Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb (哑的)   51 he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to 52 , but with no success.

     When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town 53 him carefully, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he 54 spoke.

     "There might be something wrong with his 55 , and he doesn't know he's able to speak," one doctor said.

     "But he can read and write," said Mr. Green. "We've written him notes, telling him that he can speak."

     "It's certainly very 56 ," another doctor said. "Perhaps he'll be able to speak some day."

      57 passed. Leo went to university. But he did not speak a 58 word.

     Then one day, Leo was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his 59 and said, "Pass me the salt, please."

     Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. "You spoke! You spoke!" they cried, "Why have you   60 so long to speak?"

     "I didn't have anything to say," he said. "Until now everything was perfect. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes."

51. A. because       B. when             C. though             D. before

52. A. speak         B. walk               C. play               D. laugh

53. A. taught         B. found             C. examined          D. asked

54. A. never         B. often               C. usually             D. always

55. A. back          B. hair               C. face               D. mind

56. A. unfair        B. strange            C. noisy             D. quiet

57. A. Hours       B. Weeks            C. Months            D. Years

58. A. good        B. right               C. single              D. new

59. A. chair        B. meal               C. hands              D. books

60. A. slept        B. walked             C. served             D. waited

  Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father    51   him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was   52    with has father’s idea. “That isn’t my job. I have   53    school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺)to give you the best present if you    54    finish one year’s work..” Tom thought for a while and   55    .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   56  until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(庄稼) grew well.  57  the last day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me   58   you want.

  The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the   59   present. No pains, no gains(一份耕耘,一份收获). I think this is what you wanted  60  to know.” His father was quite pleased to hear that.

(   ) 51 A. asked                 B. let                        C. made             D. stopped

(   ) 52. A. happy               B. unhappy                 C. excited            D. sorry

(   ) 53. A. much too          B. so little                  C. too much        D. a lot

(   ) 54. A. shall                  B. must                    C. need            D. can

(   )55. A. said                   B. answered               C. agreed            D. began

(   ) 56. A. hard                  B. hardly                  C. slowly           D. difficulty

(   ) 57. A. At                     B On                     C. In              D. By

(   ) 58. A. where               B. which                 C. how            D. what

(   ) 59. A. least                  B. worst                 C. best             D. fewest

(   ) 60. A. mine             B. I                      C. my             D. me

Failure is part of life .No matter what we do, there are always two results： 61  and failure .All of us  62 to be successful, but we can’t always keep ourselves away from failure.
People have different opinions  63  failure. Some people think failure is a  64  thing. They hope they could always do everything  65 . If they fail in something, they will lose 66 confidence. Other people think failure is just a chance to learn. If they fail in something, they will do it  67 . They know that complaining won’t help .
As an old saying goes,“Failure is the  68  of success.”  69  we work hard, we will succeed one day. In my opinion, failure is not bad and it’s not good,  70  .What’s your opinion about failure?
1.A. subject    B. fault    C. success  D. prize
2.A. want   B. face C. enjoy    D. call
3.A. at B. about    C. in       D. like
4.A. good   B. so-so    C. bad      D. hard
5.A. equally    B. badly    C. great    D. well
6.A. their  B. our      C. your D. her
7.A. else   B. again    C. ever D. once
8.A. son    B. daughter C. mother   D. uncle
9.A. If B. Before       C. Until    D. Before long
10.A. too       B. also C. either       D. so

 My father's ________ is my aunt. 

A. son           B. daughter      C. sister      D. brother