— One of our ____ will come to stay with us.

— Who’s that?

— It’s our father’s cousin.

--- One of our ____ will come to stay with us.

--- Who’s that?

--- It’s our father’s cousin.

1. A.
   friends
2. B.
   classmates
3. C.
   relatives
4. D.
   teachers

A lot of people like reading, why? Words play magic. They can create pictures in our mind; they’re can help us express our feelings that we have been trying to hide, and like a key, words can open up locked hearts and free our souls that have been kept deep inside.

When different people are reading the same passage, for example, about a scene(情景) which shows a palace at midnight, the words they read are the same, yet if they are asked to point out what the scene is like in their mind, each person will have the pictures drawn differently. How they draw their palace according to their nature appears to be view on how they can see things.

Although human minds are different, I do believe that somehow(以某种方法) we have all come across mutual feelings. Stories that touch（触动） us, stressed that terrify us, stories that set us free---- we all have tasted the pain, the fear, the freedom because we all have feelings. I believe all of us have personalities within personalities, and by that I mean people who seem to be strong are not always that strong, they are easily hurt on the inside.

Good writers, who can smartly use the right words in their writings, will easily break through the shell(壳) of one’s personality within. Great writers, who can use only words to move the personality within, will understand one’s weakness. Excellent writers, who can use the perfect words to aim at the personality within, will open up one’s heart---- even rewrite his or her life.

I want to be an excellent writer because when I read, I feel like home. Home is where my books are. When I feel scared, I read, and it becomes my candles. When I feel sad, I read, it becomes my cover. When I feel lonely, I read, and it becomes my company.

Home is where we leave the sadness, fear and stress behind, where we only allow happiness to stay. I want to be a writer who brings such feeling to everyone to bring them home with my words.

Reading is all that I need. Whenever I read, I just feel the magic that words create, leaving everything behind.

(　 )56. What does the underlined word “mutual” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. shared　 　　　　 B. strange　 　　　 C. special　　 　　 D. different

(　 )57. The writer uses “home” in paragraph 5 and 6 to show ______________.

A. a place where we live happily　

B. a place where we read freely

C. a sense of belonging　 　　　　

D. a sense of relaxing

(　 )58. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Many words can help hide your feelings deep inside.

B. Some writers can free your personalities from locked hearts.

C. Most people will draw the same picture for the same passage.

D. No places will keep the sadness, fear and stress away from people.

(　 )59. The best title for the passage is ____________.

A. Creative Minds 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Excellent writers　　　　　　

C. Touching stories　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Wonderful Words

A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ___66_____.”

“We don’t go into a house ___67_____ ”they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ___68_____ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”

The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so ____69____.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ___70_____ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the ___71_____ advice. The woman went out and asked, “____72____ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ____73____ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I ___74_____ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ____75____ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

66. A. to say       B. to eat      C. to use         D. to drink

67. A. together     B. alone       C. crowdedly    D. lonely

68. A. play        B. exercise     C. agree        D. discuss

69. A. poor        B. rich        C. lucky        D. happy

70. A. worse       B. better       C. less         D. more

71. A. father’s      B. mother’s    C. daughter’s    D. parents’

72. A. which       B. who        C. what         D. whom

73. A. left         B. followed    C. stopped       D. pulled

74. A. only        B. hardly       C. never       D. almost

75. A. whenever    B. whatever    C. however     D. wherever