I have four           .

A. tennis racket        B. tennis rackets  

C. rackets tennis                                D. racket tennis

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   21  , for my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of   22  . He stood right before me with his head down and said   23  , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   24  . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes aways so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.

  25  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   26   and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   27   I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   28   it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   29  .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   30   —he was blind.

Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   31   him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to   32  . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,   33   I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   34  . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   35   every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

1.A. hopeless           B. colourful            C. simple           D. wonderful

2. A. mind              B. trouble              C. breath           D. work

3.A. sadly              B. strictly             C. angrily          D.excitedly

4.A. dead               B. fresh                C. alive            D. heavy

5. A. So                    B. Or               C. However      D. And

6.A. head               B. nose             C. ear          D. neck

7. A. how               B. when             C. where            D. why

8.A. buy                B. sell             C. accept           D. break

9. A. admire                B. dislike              C. want         D. have

10.A. cry                   B. speak                C. smile            D. see

11.A. forgave               B. thanked          C. paid         D. hated

12.A. sleep             B. study                C. dance            D. play

13.A. at most               B. at times         C. at first         D. at last

14. A. cheerful             B. useful               C. blind            D. deaf

15. A. waste                B. enjoy                C. lose         D. forget

Everyone enjoys music. But do you know it can improve the lives of sick kids? __57___ In fact, music has changed the world a lot. In Australia , a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program.  ___58___ “Music can make you happy, music can make you sad, music can make you relaxed and take away any stress (压力) ，”said Catherine.

For thousands of years people has believed that music has a great effect on both the mind and the body, but it was only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical（医学） benefits（益处）. ___59____ Since then, people has began to use music to help patients. People even used it to help kids in schools get better marks.

Now music is being used in a special programme called Music Therapy (疗法). It helps people improve their quality of life in many different ways by using music. Sophia is 11. She got cancer (癌症) five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing have become a part of life. She said, “It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. ___60____”

It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away!

—Excuse me, do you have any basketballs?

—Sorry, we don’t have any.

—_____

A. Oh, I want to buy it.     B. Thank you all the same  C. Here you are.

I work in a small   1  . It is near an English school. Every day many students come to   2  things. In the morning, I get up at six, and then I   3  my breakfast. I go to work   4  . I get to the shop at about six fifty. The shop   5  at seven. We sell things   6  food and drink. We have school   7  , too. There   8  often many people in our shop from morning to evening. I have lunch in the shop. At seven in the evening the shop is   9  . All of   10   go home for supper.