A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling, and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was    36  down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.

Gleams of light appeared from windows of   37  houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.

A   38  woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was   39  on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was   40  her without pause. She knocked at the door, and a   41  answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while   42  . The boy then let her into the sitting room and   43  her sitting by the fire.

The woman   44  old and tired under the bright electric light,   45  she was only in her early thirties. She sat   46  for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the   47  . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she   48 up, looking thunderstruck. Just then, the boy came with his   49 . The man at once recognized the woman as his   50 . They had   51  touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.

  52  words needed to be spoken, They embraced each other   53  the boy stared at them, puzzled. k*s*5u

The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very   54 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually   55 .

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

    One day,feeling very sad and lonely,she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away,the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief. 来源：

    “For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl,“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied,“I want to be happy.”

    The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared. 来源：

    As the little girl grew up,there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer,“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.” 来源：

    When she was very old and on her deathbed,the neighbors all gathered around her,and feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us,please,” they begged,“Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone,no matter how secure they seemed,no matter how old or young,how rich or poor,had need of me.”

______ the girl felt sad and lonely. 来源：

     A. There were many friends but          B. There was nobody to love her so来源：

     C. There was nothing to do              D. Seeing the butterfly was caught来源：

Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn,the orphan girl ______.

     A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn        B. felt sorrow,but she didn’t go up to help it

     C. fell down on it too                            D. failed to help it release from the thorn

The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.

     A. flied away                                  B. still died来源：

     C. changed into a fairy                           D. was more beautiful than before

  The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.来源：

     A. to be rich                                  B. to have her own parents

     C. to have a lot of friends                        D. happiness

The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying,because ______.

     A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t wanted her to die

     B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died来源：

     C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness来源：

     D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

Jimmy was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught physics in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They lived a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. Luckily his sister took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun(修女). After he finished middle school, he was introduced to and owner of a hotel and began to work there.
One day the young man fell to ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse, “I’m a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward(病房) for me, please.”
“Can’t anybody help you?”
“No, madam,” answered Jimmy. “I have only a sister. She’s a nun and she’s poor, too.”
“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”
“Well, then,” Jimmy said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.”
1.  Jimmy’s parents died           .
A. in an accident   B. in a war   C. in an earthquake   D. from a disease
2.  Jimmy and his sister escaped from the earthquake because          .
A. they played outside        B. they were in a safe place
C. their parents saved them    D. the aunt saved them
3.  The sister and brother lived a hard life because         .
A. they lost all                    B. they were too young
C. they were hurt in the earthquake    D. they had to look after themselves
4.  Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Jimmy.
B. Jimmy’s sister became a nun because of her illness.
C. The nurse would post Jimmy’s bill to God.
D. Jimmy had a rich brother-in-law.

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn（荆棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”

The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her， that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1. ______ the girl felt sad and lonely.

A．There were many friends but

B．There was nobody to love her so

C．There was nothing to do

D．Seeing the butterfly was caught

2. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl ______.

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow, but she didn ‘t go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

3. The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.

A．to be rich

B．to have her own parents

C．to have a lot of friends

D．happiness

4. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because ______.

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn‘t wanted her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D．they wanted to pray for her after her death

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her. One day， feeling very sad and lonely， she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away， the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness，” the good fairy said to the girl， “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied， “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up， there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer， “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed， the neighbors all gathered around her， that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us， please，” they begged， “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said， “She told me that everyone， no matter how secure they seemed， no matter how old or young， how rich or poor， had need of me.”

1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn， the orphan girl ______.

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

2. The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.

A．flied away                             B．still died

C．changed into a fairy                      D．was more beautiful than before

3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.

A．to be rich                             B．to have her own parents

C．to have a lot of friends                   D．happiness

4. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying， because ______.

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn‘t wanted her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D．they wanted to pray for her after her death