One Saturday afternoon, Sarah went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Sarah was coming out of a   46  , a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Sarah’s sister’s. Sarah   47  her. Then she called a taxi to send Sarah home. She told the driver where he should go. Sarah was   48  that it was not in the direction of her home.

  “Why?” Sarah asked. The lady smiled.

   When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man   49   on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and   50   Sarah. She asked Sarah to keep   51  . The man then started the taxi. “ Oh, God! I’m being kidnapped(绑架),” Sarah said to herself.

   She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an   52   came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红) from her pocket, wrote “SOS” on the window, and covered the word with her

  53  . A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the   54  . When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.

   The policemen then picked up Sarah and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also   55   because their daughter had finally come back safely.

1.A. school     B. taxi         C. shop         D. friend’s

2.A. knew           B. believed         C. thanked     D. remembered

3.A. surprising     B. excited     C. surprised        D. pleased

4.A. drove        B. climbed        C. fell        D. appeared

5.A. helped     B. played      C. saved       D. frightened

6.A. healthy        B. alive       C. relaxed     D. quiet

7.A. idea           B. answer      C. interest         D. order

8.A. fingers        B. back        C. dress        D. lipstick

9.A. picture        B. map          C. sign        D. knife

10.A. worried       B. happy       C. afraid      D. successful

I will never forget an accident that happened in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve ,something happened to me that made me never____1____any birds in a cage.

     We lived on the edge of a___2___in South Carolina, and every evening many mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn’t any sound that can be___3__   than the song of the mockingbird.

     I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage,___4__in that way, I could have my own musician. I finally caught one and put it in a cage. The bird was__5___and fluttered about the cage ,but finally it became quiet in its new home. I felt pleased with__6__ and looked after my little musician carefully.

     On the second day, the bird' s mother flew to the cage___7___food in her mouth. The baby bird ate up__28__she brought .I was pleased to see this. Certainly his mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

     The following morning when I went to see___9___my little bird was, I found it on the floor of the cage , dead. I was very surprised! What had happened! I had taken great__10__of the little bird, or so I thought.

     Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to be in the forest where we lived at the time. Hearing me crying over the__11__of my bird, he told me what__12__. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison(毒药) food. She thinks___13___better for her young to die than to live in a cage."___14___I have never caught any birds or put them in a cage. All the birds have the fight to___15___in the sky .

(    )1.A. put            B. cut              C. draw             D. pull

(    )2.A. river           B. forest            C. city              D. sea

(    )3.A. more beautiful   B. less terrible       C. worse             D. noisier

(    )4.A. but            B. or               C. and              D. though

(    )5.A. lucky          B. silent            C. kind             D. frightened

(    )6.A. yourself        B. myself           C. herself           D. himself

(    )7.A. without         B. around          C. in               D. with

(    )8.A. someone        B. nothing          C. everything        D. anyone

(    )9.A. how            B. what            C. which            D. whether

(    )10.A. place           B. rest             C. picture           D. care

(    )11.A. death           B. cage             C. food            D. health

(    )12.A. could happen     B. would happen     C. had happened     D. has happened

(    )13.A. one             B. it               C. that             D. this

(    )14. A. Soon after       B. Since then        C. Just then         D. Long ago

(    )15.A. jump            B. run             C. fly              D. walk

Last week I went to a supermarket. After I  36  the bill and was passing through the door, the alarm suddenly started to ring. Suddenly, a young guard ran toward me and ordered me to  37 him. I felt so upset and   38  . He took me to a small room, but I was   39  frightened that I stopped at the door. Finding me  40to enter the room, he shouted that I had to go into the room.

He closed the door. I thought he was going to hurt me. Suddenly, a   41   voice said in my ear: “Take out the things you’ve stolen!” “I stole nothing.” I said. “Do as I tell you. If we find them, you’ll be in trouble.” “There is nothing.” I answered. “I didn’t take anything.” I said, taking everything out of my pockets and bag.

  42   this point, a guard came in and asked a salesgirl to   43  me.   44  , they found nothing.

