It was Christmas Eve. It was very cold. A 1girl was selling flowers on the street. Her parents were ill, 2she had to get money 3food. She felt cold and hungry. She 4in front of a beautiful house. The girl knocked at the door and a man came out. She asked him if he5 some flowers. The man said he didn’t want any. She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the foot of 6tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers smelled very nice. She suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt she was becoming light, and slowly she began to fly into the sky. She flew higher and higher and at last she found 7above the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them was her granny. Granny welcomed her and asked her 8she didn’t stay at home. The girl told her that she 9to sell flowers to get money because her parents were badly ill. Granny told her not to worry and gave her 10of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed happily.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      happy
   2. B.
      sad
   3. C.
      poor
   4. D.
      rich
2. 2.
   1. A.
      that
   2. B.
      so
   3. C.
      because
   4. D.
      as
3. 3.
   1. A.
      for
   2. B.
      to
   3. C.
      in
   4. D.
      on
4. 4.
   1. A.
      stop
   2. B.
      stops
   3. C.
      stopped
   4. D.
      was stopping
5. 5.
   1. A.
      need
   2. B.
      needs
   3. C.
      needed
   4. D.
      want
6. 6.
   1. A.
      a
   2. B.
      an
   3. C.
      the
   4. D.
      /
7. 7.
   1. A.
      her
   2. B.
      she
   3. C.
      her’s
   4. D.
      herself
8. 8.
   1. A.
      so
   2. B.
      because
   3. C.
      when
   4. D.
      why
9. 9.
   1. A.
      has
   2. B.
      have
   3. C.
      had
   4. D.
      having
10. 10.
    1. A.
       lot
    2. B.
       lots
    3. C.
       a lots
    4. D.
       any lot

Helen loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found two weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She looked after them with love and the birds both grew well. They thanked her with a wonderful song every morning.
But something happened one day. Helen left the door of the cage open. The larger bird flew from the cage. She thought that it would fly away, so she grasped it. She was very excited to catch it. Suddenly she felt strange. She opened her hand and looked sadly at the dead bird. Her great love had killed the bird!
The other bird was moving back and forth (来回地) in the cage. Helen could feel the bird want to go out. It wanted to fly into the blue sky. At once, Helen took the bird out of the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled, twice, three times…
Helen enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her head. It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard.
The easiest way to lose love is to hold too tight. The best way to keep love is to give it freedom.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。
【小题1】 What was Helen doing when she found two weak birds?

Mrs. Thompson, a school teacher, told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t get along well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.
Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy bought her a present, too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水).
Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my mom used to.” After the children left she cried for an hour. On that very day, she stopped being busy teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to care more about the children.
Mrs. Thompson paid more attention to Teddy. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of Grade 6, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he had ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.(医学博士).
The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard said, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel good about myself and showed me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
【小题1】What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

Lin Fang is eleven years old. She is in    1   in a school. She goes to school by bus. Last week she had a bad cold. She felt    2   and sick. She didn’t go to the class. She went to the    3   to see a doctor. She had to stay in bed   4  a few days. During the weekend, Mrs Brown cooked her some good food, and her friends   5  her well. Some days later, Lin Fang got well again. She could go back to school.