Long long ago, the animals found that men had a beautiful thing. It was a bright, burning thing. People cooked their food and kept themselves warm with it. The animals thought life would be better if they could also have this thing. So they had a meeting to talk about how to get that burning thing. The meeting lasted for a few days and in the end the animals decided to send one of them to the people to ask for a little piece of it. At first Mouse was chosen to do it, but many animals didn’t agree, because he stole things and people hated him. Then some animals thought that Panda could do it. But neither the other animals nor he himself agreed. “I’m too heavy. I can’t walk fast.” Panda said. At last many animals thought Rooster was a good one to be sent because he was good at talking and he looked beautiful. All the animals thought men would like him.

    Rooster agreed to go. All the animals were glad and they had a farewell party to send him off. “I’ll try my best to bring the burning thing back to the mountains. I’m sure I can do it,” he said. He flew far and walked a long way until he came to a town of men. He went into the town and saw the burning thing. He learned that it was called “fire”. People in the town taught him how to use fire. But Rooster wasn’t good at learning and he was afraid of fire. He did not ask for a piece of it to take back to the animals, because he found that there was so much food lying around people’s houses, and he enjoyed the food and forgot what he had come for.

     Men liked Rooster because he sang beautifully and he woke them up in the early morning. They let him in and out of their houses. They threw him food. So Rooster stayed with men. He felt very happy in the town and he never went back to the animals in the mountains. Years later he even forgot how fly.

1. Animals in the mountains found that the burning thing was             .

  A. good for cooking and it could keep people warm

  B. very warm and it could be found in the mountains

  C. very beautiful and it was kept in the sky

  D. frightening and could be used to protect themselves

2. Animals thought the one they sent to the people must be            .

  A. good at singing                        B. good at walking

  C.1iked by them                          D. friendly and beautiful

3. After Rooster came to the town, he            .

  A. got to know the burning thing was called “fire”

  B. asked men for a piece of fire

  C. began to learn how to use fire and could use it

  D. was driven out of the town by the people

4. Rooster stayed with men because            .

  A. he thought he could do something for men

  B. 1ife in the town was much better than that in the mountains

  C. he could not fly any more

  D. men refused to give him fire

5. Which is the best title for this story?

 A. How fire was discovered             B. Animals in mountains

  C. Fire and animals                    D. How Rooster came to stay with men

Everyone is talking about how much money they got in their red envelopes（红包）．But an even more important question than "How much did you get?" is "What are you going to do with it?" Well, one thing you could do is to put it in the bank--it's easier than you think．

In fact, some students in Hubei Province began using the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card this year．It's a bank card for kids, and it's given out by Minsheng Bank's Wuhan branch（支行）．

"Now all my pocket money has a place to go," said Song Wei, who is a Junior l at the  Wuluolu Middle School in Wuhan．"1 can't wait to use the card to pay my own school fees（费用）．"

Wang Hong, a manager at Minsheng Bank, said, "We have talked to lots of students and have found they don't think much about what money is, where it comes from or how to use it carefully．They just spend all their money on whatever they want and then ask their parents for more," Wang Said．

 School kids today are getting more money．At one school in Shanghai．205 students got about 500,000 yuan in their red envelopes in total this year．But parents worry that the kids don't know how to take care of the money by themselves．

 Zhang Shan's mother likes the card．Zhang, a Junior 2 in Wuhan, bas been asking for a computer for a long time, but his mother hasn't bought him one．"We want him to use this card to save money for the computer step by step," she said． "If we buy everything be asks for, he would think that money comes too easily, and he won't work hard for it．"

Experts say that understanding personal finances（经济状况） is important and should be taught early．"Those who start saving early will continue the habit when they grow up," said Wang Min, a financial expert in Wuhan, "It's better to teach kids how to fish rather than just feeding them fish．"

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

2．How does Song Wei want to use the money from his red envelope?

3．Why do Zhang Shan's parents want him to save money for the computer step by step?'

4．What is the average（平均）amount of money the 205 students at the Shanghai school       received in their red envelopes this year?

5．According to the passage, what do parents think of the students' putting money in the      bank?

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I  31  you.” I did not know  32  to say, and I just stood there, looking  33 at him. My first thought was that he must need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all about ?” “Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and see what they say.”
The next day I called his teacher to  34  more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted﹡. “Most of the fathers had the  35  response﹡ as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first suggested ﹡that we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would be surprised.”
Then the teacher explained , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of  36  . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express﹡ our feelings. A boy  37 tell his parents he loves them.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is  38  for some of us to say something .
That evening when my son came to me, I took him in my arms and held on for a while, saying, “Hey, I love you,  39  .” I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier,   40   I did feel pretty good.

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I  31   you.” I did not know  32  to say, and I just stood there, looking  33  at him. My first thought was that he must need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all about ?” “Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and see what they say.”

The next day I called his teacher to  34  more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted﹡. “Most of the fathers had the  35  response﹡ as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first suggested ﹡that we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would be surprised.”

Then the teacher explained , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of  36  . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express﹡ our feelings. A boy  37 tell his parents he loves them.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is  38  for some of us to say something .

That evening when my son came to me, I took him in my arms and held on for a while, saying, “Hey, I love you,  39  .” I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier,   40   I did feel pretty good.

1.A.  dislikeB.  love C.  likeD.  enjoy

2.A.  how  B.  whyC.  whatD.  which 

3.A.  awayB.  for                     C.  downD.  on 

4.A.  talk toB.  talk withC.  find out  D.  do with 

5.A.  same  B.  different  C.  usual  D.  unusual  

6.A.  studyB.  work  C.  health   D.  body 

7.A.  mightB.  can  C.  shouldD.  need 

8.A.  easy  B.  difficult  C.  crazy  D.  silly 

9.A.  eitherB.  tooC.  also     D.  again 

10.A.  andB.  but   C.  so  D.  when