There was a big sea bird that was very beautiful. One day, the sea bird 46_________ to a country and stayed outside of a palace. The Emperor asked his men to bring it to the palace. Then he said , “As a welcome for the sea bird, we’ll 47___________the band and get the best food and wine ready for 48____________.

So they played the best music for the sea bird, but it 49__________ bored. The Emperor introduced the most delicious food and best wine and asked the bird to have them. But the sea bird 50__________.  After three days 51_________ eating or drinking, the sea bird died.

The Emperor said 52__________, “Why didn’t you eat? I have you all of the best!”

The 53__________ tells us that what some people believe to be the best music and the best food aren’t so for 54_________. Feed a bird according to a bird’s wants, not a 55_________. The saying “Do to others as you would have others do to you.” Is never really suitable or right.

My name is Li Ping．I am a happy girl．I have many friends．One of them is   1   , and also my favorite．Can you   2   who it is? It's my radio．

When I was little, my family   3  to Shanghai during the winter holidays．I didn't have relatives（亲戚）or friends there．I couldn't talk to   4   ．I hoped that I could go back one day because I   5   my hometown．Sometimes I became sad．

Thank God, I had my old friend … the radio beside me．She   6   me a lot of fun and happiness．She read me stories．She took me to beautiful   7   around the world．The most important   8   all, she helped me to get to know more about this city．The radio had some fun games．I made phone calls to the   9   station to answer their interesting questions．I had a lot of fun with the radio．It   10   my life more colorful．

1．A．special                B．personal             C．usual                D．trendy

2．A．guess                B．find                 C．choose                     D．pick

3．A．drove                B．moved             C．went                D．entered

4．A．someone             B．nobody             C．everyone             D．anyone

5．A．liked                 B．thought             C．remembered         D．missed

6．A．gave                B．brought             C．took                D．stored

7．A．places                B．cities                C．towns              D．countries

8．A．of             B．at                  C．in                   D．with

9．A．radio         B．train                 C．bus                 D．TV

10．A．helped              B．put                C．brought             D．made

Just how popular was Mini? Very. Every year her classmates voted(推举) her the favorite student. The friends she had were much more than those of anyone else.
One day Mini was caught yakkety-yakking(大声说笑) and ordered to stay back as punishment(惩罚). Staying back meant doing something “useful”, like helping in the library after school.
Now Mini’s school had a rule. Once a month, if you had something else to do the day you were punished, you could ask a friend to stand in for you.
Unluckily, her aunt was visiting Mini that day. That afternoon was the only chance Mini had of seeing her for another five years.
Mini needed someone to stand in for her. She asked Betty, her “best” friend. “Oh, no, Mini, I can’t,” Betty said. “I must help my brother do his homework.”
“Tony, will you stay back for me?” Mini asked another friend. “I wish you’d told me earlier. I have to go to a relative’s house with my father,” he said.
Now, Mini was beginning to doubt(怀疑) if even one of her friends would agree to stay. But she tried again. She asked three more friends and each one refused.
So, after school Mini stayed to help the librarian. And, when she found Mini crying after everyone had left, it was she who surprised Mini by allowing her to leave to meet her aunt. “I may have many friends,” Mini said to herself, “but in reality I have none.”
【小题1】What does staying back mean in Mini’s school?