23、Once upon a time，a poor family had only one small roll of expensive gold wrapping（包装）paper．The father had no money to buy any more．On Christmas Eve his 5-yeatold daughter decorated（装饰）a shoe box with all the gold paper and put it under the Christmas tree．The father was quite unhappy about it．

The next morning the little girl，filled with excitement，brought the gift box to her father and said．“This is for you，Daddy!”

As he opened the box，the father found it was empty．At once he shouted at her．“Don’t you know，young lady，when you give someone a present，there should be something inside the package!”

The little girl almost cried out．She looked up at him and said，“Daddy，it's not empty．I blew kisses into it until it was all full．”

The father was moved．He fell on his knees and put his arms around his pretty little girl．He asked her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger．

Before long an accident took the lire of the child．The father kept that little golden box by his bed for the following years of his life．Whenever he was faced with difficult problems，he would open the box，take out an imaginary（想象的）kiss and remember the love of his beautiful child who had put it there．

In a very real sense，each of us，as a human being，has been given an invisible（隐形的）gold box filled with true love and kisses from our children，parents and friends．There is no more valuable thing than this．

1．What did the little girl do on Christmas Eve?

A．She blew her kisses into the shoe box until she thought it full．

B．She put a beautiful gift into the shoe box for her dear father．

C．She decorated a Christmas tree with the gold wrapping paper．

D．She wrapped the shoe box and put it on the Christmas tree．

2．How did the father feel when he opened the gift box for the first time?

A．Happy．               B．Proud．                C．Sad．              D．Angry．

3．The father kept the box for the rest of his life because __________．

A．it was his only Christmas present              B．it was made an expensive gold

C．it was full of his daughter's love                  D．it was a very useful shoe box

22、Fitness First Initiative for Teenagers（FFIT）is a plan from Fitness First in Australia．It provides FREE fitness to 14-18 year olds through its program FFIT Holidays．

FFIT aims to encourage youngsters to get active--for FREE--by providing them with a fun and non-competitive environment in which to train and make them stay active．

FFIT Holidays Dates & Times

Term 1 Holidays，2009

●  Victoria：04/04/09--19/04/09

●  All other states：10/04/09--27/04/09

Term 2 Holidays，2009

●  Victoria & Queensland：27/06/09--12/07/09

●  Australian Capital Territory，South Australia & Western Australia：04/07/09--10/07/09

●  New South Wales：11/07/09 -- 27/07/09

Term 3 Holidays，2009

●  Victoria & Queensland：05/09/09--19/09/09

●  Australian Capital Territory，South Australia & Western Australia：12/09/09--26/09/09

●  New South Wales：03/10/09--19/10/09

Term 4 Holidays，2009--2010

●  Queensland & South Australia：12/12/09--27/01/10

●  Western Australia：18/12/09--31/01/10

●  Victoria，New South Wales ~ Australian Capital Territory：19/12/09--27/01/10

Fitness First provides chances for children to improve their lifestyle，health and fitness．As you know，the state of our children's health is going from bad to worse．Health and social problems which are connected with a sedentary（久坐的）lifestyle are on the increase in children．All of these problems can be positively influenced by exercise．FFIT aims at getting more children，more active，more often．

Call Fitness First 1300 55 77 99．

1．The advertisement is put mainly for _________．

A．primary school students                        B．high school students

C．primary school teachers                   D．high school teachers

2．To take part in the program from Dec．18，2009 to Jan．31，2010，you'll have to go to  _________．

A．Western Australia                          B．Victoria

C．South Australia                        D．Queensland

3．We can learn from the advertisement that _________．

A．FFIT will cost those who take part 'in it much money

B．FFIT will make those who take part in it more active

C．FFIT will change different people's lifestyle completely

D．FFIT will solve all kinds of health and social problems

21、Very soon you are going to change from a junior high school student to a senior high school student．You will experience a new school life．Then how should you work in senior high school? Here is some advice for your new term．

Plan ahead．Get a wall calendar（日程表）．Mark the dates of important events such as tests．Set your own goals and follow them．When your calendar starts to fill，learn to say “no” to other activities until you ha4e reached your goal．

Stay ahead．Try not to fall behind．If you feel that you have fallen behind and started to feel worried，let your teachers know．It's better to get help early than to wait，thinking you can face the final exams．Almost everyone is struggling with a special subject or class．If you have trouble with a special subject or homework project，ask your teacher for help after class．Taking a few minutes to solve the problem right away can save time，and if your teacher knows that you're struggling with something，he or she is likely to be more understanding of the situation．

Listen up．Paying attention in class can actually help a lot．Sure，it's often easier said than done，but listening actively can make you understand better what you are learning．

Take notes．Taking notes during classes can make recalling（回忆）information easier．If you take notes and review them before class or while studying for an exam，you can ask a teacher to go over anything you don't understand，It can also be helpful to go over notes with a friend after class．

Have a good attitude（态度）to tests．Tests may show what you have learned about a subject．They help you remember your new knowledge．So don't be too worried if you don't pass a test．The world won't end．

1．Which of the following is the writer's suggestion about your plan?

A．You shouldn't give up other activities at any time．

B．You shouldn't let other activities affect your plans．

C．You shouldn't forget the dates of important events．

D．You shouldn't care too much about your wall calendar．

2．Why does the writer think it necessary to ask teachers for help in time?

A．It can help you save face．                B．It can help you save money．

C．It can help you save．time．               D．It can help you save punishments．

3．From the passage we can learn that _________．

A．notes will help you remember what you learn

B．listening actively will improve your hearing

C．struggling will make your school life colorful

D．tests will decide if you can go on with the subject

20、When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish（珍惜）it like it is the most valuable thing in the world．

Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes．That is only natural：most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and that we should try to avoid（避免）mistakes．We've been blamed when we make mistakes at home，school and work．

Yet without mistakes，we could not learn or grow．

If you think about it that way，mistakes should be cherished anti celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world：they make learning possible，and they make growth and improvement possible．

Think about how you learn：you don't just read about painting，or writing，or computer programming．．．and know how to do them right away．

Instead，you get information about something，from reading or from another person or from watching carefully．．．then you have a model in your mind．．．then you try it in the real world．．．then you make mistakes．．．then you revise（修改）the model．．．and repeat，making mistakes，learning from those mistakes，until you have learned how to do something．

Mistakes ate how we learn to do something new--because if you succeed in something，it is probably something you already knew how to do．You haven't really grown much from that success--at most it is the last step on your journey，not the whole journey．Most of the journey was made up of mistakes，if it is a good journey．

So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes．

Cherish your mistakes．Smile．

1．According to the passage，people usually think that _________．

A．it is bad to make mistakes                         B．it is natural to make mistakes

C．it is easy to avoid mistakes                          D．it is hard to correct mistakes

2．The passage tells us that people could not learn or grow without _________．

A．making plans                                           B．doing research

C．making mistakes                                        D．doing experiments

3．The proper title for the passage is _________．

A．Why YOH Should Realize Your Mistakes

B．Why You Should Correct Your Mistakes

C．Why Yon Should Avoid Making Mistakes

D．Why YOH Should Cherish Your Mistakes

18、My grandpa used to play ________ violin after dinner，but now he is used to playing ________ chess with me．

A．不填；a         B．the；不填           C．the；the           D．the；a

17、Daniel is polite and helpful．He is a good friend of _________．

A．mine         B．my          C．me          D．I

16、Kitty is fond _________ dancing，but she spends little time _________ it this week because of the coming exams．

A．of；in          B．of；on         C．about；on         D．about；in