My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other ____, including her "sixth Sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's ________ anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, ________ that she doesn't push too hard on them, ________ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often ________ don't realize she's blind.
I ________ this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very ________ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was ________ excited about her finger-painting project.
"Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles "I learned how to ________ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ________ with us."
To my great ________, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued. "Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really ________ what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt ________ Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation.
When I told her, she was ________ for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla _______. And I knew my child was ________ because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's ________ in her work,
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see' my picture. She just used my ________."
Indeed, she uses a special type of "vision" that all mothers have.

小题1:	A．ways B．means C．methods D．senses

小题2:	A．enjoyed B．found C．missed D．seen

小题3:	A．and B．except C．even D．but

小题4:	A．who B．it C．she D．which

小题5:	A．guests B．family C．children D．friends

小题6:	A．realized B．witnessed C．recognized D．regretted

小题7:	A．excited B．sad C．satisfied D．enjoyed

小题8:	A．especially B．not so C．a little D．not at all

小题9:	A．paint B．draw C．create D．mix

小题10:

A．stayed B．painted C．talked D．watched

小题11:

A．excitement B．encouragement C．delight D．surprise

小题12:

A．attitude B．color C．picture D．paper

小题13:

A．touched B．got C．saw D．understood

小题14:

A．after B．since C．until D．when

小题15:

A．referred to B．turned out C．come up D．thought about

小题16:

A．curious B．quiet C．puzzled D．disappointed

小题17:

A．cried B．insisted C．complained D．informed

小题18:

A．right B．wrong C．worded D．uncertain

小题19:

A．shortcomings B．difficulties C．pride D．description

小题20:

A．paper B．pens C．hands D．eyes

Any introduction to Peking Opera would not be complete without telling of Mei Lanfang. During his stage life, he combined the traditions of the past with his own creations, shaping a style of his own and giving birth to “The Mei Lanfang School”. He was also the first artist to introduce Peking Opera to an overseas audience, making it popular to the world.
Mei Lanfang began his stage life at the age of 8. His teacher said he showed little hope because of his boring eyes. To improve this, he exercised them day after day. Thanks to his efforts, he managed to change his dull eyes into a pair of bright and expressive eyes and win national fame before the age of 20.
In over 50 years on the stage, Mei Lanfang played no less than 100 different characters in the performance. He also wrote many new plays, designing the dances himself. The many dances he created form part of the great treasure that he left to Peking Opera.
In 1930, Mei Lanfang started on a successful US tour. There his brilliant performances impressed the audience, making them realize that Peking Opera was a theatrical form of great value.
小题1:Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Peking Opera to ________.

A．China	B．audience
C．the world	D．schools

小题2:How long did it take Mei Lanfang to exercise his eyes into bright and expressive?

A．About 8 years.	B．About 10 years.
C．About 12 years.	D．About 14 years.

小题3:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The history of Peking Opera.

B．Mei Lanfang’s early stage life.

C．The performance of Peking Opera by Mei Lanfang.

D．Mei Lanfang’s great contributions to Peking Opera.

First Day at School
It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered, what questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers: "I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven't lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It's about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago." I also wondered if it was the rule for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say "hello", but no one spoke to me.
My teacher was called Mr. Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn't stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr. Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens, so he asked several boys if they knew Dickens' birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: "Timbuktu” and Mr. Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: "Portsmouth” and everyone stared at me because Mr. Jones said I was right. This didn't make me very popular, of course. “He thinks he's clever," I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian's team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.
"He's big enough and useless enough;" Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.
As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down quickly and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were grazed and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.
"Do you want to join my gang (team)?" he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.
小题1: The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT "__________".

A．How old are you?

B．Where are you from?

C．Do you want to join my gang?

D．When did you come back to London?

小题2: We can learn from the passage that ___________________.

A．boys were usually unfriendly to new students

B．the writer was not greeted as he expected

C．Brian praised the writer for his cleverness

D．the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper

小题3:The underlined part "I didn't stand out" in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not ______.

A．noticeable	B．nervous
C．important	D．outstanding

小题4:The writer was offered a handkerchief because _________________.

