Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” And invited him to sit on the porch (门廊 ). As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
小题1:During his break every morning, the small boy would________.

A．fix the fence	B．eat sandwiches
C．climb up on the fence	D．walk around the farm

小题2:One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to__________.

A．go to the town	B．play on the field
C．go to see the house	D．make the golden windows

小题3:What did the boy find when he got there?

A．Nobody lived in the poor house.

B．No golden windows were in the house.

C．The house was as old as he expected.

D．The house was nearer than he thought.

小题4:The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought “______.”

A．Like father, like son	B．Love me, love my dog
C．Every dog has its day	D．The grass is greener somewhere else

小题5:Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Golden Windows.	B．Father and Son.
C．A Wonderful Place.	D．A Boy's Promise.

Rita was in shopping mall, looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store, inside which were all kinds of dolls.
“Why not a lovely doll? Girls like dolls,” she thought as she stepped into the store.
Looking around ,she saw a grandma doll—one with gray and a pair of glasses. As she gazed at it, in her mind somehow appeared Linda, her mother.
When Rita was a little girl, she got her first doll form Linda for her birthday. She was very happy. Then the second, the third……,Rita began to feel puzzled, When she asked her mum the reason, the answer was always “A girl can never have enough dolls.” Year after year, Rita grew up and Linda aged, but a doll a year from Linda never arrived late.
“But why always a doll?” This question had been in Rita’s mind until one day her father gave the answer.
Little Linda dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived .The never—received gift was the most precious* in her eyes. That’s why she thought dolls were the best birthday gifts for Rita.
Her mother’s story being recalled ,Rita got an idea……
It was Linda’s sixtieth birthday. The whole family gathered around the sixty-year-old lady when the doorbell rang, Much to Linda’s surprise ,a package was delivered* to her, with a card read:
Dear Linda,
I forget to send you the package that you should have received on May 20,1956,your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged ,but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Sorry for the lateness!                                                             Love,                                                 Angel of Joy
Linda opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She clasped the doll that she had waited so many years to receive ,tears coursing down her face. The doll, given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the happiest “child ”alive .
小题1:Who is Linda in the story?
Rita’s daughter        B. Rita’s mother 
C. The grandma doll      D. Angel of Joy
小题2:Why did Linda think that dolls were the best birthday gifts for Rita?

A．Rita dreamed to have all kinds of lovely dolls.

B．Rita looked liked a doll when she was a little girl.

C．Linda received a lot of lovely dolls form her parents.

D．Linda had never got the dream doll form her parents

小题3:What does the underlined word clasped probably mean in the passage?

A．held

B．threw

C．made

D．bought

小题4:Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．The Story of an Angel	B．Linda’s Birthday
C．Linda,the Happiest Child	D．A Late Birthday Gift

“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance tonight. I hope you’ll come. Here is the ticket. Don’t forget!” Then she    41  in a hurry.
“What? Dance? Is that    42  ?” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was quite common one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact, she really did not know    43   to dress up. What a terrible thing!
“I should go to, I must go to.” I thought.
I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my seat and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a    44   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,    45   her performance was worth(值得)watching, no matter how long I would wait.
Time went    46  , I tried my best not to fall asleep.
Just then, came the words, “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”
Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,    47   to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shiny skirt, Mary appeared. She danced with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying … I could    48   believe my eyes.
After all the performance ended, I    49   her at the gate.
“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶) shoes. “How do you feel?”
“Fantastic!” I answered.
“Ha, ha. I knew it would be.” She could not hide her excitement, laughing    50  a child.
At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

小题1:	A．came B．jumped C．left D．moved

小题2:	A．possible B．lucky C．funny D．careful

小题3:	A．why B．where C．when D．how

小题4:	A．great B．short C．hard D．relaxing

小题5:	A．or B．so C．but D．and

小题6:	A．quickly B．slowly C．safely D．easily

小题7:	A．hoping B．fearing C．planning D．hating

小题8:	A．seriously B．hardly C．nearly D．certainly

小题9:	A．waited for B．looked for C．paid for D．cared for

小题10:

A．as B．like C．for D．at