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“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When she saw the baby, she was surprised. The baby was born without ears.
As time went by, the baby grew up. There was nothing wrong with his hearing. But some kids laughed at him because he didn’t have ears. The baby was very sad, but his parents did nothing but felt sorry for him.
The boy’s father talked with a doctor. “Could nothing be done?” the father asked. “ I believe I could give him a pair of outer ears, if they could be got.” The doctor answered. So they began to look for a person who would like to give his or her ears.
Two years went by. Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have found someone and it will give the ears you need. But it’s a secret, ”said the father. The operation was very successful. Several years later, he got a good job.
One day, he told his father “ But I must know who gave so much to me. I want to do something for him or her.” “I am sorry, but I can’t tell you.” Said the father.
The secret was kept for years, but the day did come. For the boy it was one of the darkest days. He stood with his father over his mother’s coffin.
Slowly, the father raised her thick brown hair to show that his mother had no outer ears. “Your mother said she was glad that she never let her hair be cut,” he said, “and nobody ever thought she was less beautiful, did they?”
【小题1】Why did the kids laugh at the boy?

A．Because he heard nothing.	B．Because he had only an ear.
C．Because he had no parents.	D．Because he had no ears.

【小题2】Who gave the ears to the boy？

A．A doctor.

B．His father.

C．His mother.

D．A good man.

【小题3】Why did the boy’s mother never let her hair be cut?

A．Because she liked long hair.

B．Because she didn’t let her son know the secret.

C．Because she had only an ear.

D．Because she had no ears when she was born.

【小题4】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．There is nothing wrong with the boy’s ears.

B．The boy’s parents did nothing for the boy.

C．Just after the operation, the boy knew the truth.

D．Before the boy knew the truth, his mother died.

【小题5】From the passage, we know “__________”.

A．ears are very important	B．no ears are good
C．parents’ love is great	D．secrets are known by people

Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小题1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

A．to have a basketball game

B．to his classroom

C．to see Mark

D．back home

【小题2】From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

A．was a good student

B．liked sports and music

C．liked all the subjects in school

D．was a g

【小题3】Mark and Bill    .

A．were in the same middle school and high school

B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C．of ten had lunch together at school

D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

【小题4】 In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"    ".

A．相处很好

B．和好如初

C．关系破裂

D．保持联系

【小题5】 When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.      .

A．knew he could save Bill’s life

B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C．didn’t know why he was going to help him

D．didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill

A little old man and his wife walked slowly into McDonald’s 16 a cold-winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cash register (收银处)to order. After a while he got the food back and they began to 17 it.
There was one hamburger, some French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully cut the hamburger into halves and 18 the French fries in two piles. Then he neatly put the 19 of the food in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink and his wife took a sip. "How20 the old people are!" The people around them thought.
21 the man began to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there 22 him and took turns to drink. 23 young man came over and offered to buy another meal for them. But they refused  24 and said that they got used to 25 everything.
Then a young lady asked the little old lady a question. "Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. Then what are you waiting for?" She answered, "The teeth.”

【小题1】

A．for B．at C．in D．on

【小题2】 A. eat    B. taste    C open D. try

【小题3】

A．divided B．placed C．changed D．cut

【小题4】

A．half B．bit C．piece D．pair

【小题5】

A．clever B．foolish C．old D．poor

【小题6】

A．Because B．As C．So D．Before

【小题7】

A．keeping B．watching C．seeing D．holding

【小题8】

A．Another B．The other C．Other D．A

【小题9】

A．delightedly B．carefully C．politely D．angrily

【小题10】

A．share B．sharing C．enjoy D．enjoying

One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I   1  her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she   2  how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class   3  and began to talk among themselves   4  .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll   5  for it.”
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very   6 . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher   7  me to help him out again. When he was not paying   8  , I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very   9  among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do   10 . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine   11  I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to   12  what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how   13  my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way   14 . I had to leave my school. That was a good   15  for me.

【小题1】

A．said B．urged C．knew D．showed

【小题2】

A．lost B．remembered C．reminded D．forgot

【小题3】

A．listened B．noticed C．played D．checked

【小题4】

A．quietly B．luckily C．sincerely D．angrily

【小题5】

A．pay B．praise C．follow D．explain

【小题6】

A．familiar B．easy C．interesting D．pleasant

【小题7】

A．challenged B．allowed C．taught D．asked

【小题8】

A．money B．work C．attention D．interest

【小题9】

A．common B．popular C．modest D．dishonest

【小题10】

A．something B．anything C．nothing D．some things

【小题11】

A．until B．since C．because D．after

【小题12】

A．believe B．reply C．hate D．influence

【小题13】

A．hard B．interesting C．serious D．important

【小题14】

A．up B．in C．back D．down

【小题15】

A．skill B．lesson C．story D．example

Have you ever seen a horse with toes (脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes.They had four toes on each front foot.They had three toes on each back foot.The horses were smaller than cats.
These small horses lived in the forest.Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.
It was very hot in the forest.But the weather changed.It became cold.Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather.The trees died and fell.Forest became open field.The sun made the ground dry and hard (坚硬).Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time.On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.At last their middle toes became hard.
【小题1】Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its __________.

A．back feet

B．front feet

C．right feet

D．left feet

【小题2】The cats were __________ the horses at that time.

A．as big as

B．smaller than

C．bigger than

D．as small as

【小题3】When the weather changed, __________.

A．many trees grew well in cold weather	B．animals began to change too
C．cats were older than the horses	D．horses were the same as they are