Many years ago, there was a young girl named Pepsy．She thought she was bad-looking and didn't like going   56   ．But there were times when she had to go out shopping．She was unhappy and sometimes even    57    when people looked at her face．

    One night, a strange old woman came to Pepsy's    58    . She said to Pepsy, “My child, let me help you．Put this magic flower in your hair, and you'll become   59   ．”

    Pepsy did what the woman said．Something     60    happened．She became beautiful! Pepsy was surprised to see herself so wonderful in the mirror．She ran   61  out of her house．She walked on the street and    62    everyone．She became very friendly and nice, very different from what she had been before．Almost all the people said, “Pepsy is so   63   today!”

    Finally, Pepsy returned to her home．But when she    64   the house, she saw the magic flower on the floor．She left the    65    there before she hurried out．She didn't wear it when walking on the street!

56．A．alone            B．out                  C．abroad            D．back

57．A．surprised            B．tired               C．angry            D．quiet

58．A．house              B．school              C．village               D．town

59．A．happy             B．young              C．strong             D．beautiful

60．A．strange              B．sad                  C．bad                 D．important

61．A．happily              B．sadly               C．carefully             D．angrily

62．A．went with        B．smiled at             C．looked at           D．got mad at

63．A．beautiful              B．great               C．old               D．young

64．A．left                 B．found               C．entered              D．saw

65．A．house              B．woman              C．hair               D．flower

根据句意,首字母或汉语提示完成单词。

1．M_____________ more English words is important to learn English.

2．S___________ is the first season of the year.

3．Our teacher r__________ us as friends.

4．The girl can’t go to school because her parents can’t a_________ the education.

5．The girl is t_____________ of going out alone at night.

6．I have _____________（意识到） it’s important to learn English well.

7．His father’s ___________（死亡） made him very sad.

8．Do you know how to _____________ （发音） this new word?

9．Children like ___________（咀嚼） gum.

10．There are four ______________（季节） in a year.

    One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water（小便）.She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.

Her mother said, "Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!"

    "What’s courage?" she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

    "Courage is the brave breath," her mother answered.

    "Mum, do you have courage?"

"Certainly."

    The girl held out her little hands, saying, "Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me."

    After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl   clenched her fists（握拳） nervously, afraid that the "breath of courage" would run away. Then with  her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

    Her mother said to herself ,"It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me.    Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel frightened or lost."

    In fact, mostly, what we are afraid of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat（战胜）is nobody but ourselves.

1 We learn from the reading that          .

   A. the girl went to the bathroom by herself  B. the girl was afraid of going out alone at night

   C. the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath 

D. the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

2 The writer mainly wants to tell us that         .

   A. adults are always brave enough        B. children lean to be brave quickly

   C. the fear in one’s mind is the real problem

D. the mother can deal with anything with breath

3 Which is the best title for the passage?

   A. The Fearless Mother                 B. One Lonely Girl

   C. One Midnight                      D. The Breath of Courage