Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.
Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.
He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm. X|k | B|  1  .  c|O  |m
From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.
【小题1】 What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?

Mr. White is a farmer. Last month he 36 his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a  37  and hurt him. He sent the boy to a  38 at once. He paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s  39 wanted to get more money from him. So they said their son could no longer lift his 40 arm above his head.
Mr. White’s lawyer(律师) came and asked the boy a few questions in the court(法庭). “Now, my boy,” he said, “you were hurt 41 , weren’t you?” “Yes, sir,” said the boy. “And you can’t lift your right arm now, can you?” “42 , sir.”
“Could you 43  us how you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer. “And how 44  could you lift it before the accident?” “Oh, very high,” said the boy proudly (自豪) and the arm went up right over his 45 .

It was quite late at night. I was reading a newspaper in my room when I heard someone knocking at the door. I opened it and saw a young man with glasses standing there. Of course, I didn’t know him. He said that he was a friend of my sister’s and wanted to have a talk with her. I wanted to know if my sister had such a friend，but I had to let him in.
As he talked, I found that he knew nothing about my sister. Then I came to know that his words were not true. Suddenly my sister came back and the young man was so surprised that he didn’t know what to do for a moment. I caught the man by the arm at once while my sister was calling the police.
（  ） 1. This happened _____.
A. on one morning              B. on one afternoon
C. on one evening               D. on one night
（  ） 2. There _____ in the room when someone was knocking at the door.
A. was one person                     B. were two persons
C. were three persons                D. were four persons
（  ） 3. The writer saw the young man for the _____ time.
A. first      B. second          C. third      D. fourth
（  ） 4. The young man _____.
A. was a friend of the writer’s    B. was a friend of his sister’s
C. was a stranger to them       D. both A and B
（  ） 5. The young man was _____ when he saw the writer’s sister.
A. sad       B. surprised      C. happy        D. sorry

It was quite late at night. I was reading a newspaper in my room when I heard someone knocking at the door. I opened it and saw a young man with glasses standing there. Of course, I didn’t know him. He said that he was a friend of my sister’s and wanted to have a talk with her. I wanted to know if my sister had such a friend，but I had to let him in.

As he talked, I found that he knew nothing about my sister. Then I came to know that his words were not true. Suddenly my sister came back and the young man was so surprised that he didn’t know what to do for a moment. I caught the man by the arm at once while my sister was calling the police.

（  ） 1. This happened _____.

A. on one morning              B. on one afternoon

C. on one evening               D. on one night

（  ） 2. There _____ in the room when someone was knocking at the door.

A. was one person                     B. were two persons

C. were three persons                D. were four persons

（  ） 3. The writer saw the young man for the _____ time.

A. first      B. second          C. third      D. fourth

（  ） 4. The young man _____.

A. was a friend of the writer’s    B. was a friend of his sister’s

C. was a stranger to them       D. both A and B

（  ） 5. The young man was _____ when he saw the writer’s sister.

A. sad       B. surprised      C. happy       D. sorry