There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl   36  big eyes. Her big eyes are   37   us her dream: I wish to   38  ! In China，there are still   39    girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their   40   are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to   41   the money for all the children. So the parents often ask   42   to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

       Now they needn’t   43   the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free(免费的) in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life   44  . Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is   45   great.

(    )31.A.with                   B.on                    C.to               D.at

(    )32.A.calling         B.telling        C.speaking             D.shouting

(    )33.A.go to work  B.go to bed   C.go to school       D.go home

(    )34.A.a lot                   B.lot of       C.a lot of           D.much

(    )35.A.schools              B.cities         C.houses        D.families

(    )36.A.pay                    B.take       C.buy                  D.bring

(    )37.A.teachers             B.girls                 C.boys                  D.children

(    )38.A.loot up        B.turn on             C.worry about       D.turn off

(    )39.A.better          B.shorter             C.longer         D.colder

(    )40.A.not                    B.never         C.no                     D.really

Christmas was coming．Mr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children．His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicine．And the harvest was bad and all his family were going to be hungry the next spring．He was quite worried about it．

“We had only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day．“You’d better take it to the town．Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children．”

“It’s a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box．It was difficult to walk on the road covered with thick snow．Two hours later he was very tied and wanted to have a rest．He put the box to the ground and sat down．

“The air in the box must be close,” the man said to himself．“I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it’ll die．”

So he put the cock to the ground．When he started again, he couldn’t catch it any longer．

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith called out angrily．“You can herald（预示…来临） the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”

1． The story happened in          ．

    A． November             B． December         C． January           D． February

2．          , so Mr. Smith was worried．

    A． They would have noting to eat on Christmas  

    B． His children would be sad on Christmas

    C． His children were naughty（顽皮）

    D． They would die in the cold weather

3． Mr. Smith couldn’t buy any presents for his children because         ．

    A． his wife was ill                                   B． the harvest was bad

    C． they had a big family                           D． he was very poor

4． Mr. Smith was quite tired on his way to town because         ．

    A． there was much snow on the road        B． something was wrong with him

    C． the box was very heavy                       D． He lost his way 

5． In fact,          was foolish．

    A． the cook        B． Mrs. Smith            C． Mr. Smith             D． none

　　Christmas was coming. Mr Smith had no money to buy presents for his children. His wife was ill and he spent （花费） a lot of money on her medicine. And the harvest （收成） was bad. And all his family were going to be hungry the next spring. He was quite worried about it. “We had only a cock,”said Mrs Smith one day. “You'd better take it to the town. Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children.” “It's a good idea! “The man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box. It was difficult to walk on the road covered with thick snow. Two hours later he was very tired and wanted to have a rest. He put the box to the ground and sat down .The air in the box must be close （闷的）. The man said to himself “I'd better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it'll die. “So he put the cock to the ground. When he started again, he couldn't catch it any longer. “How foolish （傻的） you are!” Mr Smith called out angrily, “You can herald （宣布） the break of day （报晓） at the right time but can't find the way to the town in the daytime!”

A．They would have little food to eat

B．His children would be sad on Christmas

C．They had no money to buy any Christmas presents

D．They would die in the cold weather

(4) The word“cock”in the story means

A．there was much snow on the road

B．something was wrong with him

C．the box was very heavy

D．he lost his way

A．the cock could go to town itself

B．the cock must die in the box

C．the cock had to have a rest too

D．the cock could return to the box itself

(7) In fact （事实上）,____ was foolish.

Time flies! We become mature(成熟的) girls or boys, or at least we1 we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young. They2 all to us but never look forward to getting anything back. When we are ill in bed, they stay3 us day and night. When we’re hungry, cold or sad, they always offer4 .
But what have we done for our parents?5 we grow up, we have our own ideas and we believe we are6 enough to think and act by ourselves. So we usually dislike their care. Sometimes we don't listen to them and sometimes even7 them.
We must doing something now, letting them know that we 8 them, too. We should try our best to understand our parents, and not to make them feel hopeless. In a word, it’s our duty to bring9 to them because that is the sign that we are really mature.
Children are parents’ hopes and we are carrying both our dreams and 10 .
The happiness of our parents is what we should try to achieve.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      think
   2. B.
      allow
   3. C.
      ask
   4. D.
      explain
2. 2.
   1. A.
      get
   2. B.
      give
   3. C.
      show
   4. D.
      take
3. 3.
   1. A.
      at
   2. B.
      of
   3. C.
      with
   4. D.
      to
4. 4.
   1. A.
      money
   2. B.
      food
   3. C.
      clothes
   4. D.
      help
5. 5.
   1. A.
      If
   2. B.
      Before
   3. C.
      Because
   4. D.
      Though
6. 6.
   1. A.
      careful
   2. B.
      old
   3. C.
      young
   4. D.
      patient
7. 7.
   1. A.
      look after
   2. B.
      argue with
   3. C.
      cheer up
   4. D.
      ask for
8. 8.
   1. A.
      laugh
   2. B.
      hurt
   3. C.
      hate
   4. D.
      love
9. 9.
   1. A.
      work
   2. B.
      money
   3. C.
      pleasure
   4. D.
      trouble
10. 10.
    1. A.
       theirs
    2. B.
       his
    3. C.
       hers
    4. D.
       mine