A．he was in Brian’s team

B．he was no longer a new comer

C．he was beginning to be accepted

D．he pushed a player on the other team

Luo Jingyu, 19, has four years of experience of running business. He is also a freshman in the arts department of Hubei University.
Luo Jingyu is from an ordinary family. He said, “My parents told me if I wanted something I should make an effort to get it, so I earned pocket money by doing housework when I was little.” The dream of running his own business grew in his heart. He said, “I want to be a successful person, like Alibaba’s Ma Yun.”
When Luo was a junior student, he had the idea of selling lanterns(灯笼)when he saw many people flying Chinese lanterns in a square. Luo bought some lanterns from a store, but the sales were not as good as he had expected. Then he found another way to do business. He bought lanterns on the Internet at a very low price. Finally he easily made 5,000 yuan in two days.
With a happy beginning, Luo planned to open a dress shop. “My parents didn’t support me opening a dress shop, so I had to borrow 120,000 yuan for it.” Although he did market research before starting, the business wasn’t very good because his taste in fashion wasn’t accepted by customers. The shop eventually closed down after half a year.
After experiencing a big loss, he decided to do something he was familiar with --- selling painting tools. As a fine arts student, he knew the market. He convinced his friends to invest one million yuan in his shop. With a good business mind and a lot of effort, the sales of the shop reached six million yuan in a year.
Even though Luo is rich, he uses a cheap cell phone and does not wear luxury(奢华的) clothes. He has a simple lifestyle. “It isn’t easy to make money, so money should be used on something worthwhile,” he said.
小题1:We can learn from the second paragraph that Luo’s parents _______.

A．asked him for money to pay the rent

B．gave him some money to do business

C．advise him to pay more attention to his studies

D．suggested that he work hard to get something

小题2:What is the right time order for the following events?
a. Luo bought some lanterns from the store. 
b. Luo bought some Lanterns on the Internet.
c. Luo began selling painting tools.         
d. Luo opened a dress store.

A．abcd

B．abdc

C．bacd

D．cbad

小题3: Why wasn’t the dress shop successful?

A．He had to prepare for his exam.

B．The dresses he bought weren’t of high quality.

C．Customers didn’t accept his taste in fashion.

D．He didn’t have enough money to buy beautiful dresses.

小题4: Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Luo learnt to make lanterns from his father.

B．Luo’s friends advised him to sell painting tools.

C．The loss at the dress shop taught Luo a lesson.

D．Luo borrowed money from the bank to open shops.

小题5:Which of the following words can describe Luo best?

A．Talented but lazy.

B．Rich but mean.

C．Optimistic and generous.

D．Hard-working and plain-living.

In 2002, when my father was transferred(调动)to the US to work there for seven months,
I had to attend school there, so I was upset. How would I, an eight-year-old girl from India, make
Friends in America?
On my first day at Anna Silver Public School, I      Miss Alice McNally, my class teacher, who couldn’t get my name      --- although she tried hard, she usually called me Diya or Diva instead of Divya. But she      to speak to me in a way that was easy for me---slowly,       words clearly---to get me used to the American   . When discovering that I enjoyed     , she took me to meet the art teacher. Miss McNally made sure that I was in perfect harmony with her class, and I had as much      as any schoolgirl could have from school.
When my father was transferred back to India, I had to    Anna Silver Public School. I was going to leave before a scheduled fishing trip, and I’d      the class photo session(集会) too. Therefore, with a heavy heart, I left my school and the US. Back in Kerala, I received a        
Surprise one day---a package in which Miss McNally and my twenty-four former classmates had written me a letter each,      me about the fishing trip and interesting things that happened while taking the class photo. Miss McNally added, “Keep up with your drawing, since you love it so much.” Miss McNally not only made a     little girl feel at home in a faraway country, but also taught me and the others, at an early age, the importance of being kind to others.

小题1:	A．recognized B．puzzled C．met D．hurt

小题2:	A．right B．smart C．brief D．similar

小题3:	A．took over B．took care C．took back D．took control

小题4:	A．spelling B．shouting C．saying D．writing

小题5:	A．ceremony B．custom C．education D．accent

小题6:	A．drawing B．music C．advertising D．sports

小题7:	A．fun B．luck C．patience D．pride

小题8:	A．disturb B．leave C．choose D．begin

小题9:	A．support B．enjoy C．plan D．miss

小题10:

A．lasting B．mild C．hopeful D．pleasant

小题11:

A．advising B．teaching C．telling D．asking

小题12:

