Once there lived in our town a poor family．They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a pot under a   1    table．In it there was a little rice   2   from their neighbour for the coming New Year．On New Year's Eve（除夕夜），the wife had already fallen asleep，but the husband was   3   in bed，worrying about their life．Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room．

“It must be a thief，” he thought，“but it doesn’t matter．The thief can   4   nothing．” He didn't shout or move．But he kept watching over the thief．

The thief came into the house and was only interested in the rice under the table．

“But   5   can I take it away?” the thief thought hard．Then he had an idea．He  6   his coat，put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the pot．

Now the husband knew what the thief would do．He picked up the coat quickly and  7   himself with it   8   the thief turned back．

The thief took the pot，and put the rice onto the coat．Then he began to feel it．But he was  __9   to find that his coat had gone．

“Hey，” he shouted out．The voice woke up the wife．She asked her husband，“Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room．”

“Shut up!(闭嘴)” replied her husband，“  10   to sleep．There is no thief in the room．”

“That’s impossible，”the thief shouted loudly，“If there isn’t a thief，then，where is my coat?”

1．A．good                     B．bad                      C．nice                       D．broken

2．A．borrowed              B．asked                   C．lent                        D．taken

3．A．thinking                 B．1ying                   C．talking                   D．looking

4．A．lose                       B．bring                   C．carry                     D．steal

5．A．what                     B．why                    C．how                             D．when

6．A．took off                 B．put on                  C．brought                  D．used

7．A．hung                     B．enjoyed                C．covered                 D．provided

8．A．before                   B．after                    C．until                D．because

9．A．afraid                    B．surprised              C．pleased                  D．excited

10．A．Get out                B．Get up                 C．Go down                      D．Go back

Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ 41 is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man 　 42 family hardship tells us.

Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby 　43　 . A year later, Hong’s mother 　44　 home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s 　 45　 : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to 　 46　 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 　47　 different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 　 48　 a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

After Hong’s story went 　 49　 , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___50___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

( ) 41. A. parents　　　　　　　 B. friends　　　　　　　　　　 C. yourself　　　　 　 D. God

( ) 42. A. out of 　　　　　　　 B. into　　　　　　　　　 C. without　　　　 　 D. with

( ) 43. A. dog　　　　　　　　　 B. cat　　　　　　　　　 C. girl　　　　　　　 　 D. boy

( ) 44. A. left　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. arrived　　　　　　　　　　 C. went　　　　　　 　 D. came

( ) 45. A. back　　　　　　　　　 B. shoulders　　　　　 C. head　　　　　　 　 D. body

( ) 46. A. help　　　　　　　　　 B. save　　　　　　　　 C. protect　　　　 　 D. feed

( ) 47. A. make　　　　　　　　 B. buy　　　　　　　　　 C. produce　　　　 　 D. collect

( ) 48. A. build　　　　　　　　　 B. borrow　　　　　　 C. rent　　　　　　　 　 D. share

( ) 49. A. public　　　　　　　　 B. clear　　　　　　　　 C. by　　　　　　　　 　 D. far

( ) 50. A. accepted　　　　　　 B. asked　　　　　　　 C. received　　　　 　 D. refused