M r . Dawson was an old man with a bad temper(脾气） . And everyone in town knew it. Kids were afraid to go into his yard to pick apples .

     One Friday , 12-year-old Janet and her friend Amy had to walk past M r . Dawson ' s house . When Janet saw him ,she suggested crossing the street to the other side . But Amy said they needn' t .                                                                                                        

      When M r . Dawson saw Amy ,he smiled and said , “ hello , Amy ! I see you have a new friend with you today .” Amy smiled back and told him that Janet would stay with her that night . M r . Dawson looked friendly and gave them each a fresh apple . The girls were glad to get them .

     Later Janet asked Amy , “ everyone says he is the most unwelcome person in town . Why was he so kind to us ? ” Amy explained that when she first walked past his house , she was also afraid of him . But she pretended there was an invisible ( 看不见的 ）smile on his face and then started talking to her . Just a “ hello ” at first , and then more .

     “ An invisible smile ？ ”Janet was puzzled ,“ Yes ,” answered Amy , “ My grandma told me to think so . She says smiles can run around . If we keep smiling at someone , sooner or later he will really smile back .  ” 

     Remember what Amy ' s grandma said ,and we will find that most people can ' t refuse our smile .

1.What did people feel about M r . Dawson ?

2.What did Janet think of M r . Dawson after getting an apple from him ?

3.What did Amy do when she first walked past M r . Dawson ' s house ?

4.Who did Amy learn “ an invisible smile ” from ?

5.What does the writer advise us to do ?

  Mrs. Brown, a rich woman, lived with Benny. She liked Benny very much. She made little coats for him and gave him the ___1____ food. Benny grew fatter every day. Mrs. Brown didn’t want to take him out for long walks because she ___2____ long walks herself, for she was also very fat.

    One day Benny became ill. He lay on the floor and would not eat anything. Mrs. Brown was very afraid, so she ___3____ him to the doctor. As soon as the doctor saw Benny, he knew what had happened. “Will you leave your ___4____ behind with me for two days?”he asked Mrs. Brown. “I am sure I will make him eat.”She ____5____. When the woman had left, the doctor told his man to put Benny in a little room and give him only cold water.

    Mrs. Brown came to the doctor’s house two days later. The doctor brought Benny to her. He looked like a ____6____ dog. He jumped into Mrs. Brown’s arms.“Does he eat now?”the ____7____ asked. Then the doctor gave some bread to Benny, “Bread!”cried Mrs. Brown.“Benny ____8____ eats bread!”But before she finished speaking, Benny had eaten up the bread!

    Mrs. Brown ____9____ the doctor. She paid some money to him, “What ___10____ did you use?”“Water only!”the doctor smiled.

  1. A. best                         B. least                  C. worse                      D. bad

  2. A. liked                        B. took                  C. preferred                  D. hated

  3. A. caught                         B. gave                  C. took                         D. sent

  4. A. son                          B. dog                   C. daughter                   D. husband

  5. A. thought                    B. spoke                C. said                         D. agreed

  6. A. different                   B. same                 C. fat                           D. bad

  7. A. girl                          B. boy                   C. woman                    D. man

  8. A. always                         B. never                C. often                        D. usually

  9. A. saved                       B. laughed at          C. caught                            D. thanked

  10. A. food                      B. fruit                  C. medicine                  D. way

One night a man came to my house. He told me, "  41   is a family with eight children.They have not eaten for days." After I asked him where the family was, I took some food  42 me and left.

When I finally got to that family, I  43   those little children were too hungry to say a  44  . There was no sadness in their eyes, just the deep pain of hunger. I gave the food to the mother. She took half of it, and then  45  . When she returned, I asked her, "  46   did you go?" She gave me this simple   47  , “To my neighbors  --- they are also   48  !”

     I was not surprised that she gave food to others, because poor people are always very kind. 49   I was surprised that she knew her neighbors were hungry when she was also in need of food.Usually, when we are in trouble, we always   50   ourselves first, and we have no time for caring about others.

41. A. There        B. This              C. Here           D. That

42. A. for          B. to             C. with           D. on

43. A. showed       B. watched        C. saw            D. found

44. A. sentence     B. word           C. phrase         D. message

45. A. went out     B. went in        C. went up        D. went down

46. A. When         B. Where          C. How            D. Why

47. A. question     B. decision       C. answer         D. advice

48. A. worried      B. thirsty        C. tired          D. hungry

49. A. And          B. But            C. So             D. Or

50. A. think up     B. think over     C. think out      D. think of

One night a man came to my house. He told me, "There is a family with eight   26  .They haven't eaten anything for days." After I asked him where the family was, I took some  27  with me and left.

    When I finally got to that family, I   28   those little children were so hungry that they could not say   29   . There was no sadness in their eyes, just the deep pain（痛苦）of hunger(饥饿). I gave the food to the mother, She took half of it, and then   30  . When she returned, I asked her, “   31   did you go?" she gave me this simple   32    ,"To my neighbors. They are also  33   !”

     I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always very kind. But l was surprised that she knew her   34    were hungry when she was also in need of food. Usually, when we are in trouble or in danger, we always   35   ourselves first, and we have no time for others.

26. A. children                  B. boys           C. girls                    D. workers

27. A. flowers           B. water           C. food             D. juice

28. A. found             B. watched        C. showed          D. looked

29. A. something         B. nothing          C. it               D. a word

30. A. went out          B. came back       C. rushed in         D. hurried back

31. A. How              B. Where          C. Why            D. When

32. A. question           B. answer         C. smile           D. reason

33. A. ill          B. unhappy        C. hungry         D. tired

34. A. people             B. neighbours      C. family           D. children

35. A. think of            B. talk about       C. look for        D. laugh at