But they didn’t believe that I hadn’t stolen anything. So the young guard ordered me to pass through the door alarm again.

I was   45  when it rang again. I felt   46  and burst into tears. I didn’t know how to prove   47  I was innocent(清白的).

They made me go into the small room again.

 “Take out the stolen things quickly,  48  we will dial 110.” They said.

 “OK, call the police. I’ m not afraid.” I said  49.

Suddenly,  they  50 their tone. After a while, a salesgirl asked me to raise my feet. I did   51   she had told me. There was a label (标签) on the bottom of my shoe. That was it! That was the  52 thing that had brought me such great trouble. But it  53my innocence.（清白）

After that, they 54  to me in the small room, But they should have apologized 55  , shouldn’t they? A lot of people were there when I was taken away. What did they think of me?

1.A．buy                B．paid            C．passed          D．paid for

2.A．obey               B．beg             C．follow          D．listen to

3.A．angry              B．excited         C．happy           D．puzzled

4.A．very               B．much            C．such            D．so

5.A．disagree           B．unwilling       C．voluntarily     D．willingly 

6.A．high               B．low             C．sound           D．sharp

7.A．On                 B．In              C．At              D．From

8.A．look at            B．watch           C．examine         D．keep

9.A．Needless to say B．So far             C．On one hand     D．As a result of

10.A．afraid            B．frightened      C．shocked         D．sad

11.A．wronged           B．upset           C．scared          D．unpleasant

12.A．what              B．whether         C．that            D．how

13.A．and               B．but             C．or              D．so

14.A．unhappily         B．forcefully      C．terribly        D．widely

15.A．changed           B．raised          C．increased       D．closed

16.A．like              B．as              C．according to    D．as if

17.A．only              B．last            C．very            D．just

18.A．tested            B．showed          C．proved          D．gave

19.A．said              B．apologized      C．agreed          D．promised

20.A．loudly            B．together        C．politely        D．in public

On a cold winter afternoon, Susan was walking home from a supermarket. She was feeling a little   46  , as she was carrying her shopping bags. They were   47  heavy that she decided to have a rest in the park. Then she noticed a poor man   48  in front of her. The man was holding a paper bag. He walked to a rubbish bin(箱) and started looking    49  it.
Susan suddenly felt sad. She knew this man would take all that he could get. So she went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man looked up in  50  and took what she gave him.
A big smile appeared on his face and she felt very happy. Then he said, “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then the orange juice, and now some delicious   51  . This is my daughter’s lucky day. Thank you, girl.” Then he went   52  , singing a song.
Just then, Susan understood   53  the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help; everyone can offer help and everyone will   54  by showing kindness.
Giving sometimes doesn’t cost much,   55  it means a lot to the people who you help. The man’s happiness at that moment comes into Susan’s mind every time she has the chance to help others.
【小题1】A. sad     B. tired    C. frightened
【小题2】A. so B. too  C. such
【小题3】 A. walked     B. was walking  C. to walk
【小题4】A. at B. for  C. through
【小题5】A. surprise    B. surprised    C. surprising
【小题6】 A. food   B. drink    C. fruit
【小题7】A. out     B. away C. in
【小题8】 A. what   B. which    C. why
【小题9】 A. help   B. be helping   C. be helped
【小题10】A. or B. but  C. and

One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked    1   for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had    2   there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man    3   see that the woman was home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his    4  . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was    5   to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.

The following week the man was riding his bike    6  he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted her hat and sent it into the branches(树枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed    7   because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and    8   it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she    9   the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t    10   me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.

1.                A．out            B．up             C．down D．around

2.                A．left            B．moved         C．waited   D．stopped

3.                A．could          B．might          C．couldn’t D．didn’t

4.                A．idea           B．plan           C．problem  D．message

5.                A．hard           B．ready          C．slow D．unable

6.                A．when          B．before         C．after D．though

7.                A．bored          B．relaxed         C．frightened D．worried

8.                A．dropped        B．put            C．collected D．brought

9.                A．saved          B．passed         C．studied   D．chose

10.               A．excuse         B．notice          C．find  D．believe