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- Passage 1 -
A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said， “I don’t think I know you， but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to 1 .”
“We don’t go into a house 2 ，” they answered. “Why is that？” she asked. One of the old men said，“His name is Wealth， this is Success， and I am Love. Now go in and 3 with your family which one of us you want to invite into your house.”
The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said， “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so 4 .” Her husband disagreed， “My dear， why don’t we invite Success？ Don’t you want me to be a successful man？” Then her daughter asked， “Would it be 5 to invite Love？ Our life will then be filled with love！” In the end， the family decided to take the 6 advice.
So the woman went out and asked， “Which one of you is 7 ？ Please come and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and 8 him.
Surprised， the lady asked Wealth and Success， “I 9 invite Love. Why are you coming along？” The two old men answered， “If you invited Wealth or Success， the other two would have to 10 ， but as you invitd Love， wherever he goes， we will go with him. Where there is Love， there are Wealth and Success.
（ ）1. A. say B. eat
C. use D. drink
（ ）2. A. together B. crowdedly
C. alone D. empty
（ ）3. A. play B. exercise
C. discuss D. deal
（ ）4. A. poor B. rich
C. lucky D. good
（ ）5. A. worse B. better
C. less D. more
（ ）6. A. father’s B. daughter’s
C. mother’s D. woman’s
（ ）7. A. Love B. Wealth
C. Success D. Best
（ ）8. A. left B. followed
C. stopped D. caught
（ ）9. A. only B. hardly
C. never D. can
（ ）10. A. join in B. go along with
C. stay out D. follow
- Passage 2 -
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.
Dean Bluey， from Dallas， Texas， was a schoolboy who has much 1 in computer. One day， he 2 an e-mail to a friend on the Internet. Suddenly he received a message saying “Help！Pain！Help！” The message was from Finland， 3 kilometers away from America.
“I didn’t know 4 I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards. “It was really difficult to tell if the message was real.” So Dean did nothing at first. 5 the message kept coming.
“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble，” Dean explained. He 6 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 7 ， there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by e-mail. Dean got in touch 8 the police immediately. And they called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance （救护车） rushed to the library. 9 ， she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
“I’m glad she’s OK，” Dean said， “it’s hard to believe， but 10 saved her life.”
（ ）1. A. interest B. interested
C. interesting
（ ）2. A. was sending B. sends
C. sent
（ ）3. A. thousands of B. thousand of
C. thousand
（ ）4. A. how B. what
C. where
（ ）5. A. So B. And
C. But
（ ）6. A. telephoned B. replied
C. found
（ ）7. A. better B. worse
C. harder
（ ）8. A. with B. on
C. to
（ ）9. A. Hardly B. Happily
C. Luckily
（ ）10. A. a boy B. doctors
C. an e-mail
- Passage 3 -
It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Green was reading a newspaper. Suddenly he heard his wife 1 in the next room. He hurried to her and asked， “What happened to you， my dear？”
“Oh， dear！” his wife cried out， “My head
hurts！ 2 a doctor. Hurry up！” Their two children were both 3 at that moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green 4 go to a hospital himself. Bad luck！All the hospitals in the town were 5 that day. Mr. Green didn’t know 6 . Just then his friend， Mr. Brown， saw him and asked， “What is 7 ？”
Mr. Green told him everything. The man said， “Why not turn to 8 ？ He can help you.”
Mr. Green remembered that his friend Mr. Black was a good doctor. He hurried to Mr. Black’s. When he got there， Mr. and Mrs. Black were having their 9 meal. The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink with him. He was happy and sat 10 . After that they began to chat. And when Mrs. Black asked， “How is your wife？” “She is fine， thanks...” Mr. Green stopped at once—he remembered that his wife was waiting for a doctor at home！
（ ）1. A. crying B. laughing
C. whispering D. singing
（ ）2. A. Look for B. Wait for
C. Send for D. Ask for
（ ）3. A. in B. out
C. up D. down
（ ）4. A. should B. could
C. had to D. was able to
（ ）5. A. expensive B. open
C. free D. closed
（ ）6. A. when to go
B. how to go
C. where to go D. what to deal with
（ ）7. A. the matter B. the wrong
C. trouble D. problem
（ ）8. A. Mr. Brown B. Mr. Black
C. Mr. Green D. Mrs. Green
（ ）9. A. lunch B. supper
C. morning D. evening
（ ）10. A. in bed B. on floor
C. at the table D. at home
- Passage 4 -
When I was five， I began to walk to school with my brother and sister. I was
1 that I would learn at school. I asked them， “ I 2 the Earth is a ball， but are we inside or outside？” They didn’t 3 ， so I didn’t know.
