My uncle likes hunting very much. He often goes 　1　during the weekend and usually　2　 home with a bag of birds. Last Sunday evening he came home 　3　 than usual. He didn’t say 　4　 when he came 　5　. He threw his 　6 on to the table and sat by the fire. He looked tired and 　7　.
　　“Didn’t you have a good day, dear?”his wife asked.
　　“　8　 do you think?”he answered angrily and pointed 　9　 the bag on the table .“ Look at the bag! There’s only one bird in it and 　10　 me a lot of money!”“Weren’t there any birds?”she asked kindly.
　　“Hundreds of them!”my uncle said,“　11　 I spent the day 　12　 with a 　13　.”
　　“What happened, dear?”she asked.
　　“I shot my first bird at five o’clock 　14　 afternoon. Soon afterwards, I aimed at 　15　 one and 　16　, but I don’t know what happened. I think I slipped because I didn’t shoot the bird. I 　17　 a cow and killed it. The farmer 　18　owned it got very angry with me. I argued with him for hours and 19 theend I had to 　20　 him 50 pounds!”
　　1．A. shoot       B. to shoot　　  C. and shoots      D. shooting
　　2．A. goes        B. comes　　　   C. leaves          D. gets
　　3．A. early       B. earlier　　　 C. earliest        D. the earliest
　　4．A. anything    B. nothing　　　 C. something       D. everything
　　5．A. in          B. out　　　 C. down          D. up
　　6．A. hat         B. bag　　　 C. gun           D. glasses
　　7．A. terrible    B. pleased　 C. wonderful     D. angry
　　8．A. What        B. How　　　 C. Why           D. When
　　9．A. of          B. to　　　  C. up            D. at
　　10．A. paid       B. spent　　 C. took          D. cost
　　11．A. So         B. Or　　    C. But           D. And
　　12．A. talking    B. arguing　 C. hunting       D. playing
　　13．A. policeman  B. hunter　　C. farmer        D. cow
　　14．A. that       B. this　　  C. one           D. some
　　15．A. the other  B. the　　   C. another       D. some
　　16．A. fired      B. lit　　   C. began         D. opened
　　17．A. frightened B. shot at　 C. hit           D. missed
　　18．A. who        B. which　　 C. whose         D. whom
　　19．A. at         B. in　　    C. for           D. by
　　20．A. borrow     B. lend　 　 C. pay           D. earn

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign which said,“I am blind. Please help me.”

　　There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

　　Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”

　　The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”

　　What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”

　　Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

　　Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

　　The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

　　There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

　　The first is: Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.

　　The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

1  From the passage we know that________.

   A. the boy is the man’s son.                    B. the man is one of the boy’s neighbors.

   C. the boy is blind and needs help.               D. the boy works for the man.

2  On the sign what the man wrote was, “________”

   A. Treasure what we have already had.

   B. Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.

   C. We are so lucky that we are not blind.

   D. Try your best to help those who need your help.

3  According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

   A .The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

   B. The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

   C. The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

   D. Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

4  The word “recognized” here in Chinese means________.

   A.承认                  B.接受                         C.表扬               D.认出

5  The best title for this story is _________.

   A. Giving makes receiving!                  B. Be kind and creative!

   C. Be kind to the blind!                     D. Do not always get, but offer!

What do you think of the football match?

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通畅。

1.My friends will f_____ (飞) to London to watch the ceremony of the 2012 London

Olympic Games.

2.You have to be p______(耐心) if you’re waiting at the end of a long queue.

3.Sandy has lots of sports c______(收藏).

4.Do you think this kind of water is s­­­­______ （安全）for drinking.

5.Students at school shouldn’t get their ears p­­­­­­­­___.(刺穿)