12．There was a boy who was sent to a boarding school．He used to be the brightest student in his class．He was at the top in every competition．（61）B．His grades started dropping．He hated being in a group．He was lonely all the time．He felt that no one loved him．
His parents began to worry．But even they did not know what was wrong．（62）D．
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school．The father started asking him questions about his classes，teachers and sports．Then he asked，"Do you know，son，why I am here today？"
The boy said，"To check my grades？"
"No，no，"his dad replied．"I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me．I want to see you happy．I don't care about grades．（63）A．YOU ARE MY LIFE．"
Now the boy had everything he wanted．（64）E．He meant the world to someone．
Thanks a lot，Dad．YOU ARE MY LIFE．
His parents began to worry．But even they did not know what was wrong．（62）D．
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school．The father started asking him questions about his classes，teachers and sports．Then he asked，"Do you know，son，why I am here today？"
The boy said，"To check my grades？"
"No，no，"his dad replied．"I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me．I want to see you happy．I don't care about grades．（63）A．YOU ARE MY LIFE．"
Now the boy had everything he wanted．（64）E．He meant the world to someone．
Thanks a lot，Dad．YOU ARE MY LIFE．
| A．I care about you and I care about your happiness B．But things changed after that C．Because he knows that he is very happy D．So his dad decided to visit the school and talk with him E．He knew there was someone on this Earth who cared for him deeply |
11．In the USA，there are many types of restaurants．（61）C．You can find McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world．（62）A，and say what you'd like to eat．You pay the person who serves you．You take your food and sit down or take it away．There's no need to leave a tip．
（63）B．You don't wait for the waitress to show you where to sit．She usually brings you coffee when you sit down．You tell her what you'd like to eat and she brings it to you．You pay the cashier as you leave．A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage（车厢）．
In a family restaurant the atmosphere（气氛） is relaxing，but the waitress shows you where to sit．Often the waitress tells you her name，but you don't need to tell her yours．If you don't eat everything，your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home．（64）E．
（63）B．You don't wait for the waitress to show you where to sit．She usually brings you coffee when you sit down．You tell her what you'd like to eat and she brings it to you．You pay the cashier as you leave．A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage（车厢）．
In a family restaurant the atmosphere（气氛） is relaxing，but the waitress shows you where to sit．Often the waitress tells you her name，but you don't need to tell her yours．If you don't eat everything，your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home．（64）E．
| A．You look at a menu above the counter B．In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table C．Fast food restaurants are very famous D．There are a lot of McDonald's and Kentucky in China E．You add fifteen percent more to the bill as a tip． |
10．Once there was a father and a son．They were ill-tempered （坏脾气的） and （31）A gave way to others．One day the father decided to ask some friends to dinner in his house．He（32）C his son to buy some meat in town．When the son got （33）B his father wanted，he turned back and walked towards the town gate．Just then a man was coming from the outside．The gate wasn't（34）C enough to let two men in and out at the same time．But（35）A of them would give way to the other．They stood straight face to face inside the gate for 2hours．But the father was（36）A．"What shall I do？My son hasn't（37）B yet．I can't wait any longer．"He wanted to know what was the matter with his son．（38）C he left his friends at home，and he himself went to the town to look （39）B his son．
"You may first take the （40）A home for my friends．Let me stand here against him instead．"He said to his son when he knew what had happened．
"You may first take the （40）A home for my friends．Let me stand here against him instead．"He said to his son when he knew what had happened．
| 31．A．never | B．always | C．usually |
| 32．A．invited | B．helped | C．told |
| 33．A．who | B．what | C．which |
| 34．A．long | B．high | C．wide |
| 35．A．neither | B．both | C．all |
| 36．A．worried | B．happy | C．relaxed |
| 37．A．gone | B．returned | C．bought |
| 38．A．Because | B．Although | C．So |
| 39．A．after | B．for | C．at |
| 40．A．meat | B．bread | C．money． |
8．Cheng Long in Shandong seldom talks to the girls in his class except when he turns in homework to the girl group leader．The 13-year-old said he didn't know （36）C to talk to girls，or what to talk to girls （37）B．
Cheng is not the （38）A student in the country who （39）D problems communicating with the opposite gender （异性）．Earlier this month，Beijing announced that more （40）D in the city will try new classes in sex （41）A later this year．For junior middle school students，the program will （42）B them how to communicate with the opposite gender．
Mao Xinyi of Dalian welcomes the idea．The 13-year-old girl thinks it is （43）A to get along well with boys．
"You may feel that it's not necessary to （44）C to boys in school．But，in the future when we grow （45）A，men and women will work together and build families．How can you make things right （46）B you never want to understand them？"she said．
