Long long ago, in France, there was a king. He liked to  51  pictures and he thought these pictures  52  good.

No one liked his pictures,  53  they were afraid of him. So they said he drew very  54 .

One day he showed his  55  to an honest man, and said, “How about my pictures?” To his surprise, the honest man said that they were  56  in fact. The king got  57  and put the honest man into prison.

After a month the king sent his man to the honest man to tell him that he was free. When the honest man returned from  58 , the king invited him to his palace to have dinner with him. He showed him some of his new pictures again and  59  him what he thought of them.

The honest man said  60  but turned back to the soldiers and said, “Put me into prison!”

When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a  41   . “What’s the most  42 Part（部分）of one’s body（身体）?” she asked me. At the moment, I  43   listening to songs very much, so I answered, “My  44  , Mom.” “I don’t think so,” said my mother. She always asked me this question, but I  45  gave her the right (正确的) answer.

Last year, my grandmother  46  the world. For the first time, I saw my mother  47  so sadly. All the people in my family were very 48  . That night, my mother asked the  49 question again. “You need to  50   this important lesson today, my dear,” she said to me. “The most important part of one’s body is the shoulder (肩膀).”

“  51   ?” I asked.

“Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family,” my mother said. “Everyone  52   a shoulder to cry on when he or she  53   something sad. I hope that you have  54   love and strong (强壮的) shoulders. Then your friends and family can cry on them.”

“My shoulders are  41   strong now,” I said. “You can cry on each of them, Mom.”

1.                A．joke           B．lesson          C．subject   D．question

2.                A．interesting      B．important       C．expensive D．dangerous

3.                A．enjoyed        B．stopped        C．forgot    D．disliked

4.                A．feet           B．ears            C．arms     D．hands

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

6.                A．left            B．loved          C．started   D．improved

7.                A．see            B．cry            C．run  D．dance

8.                A．free           B．sad            C．happy    D．relaxed

9.                A．good           B．second         C．same D．different

10.               A．teach          B．watch          C．plan  D．learn

11.               A．Who           B．Why           C．How D．What

12.               A．needs          B．buys           C．sells  D．rents

13.               A．keeps          B．meets          C．takes D．believes

14.               A．no            B．a few          C．any   D．lots of

15.               A．only           B．not            C．very D．hardly

During his college years, Sherman Rogers spent a summer in logging(伐木) camp. When the boss had to leave for   41  days, he put Rogers in charge(掌管).

“What shall I do if the men   42  to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who complained all day, gave the other men a   43  time.

“Fire（解雇） them,” the boss said. Then, as if reading Rogers’ mind, he added, “I suppose you are going to fire Tony if you get the   44 . I’d feel badly about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is one of the best workers I’ve ever had. I know he hates everybody and   45 . But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an   46  for eight years on the hill where he works.”

The next day, Rogers went to Tony, “Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?” Tony said yes. “I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled,   47  I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, adding   48  the boss had said.

When he finished, Tony dropped the things in his hand and tears went down his   49 .

“Why didn’t he tell me that eight years   50  ?”

That day Tony worked   51  than ever before – and he smiled!

Rogers went back to   52  after that summer. Twelve years later he met Tony again who was now boss for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to be so   53 .

Tony replied, “Were it not for the one minute you talk to me back that day, I would kill somebody some day. One minute   54  my whole life.”

Have you got one minute to thank someone? One minute to appreciate(欣赏) her or him? One minute. It can make a   55  for a lifetime.

The most positive(乐观的) person I have ever seen is may dad! He is so positive that I do not  46  hearing a single word from him which is related(相关的) to hopelessness!

Unlike most mums and dads, my dad never says things that make me feel   47 . He is always there to give me encouragement and help.   48  I do wrong things, he always tells me what’s right in a positive way. For example, if I am in   49  , he often tells me to open the books he bought me. Then he asks me to read the   50  that can help me with the problems I’m facing. After that, we have a    51  together.

Even though I’m not always a good kid, my dad   52  shouts or gets angry with me. I know that he’s   53  a day—a day when I grow up and understand things in my life.

I can see the reason that he is so positive is because he believes in 54 . And he believes that whatever  55 , it is under control. So we have nothing to worry about. Be positive!

1.                A．mind           B．keep           C．like  D．remember

2.                A．good           B．bad            C．rich  D．poor

3.                A．When          B．Until           C．Before   D．Since

4.                A．fear           B．trouble         C．surprise  D．danger

5.                A．titles           B．orders          C．stories   D．questions

6.                A．discussion       B．practice        C．meeting  D．review

7.                A．usually         B．ever           C．sometimes D．never

8.                A．looking for      B．worrying about   C．waiting for D．thinking about

9.                A．itself           B．myself          C．himself   D．yourself

10.               A．moves         B．happens        C．appears   D．develops