A．sweet B．shy C．brave D．beautiful

It was the middle of my third grade, and I always lied for no reason about many things. Later, I realized that I was labeled(标签为) a liar, and my parents did not_____ me. Therefore, I promised to_____telling lies.
A few days later, my sister and I were invited to spend the weekend with my aunt. On that day, someone took one of Aunt Kim’s erasers and_____it across the top of the TV. The eraser ruined the shiny_____of the TV. When Aunt Kim discovered the destrction, all three of us were called into the TV room and asked to tell the____. Nobody did! The next thing I knew was that she was on the phone with my parents and they were on their way to____ me up.
It must be me! I was the_____. I was taken home and sent to my room. I begged them to believe that I was innocent, but no one______.
I stayed in my room the rest of that day. My parents_____let me out for dinner. And then there was a knock at the front door. Aunt Kim was standing there. It turned out that my younger sister finally felt_____! She_____that she was the one who rubbed the eraser on the TV. Aunt Kim had come to get me. I was invited back!
I don’t even remember being_____at my sister. I learned a valuable lesson about lying. A liar is not believed when he tells the truth.No matter how big or_____your lie is, once you are labeled a liar, _____trust takes a lot of work and time. I promised myself right then_____to lie again.

小题1:	A．understand B．care C．trust D．like

小题2:	A．begin B．continue C．try D．stop

小题3:	A．rubbed B．threw C．washed D．cleaned

小题4:	A．back B．surface C．picture D．shape

小题5:	A．answer B．secret C．result D．truth

小题6:	A．look B．give C．pick D．ring

小题7:	A．maker B．thief C．liar D．criminal

小题8:	A．received B．listened C．obeyed D．wanted

小题9:	A．quickly B．gradually C．finally D．immediately

小题10:

A．angry B．guilty C．moved D．frightened

小题11:

A．admitted B．refused C．promised D．argued

小题12:

A．sad B．cold C．cruel D．mad

小题13:

A．clever B．good C．bad D．small

小题14:

A．earning B．making C．wasting D．losing

小题15:

A．sometimes B．proudly C．never D．carefully

Two men travelling through a forest together promised to help each other whatever danger threated them. They had not gone far ___小题1:___ a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good ___小题2:___(climb), and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other, ___小题3:____(see) that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat on his back and pretended to be dead.
The Bear came up to him, sniffed at him.The Bear thought the man was dead,so he went off into the wood again ___小题4:____ hurting him.When he had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and __小题5:____(smile) asked his companion what the Bear ___小题6:___(say) to him. "For I could see," he said, " that he put his mouth close to your ear."
"He told me to tell __小题7:____," replied the other, "that you were __小题8:____great coward(懦夫), and that in future I should not trust those ___小题9:__make fine promises, but will not stand by their friends in danger."
Don't trust fine promises __小题10:___ you are sure of the person who makes them.

  Seven loyal（忠实的）readers came to the Teens Office two weeks ago. They had a wonderful day learning how to make a newspaper. But what       made them excited was that they had their say. “What most __    me was when I was saying something, I found all eyes were on me,” said Tang Shining, one of the students. Her friend, Li Chunbei __, and felt very glad that when she was talking, the editors（编辑） nodded and __    took notes.
Students are happy to see the editors listen to their __    . You may often __    about being neglected（忽视） by teachers and parents. ___ before complaining, please make sure that you have already spoken about your _    _.
Traditionally in China, teachers at school and parents were__      the ones to tell teenagers what they should and shouldn’t do. The young are __     to doing what they are told, rather than thinking by themselves. But then their ideas would be locked in their brain and not be __   .
A girl wrote to Teens about her family story. She ___    to be very sad because her father seldom talked and played with her. After years of consideration, she          _ decided to write her father a letter, telling him about her sadness. To her __   , the father _   , saying that he didn’t realize his mistake. From then on, he really __  .
Sometimes, we need to let our ___ be heard, so others can understand our thoughts and feelings.Don’t be afraid of being __    for what you have done. You know it is your _39_ to speak your mind. Even if your suggestions are denied, at least you have tried your best. You will not be left with any __   .

