A small boy lived with his mother and grandmother in a big house. His father had died.

A bucket（桶）of water fell on the small boy’s left foot, and it began hurting a hot. His mother said, “I’m going to put something very hot on your foot tonight. That’s always very good. Tomorrow your foot won’t hurt any longer.”

In the evening, the small boy’s mother came to his bedroom. She had a hot poultice（膏药）in a bowl. The small boy looked at it and said, “I don’t want that. I had one a month ago. Poultices hurt.”

His mother sat down on his bed and said, “You’re going to have this poultice on.” She pulled his sheets（床单）and blankets（毯子）away, and put the poultice near his foot, but the boy pulled it away quickly, and poultice fell on the bed.

His mother was angry. She went down stairs and came back with his grandmother and a stick. She said to her son, “Your grandmother’s going to put the poultice on your foot, and I’m going to hold this stick. Now don’t be a stupid boy.”

She held the stick over the boy, and the grandmother took his foot and put the poultice near it. The boy said. “Stop, you…” but his mother brought the stick nearer, and he did not say anything else.

The grandmother brought the poultice near the foot again, and the boy stopped her again, but his mother was angry now and said, “I’m going to hit you.” The boy did not finish his words, and his grandmother put the poultice on his foot. He let it there for a few minutes and then took it off again.

The boy’s mother and grandmother put the sheets and blankets over him again and he said, “My left foot hurts, but you put the poultice on my right foot. I stopped you twice, but you didn’t listen to me.”

1. The small boy’s foot hurt because ____.

2. In the evening ___ first came to the small boy’s room.

3. The small boy ____ his mother.

4. The small boy took the poultice off because ____.

5.The best title for this passage is ____.

Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to  21  with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to   22  food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a   23  farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper   24  what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. He wrote a seven-page paper   25  his dream of having a horse farm one day. He   26  drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.
The next day he handed   27  in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with some words “See me after class.”   28  the boy did and asked his teacher, “Why did I get an F?” The teacher said, “This dream will not   29   for a young boy like you.   30  a horse farm needs a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you write this paper again with a   31  dream, I will give you a good grade.”
After school he thought about it   32 . At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making   33  changes at all. He wrote, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   34 .”
Many years later, Monty had his own 200 acres horse farm. His dream came true.
So don’t let   35  take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.

A small boy at summer camp received a bag of cookies in the mail from his mother. He ate a few, and then put the rest under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a cookie. The box was gone.

That afternoon a camp leader saw another boy sitting behind a tree. He was eating the stolen cookies! “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to steal.” 

He returned to the group and found the boy whose cookies had been stolen. “Billy,” he said, “I know who stole your cookies. Will you help me teach him a lesson?”

“Well, yes. But aren’t you going to punish him?” asked the puzzled boy.

“No, that would only make him hate you.” the leader explained. “I want you to call your mother. Ask her to send you another box of cookies.”

The boy did so and soon received another box of cookies. “Now,” said the leader, “the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake. Go and share your cookies with him.”

“But he’s the thief!”

“I know, but try it—see what will happen.”

Half an hour later, the camp leader saw the two come up the hill, hand in hand. The boy who had stolen the cookies was trying to get the other to accept his toy knife. The other boy was just refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few cookies weren’t that important anyway.

1.When Billy first got cookies from his mother, __________.

A. he ate some of them himself                            B. he gave some to the camp leader

C. he shared them with another boy          D. he hid them away quickly

2.Which of the following is NOT the camp leader’s intension (意图)？

A. To teach the boy not to steal.                            B. To punish the boy for stealing.

C. To teach Billy to forgive others.                        D. To teach Billy to share with others.

3.After that, the boy who stole the cookies might _________.

A. steal again                                                             B. hate Billy

C. make friends with Billy                              D. give Billy a bag of cookies, too

Many years ago, when I was working as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Lisa. The poor little girl had a very serious disease(疾病)and was dying. The doctor had done his best but no medicine really worked. The only chance to save her seemed to be a blood transfusion(输血)from her five-year-old brother. The little boy had the same disease before and had developed the antibodies(抗体)to fight the illness.

The doctor talked to the little boy about what they planned to do, and asked him if he would like to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate(迟疑) for a moment. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I'll do it if it can save Lisa."

As the transfusion was going on, the little boy lay quietly in bed next to his sister. He looked at her and smiled all the time. When everything was done and the color returned to his sister's face, his smile disappeared and he looked a little afraid. He looked up at the doctor and asked, "Will I start to die now?"

He was too young to understand the doctor. He thought he would have to give all his blood to his sister, but he agreed.

1.What happened to the little girl named Lisa later?

     A. She died of a very serious disease.

     B. She got better with the antibodies from her brother.

     C. She lost her little brother.

     D. The transfusion failed and her illness got worse.

2.How did the five-year-old boy understand the doctor's plan?

     A. He thought he was going to lose all his blood.

     B. He thought he was going to be killed.

     C. He thought he was going to die together with his sister.

     D. He thought he was going to die when he was older.

3.What did the boy feel when the doctor talked to him about the transfusion?

     A. He was unhappy to help his sister.

     B. He was so afraid that he refused to do anything.

     C. He was worried about his sister.

     D. He was willing to give his blood.

 4. The writer still remembers the story after many years ______.

     A. because the little girl had a very strange disease

     B. because the sister and brother had the same disease

     C. because the doctor saved the little girl's life

     D. because of what the boy did for his sister

根据汉语注释及句意写出单词的正确形式。

1.I think ______ (友谊) is more important than money.

2.Tom was not careful enough, so he made many ______ (错误) in his homework.

3.She is ______ (认为) as one of the best writers in the country.

4.He _________ (意识到) that he got on the wrong bus.

5.The boy did the job _________ (容易地).

6.We had many interesting ____________  (经历) while we were travelling in Beijing

7.He thought carefully before ________ (回复).

8.The police are stopping cars and checking the drivers’ __________ (执照).

9.All the _________ (成员) of the family get together to enjoy the holiday.

10.The children have never been _______ (教) French.