Very often, new-born babies are not beautiful．They are wrinkled （多皱的） or hairless，or they have an angry look on their faces．They seem to say，“Get away！I hate everybody．”But to a parent，that hairless, wrinkled，angry -faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world．When a proud father or mother asks you，“Well， What do you think…，isn’t she beautiful?”What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not!

   You look that proud father in the eyes and say, “Yes，she is! She's really a beauty．She's one in a million．She's going to be a movie star! I can tell! She's as beautiful as a picture．”

   In English, This is a white lie．White lies don’t hurt people． They are not cruel （残忍的） or angry words．People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier．When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend's house, they tell a white lie．They are trying to be kind．They don’t want to hurt anyone．It's important to be honest, but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important．

1． Parents are usually ___________when their babies are born.

      A．angry               B．proud                C．sad                D．surprise

2．When a parent asks what you think of their new baby, they want you to__________．

      A．tell the truth                               B．say what you like

     C．tell lies                                  D．say something positive

3．The underlined word “white”in this passage means“_________” in Chinese．

      A．善意的               B．恶意的               C．白色的               D．苍白的

4．From the passage we know that___________．

     A．a new -born baby hates everyone around her

     B．a new -born baby is the most beautiful one

     C．people who tell white lies are not kind

    D．people who tell white lies want to be kind

5．Which of the following is a white lie?

    A．You broke the window but you say you don’t know who broke it．

    B．You know Jack has stolen a watch but you say you don’t know who stole the watch.

      C．You don’t think your friend first drawing is great but you say it is.

     D．You tell a mother that her new - born baby isn’t beautiful.

The story below is a true story that happened in September.
During the month of September, a dear friend of mine lost her husband suddenly in an accident. The tragedy was a great shock to everyone.
This accident was sudden and certainly unexpected. It made me realize the fact that you just don’t know when a loved one is no longer going to be with you. We sometimes take our loved ones for granted(当然)，and we expect that they will be with us all the time. However, as we all know, life does not work that way and sometimes we get a wake-up call that shocks us and makes us stand back and realize how short life is.
To cheer her up, I tried to imagine if I were in her shoes how I would feel. It was impossible to imagine what she was going through. What words could I say to help her?Sometimes words just can’t express our feelings. Sometimes our actions are much more meaningful than words. So I gave her a hug(拥抱)…
Life is too short, and we should treasure(珍惜) every day staying with our loved ones.
【小题1】The writer’s friend lost her husband _______.     

用所给词的适当形式填空。每词只限用一次，可加助动词等。  

    Dear Pen Pal,

      I’m having a great time in Hong Kong，although I have to be honest and say that I prefer Shanghai．Still it′s a great place  l  and I'm lucky to be here for my six-month English course．Some other students  2  French．I might like to learn it too．What languages would you like to learn?

     There  3  just so much to see and do here．Last night I  4  to a Chinese music concert．Most of my friends like loud music that they can dance to．I  5  quiet，traditional music so the concert  6  me just fine．What kinds of music do you like?

     Before the concert we went for Italian food．Do you like it? There are lots of different kinds of food here．I don′t know what  7   next．What kinds of food do you prefer?

B．读一下面的对话，选择恰当的单词填空。每词只限用一次。

P：Paula    B：Bob

P：Hi，Bob．You look   8    !

B：I don′t feel great，Paula．

P：Is there something   9    ? Have you been to the doctor′t s?

B：No，I′m not i11．I’m just a bit tired．I′m probably not sleeping enough．

P：You shouldn′t go out so late then．

B：I'm not going out at all actually．I′m too busy  10  .I   11   last night.

P：Staying up? But the exams are two months away．

B：I know．but I've got a lot to do．I didn′t do much last term．1 wish I had been more like you!

P：Well，yeah，1 went to every class and I took lots of  12  ．After class I spent time looking through all the key points I made during class．

B：Have you started preparing for the exams?

P：Not yet．I'll start next week，but I'm not going to stay up all night doing it．If you don′t sleep enough．you can′t  1 3  and you don′t learn anything．Anyway you   should have a  weekend off．

B：I don′t think so．I can′t  14  the time．

P：Of course you can．Why don′t you go to do some  15  work with me? You used to be a  member of our Helping Team．

P：I know, I do need some time to relax．