Tom and Mike were good friends.    1   , sometimes they were not. But some of their classmates said they were like brothers. One day they went out for a walk together.   2  and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked, “What can I do for you?”“Please bring us two apples first.” Said Tom. When the waiter put the two apples on the table   3  Tom got angry. “ You are impolite (没礼貌). Why didn’t you take the smaller one?” Tom said.
“But I was right,” said Mike with a smile. “If I let you take first, which one will you choose?”“Of course   4 .” said Tom. “Yes,” Mike said, “If you take the smaller one, the bigger one will be mine.   5  ?”“Oh.” Tom couldn’t answer.

Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手).He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country. The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir.I know an old man who lives in the forest. He is a much greater archer. Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years.”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him.Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer.”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder. The young man hid behind a tree,waiting to kill him. He shot an arrow(箭). The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it.It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man.The old man came，took out the arrow and said.“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this. That’s why I have not taught you this secret. There is no need to kill me. My master is still alive,and I’m nothing before him. You must be with him for at least thirty years. And he is very old，So go fast! Find the old man!”

1.The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to “_______________ ”.

A. 崇拜       B. 建议      C. 宣布    D. 夸奖

2.The young archer wanted to kill the old man because____________.

A. he had nothing more to learn from him

B. he could then become the greatest archer

C. the old man refused to teach him everything

D. the king’s old servant ordered him to do so

3.What do you think would most probably happen next?

A. The young archer died from the wound soon after.

B. The king declared the young man the greatest archer.

C. The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him.

D. The young archer set off to look for the old man’s master.

4.What lesson can you learn from the story?

A. There’s always someone better than you in this world.

B. You must never try to become better than your teacher.

C. The older a man is,the better archer he usually becomes.

D. Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow.

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

 — I’m going to Larry’s party. But I don’t know what to wear.

— If  I 　　  you, I　　　  wear a dress.