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A: How was your weekend, Jack?

B: Pretty good. I went to watch 2012 Xiamen International

Marathon.

A: Really? What was the result?

B: A runner from Kenya named Peter Kamais 1.________

the first prize of men’s race in 2:07:37, he also broke the

record. The women’s title was claimed by Ethiopian

（埃塞俄比亚）, Ashu Kasim, who finished in 2:23:09.

A: He was great. How was the 2. ___________?

B: It was rainy and cold, the temperature was only 11-16 C. But over 70, 000 marathon runners took part in it.

A: Did you 3. __________ any foreigners? What do they think of Xiamen?

B: They said Xiamen is clean and 4 ___________. And people are really friendly, they get much

5 ___________ when they meet trouble.

A: I am so proud on hearing this. I should 6. ____________ every day and make myself stronger.

B: A good idea. Then you can be a Marathon runner next year.

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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .

“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be  7 !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of ther happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.                A．thought        B．found          C．sounded  D．felt

2.                A．butterfly        B．bird            C．snake    D．squirrel

3.                A．so             B．or             C．but  D．as

4.                A．on            B．up             C．into D．down

5.                A．surprised       B．tired           C．mad D．angry

6.                A．catching        B．beating         C．killing    D．saving

7.                A．active          B．happy          C．energetic D．humorous

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

9.                A．success         B．secret          C．power    D．lesson

10.               A．asked          B．hoped         C．answered  D．refused

11.               A．witch          B．fairy           C．ghost D．princess

12.               A．village         B．town           C．city   D．world

13.               A．excited         B．pleased        C．glad  D．afraid

14.               A．shouted        B．cried          C．smiled D．jumped

15.               A．young          B．great          C．nice  D．quiet

“You know,Ann,” my friend Nick said, “Lisa and Anita were just talking about you.”  I immediately got 11.  “They said that you join the Students Union just because the teacher likes you, not because you are excellent.”

I 12 to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was 13 .

Lisa and Anita came in, acting as if(好像) 14  had happened.Lisa was still my deskmate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was 15 that they were able to pretend we had the perfect friendship. 16 they’d said such hurtful things.

I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of rumor(谣言).

The tongue can be our worst 17 . Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp knives, breaking one’s dignity(尊严) into pieces. When we say 18 things abut others, we’re hurting their hearts.

So how was I to act next? I thought of 19 them back. But instead, I told them directly they had hurt me. Lisa started 20 and Anita was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They said sorry to me, and I forgave them 21 I was still unhappy. Sure, things were a little embarrassing (尴尬的) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still 22  rumors from time to time. Talking about others is a part of our life, but the more I learn about the friendship, the more I realize the importance of tolerating others.

11, A relaxed  B nervous  C scared  D energetic

12, A struggled  B decided  C continued  D preferred

13, A different  B wrong  C sick  D alone

14, A everything  B something  C anything  D nothing

15, A surprised  B satisfied C frightened  D worried

16, A simply  B especially  C obviously  D probably

17, A criminal  B victim  C suspect  D enemy

18, A unpopular  B unlucky  C unkind  D unusual

19, A attacking  B arguing  C bringing  D pulling

20, A shouting  B keeping  C fighting  D crying

21, A because   B although  C after  D unless

22, A play with  B agree with   C deal with  D help with