An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16   got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).

    One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17   I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18   of reading it?”

   The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19   and bring me back a basket of water.”

   The boy did as his grandfather   20   ,but all the water ran   21   he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”

   This time the boy   22   faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23   to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24   hard enough.”

   The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25   into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26   ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

   “Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.

   For the first time the boy   27   the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28   one, inside and out.

   “Boy, you might not understand or remember   29   when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30   ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”

1.A. son            B. father            C. grandfather             D. grandmother

2.A. so             B. but              C. or                     D. and

3.A. time           B. place             C. use                   D. habit

4.A. house          B. beach            C. lake                   D. river

5.A. said           B. saw              C. liked                  D. did

6.A. as             B. after             C. until                  D. before

7.A. ran            B. rode             C. drove                 D. flew

8.A. difficult        B. interesting        C. impossible             D. unimportant

9. A. hitting          B. trying            C. holding               D. studying

10.A. hand           B. bottle            C. basket                 D. coal

11.A. sadly           B. hopefully       C. excitedly                D. happily

12. A. forgot          B. realized        C. believed                 D. remembered

13. A. white           B. clean          C. new                    D. black

14.A. nothing         B. something      C. anything                 D. everything

15.A. different        B. relaxed         C. curious                  D. worried

从方框中选择恰当的句子完成对话，其中有两个多余项。

Sally and Li Ming are talking about making the delicious chicken.

 L: The chicken tastes great.

S:1.　    　　    　    　　          

L: Could you tell me how to cook it? I want to have a try.

 S: Of course. 2.　    　　          

L:3.　    　　       

S: Next, fill the chicken with many herbs, and put the chicken into the oven.

L: And then?

S:4.　    　　              

L: That’s a long time.

 S: Yeah. Finally when the chicken is ready, put it on the table and then cut it into slices.

 L: Thanks for your recipe.

S:5.　    　　    　　    　

A. You should cook the chicken in the oven for several hours.

B. Thanks for saying so.

C. What can I do for you?

D. My pleasure.

E. First, you need to clean the chicken.

F. I’m sorry. I don’t like it.

G. What’s the next?

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone comes to visit me, tell him that your father is away on business, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

   “OK, Dad,” said his son. Mr. Brown was afraid his son wouldn’t remember this, so he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put the paper into his small pocket. He took it out and looked at it every now and then.

   Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that no one would come and that the piece of paper was of no more use to him, so he burnt it.

   The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Is your father at home?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”

   The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”“Burnt yesterday evening.”

1.Mr Brown told his son that            

  A. he would be away from home for four days

B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month

D. he liked a cup of tea

2.Mr Brown wrote the words down on           

  A. the wall           B. the door         C. a piece of paper         D. his son’s pocket

3.A man came to visit the boy’s father on          day.

  A. the second     B. the third            C. the fourth           D. the fifth

4.The man was very surprised because           

  A. he thought the child’s father was burnt

B. the child didn’t ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea

D. he couldn’t find that piece of paper

Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its ? piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine ? the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but ? of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on ? for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit ? . The circle put the piece into ? . It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad ? it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.

Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man ? has everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something ? . He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

We couldn’t be perfect. But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share ? with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.

1.A. miss????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. lose????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. missing????????????? ????????????? D. losing

2.A. at????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. of????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. in????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. along

3.A. none????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. all????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. every one????????????? ????????????? D. each

4.A. look????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. looking????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. to look????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. looked

5.A. perfectly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. perfect????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. part????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. partly

6.A. it????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. itself????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. them????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. themselves

7.A. which????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. whether????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. that????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. what

8.A. who????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. which????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. where????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. when

9.A. bad????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. worse????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. good????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. better

10.A. kindness????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. sadness????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. happiness????????????? ????????????? D. illness

A famous doctor once received a little child that was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, the child got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.
The child’s mother was very thankful to the doctor, and she visited him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know hoe to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay（回报）you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my thanks. I hope you will accept（接受）it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to paid enough for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much I should give you.”
“Fifty pounds,” he answered.
The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She passed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying goodbye to the doctor, went out of the room.
【小题1】Why was the lady very thankful to the doctor?
A. Because he had saved her life.
B. Because he had saved her son’s life.
C. Because he had given her some money.
【小题2】The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought _____.
A. the purse was too small
B. the lady wouldn’t give him money
C. purses should be given between friends
【小题3】What can we learn from the passage?
A. The doctor got 50 pounds from the lady.
B. the doctor got 200 pounds from the lady.
C. The lady didn’t pay money for the doctor.
【小题4】 According to the passage, the doctor would probably feel _____ in the end.
A. happy                     B. excited                    C. sorry