When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a  41   . “What’s the most  42 Part（部分）of one’s body（身体）?” she asked me. At the moment, I  43   listening to songs very much, so I answered, “My  44  , Mom.” “I don’t think so,” said my mother. She always asked me this question, but I  45  gave her the right (正确的) answer.

Last year, my grandmother  46  the world. For the first time, I saw my mother  47  so sadly. All the people in my family were very 48  . That night, my mother asked the  49 question again. “You need to  50   this important lesson today, my dear,” she said to me. “The most important part of one’s body is the shoulder (肩膀).”

“  51   ?” I asked.

“Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family,” my mother said. “Everyone  52   a shoulder to cry on when he or she  53   something sad. I hope that you have  54   love and strong (强壮的) shoulders. Then your friends and family can cry on them.”

“My shoulders are  41   strong now,” I said. “You can cry on each of them, Mom.”

1.                A．joke           B．lesson          C．subject   D．question

2.                A．interesting      B．important       C．expensive D．dangerous

3.                A．enjoyed        B．stopped        C．forgot    D．disliked

4.                A．feet           B．ears            C．arms     D．hands

5.                A．often          B．usually         C．never    D．always

6.                A．left            B．loved          C．started   D．improved

7.                A．see            B．cry            C．run  D．dance

8.                A．free           B．sad            C．happy    D．relaxed

9.                A．good           B．second         C．same D．different

10.               A．teach          B．watch          C．plan  D．learn

11.               A．Who           B．Why           C．How D．What

12.               A．needs          B．buys           C．sells  D．rents

13.               A．keeps          B．meets          C．takes D．believes

14.               A．no            B．a few          C．any   D．lots of

15.               A．only           B．not            C．very D．hardly

With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27   in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28  ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29   ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．
Pitt，caring    30   about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31   from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32   the chance to know life, I shall    33   remember the time when we were    34   the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．
Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36   born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37  in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38   out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39  ,sometimes as a porter    40   a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27    in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28   ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29    ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．

Pitt，caring    30    about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31    from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32    the chance to know life, I shall    33    remember the time when we were    34    the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．

Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36    born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37   in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38    out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39   ,sometimes as a porter    40    a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

1.A． last    B． first   C． second   D． other

2.A． was    B． worked C． stayed   D． appeared

3.A． part    B． cinema  C． film    D． appearance

4.A． earlier  B． later    C． better   D． cheaper

5.A． more   B． less    C． nothing  D． much

6.A． price   B． pay    C． money   D． degree

7.A． finds   B． leaves   C． gives   D． misses

8.A． always  B． never   C． ever    D． hardly

9.A． playing  B． making  C． seeing  D． directing

10.A． work   B． job     C． dream   D． show

11.A． Because  B． When  C． Since   D． Though

12.A． hope    B． interest  C． success  D． feelings

13.A． fled    B． stopped   C． dropped D． ran

14.A． hand   B． book     C． head    D． bag

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

Most teachers agree that the first lesson of a teacher is often unforgettable．I remember getting into the class with the   1   of a beginner teacher: nervous, careful, excited…etc．The school I   2   my first lesson in was well-known to hold the most troublesome （顽皮的）students in the city．With this in   3  , I was more nervous than I should be．But I tried my best not to   4   it out and went into the class．The first thing I did was taking a look at the whole class．My eyes   5   on a big black student．He was sitting in the back   6   of the class with no one in front of him．His body was much   7   than mine．I thought it would be better to   8   that boy untouchable．As soon as I started my lesson writing on the blackboard, I heard some noise from the back．I   9  the students to find out who did it, but the class looked very   10  ．I went on writing and the noise went on．Then I stopped my lesson to   11    this problem because I believed that if I lost control of the class from the   12   I wouldn’t be able to get it back．I thought the big boy made the noise．To my   13  , a small boy was the source （根源）of trouble．Days went   14   and I discovered that the big boy was good and quiet and the great source of trouble came from a group of   15   students who became under control after some weeks．From then on, I realized that judging （判断）by appearance can often be wrong, not only with students!

1．A．ideas                        B．feelings                   C．thoughts                 D．ways

2．A．started                      B．found                     C．opened                   D．finished

3．A．head                         B．mind                       C．school                    D．hand

4．A．make                        B．bring                      C．work                      D．show

5．A．stopped                    B．noticed                   C．pointed                   D．warned

6．A．line                          B．row                        C．room                      D．part

7．A．higher                      B．lighter                     C．larger                            D．thicker

8．A．let                            B．relax                    C．increase                  D．leave

9．A．faced                       B．wondered                C．discussed                D．described

10．A．common                 B．confident                C．quiet                       D．crowded

11．A．decide                     B．solve                      C．improve                  D．produce

12．A．beginning                B．example                  C．matter                    D．end

13．A．competition             B．congratulation          C．surprise                  D．difference

14．A．out                         B．down                      C．away                      D．on

15．A．small-sized                                                 B．comfortable

C．frustrated                                                   D．ordinary-looking

Simon was a tall，thin boy about fourteen   1   old．Like most boys in their teens，he was either very happy or extremely  2  ; he either talked too much or he didn't talk at all．One day he would do everything right and on another day he would do  3  right．Simon had trouble with his  4  ，too．No matter what he did，his parents were never pleased with him．They argued with him about the way he dressed，the way he  5  ，the way he forgot to do things．They argued  6  everything．They were always telling him   7   to do and when to do it．They reminded him to put on his coat，take off his coat，hang up his coat．They didn't understand that he was a young man now and not  8  ．They said when he was able to do things without  9  several times，they would believe he wasn't a child any longer．They told him when he  10  thinking about himself and began thinking about helping other people，then they would know he was a young man．

Simon was usually glad to be out of the house where no one could disturb  11  ．One Saturday morning，he told his parents he was going out for a walk before breakfast，and they gave him  12   to get milk at the store．A few minutes after he left the house，he couldn't remember what he should buy．If he went home  13   it，his family would have something else to argue with him about! As he went down the  14  thinking about what he should do，he saw an old man on the comer．The man looked very  15 ．Simon decided to help him．

What happened next，can you guess?

1．A．year                 B．years               C．month             D．months

2．A．unhappy              B．excited              C．bored                   D．satisfied

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

4．A．friends               B．pets                C．family             D．classmates

5．A．said                       B．told                 C．talked                   D．cried

6．A．about                B．with                C．on                D．in

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

8．A．an adult              B．a child              C．a woman          D．an old man

9．A．reminding             B．reminded            C．being reminded      D．to be reminded

10．A．began              B．stopped             C．enjoyed            D．started

11．A．him                 B．her                 C．us                D．them

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

13．A．with                    B．about               C．for              D．without

14．A．house              B．store               C．street               D．room

15．A．healthy             B．sick                C．energetic         D．easy-going