What do you like most when you can get one of such things: freedom, true friends, love, honesty and so on? Here are some choices of students:
Chen Cheng, 14, Jiangsu: I think I need a true friend. I had some friends before. However, it seemed that they didn't treat me well. I told them my secrets but they didn't share theirs with me. What's worse, they told my secrets to others, which made me very unhappy. I hope to find a true lifelong（终身的）friend who can share happiness and sadness with me and keep my secrets.
Gan Xiaoning 14, Heilongjiang: Freedom is what I want most. I am a bird in two cages. In school, I have to follow the school's rules and listen to teachers. At home, my parents don't allow me to do what I like, either. I have to do everything that they tell me to do: study, study and study some more. So, freedom is the only thing I really want!
Yuan Siyu, 15, Guangxi: I am a boy from a poor family. My father works very hard but only makes a little money every month to support the family. I want to go to a key university （重点大学）so that I can find a good job in the future. Then, I can earn enough money to get my family out of poverty(贫困) and offer my parents a happy life.
Qu Yi, 15, Hebei: I want a complete family. My parents got divorced(离婚) three years ago. Since then, I have had no chance to be together with both of them any more. Now, I am living with my mom and get her love, but I also want my dad's love. I am envious(羡慕) of my classmates who live with their parents. So, I would have a complete family if I could.
【小题1】 What is not mentioned in the passage?

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my     . At first, my parents said “no” to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this,     it didn’t work.

As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become    . To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

One evening, I was doing some      on my computer while Mike was listening to music.        , I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me whenI    . He was using my computer to play game. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program     saving it all I had done had disappeared! I     him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.

Then I did my homework    . At 10: 00 pm. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the   , I saw the photo of my     that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how     he was when my mom beat him. I really felt       . I went to see what he was doing. I found he was    in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said. “I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”

I was as moved and said. “From now on, my room is not only mine. It is     !” That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

1.A. clothes      B. food    C. room           D. toys

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

3.A. dirty        B. empty          C. quiet  D. tidy

4.A. business           B. homework            C. reading        D. shopping

5.A. Later       B. Instead        C. However   D. Sometimes

6.A. danced     B. fell       C. returned   D. slept

7.A. after               B. by         C. for          D. without

8.A. agreed with       B. heard from C. looked after          D. shouted at

9.A. as well       B. for ever        C. in the end    D. once again

10.A. computer        B. fan        C. radio    D. TV

11.A. brother   B. cousin C. father D. grandfather

12.A. clever     B. happy C. sad       D. silly

13.A. bored      B. excited         C. proud D. sorry

14.A. jumping B. sleeping        C. sitting   D. singing

15.A. his B. hers     C. ours     D. theirs

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An     1   had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.
He was Matthew.   2  he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told    3  would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about   4  and succeeding and seeking（追寻）his dreams.
When we finished talking, I went to my    5 and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about    6   and overcoming obstacles（克服障碍）than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it   7  to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I got the news that Matthew had   8   and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:
Dear Rick,
My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are   9  to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.
I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I'll      10   . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.
Thank you for loving me.
Your friend
Matthew