Little stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests.Then it reached a desert,"I went through so many difficulties.I should have no problem crossing the desert," she thought.As she started,she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand.After many tries,she still failed."Maybe I can' t reach the ocean," she said sadly to herself.

At this time,a deep voice said,"If a breeze (微风) can cross the desert,so can a river."

It was the voice of the desert.But the little stream answered,"A breeze can fly,but I can' t." "That' s because you can' t give up what you are.Let yourself evaporate (蒸发) into the breeze,and it can take you across," said the desert."Give up what I am now? No! No!" The little stream could not accept this idea."The breeze can carry the vapor (蒸汽) across the desert and let it leave as rain.The rain will form a river again," said the desert."And whether you are a river or vapor,your nature never changes." Hearing this,the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze.It carried her to the next stage of her life.

The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream.If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success,you should also change the way you are.

1.The little stream planned to reach

A. the forest

B. the river

C. the desert

D. the ocean

2.The little stream before she crossed the desert.

A. didn' t meet any difficulties

B. was confident about herself

C. was worried about herself

D. knew well about the desert

3.At first,the little stream didn' t accept the desert' s advice because

A. she failed many times

B. she was afraid of the nature

C. she wasn' t able to change her nature

D. she wouldn' t change the way she was

4.The little stream finally crossed the desert by

A. evaporating into the breeze

B. forming a river

C. disappearing into the sand

D. changing her nature

5.What does the story mainly tell us?

A. The road to success isn' t always easy and smooth.

B. Whatever others say,we should always be ourselves.

C. To succeed,we should think about things in a different way.

D. To succeed,we should follow others' advice.

HONG KONG-Nine out of ten Singapore citizens returned dropped wallets with money in them, but in Hong Kong only three out of 10 wallets were returned in an honesty test carried out in Asian cities by Readers Digest(读者文摘).

Larger cities did worse while in general people in smaller places returned secretly planted wallets, results from the experiment showed.

Readers Digest secretly scattered 140 wallets all over Asia, each with a name, address and phone number, family pictures, notes and money in it.

The magazine workers then watched to see what happened.

South Koreans in Seoul returned six out of the ten dropped wallets, while those in Inchon returned eight. 50 percent of the dropped wallets were returned in Bombay, Bangkok, Taipei and Kajang in Malaysia, with most people saying they would not keep what was not rightfully theirs.

Honesty had little relation to wealth or status(地位),as several well-dressed people in a number of cities were observed to walk away without doing anything to get in touch with the rightful owners.

About 57 percent of the wallets were returned, compared with 28 percent in Europe in a similar experiment and 67 percent in the United States.

1.The newspaper report is mainly about__________.

A. how the honesty test was carried out

B. where the honesty test was carried out

C. the results of the honesty test in Asia

D. the results of the honesty tests in the world

2.It can be learned from the newspaper report that Bombay is a city in _________.

A. Europe B. Asia C. the United States D. Malaysia

3.How many of the wallets dropped in Asian cities were taken away without being returned?

A. About 60. B. About 80. C. About 56. D. About 42.

4.Which people did best in the honesty tests?

A. People in Hong Kong. B. People in the United States.

C. People in Inchon. D. People in Singapore.

Children’s lives have changed a lot in the past few years. But do they have a happier childhood than we did?

1. I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them. We used to play board games in the living room, spend days in the street with other children, race up and down on our bikes, or explore the nearby woods.2. They only appeared during meals.

These days, at least in the UK, the nature of childhood has changed. Firstly, families are smaller. It is common for both parents to work outside. 3. Another change is that children spend most of their free time at home, inside. Parents worry too much about some possible dangers, so they don’t want their children to play outside by themselves.

Finally, the kinds of toys children have and the ways they play are completely different. 4. The funny thing is that so many ways of playing games are called “ interactive (互动的)”. The fact that you can play electronic games by yourself can increase the feeling of loneliness.

5. I can’t give an answer for sure, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.

阅读短文,从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。

A. As a result, children spend much of their time alone.

B. I usually look back on my own childhood.

C. Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I did?

D. My parents seldom appeared in these memories.

E. Computer and video games have taken the place of the interesting activities of my childhood.

A. As a result, children spend much of their time alone.

B. I usually look back on my own childhood.

C. Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I did?

D. My parents seldom appeared in these memories.

E. Computer and video games have taken the place of the interesting activities of my childhood.

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