When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop in the center of our town. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him and I made a little pocket money by buying things for his workmates. But I never paid attention to all the things and people around me.

One day, as my dad and I were driving to the shop, I looked out of the window of the car and I saw an old man standing at the street corner. There was a rose in his hand, he was smelling the rose. For some reason, our eyes met and we looked at each other for about twenty seconds. There was nothing unusual about this man but the meet was unusual to me. Up to that moment in my life, I had given no thought to anyone on the street, in shops or anywhere else. I had no interest out of my family.

But I was interested in that old man. For the first time I had interest in a stranger. What kind of life had he lived? Where had he been in his time?

Once a great man encouraged us to “stop and smell the rose”. Now I want to tell these words to you. Stop what you are busy with and try to fully understand things and people in your eyesight. If you don’t care about others on your road of life, then you are missing your life itself.

1.How did the writer make a little pocket money?

2.What was the old man doing when I saw him?

3.When did the writer have interest out of his family?

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

Erik was a fourteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn’t think so. They told him, “When you begin to think about    1    others, you’ll be a young man.”
One morning, his parents gave Erik     2     money to buy hamburgers at a store. He saw an old man there. The old man looked very    3  . Erik went up to him and found that the old man had lost his money and hadn’t had     4   for his breakfast. Erik took the old man to the nearest restaurant. But the man ordered only a glass of water for   5   . Erik felt sorry for him, so he asked the waiter to    6    the old man some bread and a cup of coffee. The old man was so   7  that he ate up all the food very soon. After that, the old man told Erik that he would never forget    8   kindness. Erik was very pleased when he heard the old man said, “You are a very good young man.”
   9  their surprise, the food was a present because   10   day was the birthday of the boss.

Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge(判断) things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.
When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.
The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so beautiful, and it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down with heavy fruits. It was full of life and fulfillment(收获).
The man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the fulfillment of your autumn." said the old man
It is true that we shouldn’t let the hard season break the happiness of the other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.
【小题1】Why did the old man ask his sons to look at the pear tree?         

I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.

One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.

Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.

Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.

1.On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.

A．find an old man with a saxophone           B．see a river

C．hear the old man’s music                D．imagine the sound

2.The statue along the river made the writer think of ________.

A．having a saxophone

B．the old man near the river

C．having a cap and a saxophone as the boy

D．playing the saxophone on TV

3.The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.

A．as soon as he got it

B．after he read the instruction

C．after he tried many times

D．after his father taught him

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The magic day.                         B．My birthday present.

C．The old man and the statue.               D．My dream of playing saxophone.

It’s Sunday today. Mr. Green goes out for a picnic. On the way 1Mount Fang,  he can’t 2the way. So he 3ask an old man near him for help.

“Could you please tell me the way 4 ?”asks Mr. Green.

“Go  5 this road,  cross the Lang Park and turn right at the gate of the park. Go up the street to the end and you’ll see it 6 your left. ” says the old man.

“How long will it take me to 7there?” asks Mr. Green.

The old man says nothing(没什么). Mr. Green feels a little angry(生气的). He goes away. After a while(一会儿),  the old man calls him,  “Young man,  you will get there in about half an hour. ”

“ 8  didn’t you tell me just now（刚才）?” asks Mr. Green.

“I don’t know how fastyou can walk. 9 I have to let you go,  then I can tell you the 10 . ”says the old man.

1.                A．of             B．for            C．to   D．at

2.                A．see            B．look for         C．find  D．look at

3.                A．can            B．have to         C．should   D．has to

4.                A．Mount Fang     B．to Mount Fang    C．for Mount Fang D．in Mount Fang

5.                A．in             B．along           C．long D．across

6.                A．at             B．on             C．in   D．for

7.                A．get            B．get to          C．come D．come to

8.                A．How           B．What           C．Why D．When

9.                A．And           B．But            C．Also D．So

10.               A．clock          B．time           C．watch D．times