come true. That doesn’t stop him trying. McDull lives his life in a simple and happy way. His idea towards life is “Never give up”.

1.McDull is famous for ________.

A．his wonderful character                  B．visiting the Maldives

C．having a birthmark on his left eye           D．having a birthmark on his right eye

2.When McDull came to Hong Kong with his Mum, he felt _______.

A．sad              B．unhappy          C．angry             D．excited

3.Where was McDull created?

A．Hong Kong        B．Japan             C．America          D．Not mention

My brother lost the speaking contest. He looked _____.

I was in my parked car, holding a book and reading. Once in a while I looked up, watching the people passing by. When I raised my    35   again, I saw an old lady with a large bag walking slowly towards my car. The bag seemed not only to make her steps    36  , but also make her out of breath. She looked tired and I thought she must be more than 70 years old.

She stopped and put a hand out to rest    37   it, gently (轻柔地，徐缓地) closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Was there a way I could do something? I tried to keep my body still while my mind    38   for answers. However, because of my careless head movement, she noticed me, and she    39  moved her hand away from the car. I picked up a bottle of water at once, gently opened the door and offered the bottle to her. She    40   me, and then shook her head and walked away.

I was so    41   with myself. I should have been more careful not to move. Instead of    42   a hand, I had interrupted (打扰，中断) the old lady’s    43   moment of rest. I was feeling blue. Just at that moment, I saw the lady coming back again. I opened the door and patted (轻拍) the    44   next to me. She sat down, opened her bag and offered me a banana. I took it and offered her the bottle of water again. She took it.

I ate, she drank and we smiled. She    45   for a couple of minutes. Those minutes brought such quietness to me. Then she took my head in both her hands, made a small kissing    46   in the air, opened the car door and walked away.

I was trying to help someone in distress (困苦，苦恼). In turn, I became distressed and she took away my distress and replaced it with quietness.