Mr. Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ling. The little boy is clever. He and his wife love him very much. It’s September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He’s going to school with his new bag. “Let me take you to school, dear.” said Mrs. Gao. “Thank you, Mummy,” said the boy. “The school is not far from here. I can go there myself.”
　　At school a teacher met the little boy and asked, “What’s your name, my little friend?” “Gao Ling, sir.” answered the boy. “How old are you?” “Six, sir.” “What’s your father’s name?” “Gao Daling, sir.” “How old is he?” “He is six, too, sir.” “Oh,” the teacher said in surprise. “Is he as old as you?”
　　“Yes, sir,” said the boy. “He became a father only on the day when I was born.”
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【小题1】Mr. Gao is _____now.
A、six                 B、twenty-five          C、thirty one
【小题2】Mr. and Mrs. Gao love their son because_____.
A、the boy is clever
B、he likes to go to school
C、he can go to school himself
【小题3】Gao Ling didn’t let his mother take him to school because_____.

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment(失望), she said she would go. This would be the  16  time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he  17  lose his face because of her appearance. Although she was a  18  woman, there was a scar(疤痕) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to  19  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were   20  by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother even though she had the scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬) and hid himself from everyone.   21 , he happened to hear of a talk between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked  22 , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. 23 was too afraid to go in because the fire was  24 , so I went in.    25 I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood  26 and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless(失去知觉) but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She  27 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be there forever, but to this day, I have never  28 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with  29 in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand  30  for the rest of the day.

Billiards（台球） is my favorite ball sport. The English player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese player Ding Junhui are   46  my favorite players. They play it very well. I hope I’ll be   47  to play it well, too. Of course, it is only a dream. Of the two players, I  48  O’Sullivan, because he played it so quickly in the races.
When I was nine, I   49_  this ball sport for the first time. My PE teacher, Mr. Xu, and I became good   50  because of billiards. I still remember that one day Mr. Xu and I played billiards   51  class. We were so excited that we both  52  the lunchtime. Suddenly, my father showed up, he was very angry with me.
Well, it is   53 to know the rules, but it is not easy to get a good  54  in the game. Now billiards is becoming more and more  55  in China, and more and more Chinese are enjoying it.
【小题1】A.two            B.both             C.all
【小题2】A.able           B.free             C.glad
【小题3】A.love           B.like             C.prefer
【小题4】A.hit            B.joined           C.played
【小题5】A.athletes       B.friends          C.teachers
【小题6】A.after          B.before           C.in
【小题7】A.knew           B.forgot           C.remembered
【小题8】A.easy           B.hard             C.difficult
【小题9】.A.rule          B.score            C.player
【小题10】A.boring        B.famous           C.popular