任务型阅读 （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分，每空一词。）

What’s the most important thing in your life? Have you thought about this question?

I began to think about it when I was just a little girl. I had a lot of friends and I loved playing with them. So I thought friendship was the most important thing in life. If I had no friends, I would be very sad.

When I got older, I thought the most important thing was music. I was crazy about music at that time. In my opinion, if I couldn’t sing or couldn’t listen to music, my life would be meaningless.

As time went by, I changed my mind again. When I was 12, I read a book that tells a beautiful story about the love between a mother and her child. I was happy to find that love was the most important thing. I thought love made my life beautiful.

Not long ago, I got a new answer to the question from another book. The writer said, “happiness is the destination for everyone.”

Soon I realized that, in fact, friendship, music, love and happiness are all very important to us. There are many important things that make our lives colourful and beautiful.

What’s the most important thing in life? I don’t have the answer yet. However, in fact, I don’t want to know. I just want to care about everything important in my life. And I believe I will be very happy if I can achieve that.

I hope everyone can find the important things in their lives, and cherish them!

--- Tom wants to know_____________.

--- I don't know, either. He said he would phone me as soon as he came back.

A. when Dad comes back B. when did Dad come back

C. when Dad will come back D. when does Dad come back

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company（公司）. “What is it?” I wondered. I turned it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-written address. Immediately my mind traveled many years back.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold and wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. That day, I came to the company finally, the owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers if they wanted any magazines.

Shaking off the rain like a wet dog, I went into Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick look he took me over to the fireplace. Noticing the hole in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” pulling me into his car. We stopped in front of a shoe shop. Inside, a salesman fitted me with the finest pair of shoes I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in them. “We’d like a pair of new socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.

Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a car, wrote something on it and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said kindly, “Jimmy, I want you to know I love you.” I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed a piece of hope that things would be better. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a difference.

1.The writer went to Queen City Casket Company to         .

A．borrow some money                     B．ask Mr. Rader for help

C．sell magazines                          D．find a job there

2.From the passage we can see the writer was           to Mr. Rader.

A．helpful           B．thankful           C．polite            D．kind

3.Mr. Rader helped the writer so much mainly because          .

A．he wanted to set a good example to his workers.

B．he wanted to show kindness to the boy.

C．the writer needed his help.

D．he wanted others to return his help.

4.What does the underlined sentence “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” mean?

A．If you want somebody’s help, you have to help him first.

B．You should do the things that others want you to do.

C．Before you do anything, think about what others do to you.

D．If you want others to do kind things to you, you’d better be kind to them.

Do you want to know ________ I like being a vet.

1. A.
   what
2. B.
   if
3. C.
   that
4. D.
   when

What’s the most important thing in your life? Do you think about this question?
I began to think about it when I was just a little girl. I had a lot of friends and I loved playing with them. So I thought friendship(友谊) was the most important thing in life. If I had no friends, I would be very sad.
When I got older, I thought the most important thing was music. I was crazy about music at that time. To me, if I couldn’t sing or listen to music, my life would be boring.
When I was 12, I read a book that tells a beautiful story about the love between a mother and her child. I was happy to find that love was the most important thing. I thought love made my life beautiful.
Not long ago, I got a new answer to the question from another book. “Happiness is the destination(目标) for everyone.” the writer said.
Soon I began to understand friendship, music, love and happiness are all very important to us. These important things make our lives colourful and beautiful.
What’s the most important thing in life now? I still don’t have the answer. However, I don’t want to know. I just want to care about everything important in my life.
I hope everyone can find the important things in their lives, and cherish them!