Jennifer was sitting on the beach. After all she had been through, it was just what she needed. It’s getting __31 ,” she thought. “I should go home.”
She wanted to know how her __32  would react（反应）, when she __33  home after the three days she was missing（失踪）.
It was really dark when she finally reached her front door. It seemed different to her. _34_ had taken care of the outside garden for __35  days. She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything __36  and tidy（整洁的）. She couldn’t understand what was going on.
She entered the _37 _. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written __38  her father. __39 said, “Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am out searching(搜寻).” Ellen was her mother, but where was she?
She went to her parents’ room. She found her there. Her __40  was lying on the bed, fast sleep. Her face looked so _ 41 , as if she hadn’t slept for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up __42  she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.
When Jennifer _43_, something was different: she wasn’t in her mother’s room any more and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away _ 44 . She was on her own bed.
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice ask, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you __45  us all very, very worried.”

Alice is a young woman. She likes to exercise for her health. She walks five kilometers before breakfast every morning, and goes swimming twice a week at the swimming pool. She doesn’t smoke and never drinks wine(酒). She doesn’t eat chocolate, and she doesn’t eat sweet and fatty foods.

One day Alice was on her daily walk when she saw a man sitting in a chair. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking(发抖), but he looked very happy.

He smiled at her and said, “ Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”

He had a big smile on his face, and his eyes showed his happiness. But Alice saw that he had no teeth.

“Good morning!” said Alice. “Yes, it’s a lovely day.”

Alice thought he was old and clever. She thought he must be more than 90 years old. She wanted to ask him about the secret of a happy old age.

“Excuse me. But what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do when I am your age.”

The man in the chair said, “My secret for happiness? I smoke every day, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers, I eat chocolate and I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit and watch TV all day.”

Alice couldn’t understand. She wanted to know how the man got to be so old when he did everything wrong. She thought he should be sick and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life without eating well and doing lots of sports. 

“How old are you?’ she asked.

“It’s my birthday today.” Said the man, “I am forty-seven.”

11. What does Alice like?

A. Smoking.        B. Drinking wines.        C. Eating unhealthy food.     D. Doing sports.

12. Which is WRONG about the old man?

A. He didn’t have any teeth.                     B. He was more than 90 years old.

C. He looked happy although he looked thin and weak.     D. He looked very old.

13. How often did the old man do sports?

A. Never.         B. Often.            C. Sometimes.            D. Every day.

14. How did Alice feel when he heard the old man’s secret for happiness?

A. Happy.        B. Interested.         C. Excited.              D. Surprised.

15. After the old man told Alice about his age, Alice knew         .

A. the man was in good health for his age        

B. the man had a healthier lifestyle than her

C. a good lifestyle was important for one’s health   

D. people could live a long life without a good lifestyle

When I was in my ninth grade, I was on a stage-design team for a play and Mrs. Reagan was my director. Almost immediately I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, __1__ she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Reagan would ask me for my __2__. She wanted to know how I thought we should deal with things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew __3__ about stage design! But I slowly tried to answer her __4__. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to make them and I completed them perfectly. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Reagan 's motto that year was, "Try it. We can achieve it __5__!" I began to take the chances. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing. I learned to create something __6__.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was __7__ in the program as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I __8__ I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Reagan changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more experienced than I had thought, but I also __9_ a strong interest and a world I hadn't known. She taught me not to __10__ what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be __11_. Mrs. Reagan was the person who gave me confidence when I was upset. Her trust in me has encouraged me to do things that I never imagined __12__.

-Did Mrs Brown leave a message?

-Yes.  She wanted to know____this Sunday.

Mrs. Smith was looking at the show window of a shop selling shirts. She wanted to buy a
  1 for Mr. Smith, her husband. There were so many beautiful shirts that she couldn’t decide
  2 At last, she chose one and bought it home.
While Mr. Smith was reading a newspaper, she showed him the shirt. She wanted to know whether it would fit her husband or not. Her husband   3  the shirt. But it didn’t fit him     4   It was both too long and too big. Then Mrs. Smith washed it in order to make it become smaller. But the shir  5    didn’t fit him. Now it was too small for him. She asked Tom, his son, to    6 and he did so. The shirt didn’t fit him,      Then the woman began to wash the shirt once more to make it   7  . But this time the shirt became too short after she washed it again.
Now the little girl, her daughter was    8  when her mother dressed her in the shirt. Why? Because it was too large, she didn’t like it at all. None of them knew   9   Mrs. Smith felt so upset.