I always 4 to school during my primary school years. Later， I walked home from my high school. It was about two and a half miles 5 . Then I usually walked home after I 6 doing my homework. When I got a job and became a（n） 7 ， I lived near the school， 8 I could walk to work， too.
Walking as a 9 to get from one place to another is good for my health. I enjoy walking much more than 10 a car or taking a bus.
（ ）1. A. interested B. sad
C. excited D. worried
（ ）2. A. depend B. know
C. hope D. plan
（ ）3. A. decide B. leave
C. ask D. answer
（ ）4. A. ran B. walked
C. rode D. drove
（ ）5. A. short B. tall
C. high D. away
（ ）6. A. began B. forgot
C. spent D. finished
（ ）7. A. actor B. doctor
C. teacher D. singer
（ ）8. A. so B. because
C. but D. although
（ ）9. A. part B. plan
C. way D. mind
（ ）10. A. driving B. buying
C. cleaning D. sitting
- Passage 5 -
At shool many things happen to us. We may 1 excited when we have success in a school play. We may feel 2 if we lose an important game. We want to 3 the memory for the rest of our lives.
How to keep the memory？ Our English teacher， Miss Wang， has taught us a good way of 4 things—to make our own yearbook.
5 is a yearbook？ A yearbook is a kind of book which is used to keep the memory of
6 moments. It’s usually made at the 7 of the year.
Last December， we began to make our
yearbook. First we choose the persons who had done 8 special， then some students inter-viewed them， some wrote down their 9 ， others took photos of them. Everyone in our class had something 10 . Finally our teacher helped us to put the things together. We had our first yearbook.
All of us put a lot of love into making the yearbook. It is so wonderful that not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time forever. （ ）1. A. know B. understand
C. enjoy D. feel
（ ）2. A. good B. sorry
C. common D. interested
（ ）3. A. make B.do
C. keep D. laugh
（ ）4. A. remember B. to remember C. remembered D. remembering
（ ）5. A. Who B. What
C. Which D. Whose
（ ）6. A. sad B. important
C. boring D. sighting
（ ）7. A. beginning B. middle
C. end D. first
（ ）8. A. anything B. nothing
C. everything D. something
（ ）9. A. stories B. messages
C. families D. classmates
（ ）10. A. to see B. to learn
C. to hear D. to do
- Passage 6 -
One day before my final exam， my dad gave me a gift. It completely changed my life.
On that day I had a 1 with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies. I was unhappy. Then I noticed the gift. I 2 it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was “THE SECRET”. However， I was in no mood to watch it. I sat down to study， but the 3 in my life —the fight， the sleepless nights and my poor health...everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered 4 there was any. Just then， I saw the DVD again. Maybe it would be helpful. I 5 my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it. The moving stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn’t 6 any of them.
Thanks to my father’s gift “THE SECRET”， I discovered 7 . Everybody has difficulties in their lives. The important thing is that you should be 8 enough to face them. Now I have started 9 my studies and my friends. And I’m in good health， too. I often hear people say， “Wow！ 10 perfect life you have！”
（ ）1. A. trip B. party
C. talk D. fight
（ ）2. A. opened B. kept C. moved D. broke
（ ）3. A. chances B. problems
C. suggestions D. mistakes
（ ）4. A. why B. that
C. if D. how
（ ）5. A. turned on B. looked for C. put away D. paid for
（ ）6. A. report B. forget
C. think D. remember
（ ）7. A. yourself B. itself
C. himself D. myself
（ ）8. A. mad B. brave
C. sad D. weak
（ ）9. A. being busy with
B. worrying about
C. getting on well with
D. being afraid of
（ ）10. A. What a B. What
C. How a D. How
- Passage 1 -
Tony was a 9-year-old boy. Today he went 1 with his father. At noon he felt something big on his 2 . He carefully took the fish out of the water. It was the 3 one he had ever seen. His father looked at his watch. It was nearly three hours 4 the season （捕捞季节） opened. He looked at the fish and Tony.
