There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯) for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone(石头) or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flower did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing had been useful. He had been to report to the headmaster, but this bad not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones. He had even picked up all the stones around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found others.

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr Flowers had no further trouble: The boys were much more attempted to throw stoned at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ____

A．build glass-houses in his spare time

B．grow the rose in a glass-house

C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

D．grow a rose with the longest name

2.Boys were often tempted to ____

A．throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

B．throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

C．be in or close by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

D．play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

3.Mr Flowers stayed in or close by his glass-houses ____

A．at times when school-boys were walking near them

B．all the school day when there were no boys around

C．where he could not be seen by the boya passing

D．in his spare time at the beginning and end of the school day

4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ____ to protect his glass.

A．be on watch in his spare time

B．ask the headmaster for help

C．pick up all the stones around his garden

D．do all the above

5.Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ____

A．write some words on the glass

B．put up a larger notice to cover his glasshouses

C．give the boys something else to throw stones at

D．send for policemen

There was once a millionaire(百万富翁).He loved money more      anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how       he had. So he asked a little girl to count(数)        his money for him. It        the little girl six days to count his money. When she told the millionaire       he had forty-two million dollars, he was very glad       asked, “How much pay do you want ?”He     that she was only a child, he could cheat(骗) her.

    The little girl said, “Well, I worked      six days, so I think you _    pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that,       give me the amount(数量) you gave the day before multiplied (乘)by itself.”

    The millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars. What a _    _ little girl! So he immediately(立刻) asked his lawyer to make a contract (条约). He was afraid that she would change _ ___.

On the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, __    pennies. He did what he had planned. And on the sixth day the foolish(愚蠢) millionaire      to give the clever little girl all his money.

  At last, it was more than he had .Do you know why? If you have       in it, you may try to work out this math problem..

1.A. as          B. so         C. than        D. then

2.A. many       B. much       C. often        D. far

3.A. both        B. some       C. most        D. all

4.A. cost        B. spent       C. used         D. took

5.A. that        B. what        C. how         D. if

6.A. and        B. but         C. so           D. or

7.A. asked      B. thought      C. told        D. spoke

8.A. in         B. on          C. for          D. at

9.A. had to      B. need        C. should       D. must

10.A. still       B. just         C. really       D. finally

11.A. kind       B. foolish      C. lovely       D. clever

12.A. his plan    B. her life      C. his place     D. her mind

13.A. two       B. four         C. six         D. eight

14.A. need      B. had         C. must        D. may

15.A. interest    B. interested    C. interesting    D. interests

When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward. This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time   46  its owner or taking it to the police station.
There was once a young boy   47  found a woman’s purse in a shopping centre. Inside the purse there   48  some money and the woman’s driving license. Her name and   49  were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived. That evening he went to her house and   50  her door. When she opened it, he said, “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much,” she said. She opened her purse and took out all the money. She wanted to give the boy a small reward,   51  there were only bills of ＄20 in the purse and she thought that $ 20 was too   52  to give the boy. “ I’m sorry,” she said, “ but I don’t have any small    53  to give you.”
The boy said, “That’s all right,” and he went away.
A few days later he found   54  woman’s purse. It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived. He went to her house and said “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much, “ she said. She opened her purse and took out all her money.
“That’s   55   ” , she said, “ Before I lost my purse I had a $100 bill and a $20 bill in it. Now I have a $100 bill, a $10 bill and two $5 bills.”
“Yes,” the boy said, and smiled.
【小题1】A. to find                                    B. finding                       C. find
【小题2】 A. who                                         B. whose                               C. which
【小题3】A. is                                               B. were                                    C. was
【小题4】A. e-mail                                       B. address                            C.age
【小题5】A.cut down                                        B. knocked on                         C. broke into
【小题6】A. so                                             B. but                                         C. or
【小题7】A. little                                          B. few                                       C. much
【小题8】A. change                                         B. menu                                        C. purse
【小题9】A .another                                         B. the other                                 C. other
【小题10】A interesting                                    B. exciting                               C. strange

  There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 仓库 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.

   He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 奖赏 ).

   Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but  still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.

   The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”

   So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.

   The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”

   This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .

1.A. important  B. expensive  C. useless  D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching  D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger    C. work    D. help

4.A. saw       B. found     C. looked   D. watched

5.A. somewhere  B. anywhere  C. nowhere  D. everywhere

6.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson   D. present

7.A. In all    B. That’s all   C. After all  D. Above all

8.A. came   B. knew   C. succeeded   D. stopped

9.A. spoke   B. added  C. talked    D. replied

10.A. badly   B. better   C. worse   D. Well