---Do you really trust John?

---Who do you think ______ trust, if not ______?

1. A.
   I can; him
2. B.
   can I; him
3. C.
   I can; he
4. D.
   can I; he

This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first,     on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.

One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.

“I am     .” She answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep     . Finally he asked, “What can I do to     your mind?”

Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can      my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower      on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your     . Will you do it for me?”

He said, “I will give you my      tomorrow.”

She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which     , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The      are …”

“When you use the computer you always       the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to      the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my      to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n)      city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always      at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes      when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those      white hairs.”

“Thus, my dear,       I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”

That’s life, and    . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the      of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

1.A. while B. and        C. but        D. so

2.A. lonely         B. dead     C. worn out       D. awesome

3.A. sorrow       B. thought          C. shade    D. anger

4.A. speak          B. change C. blow      D. keep

5.A. represent  B. expand C. warm    D. convince

6.A. grown         B. planted C. living     D. growing

7.A. injury          B. hurt       C. wound  D. death

8.A. decision     B. answer C. opinion D. choice

9.A. wrote         B. informed       C. printed D. went

10.A. answers   B. messages       C. reasons          D. purposes

11.A. run out    B. put up   C. use up  D. mess up

12.A. repair       B. restore C. fix D. mend

13.A. legs B. life         C. energy  D. strength

14.A. big   B. new       C. modern         D. strange

15.A. glance      B. look       C. glare     D. stare

16.A. as if B. now that        C. so that  D. in case

17.A. annoying B. emerging       C. rough    D. refreshing

18.A. although  B. even if  C. unless   D. if

19.A. friction     B. love       C. couple  D. power

20.A. surface    B. way       C. course  D. nature

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice,     2   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the    3   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

4  as high as he could , but even as his tallest  5 he was unable to touch it. He began to 6  up and down , as high as he could, at the  7  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 8  .

Not giving up , he though , if only he had something to 9  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  10  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and  Gameboy . Looking   11  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   12  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .

He had tried everything he could think to do .   13  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk  14 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  15  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  16  like this , the more unhappy he became.

17  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what  he wanted .He started to say to himself ：This isn’t  18    , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  19  more I can do to get the apple  that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  20  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

1.                A．preferring      B．offering         C．receiving D．allowing

2.A. so           B. then        C. but            D or

3.                A．sadder         B．angrier         C．hungrier  D．tastier

4.                A．expanding      B．stretching       C．swinging  D．pulling

5.                A．strength        B．length          C．range    D．height

6.                A．jump           B．look           C．walk D．glance

7.                A．tip            B．stage           C．top  D．level

8.A hope         B. hand        C. sight           D. reach

9.                A．put            B．stand           C．get  D．hold

10.               A．break          B．shake          C．take D．strike

11.               A． up           B．forward        C．down D．around

12.               A．for            B．with           C．on   D．of

13.               A．After          B．Through        C．Without   D．Upon

14.               A．back           B．away           C．up   D．down

15.               A．wishes         B．beliefs         C．efforts    D．goals

16.               A．thought        B．imagined       C．tried  D．claimed

17.               A．Therefore      B．However       C．Moreover D．Otherwise

18.               A．skilful          B．cheerful        C．harmful   D．helpful

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

20.               A．change         B．express        C．forget D．describe

I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is a good person?

At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about thirty—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.

So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up some toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”

And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”

And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.

What do you think happened?

After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face radiant (喜气洋洋). “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”

I think I have got the answer to the question.

1.From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.

A．begging is looked down upon

B．begging is considered as a normal part of life

C．visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly

D．few people are living a poor life

2.The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.

A．got pleasure by helping the little beggar

B．wanted to please his father

C．began to like the little beggar

D．wanted to be the little beggar’s friend

3.According to the writer, being a good person means ________.

A．having the courage to correct his/her mistakes

B．being friendly to beggars

C．being ready to give

D．being able to teach children to tell right from wrong