Laura lived in a small village near the sea. One day she decided to go for a swim in the sea. She knew that the sea near the ____36_____ has a strong tide (浪) , but she was a good swimmer, so she wasn’t __37______. Laura left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far from the beach and waved（挥舞） to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim ____38___. She tried her best, but she couldn’t get any closer to the beach . The tide kept___39___her back. She waved her arms in the air to let her friends know that she was____40____, but they just waved back, for they didn’t know what she___41_____. After a long time, Laura became very ______42___ and she couldn’t swim any more. Her legs ____43____and she lost hope. Suddenly, her foot touched ____44____! All the time she had been swimming in a place where the water wasn’t deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, “ Did you ___45____your swim?” “Yes, it was lovely.” She answered. She never told them what really happened.

1. A town        B city         C village          D country

2.A lonely       B surprised     C interested        D afraid

3. A up          B back        C down           D on

4.A pulling      B pushing      C throwing        D putting

5.A in trouble     B happy       C out of trouble     D in the water

6.A found       B meant        C said             D saw

7.A hungry      B sleepy       C thirsty           D tired

8.A came up     B were broken  C went down       D moved on

9.A a tide       B the sand      C a fish           D one of her friends

10.A enjoy       B remember    C drop            D forget

The Spring Festival is the    36    New. Year's Day. It usually comes    37   February. Everyone in China   38   the Spring Festival very much.    39    the Spring Festival comes, Wei Fang usually   40   her parents    41   their house,    42  do some shopping and   43   housework..    ___44  that day everyone in China   45   Jiaozi , New Year's cake and   46   other delicious food. Wei Fang likes New Year's cake, but  47    parents say Jiaozi is    48    than New Year's cake. Many  49   usually wear new clothes on Spring Festival. The Chinese people eat the New Year's cakes and Jiaozi   50   their house. How happy they are!

1. A. China            B. Chinese              C. English    

2. A. in                   B.on                    C. at             

3. A. like           B. is like       C. likes        

4. A. After           B. How                    C. When

5. A. help         B. is helping           C. helps      

6. A. clean            B. cleans            C. cleaning  

7. A. but                B. /                  C. so             

8. A. some            B. other            C. others  

9. A. In                   B. On                         C. At           

10.A. eats                 B. is eating              C. eating 

11. A. any                 B. much                    C. some              

12. A. hers                B. she                       C. her

13. A. nice                B. more nice           C. nicer               

14.A. child            B. children               C. boys                

15. A. in         B. over                      C. on          

A boy was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away, this boy was the   36   student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But the boy changed after  37   home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He   38   being in a group. He was lonely all the time because he felt no one loved him.

His   39   started worrying about the boy. But they did not know   40   was wrong with him. So his dad   41   to travel to the boarding school and   42   with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started   43   him casual(随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and sports.   44  some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To check my   45  ?”

“No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for  46 . I want to see you   47  . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his dad. They didn’t say

  48    to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him   49  . And today this young man is in college at the   50   of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

1.A. healthiest                 B. nicest              C. loneliest              D. brightest

2.A.reaching         B. going               C. leaving               D. coming

3.A. hated                          B. enjoyed                        C. wanted                         D. liked

4.A.friends                    B. parents           C .teachers            D. cousins

5.A. what             B. why              C. how                   D. where

6.A. liked              B. continued           C. decided              D. thought

7.A. quarrel                  B. talk                                C. sing                               D. dance

8.A. saying             B. telling              C. speaking             D. asking

9.A.When              B. Before            C. After                 D. Until

10.A.groups           B. grades            C. happiness           D .brightness

11.A.me               B. him                        C. her                   D. them

12.A. sad                     B. lonely                               C. happy                             D. moved

13.A.nothing                   B. anything                         C. something               D. everything

14.A.widely                    B. strongly           C. heavily               D. deeply

15.A. top                               B. bottom                          C. middle                          D. height

Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Almost everyone in the USA  31   shopping for presents.   32  is falling and people are walking fast. They are trying   33   warm as they move from shop to shop. Inside the shops the children are   34   at the toys and talking to a man called Father Christmas. He is asking them what they want for Christmas.

In the USA it is warm and beautiful in summer, the trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and   35  is white. The white snow is as almost   36   as Father Christmas.

    At   37   there are different colours. Thousands of lights decorate(???)the houses and buildings of every town. These bright red, green, blue, orange and yellow lights help to make Christmas a beautiful   38   of year.

Christmas Day always begins    39    breakfast. The children wake up very early and can't wait to open the   40   from their parents. Then they wake their parents up calling  "Merry Christmas! "

1.A. go           B. goes          C. went          D. going   

2. A. Snow        B. Rain          C. Leaf          D. Kite

3.A. kept         B. keeping        C. keeps         D. to keep

4.A. seeing        B. looked         C. looking       D. saw

5.A. everything    B. nothing        C. anything       D. some things

6.A. interested     B. thin           C. welcome       D. strong

7.A. evening      B. night          C. morning        D. afternoon

8. A. time's        B. times'         C. times          D. time

9.A, before        B. at            C. from          D. in

10.A. doors        B. presents        C, windows       D. books

When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I got into the high school. I had to   29   going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills.

We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school. Finally I re­turned to school. 30  my mother __31  the next year. And my world went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the   32  this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the  33  . I can’t study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I didn’t         34  most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to re­peat the year. After _35   summer working in the school garden, I went   36   to lessons again. But suddenly I fell ill.

Because of my disease (疾病) I was  37   and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless(无望的). My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates      38   me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not   39  . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I   40   hard days will always be followed by sunshine.

1.A. stop           B. start            C. keep         D. finish

2.A. and            B. but         C. so               D. although

3.A. go             B. die          C. gone         D. died

4.A. school         B. zoo          C. park              D. museum

5.A afternoon       B year              C. weekends       D. holidays

6.A. pass           B. take         C. have              D. give

7..A .others         B. the other       C another         D other

8. A. along         B. back         C. down              D. up      

9.A fine           B weak          C healthy         D strong

10. A. helped           B. gave         C. worried           D. taught

11.A. terrible          B. hard             C. easy          D. difficult

12.A. find         B. makes        C. thinks            D. believe