A group of class friends, rich and successful, got together to visit their old university professor. They     a lot. Soon their conversation turned into complaining         stress in work and life．

   Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the       and returned with a large pot of coffee and some       —porcelain(瓷的), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶的).Some were cheap,  while others were expensive. He told them to         one for themselves to the coffee．

   When all the students had a cup of coffee in each      ,the professor said：“If you noticed，everyone had chosen the nice looking expensive cups ,       behind the cheap ones. While it is natural for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that’s        you always feel so stressed out．Be sure that the cup itself does not make the coffee taste      . What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,      you consciously (自觉地) chose the best cups．Now consider this：Life is the       ; the jobs, money and success are the cups. They are only      to hold life, and the type of cup does not mean anything. Sometimes, by concentrating only        the cup, we        to enjoy the coffee God has made for us. ”

   The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything．Live simply．Love gently．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the       to God．

1.A．told       B．sang               C. talked              D．cried

2.A．about       B．to          C．on              D．for

3.A．living-room   B．bedroom     C. waiting-room     D．kitchen         

4.A．cups         B．spoons         C．bowls                   D．dishes

5.A．choose     B．help    C．take    D．put

6.A．stomach   B．hand   C．arm              D．mouth

7.A．running    B．leaving         C．hiding              D．staying

8.A．how B．why     C．when  D．where

9.A．well B．badly  C．better                D．hot

10.A．so  B．or      C．but      D．and

11.A．tea          B．water  C．wine D．coffee

12.A．brought B．gave             C．used   D．bought

13.A．for      B．into                       C. by             D．on

14.A．fail          B．succeed          C．wish        D．try

15.A．idea        B．view            C．rest    D．thought

 “Are you listening, Simon?” Simon’s teacher asks.

Simon smiles and shakes his head. He doesn’t often listen or try hard in class. _31_ is so much better. He wants to be heard. That evening, Simon starts to feel a little bit sick. By bedtime, his throat feels really bad. He has ice cream and hot chocolate to make his throat feel better, but he isn’t sure it’ll _32_.

The next _33_. When he opens his mouth to say, “Good morning,” nothing comes out but a “Guh”.

When he gets to school, Mrs.jacobs says ”hello” to him, and he just nods. When his friends start to ask him what TV shows he watches, he just can’t say anything. By the time they start _34_, almost everyone is looking at him as if he’s got a third eye.

Simon sits in class, bored _35_ he can’t talk to his classmates. He watches them talk to each other, but he can’t even do that.

You know what? It isn’t that bad. He can really do his _36_ that night. It gives _37_ more TV and game time because his work is all done.

The next day, his voice is _38_ back, but he stays quiet again. The third day, he can talk _39_, but he doesn’t talk. He listens and puts up his _40_ to speak.

What a difference that one day makes!

1. shake 摇晃   2. throat 咽喉    3. nod 点头     4. bored 无聊的     5. quiet 安静的

31. A. Standing            B. Sitting                C. Talking              D. Listening

32. A. work               B. study                 C. go                 D. use

33. A. evening             B. morning              C. week               D. time

34. A. work               B. class                 C. school              D. game

35. A. so                 B. after                  C. but                D. because

36. A. homework          B. housework             C. writing             D. reading

37. A. her                B. him                   C. it                  D. them

38. A. coming             B. going                  C. turning             D. giving

39. A. alone              B. hard                   C. back               D. fine

40. A. car                B. head                   C. hand               D. arm

We’ve talked about snails（蜗牛）and their slow move．But much of the time snails don’t move at a11．They are in their shells---sleeping．

    Hot sun will dry out a snail，s body．So at the least sign of hot sun．a snail draws its body into his shell．A snail will die in a heavy rain．So when it rains．A snail does the same thing，too．A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to．It spends a11 the winter months in its shell．asleep．

    In the spring the snail wakes up．Its body，about three inches long，comes out from the shell．When hungry，the snail looks for food．Its eyes。at the end of the top feelers（触角），are very weak．But its sense of smell is very strong．It helps the snail to find food and the new greens．

  A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin（大头针）．Yet it has 256，000 teeth! The teeth are very small，and you can’t see them．If you put a snail in a hard paper box，it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth，it will grow new ones．

（   ）1．A snail___________ ．

       A．doesn’t move at all                B．has thousands of feet

       C．moves more slowly at night        D．sleeps much of the time

（   ）2．In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”，the word“ draw”    means__________．

          A．to pull                              B．to push

          C．to move away                       D．to make with a pencil

（   ）3．From the story，we know

A．a snail Can’t see well

B．a snail’s shell is very thin

C．a snail’s nose is quite short

D．a snail’s body changes in different seasons

（   ）4．A snail goes to sleep when    ．

             A．it feels hungry                        B．it rains heavily

             C．spring is coming                       D．it is put into a paper box

（   ）5．Which of the following is WRONG?

             A．In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move．

             B．A snail doesn’t like living under the sun．

             C．The snail’s teeth can’t be worn out．

D．The snail’s nose helps to find food．