It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 1  to his class. He wanted to  2  his students’ eyes to the world of biology.
He knew that 3  young students was not easy, so he worked 4  and tried to find a good way to teach this class.5  thinking for a long time, he made a 6  at last. He decided to show the kids something 7  and teach them a lesson at the same time.
He asked his students to 8  carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(虫子) into a glass of water. The worm 9  around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 10  they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was        cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she         ,but she stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,          happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the          .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is      I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you        .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish* covering the beach, they        up by the waves*, and it was too difficult for them to make their way back by           . The man shook* his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man        very sorry for those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man    to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   person.

1.A. drinking       B. making        C. selling        D. washing

2.A. turned around   B. turned down    C. turned on      D. turned off

3.A. what          B. when          C. where         D. why

4.A. air            B. land           C. water         D. environment

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

6.A. a legend       B. a joke           C. a story       D. an idea

7.A. pushed         B. was pushed      C. were pushed   D. were pushing

8.A. himself        B. itself           C. ourselves      D. themselves

9.A. feel            B. felt            C. fell           D. fall

10.A. afraid          B. surprised       C. sad           D. angry

11.A. slow           B. fast           C. soon          D. high

12.A. father         B. mother         C. son           D. daughter

13.A. Or            B. So             C. Because       D. Though

14.A. began          B. remembered     C. forgot        D. waited

15.A. shortest   B. tallest          C. smallest      D.biggest

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An     1   had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew.   2  he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told    3  would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about   4  and succeeding and seeking（追寻）his dreams.

When we finished talking, I went to my    5 and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about    6   and overcoming obstacles（克服障碍）than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it   7  to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had   8   and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are   9  to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I'll      10   . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend

Matthew

1.                A．excuse         B．effect          C．operation D．illness

2.                A．While          B．When          C．Although  D．Because

3.                A．they           B．he             C．she  D．I

4.                A．winning        B．teaching        C．playing   D．working

5.                A．home          B．desk           C．classroom D．bag

6.                A．failure         B．success         C．luck D．smile

7.                A．around         B．in             C．back D．down

8.                A．went away      B．passed away     C．stayed away   D．moved away

9.                A．surprised       B．brave          C．sorry D．happy

10.               A．never          B．ever           C．often D．seldom