Once there lived in our town a poor family．They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a pot under a   1    table．In it there was a little rice   2   from their neighbour for the coming New Year．On New Year's Eve（除夕夜），the wife had already fallen asleep，but the husband was   3   in bed，worrying about their life．Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room．

“It must be a thief，” he thought，“but it doesn’t matter．The thief can   4   nothing．” He didn't shout or move．But he kept watching over the thief．

The thief came into the house and was only interested in the rice under the table．

“But   5   can I take it away?” the thief thought hard．Then he had an idea．He  6   his coat，put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the pot．

Now the husband knew what the thief would do．He picked up the coat quickly and  7   himself with it   8   the thief turned back．

The thief took the pot，and put the rice onto the coat．Then he began to feel it．But he was  __9   to find that his coat had gone．

“Hey，” he shouted out．The voice woke up the wife．She asked her husband，“Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room．”

“Shut up!(闭嘴)” replied her husband，“  10   to sleep．There is no thief in the room．”

“That’s impossible，”the thief shouted loudly，“If there isn’t a thief，then，where is my coat?”

1．A．good                     B．bad                      C．nice                       D．broken

2．A．borrowed              B．asked                   C．lent                        D．taken

3．A．thinking                 B．1ying                   C．talking                   D．looking

4．A．lose                       B．bring                   C．carry                     D．steal

5．A．what                     B．why                    C．how                             D．when

6．A．took off                 B．put on                  C．brought                  D．used

7．A．hung                     B．enjoyed                C．covered                 D．provided

8．A．before                   B．after                    C．until                D．because

9．A．afraid                    B．surprised              C．pleased                  D．excited

10．A．Get out                B．Get up                 C．Go down                      D．Go back

There was a boy in India who was sent to a boarding school by his parents．   1  being sent away this boy was the best student in his class．   2   the boy changed when he went to the boarding school．His grades started dropping． He   3   being in a group．He was lonely （孤独的）all the time．And sometimes he even felt like killing   4  ．All of this because he felt no one loved him．

     His parents started   5   the boy．So his dad decided to travel to the school and talk with him．

     They sat on the beach near the school． The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and sports, After some time his dad said, "Do you know   6   I am here today, my dear son?"

     The boy answered back, "to check my grades．"

     "No, no, I don't care about your   7  ," his dad replied．"I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me． I only care about you．I only want to see you   8 ．YOU ARE MY LIFE．"

     These words   9   the boy's eyes to fill with tears （泪水）．He hugged （拥抱） his dad． They didn't say anything to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy knew there was   10   on this Earth who cared for him deeply．He meant the world to someone. And today this young man is one of the best students in a university and no one has ever seen him sad!

1．A．After                  B．Before              C．By                D．For

2．A．But                 B．And               C．Although         D．Since

3．A．liked                B．enjoyed             C．hated            D．appreciated

4．A．yourself             B．herself             C．myself             D．himself

5．A．worrying about                            B．laughing at

      C．giving up                              D．staying away from

6．A．how                  B．when              C．where           D．why

7．A．sports                B．classes            C．grades            D．teachers

8．A．awful                       B．happy              C．hard-working      D．angry

9．A．caused               B．allowed             C．taught           D．told

10．A．nobody             B．someone           C．anyone            D．everybody

The Girl From the Street
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage（孤儿院）knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent（独立）. At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began working as a secretary.（秘书）And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” She says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.
Mary studied management（管理）at Hong Kong and graduated in 1980, She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places---China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.
The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.
【小题1】Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ___________.

Mrs Brown's telephone number was 3464, and the number of the cinema in her town was 5463, so people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.
　　One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?"
　　"I'm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have wrong number. That is not the cinema. "
　　"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?" said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye! "
　　Mrs Brown was very surprised. So she told her husband. He laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn't hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy! "
　　根据短文判断正误：（T or F）
(    ) l. Mrs Brown knew a lot about The films, so people often telephoned her.
(    ) 2. The man made a mistake and telephoned her.
(    ) 3. The man didn't want to see a film because his wife was feeling tired.
(    ) 4. The man and his wife didn't go to the cinema because the film had already
begun.
(    ) 5. The man telephoned just to cheat (骗) his wife.