My name is Madoka Ozawa．I am a student in Kagoshima City，Japan．I am looking for pen pals from other countries．I want to learn about different cultures and make more friends．My E-mail address is whiteriver920@yahoo.co.jp	I'm Brain．My class is learning about different parts of the world．I suggested to our teacher that we get pen pals! He said yes! Now I'm looking for pen pals from other parts of the world!（not from the USA） E-mail：Natshorses12@aol.com
I'm 12 years old．My classmates call me Tony．I hope to start exchanging letters with pen pals as soon as possible．I live in Washington，America． E-mail：NaoEM@aol.com	My name is Craig Herrmann．I'm an English teacher in Italy，where English is our second language in our school．I would like to find pen pals whose first language is English for my students．Please send me an e-mail if you are interested． E-mail：OstedCraig@hotmail.com

1．The people mentioned in the table ________．

A．want to learn English                                 B．are all students

C．are looking for pen pals

2．Craig is ________．

A．a teacher              B．a student              C．a Japanese

3．Madoka Ozawa lives in ________．

A．Asia                    B．America               C．Europe

4．Brian can become the pen pal with ________．

A．Craig                   B．Tony                   C．Madoka Ozawa

5．If you want to make friends with Tony，you can send an e-mail to ________．

A．Natshorses12@aol.com                               B．NaoEM@aol.com

C．whiteriver920@yahoo.co.jp

I didn’t think I had a passion(激情). I would sit in front of the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
That day I went with my mum to drive my sister to the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye（吸引我的世界）. It was a man dressed in rags (衣衫褴褛). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I had seen many like him before.
But in some ways he was different. This man was not sitting down with a sad expression(表情). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious(珍贵)thing he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even thought（尽管） he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought it,” she replied. I was still unable to understand.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important things. We need happiness, too.”
The man must care too much about music to buy a radio instead of food clothes. I soon realized（意识到）that happiness is the key to life. Without it, there’s nothing to look forward to.
Since then I’ve never gone a day without thinking of what’s truly important. A home, a meal, clothes—these things are only part of the picture. What’s often forgotten is that we all need a pleasure, a light in a dark day. We all need a passion.
【小题1】How would Sarah spend her days long ago?

A．She watched TV all day.

B．She used to read a lot.

C．She did nothing but thinking.

D．She was always sleeping.

【小题2】Who caught Sarah’s eye when her mum stopped the car at a red light?

A．A man dressed in rags.

B．A man dressed in new clothes.

C．A man sitting down with a sad expression.

D．A man singing happily to the music.

【小题3】 Why was the man different?

A．He wore new clothes.

B．He was sitting with a sad expression.

C．He was homeless.

D．He lived an active life though he was very poor.

【小题4】What did Sarah do after she understood the fact?

A．She thought all day without doing anything.

B．She bought a radio just like the man’s.

C．She had a passion with everything from then on.

D．She always danced to the music on the radio.

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

A．Sometimes food and clothes are the most important things in our life.

B．Happiness is the key to life and it is what we are looking forward to.

C．Music is more important than food or clothes.

D．Money is the most important thing for a person.

A group of frogs were traveling1 the forests, but suddenly two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't 2 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 3 saying that they were sure to die. 4, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, gave up. Then he fell down and died.
The 5 frog, however, continued to jump as 6 as he could, and at last made it out. When he 7 , the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 8, said, "I thought you were encouraging me all the time."
The story teaches us a 9:There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging 10 to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
(   )1. A. across             B. through             C. from              D. past
(   )2. A. care               B. understand           C. know            D. think
(   )3. A. kept               B. finished            C. practiced          D. stopped
(   )4. A. Luckily            B. Finally             C. Suddenly          D. Happily
(   )5. A. another            B. other               C. others           D. one
(   )6. A. wide             B. tall                 C. hard            D. far
(   )7. A. got out            B. ran away           C. got off              D. woke up
(   )8. A. smelling           B. eyesight            C. hearing             D. looking
(   )9. A. way                B. skill                C. sentence            D. lesson
(   )10. A. smile            B. laugh               C. help              D. word