Simon was a tall，thin boy about fourteen   1   old．Like most boys in their teens，he was either very happy or extremely  2  ; he either talked too much or he didn't talk at all．One day he would do everything right and on another day he would do  3  right．Simon had trouble with his  4  ，too．No matter what he did，his parents were never pleased with him．They argued with him about the way he dressed，the way he  5  ，the way he forgot to do things．They argued  6  everything．They were always telling him   7   to do and when to do it．They reminded him to put on his coat，take off his coat，hang up his coat．They didn't understand that he was a young man now and not  8  ．They said when he was able to do things without  9  several times，they would believe he wasn't a child any longer．They told him when he  10  thinking about himself and began thinking about helping other people，then they would know he was a young man．

Simon was usually glad to be out of the house where no one could disturb  11  ．One Saturday morning，he told his parents he was going out for a walk before breakfast，and they gave him  12   to get milk at the store．A few minutes after he left the house，he couldn't remember what he should buy．If he went home  13   it，his family would have something else to argue with him about! As he went down the  14  thinking about what he should do，he saw an old man on the comer．The man looked very  15 ．Simon decided to help him．

What happened next，can you guess?

1．A．year                 B．years               C．month             D．months

2．A．unhappy              B．excited              C．bored                   D．satisfied

3．A．something            B．anything             C．everything         D．nothing

4．A．friends               B．pets                C．family             D．classmates

5．A．said                       B．told                 C．talked                   D．cried

6．A．about                B．with                C．on                D．in

7．A．how                 B．where              C．why               D．what

8．A．an adult              B．a child              C．a woman          D．an old man

9．A．reminding             B．reminded            C．being reminded      D．to be reminded

10．A．began              B．stopped             C．enjoyed            D．started

11．A．him                 B．her                 C．us                D．them

12．A．paper              B．food                C．clothes            D．money

13．A．with                    B．about               C．for              D．without

14．A．house              B．store               C．street               D．room

15．A．healthy             B．sick                C．energetic         D．easy-going

Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏).Our legs were so heavy and cold that     16  felt like big pieces of ice.Have you    17  seen snowmen ride bicylces? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children who were    18   long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late  19   
we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰).However, the lakes    20 like glass in the setting sun and loooked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirt and I knew I didn’t need to    21  her.To climb the mountains was hard work but as we    22  us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going  23  the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much    24   .At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to   25  
Our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening we stopped to    26    .We put up our tent and then we ate. Afte supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed    27  .At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter.As I    29   below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We     30  hardly wait to see them!