“You’ll have to put it 5 ， son，” he said.
“Dad！” cried Tony.
“There will be other fish，” said the father.
“Not as big as this one，” 6 Tony.
Tony looked around. There were no other
7 . He looked again at his 8 . He could tell that the 9 was not negotiable （可以商量的）. He slowly worked the hook （鱼钩） out of the fish and put it into the
10 .
That was 35 years ago. Today， Tony is a 11 man. He takes his own 12 to fish in the 13 river. He has 14 again caught such a big fish as the one he got that day. But he does see that same fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of ethics （伦理准则）.
Do we do the right thing when 15 is looking？ We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young.
（ ）1. A. fishing B. swimming
C. shopping D. hiking
（ ）2. A. bike B. bag
C. line D. hat
（ ）3. A. smallest B. largest
C. most lovely D. most ugly
（ ）4. A. after B. before
C. when D. if
（ ）5. A. in B. out
C. back D. down
（ ）6. A. laughed B. smiled
C. cried D. answered
（ ）7. A. man B. fishermen
C. students D. women
（ ）8. A. mother B. friend
C. son D. father
（ ）9. A. decision B. plan
C. discussion D. problem
（ ）10. A. basket B. water
C. bag D. car
（ ）11. A. rich B. poor
C. successful D. happy
（ ）12. A. wife B. children
C. friend D. boss
（ ）13. A. other B. same
C. different D. long
（ ）14. A. never B. always
C. ever D. sometimes
（ ）15. A. no one B. some people
C. the other D. any one
- Passage 2 -
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch （脾气坏的人）. Kids dare not go into his yard to pick a（n）
1 ， because old Dawson would come after them with his gun.
One Friday， Janet was going to stay all night with Amy. They had to 2 Mr. Dawson’s house on their way to Amy’s house， but as they got 3 ， Janet saw him sitting on his front porch （门廊） and suggested they cross over the street. 4 most children， she was afraid of the old man.
Amy said， “Don’t 5 .” When they got close enough， Dawson looked up with his
6 frown （皱眉）， but when he saw it was Amy， he gave her a big smile.
Amy smiled back and told 7 Janet was staying overnight with her to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that 8 fun， and gave them each an apple. Later， Janet asked Amy in 9 ， “Why was he so nice to us？”
Amy replied， “My grandma told me that
10 I pretended （假装） I wasn’t 11 and pretended he was 12 at me and I smiled back at him， sooner or later he would really smile. After some 13 ， he started smiling real smiles and 14 talked to me. Now， he always gives me an apple， and is very kind to me.”
If we remember to smile at others， most people can’t 15 our smiles and they will smile back.
（ ）1. A. apple B. banana
C. orange D. pear
（ ）2. A. sell out B. go out
C. walk by D. go away
（ ）3. A. back B. down
C. far D. close
（ ）4. A. Like B. Except
C. With D. For
（ ）5. A. smile B. worry
C. cry D. shout
（ ）6. A. last B. after
C. usual D. unusual
（ ）7. A. him B. her
C. us D. them
（ ）8. A. smelt B. listened
C. sounded D. looked
（ ）9. A. peace B. surprise
C. danger D. need
（ ）10. A. although B. if
C. whether D. unless
（ ）11. A. happy B. satisfied
C. proud D. afraid
（ ）12. A. looking B. knocking
C. laughing D. smiling
（ ）13. A. seconds B. time
C. food D. hours
（ ）14. A. even B. hardly
C. never D. still
（ ）15. A. get B. send
C. refuse D. open
- Passage 3 -
Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007， 1 he was a student at the University of Illinois， he came up with an idea to 2 his tuition fee （学费） and college costs problem. Hayes 3 everyone could afford to give him a penny.
He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s
4 to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded 5 and agreed to do it.
“Just one penny，” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t 6 anything to anyone. If everyone 7 is reading your paper looks around the room right now， there will be a 8 under a seat， or on the corner of the desk， or on the floor. That’s all I’m 9 . A penny from each of your readers.