小题1:	A．directly B．really C．completely D．immediately

小题2:

A．disappointed

B．frightened

C．impressed

D．horrified （恐惧）

小题3:	A．refused B．disagreed C．disliked D．agreed

小题4:	A．even B．yet C．already D．still

小题5:	A．speeches B．opinions C．songs D．articles

小题6:	A．talk B．complain C．write D．speak

小题7:	A．And B．So C．But D．Instead

小题8:	A．pleasure B．love C．hatred憎恨 D．worry

小题9:	A．seldom B．never C．always D．sometimes

小题10:

A．used B．reduced C．devoted D．told

小题11:

A．remembered B．used C．touched D．heard

小题12:

A．used B．pretended C．seemed D．had

小题13:

A．sadly B．suddenly C．angrily D．finally

小题14:

A．sorrow（悲伤） B．disappointment C．surprise D．satisfaction

小题15:

A．apologized B．smiled C．laughed D．sighed

小题16:

A．exchanged B．changed C．left D．played

小题17:

A．voices B．decisions C．suggestions D．secrets

小题18:

A．praised B．blamed C．beaten D．fined

小题19:

A．duty B．task C．right D．pleasure

小题20:

A．regret B．sadness C．trouble D．difficulty

I’m a real book lover. Every time my friends visit me, my nose is buried in a book. Wherever I go, I always have a book with me. Novels, history books, stories about people, journals and news—I read them all and I’ve learnt a lot, too. For example, many things in life happen for the best even if we don’t like or understand them.
Why is reading such an enjoyable pastime for me? I probably first learned about it from my parents. My mother read to me at night in my childhood and bought me picture books. The greatest gift she has given me is a love for reading. And it will be a life-long habit.
No one ever asked me why I liked to read. They just saw me and asked, “Oh? Is that for school work?” And I just shook my head, “No. It’s just for fun.” While reading a good book, I can totally forget myself and fly to another world. It’s like exploring through someone’s eyes, which is just as exciting as watching a movie.
Reading is also necessary in order to learn about writing, to improve my use of words and phrases and broaden my knowledge. What a pity to see our imagination disappear, for we don’t exercise it often. Reading can even be good for one’s health, I think. Everyone should read sad stories that make us cry and also books with humor that make us laugh out loud!
小题1:. Among the gifts my parents have given me, which is the most valuable one?

A．A love for reading.	B．Picture books.
C．Good health.	D．A lovable pastime.

小题2:. In the fourth paragraph, the author thinks reading can ____.

A．make his parents happy

B．finish his school work

C．improve writing and broaden knowledge

D．help him understand some movies

小题3:. If we don’t use our imagination often, ____.

A．it is bad for our health	B．we will soon learn how to write
C．it will help us to have a good rest	D．it will soon disappear

小题4:. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Why do I have few friends?	B．What are my life habits?
C．Why do I love reading?	D．Why do things happen for the best?

A group of people were in search of a home. After          some time walking around, they finally found a place to           down.
They needed some          , and the chief (首领)sent out three groups of people to          the surrounding areas. After a short discussion, the three groups went out in          directions.
The first group explored the north. There, they saw large fields with          crops, vegetables and fruits. They went back to report their          . “We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be          .”
The second group went southwest. There, they saw lots of          .  As they went back, they said, “We saw hundreds of animals. We can         for our food, and rely            on meat to sustain (维持) us.”
The last group went southeast. There, they reached the sea and saw hundreds of fish swimming. They returned and said, “We saw plenty of fish. We can go          for our food.”
“We can eat meat alone!” shouted the second group.
“No!         ! We did not see any animals at all!” said the first group.
The third group joined in, “Are you          ? We did not see anything like you have          . There was only water. We need to become fishermen!”
Each group got so         with the others that they each went to the place they had explored. They were          that they alone had the answer and that the others must have been wrong.
       , each group of people only chose to believe themselves. 39 they had chosen to learn from one another and         them, they could have had the best of everything.

小题1:	A．spending B．costing C．taking D．losing

小题2:	A．break B．cool C．settle D．calm

小题3:	A．water B．food C．energies D．information

小题4:	A．explore B．clean C．measure D．cover

小题5:	A．same B．a C．/ D．different

小题6:	A．main B．few C．poor D．many

小题7:	A．experiences B．findings C．results D．conditions

小题8:	A．vegetarians B．fishermen C．hunters D．miners

小题9:	A．mountains B．people C．animals D．houses

小题10:

A．prepare B．hunt C．fight D．wait

小题11:

A．mainly B．partly C．fully D．hardly

小题12:

A．surfing B．boating C．fishing D．swimming

小题13:

A．Fishes B．Crops C．Cows D．Flowers

小题14:

A．going B．sleeping C．coming D．joking

小题15:

A．described B．brought C．wrote D．explained

小题16:

A．strict B．angry C．sad D．pleased

小题17:

A．sad B．pleasant C．sure D．anxious

小题18:

A．Happily B．Luckily C．Unluckily D．Hopefully

小题19:

A．After B．Because C．Before D．If

小题20:

A．admire B．believe C．appreciate D．understand