A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students， “Who would like this ￥100 bill？” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said， “I am going to give this ￥100 to one of you， but first， let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said， “Who wants it now？” The hands went back into the air.
“Well，” he said， “What if I do this？” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty， crumpled bill and said， “Who still wants it？” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends，” he said， “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter （无论） what I did to the money， you still wanted it because it did not go down in value （价值）。 It was still worth ￥ l00！”
Many times in our lives， we are dropped， crumpled， and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember， no matter what has happened to you， you will never lose your value： you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know， but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it！
【小题1】Even though it was dirty， the money _______.

He used to be afraid of the dark so he used to go to sleep ________ the light ________.

1. A.
   with, on
2. B.
   with, in
3. C.
   by, on
4. D.
   by, in

It was three o'clock. A man was walking down a high street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and he and he had lived away from home for twenty years. In fact he was in prison(监狱),

Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown had changed. The park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born had dis appeared and in its place,  ironically(具有讽刺意味地)， was a bank. Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friend after school,   but it had become a fast food restaurant. He entered it,   sat down,   and asked for a cup of coffee. Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he had seen.

While paying for the coffee he found an old ticket in his wallet. It was for a pair of shoes he had taken to be repaired the day before the bank robbery 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then, so Terry was sure that he must be dead. But when he turned the cor ner of the steet, he couldn't believe his eyes. The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was so happy! Terry told him that he had lived in Australia for the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he came back.

"Were they dark brown,   Italian shoes,   size 42?"he asked slowly.

"Yes!nsaid Terry,   excitedly.

"I haven't repaired them，”the shoe repairer said slowly. “You can take them tomorrow afternoon. ”

1.How long had Terry been away from home?

A. Ten years.         B. Five years.              C. Twenty years.    D. Fifteen years.

2.Where was Terry before he went back home?   A prison in________.

A. Australia            B. England            C. America           D. London

3.Why was Terry sent to prison?   Because he________.

A. killed a man  B. hit a woman    

C. cheated(欺骗) others-       D. robbed a bank

4.The words "totally depressed" in the second paragraph(段落) means "________".

A. very happy       B. very unhappy     C. very excited       D. very nervous

5.What's the best title(标题) for the passage?

A，Some things never change 

B.Everything have changed

C,A kind shoe repairer        

D,A longly man

单词拼写
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】Have you f______ the dog and cleaned your room yet?
【小题2】Linda and I haven’t met for 10 years, but yesterday I met her by a________ in a crowded bus .
【小题3】The girl was e           when she heard the good result of the final exam.
【小题4】Who helped you to finish the work? We did it all by o__________.
【小题5】Jerry can’t hear anything. She is d___________.
【小题6】In May, the f________ month of the year, we’ll have a long holiday.
【小题7】Thomas Edison was one of the greatest i__________ in the world.
【小题8】He used to be very strong, but now he looks t_____ than before since his illness.
【小题9】Mike likes n_________ of the two books, he thinks they are too boring.
【小题10】We have no kites, so we want to go boating i_______.

Hello Sandy,

We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. This is a beautiful place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.

Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as he used to. However this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place we live. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!

I have taken lots of photos from the place we live, across the valley（峡谷）below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam powered trains（蒸汽火车）are very popular. I have taken many photos of the train and from it.

Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early （we usually expect snow in January）. It rained all day, and then snowed in the evening. Today we have bright sunshine!

Both Jenny and I are well. I don’t know if I told you, in the last E-mail, that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is enjoying the work.

Please write to us to tell us your news.

Yours,

Victor

1. What kind of place is the Yorkshire Moors?

2. When did the ladies take a walk?

3. They had ______ snow this winter.

4. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 mean?

5. What do we know from this passage?