Mao shared her impressions （印象） of boys：they cherish （珍惜） brotherhood； they don't care about small things； they usually （47）C the bigger picture．
As a boy，Liu Zhao thinks girls are"（48）B and patient （耐心的）"．And，through talking to girls，the 13-year-old from Anhui said he （49）C get some"fresh and interesting ideas"．Liu suggests that boys should be natural while talking to girls．"Don't be shy or try to be cool．（50）D relax，"he said．
How about girls talking to boys？Yin Donghui，13，of Beijing has some advice-choose the topics that boys like．"Computer games such as Plants VS Zombies work best．Boys are also crazy for sports，"she said．
Cheng is not the （38）A student in the country who （39）D problems communicating with the opposite gender （异性）．Earlier this month，Beijing announced that more （40）D in the city will try new classes in sex （41）A later this year．For junior middle school students，the program will （42）B them how to communicate with the opposite gender．
Mao Xinyi of Dalian welcomes the idea．The 13-year-old girl thinks it is （43）A to get along well with boys．
"You may feel that it's not necessary to （44）C to boys in school．But，in the future when we grow （45）A，men and women will work together and build families．How can you make things right （46）B you never want to understand them？"she said．
Mao shared her impressions （印象） of boys：they cherish （珍惜） brotherhood； they don't care about small things； they usually （47）C the bigger picture．
As a boy，Liu Zhao thinks girls are"（48）B and patient （耐心的）"．And，through talking to girls，the 13-year-old from Anhui said he （49）C get some"fresh and interesting ideas"．Liu suggests that boys should be natural while talking to girls．"Don't be shy or try to be cool．（50）D relax，"he said．
How about girls talking to boys？Yin Donghui，13，of Beijing has some advice-choose the topics that boys like．"Computer games such as Plants VS Zombies work best．Boys are also crazy for sports，"she said．
| 36．A．what | B．why | C．how | D．when |
| 37．A．with | B．about | C．in | D．for |
| 38．A．only | B．last | C．second | D．right |
| 39．A．fights | B．explains | C．fears | D．faces |
| 40．A．factories | B．governments | C．headmasters | D．schools |
| 41．A．education | B．schools | C．suggestions | D．help |
| 42．A．force | B．teach | C．drive | D．get |
| 43．A．easy | B．strange | C．important | D．great |
| 44．A．come | B．communicate | C．say | D．talk |
| 45．A．up | B．out | C．to | D．with |
| 46．A．though | B．if | C．but | D．where |
| 47．A．look for | B．wait for | C．look at | D．listen to |
| 48．A．lovely | B．careful | C．clever | D．kind |
| 49．A．must | B．should | C．could | D．needed |
| 50．A．Finally | B．Well | C．Much | D．Just． |
7．
Mary，a 22-year-old young woman，stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Manila，preparing to make a cake．It would seem to be natural for a cook，but Mary is not normal．She has no （35）B．
Her disability （残疾），however，only （36）C her down while working．Using other parts of her body，Mary can cut grapes and strawberries into pieces and coat the sides of the cake with them．"When I first saw Mary，I was worried she might （37）A herself when using a knife，but that has never been a problem，"says the manager of the hotel．"She does not get（38）B treatment and works just as hard as the rest of the cooks．"
Mary has come a long way since the day in September 2002when she and her uncle were attacked （攻击） by two men，who were trying to force her family off their land．The 11-year-old girl passed out （晕倒） as she tried to （39）D herself from the blows．After she came to her sense，she found her uncle dead and saw her arms broken．Later，the doctors did an （40）A．They saved her life but could not save her hands．
In 2006，with the help of the family，Mary went to live at the House with No Steps，a Manila rehabilitation （康复） and training centre for disabled people．She （41）D how to write and do housework there．And more importantly，she came to terms with her disability．She believed sheB
（42）Blive a normal life although she was disabled．She thought she had something important to do in life because she was still alive after the terrible attack．After she finished high school，she took a two-year Hotel and Restaurant Management （43）C because she had enjoyed cooking since she was a little girl．
When Mary was reportedon television，she didn't （44）A away from the attention．"I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it's （45）D to live a normal life，"Mary says．"It is difficult to make a living，but I don't lose （46）B．I believe nothing is impossible if you dream and work hard．"
Mary，a 22-year-old young woman，stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Manila，preparing to make a cake．It would seem to be natural for a cook，but Mary is not normal．She has no （35）B．Her disability （残疾），however，only （36）C her down while working．Using other parts of her body，Mary can cut grapes and strawberries into pieces and coat the sides of the cake with them．"When I first saw Mary，I was worried she might （37）A herself when using a knife，but that has never been a problem，"says the manager of the hotel．"She does not get（38）B treatment and works just as hard as the rest of the cooks．"
Mary has come a long way since the day in September 2002when she and her uncle were attacked （攻击） by two men，who were trying to force her family off their land．The 11-year-old girl passed out （晕倒） as she tried to （39）D herself from the blows．After she came to her sense，she found her uncle dead and saw her arms broken．Later，the doctors did an （40）A．They saved her life but could not save her hands．
