There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school（寄宿学校）．Before he was sent away, the boy was the     1     student in his class．He was at the top in every exam．

    But the boy changed after     2     home and studying in the boarding school．His grades started to     3   ．He hated being in a     4   ．He was lonely all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like committing suicide（自杀）．All of this was because he felt no one loved him．

    His parents started to     5      the boy．But they even did not know what was wrong

with him．So his father decided to go to the school and    6    him．

    They sat by the lake near the school．The father started asking him some casual questions about his lessons, teachers and     7   ．After some time his father said, "Do you know, son, why I'm here today?"

    "To     8     my grades," the boy replied back．

    "No, no," his father said．"I'm here to tell you that you're the most     9     person for me．I want to see you     10    ．I don't care about grades．I care about you．I care about your

happiness．You're my life．"

     These words caused the boy's eyes to be filled with tears．He hugged（拥抱） his father．They

didn't say     11     to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on the earth who cared for him deeply．And today this young man is in university at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him     12    ．

1．A．laziest                B．cleverest           C．calmest             D．worst

2．A．coming               B．returning            C．leaving             D．going

3．A．drop                B．increase            C．rise               D．turn down

4．A．term                  B．group              C．party               D．company

5．A．look for              B．learn from          C．worry about        D．shout at

6．A．laugh at              B．look at             C．think about       D．talk with

7．A．friends               B．family             C．study             D．grades

8．A．find                 B．teach              C．check             D．hear

9．A．famous              B．important           C．outstanding         D．interesting

10．A．happy             B．serious             C．excellent           D．honest

11．A．everything          B．something          C．nothing          D．anything

12．A．ill                 B．pleasant            C．pleased            D．sad

Food is very important. Everyone needs to   36  well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   37  . We begin to get knowledge(知识) even when we are very young. Small children are  38  in everything around them. They learn  39   when they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 40  story books, science books and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __41  to find out the answers.

What is the best  42  to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves（自学）, we will__43 _the most knowledge. If we are  44  getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will not learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn __45  and understand better.

　　One day, he was ____(3)____ near the river with his friends when he slipped（滑倒）and fell in. His friend ran to help him, and one of them held out his hand and said“____(4)____ me your hand,and I will pull you out.”The rich man's head went under the water and then came up again, ____(5)_____ he did not give his hand. Again another of his friends tried but again the ____(6)____ thing happened.

　　Then John said,“____(7)____ my hand and I will pull you out!”the rich man took his hand, and John pulled him ____(8)____ of the water.

　　“You don't know our friend very well,”he said to the ____(9)____,“When you say'give'to him, he does ____(10)____, but when you say'take', he takes at once.”

　　In every language there are words that have some interesting 　　1 behind them. The word“sandwich” for example, is very common（普通的）in English. If we 2　　 to know the story behind it, we must know 3 about an Englishman named Sandwich who lived in the 18th century(世纪).

　　　　10　　 the name of the man Sandwich, we have the word “sandwich”today.

　　Steve and Yaser first met in their English class at an American university. Yaser was an exchange student __1__ London. He wanted to learn __2__about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would __3__ good friends. At first Steve __4__ very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. They studied together and Steve often helped Yaser with his English. He __5__ invited Yaser to eat lunch with him. But after the semester was over. __6__ changed. They didn't see each other very much at school. One day Yaser __7__ to call Steve but Steve didn't seem very __8__ in talking to him. Yaser was hurt,“Steve said we were friends.”Yaser __9__ , “and I thought friends were friends for ever.” Yaser is a little confused.

　　As a foreigner, he doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. The friendship is based on common interests. __10__ the activity ends, the friendship may fade（淡化）. Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their“friendship”has changed.