At noon the rush hour had passed. There were few guests (顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.

“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking at his grandma and saying, "Grandma, did you really have lunch?" "Of course." His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.

Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said, "Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest."

Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out office window.

When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.

The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.

"81, 82, 83… " the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snack bar.

"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.

1.Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because __________.

A．Grandma only liked radish

B．Grandma didn't like beef soup

C．Grandma loved her grandson more than herself

D．There was only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time

2.What do you think of the boss of the snack bar?

A．Impatient.                             B．Warm-hearted.

C．Very rich.                             D．Hard-working.

3.Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle he drew?

A．He played games with his friends.

B．He was asked to count the guests for the boss.

C．He wanted to get the free beef soup for his grandma.

D．He only wanted to know the number of the small stones.

4.Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．The 100th guest                        B．A snack bar

C．A boy counting stones                    D．A poor grandma

The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers___36_ . It is often  37  “Ten- -thousand-Li Great Wall”. It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.
The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk  38 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall  39  stones and bricks（砖）. There are huge stones on  40  side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.
There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon  41  time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人）in the watch-towers day and night. They made  42  on the towers to  43  each other when the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in  44 . Every year  45  people come to visit it form all over the world.
【小题1】A. wide            B. tall                 C. long
【小题2】A. calling         B. call                 C. called
【小题3】A. side by side    B. one by one           C. one after another
【小题4】A. was made of     B. was made from       C. was made in
【小题5】A. both            B. all                  C. each
【小题6】A. an              B. a                    C. the
【小题7】A. fire            B. a kite               C. a face
【小题8】A. tell            B. talk                 C. speak
【小题9】A. Asia            B. the world            C. Europe
【小题10】A. thousand       B. a few thousand      C. thousands of

One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and they used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had ran away. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing(挤)out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away immediately. Instead, one ran after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to run away.

After seeing what happened, everyone was silent and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American official said: "I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard." The others thought for a while and said: "That was why!"

A smart French said: "I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife." Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it meaningful.

A Japanese said: "I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son." Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked: "Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?"

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and didn't say any words. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shyness, and did not dare to answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty(忠诚) or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1.Neither of the two mice ran away immediately because_______.

A．one was trying to help the blind one         B．one was biting the other

C．the mouth of the hole was too small         D．they were not afraid of smoke

2.Why did they lower their heads in shyness according to the passage?

A. Because they did not dare to answer.

B. Because they regretted(后悔)driving a poor blind mouse away.

C. Because they had mistaken the relationship of the mice.

D, Because they did not express themselves much better.

3.It is clear that_______.

A．all the mice came out of the hole easily

B．each of the people understood the relationship differently

C．the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke

D．the people knew one of the mice was blind at the first sight

4.The best title for the passage is_______.

A．Two lovely mice     B．Help produces love  C．Love is all         D．Friends in need