In 2006，with the help of the family，Mary went to live at the House with No Steps，a Manila rehabilitation （康复） and training centre for disabled people．She （41）D how to write and do housework there．And more importantly，she came to terms with her disability．She believed sheB
（42）Blive a normal life although she was disabled．She thought she had something important to do in life because she was still alive after the terrible attack．After she finished high school，she took a two-year Hotel and Restaurant Management （43）C because she had enjoyed cooking since she was a little girl．
When Mary was reportedon television，she didn't （44）A away from the attention．"I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it's （45）D to live a normal life，"Mary says．"It is difficult to make a living，but I don't lose （46）B．I believe nothing is impossible if you dream and work hard．"
| 35．A．arms | B．hands | C．legs | D．feet |
| 36．A．puts | B．takes | C．slows | D．quiets |
| 37．A．hurt | B．hit | C．kill | D．touch |
| 38．A．enough | B．special | C．usual | D．common |
| 39．A．save | B．keep | C．prevent | D．protect |
| 40．A．operation | B．examination | C．introduction | D．explanation |
| 41．A．practiced | B．studied | C．reviewed | D．learned |
| 42．A．would | B．could | C．should | D．might |
| 43．A．class | B．lesson | C．course | D．subject |
| 44．A．shy | B．run | C．hide | D．turn |
| 45．A．exciting | B．excellent | C．simple | D．possible |
| 46．A．direction | B．hope | C．love | D．life． |
6．That holiday morning I didn't have to go to school．Usually，on holidays，Mother （35）B me to sleep in．And I would certainly take full advantage of it．On this particular morning，（36）C，I felt like getting up early．
I stood by my window overlooking the lot，having nothing better to do．But as it turned out，I was soon to learn about something （37）Din life．
As I watched several people go by，get into their cars and off，I （38）A an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its handle and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage．He （39）Cfrom one car to another，washing and cleaning them．From the water on the ground，it seemed that he had already （40）B washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars．He must have begun to work quite early in the morning．
Several thoughts （41）Amy mind as I watched him work．He wasn't well-dressed．He had on a pair of shorts and a simple T-shirt．The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern cyclists would want to be seen riding on．But he seemed （42）Dwith life．There he was，working hard at this small business，waving at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then （43）C elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby．
There was a noticeable a bit of （44）Bin the way he seemed to be doing things---cleaning the windscreen （挡风玻璃），then standing back to admire it； scrubbing（擦净） the wheels and again，standing back to see what they looked like after the scrub．
It was a （45）A to learn，I felt．At no age need one have to beg for a living if one has good health and is willing to work hard．For a while I felt （46）D of myself．Young as I am-just sixteen，and there was this old man who must have been working perhaps before the sun rose．
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I stood by my window overlooking the lot，having nothing better to do．But as it turned out，I was soon to learn about something （37）Din life．
As I watched several people go by，get into their cars and off，I （38）A an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its handle and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage．He （39）Cfrom one car to another，washing and cleaning them．From the water on the ground，it seemed that he had already （40）B washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars．He must have begun to work quite early in the morning．
Several thoughts （41）Amy mind as I watched him work．He wasn't well-dressed．He had on a pair of shorts and a simple T-shirt．The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern cyclists would want to be seen riding on．But he seemed （42）Dwith life．There he was，working hard at this small business，waving at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then （43）C elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby．
There was a noticeable a bit of （44）Bin the way he seemed to be doing things---cleaning the windscreen （挡风玻璃），then standing back to admire it； scrubbing（擦净） the wheels and again，standing back to see what they looked like after the scrub．
It was a （45）A to learn，I felt．At no age need one have to beg for a living if one has good health and is willing to work hard．For a while I felt （46）D of myself．Young as I am-just sixteen，and there was this old man who must have been working perhaps before the sun rose．
| 35．A．forces | B．allows | C．causes | D．asks |
| 36．A．or | B．so | C．however | D．besides |
| 37．A．interesting | B．surprising | C．awful | D．useful |
| 38．A．noticed | B．realized | C．called | D．discovered |
| 39．A．searched | B．left | C．moved | D．looked |
| 40．A．stopped | B．finished | C．intended | D．stared |
| 41．A．crossed | B．hit | C．troubled | D．beat |
| 42．A．busy | B．careful | C．tired | D．satisfied |
| 43．A．about | B．for | C．with | D．like |
| 44．A．worry | B．pride | C．praise | D．respect |
| 45．A．lesson | B．subject | C．skill | D．fact |
| 46．A．tired | B．doubtful | C．fearful | D．ashamed． |