In less than a month， the Many Pennies for Mike Fund （基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent 10 a penny， many even sent dollars. Money was 11 from every state in the United States. So， Hayes 12 his $28，000 target and went on to get 13 for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.
Perhaps the last 14 is best left to his father， Bill Hayes： “When Mike first told me about his 15 ， I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish—which shows you that he’s smarter than I. （ ）1. A. before B. because
C. while D. if
（ ）2. A. solve B. make
C. spend D. cause
（ ）3. A. thought B. heard
C. agreed D. wondered
（ ）4. A. editors B. readers
C. managers D. writers
（ ）5. A. bad B. true
C. relaxing D. fun
（ ）6. A. buy B. mean
C. show D. pass
（ ）7. A. whose B. which
C. who D. whom
（ ）8. A. newspaper B. book
C. dollar D. penny
（ ）9. A. asking B. writing
C. saying D. doing
（ ）10. A. only B. almost
C. also D. over
（ ）11. A. taken B. borrowed
C. searched D. received
（ ）12. A. found B. remembered
C. reached D. missed
（ ）13. A. time B. reasons
C. money D. lessons
（ ）14. A. news B. word
C. gift D. money
（ ）15. A. dream B. idea
C. problem D. study
- Passage 4 -
It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate， a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said， “Hi， young man！ I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug？ ”
I said 1 ， “Of course！”
“Why are you in college at 2 an age？” I asked.
She joked， “I’m here to meet a 3 husband， get married， have children， and then travel around the world.”
“No， seriously，” I asked.
“I always 4 of having a college education. Now I’m getting one！” she told me.
After a year， Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from 5 .
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to 6 at our party. I’ll never forget what she taught 7 .
“We do not stop playing because we are old； we grow 8 because we stop playing. Here are the 9 of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every 10 . You’ve got to have a dream. When you 11 your dreams， you die！” she said.
“There is a big 12 between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability，” she added，“But to 13 ， you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets. We usually don’t have regrets for what we did， 14 rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week 15 graduation， she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
（ ）1. A. slowly B. happily C. heavily D. badly
（ ）2. A. so B. this
C. such D. that
A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said， “I don’t think I know you， but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to 1 .”
“We don’t go into a house 2 ，” they answered. “Why is that？” she asked. One of the old men said，“His name is Wealth， this is Success， and I am Love. Now go in and 3 with your family which one of us you want to invite into your house.”
The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said， “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so 4 .” Her husband disagreed， “My dear， why don’t we invite Success？ Don’t you want me to be a successful man？” Then her daughter asked， “Would it be 5 to invite Love？ Our life will then be filled with love！” In the end， the family decided to take the 6 advice.
So the woman went out and asked， “Which one of you is 7 ？ Please come and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and 8 him.
Surprised， the lady asked Wealth and Success， “I 9 invite Love. Why are you coming along？” The two old men answered， “If you invited Wealth or Success， the other two would have to 10 ， but as you invitd Love， wherever he goes， we will go with him. Where there is Love， there are Wealth and Success.
（ ）1. A. say B. eat
C. use D. drink
（ ）2. A. together B. crowdedly
C. alone D. empty
（ ）3. A. play B. exercise
C. discuss D. deal
（ ）4. A. poor B. rich
C. lucky D. good
（ ）5. A. worse B. better
C. less D. more
（ ）6. A. father’s B. daughter’s
C. mother’s D. woman’s
（ ）7. A. Love B. Wealth
C. Success D. Best
（ ）8. A. left B. followed
C. stopped D. caught
（ ）9. A. only B. hardly
C. never D. can
（ ）10. A. join in B. go along with
C. stay out D. follow
- Passage 2 -
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.
Dean Bluey， from Dallas， Texas， was a schoolboy who has much 1 in computer. One day， he 2 an e-mail to a friend on the Internet. Suddenly he received a message saying “Help！Pain！Help！” The message was from Finland， 3 kilometers away from America.
“I didn’t know 4 I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards. “It was really difficult to tell if the message was real.” So Dean did nothing at first. 5 the message kept coming.
“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble，” Dean explained. He 6 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 7 ， there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by e-mail. Dean got in touch 8 the police immediately. And they called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance （救护车） rushed to the library. 9 ， she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
“I’m glad she’s OK，” Dean said， “it’s hard to believe， but 10 saved her life.”
