With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "
Only a few people put    1   in the hat. A man was walking by. He    2   some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign    3  . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   4   to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see    5  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who    6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day,   8  I cannot see it. "
Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the   11  . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day, but the boy couldn't    13   he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story. First, be thankful for what
you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.  15  , be creative. Think differently.
　There is always a better way !

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said，" I ' m blind, please help. "

Only a few people put    1   in the hat. A man was walking by. He    2   some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign    3  . wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   4   to give money to the blind boy.　　That afternoon the man came to see    5  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (脚步声) and asked, "Were you the one who    6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7 way. "What he had written was," Today is a beautiful day,   8  I cannot see it. "

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 　10　people to help by throwing some money into the   11  . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day, but the boy couldn't    13   he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story. First, be thankful for what

you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.  15  , be creative. Think differently.

　There is always a better way !

1.                A．eggs           B．coins           C．toys D．pencils

2.                A．got            B．lost            C．took D．dropped

3.                A．on            B．off             C．back D．around

4.                A．asked          B．began          C．hoped    D．continued

5.                A．how           B．what           C．whose    D．which

6.                A．put            B．found          C．changed  D．cleaned

7.                A．usual          B．simple          C．different  D．dangerous

8.                A．as             B．so             C．for  D．but

9.                A．signs           B．men           C．boys D．lessons

10.               A．told           B．took           C．helped    D．ordered

11.               A．bag            B．hat            C．pocket    D．basket

12.               A．food           B．songs          C．beauty    D．pictures

13.               A．because        B．unless          C．before    D．though

14.               A．about          B．with           C．from  D．except

15.               A．First           B．Second         C．Third D．Fourth

从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个是，用其适当的形式填空。第个词只限用一次。（每小题1分）

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Everyone loves a good mystery,. For thousands of years, Cretan mazes(克里特岛迷宫)have 1.________ us .  There are many different ideas about why they first appeared, and it’s run to try and work one out!

From the outside~ a Cretan maze looks like any other. There is only one path (路径) to follow, but it's2._________to get lost! The earliest example of this type of maze is on a clay tablet (泥板) 3.____ in Greece around 1200 BC. 4.____,            the most famous was built on the island of Crete. The ancient Greeks 5.______ that there was a monster in the first Cretan maze. lt was half-man, half-bull, and liked to 6.______humans, Every few years 7 boys and 7 girls were gent 7.________the maze , where the monster killed them. Eventually, a brave prince(王子) 8._____ Theseus killed the monster.

    This is a good story. But it’s just a 9.____________.Today, Cretan mazes are all over the world, and still seem 10.________ Whether you believe the story or just admire them as pretty works of art, enjoy the fun they bring!　

You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, __1__ it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little __2__, but it is not __3__ for most plants. Still we can see some plants __4__ in the desert.
　　There is __5__ in some places in the desert. We __6__ these places oases. In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow __7__ kinds of crops in the fields there.
　　People __8__ live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend __9__ the desert plants for their food and do not need __10__ water.
　　The __11__ are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.
　　The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look  12   grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to __13__ place. The desert people are __14__. No man in the desert would ever refuse __15__ the people in trouble and give them food and water.

　　1. A. and        B. but                   C. or                            D. so
　　2. A. rain        B. rains                 C. wind                 D. winds
　　3. A. good      B. good enough      C. enough good      D. enough
　　4. A. live        B. to live               C. lives                 D. lived
　　5. A. stones     B. plants                C. wood                D. water
　　6. A. say         B. tell                   C. call                   D. find
　　7. A. every     B. all                    C. a                      D. one
　　8. A. also        B. too                   C. either                D. still
　　9. A. with              B. in                            C. on                    D. by
　　10. A. a little  B. few                   C. much                D. any
　　11. A. water    B. plants                C. crops                D. animals
　　12. A. at         B. for                    C. up                    D. after
　　13. A. other    B. the other           C. the others          D. another
　　14. A. well     B. friend               C. friendly             D. carefully
　　15. A. help     B. helps                 C. helping             D. to help