Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .
“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be   7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of her happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

When I was a little girl, mum and dad told me that if you plant something in spring, you’ll get more in autumn. I    1   this without doubt.
At the age of six, while I was eating a big apple, I dropped a tooth.
I was so    2   that I cried all of a sudden and rushed to my grandma’s room. She held the tooth and smiled, “Don’t worry, dear. It’s a baby tooth. You will have a new tooth in a few    3  .”
“A new tooth?” I fell very surprised.
“Yes, you will have that tooth    4   you get old, so you must protect your new tooth well. When you grow old, the teeth will fall out again,   5   this time, it won’t grow again. So it’s not easy for old people to eat anything,” grandma said.
I went out of grandma’s room and thought, “   6   should I put the dropped tooth?”
Suddenly, a wonderful thought came into my mind: Why not plant it in the ground? If I took good care of it, day after day, maybe it would become a big tree. When    7   came, there would be many white and strong    8   on the tree. I could pick them and send them to the    9   people who needed them. So then they could eat well and always open their mouths with a smile full of beautiful teeth.
Of course my tooth didn’t grow into a big tree, but beautiful thoughts made my childhood warm and unforgettable. With them, I    10   up.

When I was a little girl，my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then.And I remember one__1__when my mom placed a plate of eggs，sausage and extremely__2__toast (土司面包) in front of my dad.I remember__3__to see if anyone noticed！__4__all my dad did was reach for his toast，__5___at my mom and ask me how my day was at school.

When I__6__from the table that evening，I remember hearing my mom__7__to my dad for burning the toast.And I’ll__8__forget what he said，“Baby，I love burnt toast.” Later that night，I went to__9__Dad good night and I asked him if he really__10__his toast burnt.He wrapped me up in his__11__and said，“Debbie，your mom had a__12__day at work today and she’s really tired.And besides，a little burnt toast never__13__anyone！” In bed that night，I thought about the scene at dinner and the__14__my dad showed to my mom.

To this day，it’s a cherished (珍贵的)__15__from my childhood that I’ll never forget.And it’s one that came to__16__just recently when Jack and I sat down to eat dinner.

As I__17__the plate in front of Jack，I waited for a(n)__18__about the burnt toast.But all I got was，“Thank you，dear！This is__19__.I know you had a hard day！” Just then，I thought about my parents，and was quietly thankful for having a__20__where burnt toast wasn’t a deal?breaker either!

1．A.noon 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．afternoon

C．morning 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．night

2．A.expected　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．burnt

C．sweet　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．delicious

3．A.being encouraged 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．being allowed

C．waiting　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．refusing

4．A.Yet　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Although

C．So 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Until

5．A.laugh 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．smile

C．shout　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．stare

6．A.got up 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．got back

C．broke away　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．put forward

7．A.report　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．shout

C．apologize　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．complain

8．A.almost　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．never

C．often　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hardly

9．A.ask　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．greet

C．tell　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．kiss

10．A.liked 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．got

C．cooked　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．made

11．A.head　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．heart

C．arms　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hands

12．A.boring　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．hard

C．disappointing 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．sad

13．A.hurts　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．comforts

C．invites　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hates

14．A.interest 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．surprise

C．kindness　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．satisfaction

15．A.feeling 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．story

C．choice　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．memory

16．A.life　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．mind

C．an end　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．a conclusion

17．A.set down　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．took away

C．finished up 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．washed up

18．A.answer　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．question

C．comment　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．suggestion

19．A.possible 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．true

C．terrible 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．great

20．A.condition　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．future

C．situation　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．marriage

When I was a little girl, my family lives in a small village. There was a very beautiful river near my home. The water was clean and cool. I liked to go fishing there with mom. We would catch fish, look for clams and play in the water. There were also a lot of  birds near the river. We would spend all day watching the birds. Life was beautiful and wonderful in the old days.
Now my family lives in the city. Last Sunday my daughter asked me to take her to see the beautiful river I was always talking about. “I want to go fishing there with you and Grandma ao much,” she said.
When we went to the river, we only saw a factory and a mountain of garbage(垃圾). My mom was surprised, my daughter was quite despondent, and I was sad—the river was my best friend. I grew up with it. Now there are no fish in it; the birds are gone, too. I hear it crying for help. But what can I do ?
【小题1】Where was the writer born?

On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain.   1   as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韵律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t   2  listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood（童年） in my hometown.
When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and   3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I    4   to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the    5   raindrops（雨点）.
When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row（持续不断地）, they    6  a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops   7  the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（溅出）and then disappear slowly.
I have been   8  interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the    9  of the earth, and one day we will embrace（拥抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.
Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the    10   of life.