Who says honesty (诚实) is dead? Last Tuesday morning Alan Reed, a student at Claremont College here, was getting 1  money out of the bank. He wanted to have 50 dollars and the teller (出纳)  2 him five twenties instead of five tens. For a few seconds, Alan wondered (疑惑)  3 to do it. Should he give the extra money back? Keep it?  4  he kept it, he could buy several new CDs, or he could take his friend Simon to a big dinner.  5 no one would ever notice (注意). But then he  6  the teller. She was a middle-aged woman with a sweet face, and she reminded(提醒) him of his mother. She had been nice to him. Then he thought that there were probably exact (精确的)  7 kept of  how much money was paid out, and the 8 would probably get in trouble.   9  of all, Alan felt he would probably feel  10 about keeping the extra money. So Alan gave back the money.  

“I don’t like my parents. They __36▲_ tell me I should do this, and I should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry.” Said Hang Hua, a middle school student in Nanjing. Do you have the same _37▲__? Why does it seem that some parents are so __38▲__ in their children’s eyes?

Since(自从……以来) you were born, your parents have worried about everything about you. They __39▲__ about your choice(选择) of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, __40▲__ sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up __41▲__ and happily.

So how can you __42▲__ things easier on yourself? It’s easier __43▲__ you think. Just let your parents know what you’re doing. Get them to know your friends. Call them if you stay somewhere else __44▲__ than usual. Say __45▲__ to them when you are wrong. Take responsibility(责任) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about __46▲__ with you. Most of all, try __47▲__ them. They are still __48▲__ being parents and need your help, too. Someday, when you become a parent, they may give you __49▲__ on how to get on with your __50▲__.

One day an old man is selling(出售) a horse. A young man comes to the horse and begins to look at it slowly.
Then the old man goes up to him and says in his ears, “Don’t say anything about the horse before I sell it, then I will give you some meat.”
“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the horse, he gives the young man some meat and says, “Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the horse?”
“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why do you look at the horse?” asks the old man.
The young man answers, “Because I never saw a horse before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
【小题1】What is the old man doing?

完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Do you think of your parents? “Yes, of course.” You may answer.  Maybe you buy a present for your mother on Mother’s Day, and you give your father _ 1._ 0n Father’s Day, too. Then 2.__the other days of a year?  Always remember to think of your parents, not just  3. some important days.

I have a friend who lives _ 4._.because her parents live in another city.  One day I went to visit her. We had a nice chat. Then she wanted to 5.    a telephone call. She dialed the number, but then she put the phone down. After about ten 6. .she dialed the number again. “Hi, Mum...”

Later I asked, “why did you dial the number  7._?”She smiled.“ because my parents are old. They can't get close to the telephone    8._.I always do so when I call them, I just give them enough 9.___to answer the call.”

My friend is a good girl . She is always thinking about her parents.  What do you think of this? I think: we should do some small things for our parents and make them 10.__every day.

11.               A．it             B．one           C．this   D．chat

12.               A．how about      B．how often       C．how much D．how long

13.               A．by            B．with           C．on   D．of

14.               A．lonely          B．happily         C．sadly D．alone

15.               A．take           B．make          C．play  D．buy

16.A, hours      B. months            C. seconds         D. days

17.               A．once          B．Twice          C．three times D．four times

18.               A．quickly         B．slowly          C．quietly    D．hardly

19.               A．money         B．fond           C．room D．time

20.               A．please         B．pleasure        C．pleasant   D．pleased