A girl complained to her father about her hard life．She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up．She felt tired of fighting and fighting．One problem had been finished but another came over．
Her father，a cook，took her into the kitchen．He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them．After boiling，in the first pan was put some carrots，the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee．
The girl waited impatiently (不耐烦的)，confused by what her father did．About 20 minutes later，her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl．He took the eggs and put them in a bowl．After that the coffee was poured into a cup．“My sweet heart，what do you see？” he asked．
“Carrots，eggs and coffee，” she replied．
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots．She did so and felt that the carrots were soft．After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them．After peeling (剥开) them，she got the eggs，cooked and hard．The last，the father let her smell the coffee． She asked，“What did you do this for，Father？” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience—the boiling water，but each had a different result． The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak．The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked． The coffee was very special，they could change water．“Who are you？” asked her father．“When bad luck knocks at your door，what is your decision? Are you carrots，eggs or coffee？”
【小题1】The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't ________．

A．want to give up	B．finish one problem
C．know what to do	D．get tired of fighting

【小题2】The girl's father took her to the kitchen to ________．

A．ask her how to boil eggs

B．show her how to make coffee

C．teach her how to be a cook

D．tell her how to face difficulties

【小题3】After about twenty minutes，the carrots became ________．

A．soft

B．hard

C．salty

D．sweet

【小题4】The underlined word “fragile” in the passage means “________”．

A．美味的

B．易碎的

C．特别的

D．可怜的

【小题5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The girl's father liked to eat some kinds of food．

B．Bad luck always knocks at strong people's doors．

C．Boiled carrots，eggs and coffee had the same result．

D．People should make right decisions when in trouble．

Ted and Susan are good friends. Last Saturday, Ted asked Susan to go with him to watch a movie or take a walk down by the lake. Susan really wanted to go, but she was really busy all Saturday. First, her mom asked her to help clean the house in the morning, and then she had to go to the dentist’s at 12:30. Two hours after that, she met Julia to help her with her science. Then she had to go to soccer practice with her brother at 4:30, and her mom asked her to cook dinner for the family at 5:30. Then, she had to do her history homework.
Ted knew that Susan was going to have a full day. So he asked her to watch a video at home. Susan thought that was great, but something was wrong with their video player. So they had to just play a game.
【小题1】What did Susan have to do on Saturday morning?

A．Watch a movie.	B．Clean the house.
C．Go to the dentist’s.	D．Take a walk.

【小题2】What was wrong with Susan?

A．She had a fever.	B．She had a sore throat.
C．She had a toothache.	D．She had a stomachache.

【小题3】What time did Susan meet with Julia?

A．At 12:00 p.m.	B．At 1:00 p.m.
C．At 2:00 p.m.	D．At 2:30 p.m.

【小题4】How many things did Susan have to do on Saturday?

A．3.

B．4.

C．5.

D．6.

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Susan couldn’t watch the video because the video player didn’t work.

B．Susan’s Saturday was not busy.

C．Susan can’t cook diner.

D．Ted couldn’t play a game with Susan in the evening.

Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would .a break and climb up on the fence(篱笆)along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day 1 will go there and see this wonderful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to know how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch (门廊).As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
【小题1】During his break every morning, the small boy would _________.

A．fix the fence

B．eat sandwiches

C．climb up on the fence

D．walk around the farm

【小题2】One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to_________.

A．go to the town

B．play on the field

C．go to see the house

D．make the golden windows

【小题3】What did the boy find when he got there?

A．Nobody lived in the poor house.

B．No golden windows were in the house.

C．The house was so old as he expected.

D．The house was nearer than he thought.

【小题4】The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought________ .

A．Like father, like son

B．Love me, love my dog

C．Every dog has its day

D．The grass is greener somewhere else

In an American classroom, a Chinese girl was asked to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn’t see anything funny. So he asked her the question again. The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry. He didn’t know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment（尴尬）because she wasn’t able to answer the question.
In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped a plate. The Chinese who had seen this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry. “They are laughing at me,” he thought. In fact the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck—whether he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The smile or laughter has several feelings: don’t take it so seriously; laugh it off, it’s nothing; such things can happen to any of us.
【小题1】The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because ________________.

A．she was asked to answer a question	B．she was asked to stand up
C．she couldn’t answer the question	D．the teacher looked funny

【小题2】Which feeling is NOT included in the laughter when the Englishman dropped a plate?

A．Don’t take it seriously.	B．Bad luck!
C．It’s nothing.	D．It can happen to any of us.

【小题3】What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Smile and laughter don’t mean the same thing to different people.

B．Smile and laughter always bring happiness.

C．American people are easy to get angry.

D．Chinese students are impolite

Once, there was a beautiful girl who didn’t like herself, because she was blind, she couldn’t see anything.

In fact, the girl  1.  nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always  2.   to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “3.  I could see the world, I would marry you.”

One day, someone donated a pair of  4.  to the girl. When the bandages came off，she was able to see  5. ,including her boyfriend for the  6.   time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you  7.  me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was blind,  8.   . She had never expected that, and she would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life, so she  9.   to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a  10.  to her, saying, “My dear, take good care of your eyes. Before they are yours, they were  11. .”

So, this is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember  12.   life was like before. And we often ask for more than we need. Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the  13.   of your food，think of those who have nothing to  14. . Before you complain about life，think of some ones who went to heaven too early. Before you complain about your old  15. , think of the people who are living in the streets. And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs.

In a word, enjoy the things you have and don’t forget your past.

16.               A．forgot          B．loved          C．disliked    D．needed

 

17.               A．ready          B．exciting        C．angry     D．sad

 

18.               A．Though         B．Because        C．If D．But

 

19.               A．shoes          B．glasses         C．pants D．eyes

 

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

 

21.               A．first           B．second         C．next D．1ast

 

22.               A．follow          B．love           C．marry D．see

 

23.               A．too            B．also           C．either D．neither

 

24.               A．decided        B．agreed         C．refused   D．wanted

 

25.               A．diary          B．note           C．song  D．story

 

26.               A．yours          B．your           C．mine D．my

 

27.               A．which          B．what           C．that D．how

 

28.               A．taste           B．size            C．color D．shape

 

29.               A．do            B．wear           C．eat   D．make

 

30.               A．food           B．house          C．clothes    D．car