On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain.   1   as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韵律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t   2  listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood（童年） in my hometown.

When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and   3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I    4   to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the    5   raindrops（雨点）.

When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row（持续不断地）, they    6  a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops   7  the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（溅出）and then disappear slowly.

I have been   8  interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the    9  of the earth, and one day we will embrace（拥抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.

Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the    10   of life.

1.                A．Surprised       B．Sad            C．Excited   D．Angry

2.                A．stand          B．stop           C．like  D．think

3.                A．leaves          B．animals         C．children D．trees

4.                A．happened       B．wanted         C．wished   D．used

5.                A．falling          B．singing          C．fallen    D．broken

6.                A．make          B．form           C．cause    D．rise

7.                A．see            B．get            C．reach    D．cover

8.                A．always          B．never          C．sometimes    D．seldom

9.                A．children        B．owner          C．friends   D．master

10.               A．length         B．meaning        C．number   D．quality

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
About ten years ago when I was a student at college, I spent my summer holidays1 at a museum. 2 was hard for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was sick3. I was4 if I would be able to go on with my study the next term.
One day while I was working, I saw an old man come in with a little girl5 a wheelchair. As I looked 6 at this girl, I found that she had no arms7 legs. She was wearing a little white dress and she 8had a hat on.
As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me, I was busy with my work. I9my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather, I looked back at the girl, 10was giving me the prettiest, largest smile I have 11 seen. Suddenly her handicap(生理缺陷) 12 and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She 13 me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her14of smiles, love and warmth.
I’m now a successful business and15I get down and think about the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me.