（ ）1. A. interest B. interested
C. interesting
（ ）2. A. was sending B. sends
C. sent
（ ）3. A. thousands of B. thousand of
C. thousand
（ ）4. A. how B. what
C. where
（ ）5. A. So B. And
C. But
（ ）6. A. telephoned B. replied
C. found
（ ）7. A. better B. worse
C. harder
（ ）8. A. with B. on
C. to
（ ）9. A. Hardly B. Happily
C. Luckily
（ ）10. A. a boy B. doctors
C. an e-mail
- Passage 3 -
It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Green was reading a newspaper. Suddenly he heard his wife 1 in the next room. He hurried to her and asked， “What happened to you， my dear？”
“Oh， dear！” his wife cried out， “My head
hurts！ 2 a doctor. Hurry up！” Their two children were both 3 at that moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green 4 go to a hospital himself. Bad luck！All the hospitals in the town were 5 that day. Mr. Green didn’t know 6 . Just then his friend， Mr. Brown， saw him and asked， “What is 7 ？”
Mr. Green told him everything. The man said， “Why not turn to 8 ？ He can help you.”
Mr. Green remembered that his friend Mr. Black was a good doctor. He hurried to Mr. Black’s. When he got there， Mr. and Mrs. Black were having their 9 meal. The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink with him. He was happy and sat 10 . After that they began to chat. And when Mrs. Black asked， “How is your wife？” “She is fine， thanks...” Mr. Green stopped at once—he remembered that his wife was waiting for a doctor at home！
（ ）1. A. crying B. laughing
C. whispering D. singing
（ ）2. A. Look for B. Wait for
C. Send for D. Ask for
（ ）3. A. in B. out
C. up D. down
（ ）4. A. should B. could
C. had to D. was able to
（ ）5. A. expensive B. open
C. free D. closed
（ ）6. A. when to go
B. how to go
C. where to go D. what to deal with
（ ）7. A. the matter B. the wrong
C. trouble D. problem
（ ）8. A. Mr. Brown B. Mr. Black
C. Mr. Green D. Mrs. Green
（ ）9. A. lunch B. supper
C. morning D. evening
（ ）10. A. in bed B. on floor
C. at the table D. at home
- Passage 4 -
When I was five， I began to walk to school with my brother and sister. I was
1 that I would learn at school. I asked them， “ I 2 the Earth is a ball， but are we inside or outside？” They didn’t 3 ， so I didn’t know.
I always 4 to school during my primary school years. Later， I walked home from my high school. It was about two and a half miles 5 . Then I usually walked home after I 6 doing my homework. When I got a job and became a（n） 7 ， I lived near the school， 8 I could walk to work， too.
Walking as a 9 to get from one place to another is good for my health. I enjoy walking much more than 10 a car or taking a bus.
（ ）1. A. interested B. sad
C. excited D. worried
（ ）2. A. depend B. know
C. hope D. plan
（ ）3. A. decide B. leave
C. ask D. answer
（ ）4. A. ran B. walked
C. rode D. drove
（ ）5. A. short B. tall
C. high D. away
（ ）6. A. began B. forgot
C. spent D. finished
（ ）7. A. actor B. doctor
C. teacher D. singer
（ ）8. A. so B. because
C. but D. although
（ ）9. A. part B. plan
C. way D. mind
（ ）10. A. driving B. buying
C. cleaning D. sitting
- Passage 5 -
At shool many things happen to us. We may 1 excited when we have success in a school play. We may feel 2 if we lose an important game. We want to 3 the memory for the rest of our lives.
How to keep the memory？ Our English teacher， Miss Wang， has taught us a good way of 4 things—to make our own yearbook.
5 is a yearbook？ A yearbook is a kind of book which is used to keep the memory of
6 moments. It’s usually made at the 7 of the year.
Last December， we began to make our
yearbook. First we choose the persons who had done 8 special， then some students inter-viewed them， some wrote down their 9 ， others took photos of them. Everyone in our class had something 10 . Finally our teacher helped us to put the things together. We had our first yearbook.
All of us put a lot of love into making the yearbook. It is so wonderful that not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time forever. （ ）1. A. know B. understand
C. enjoy D. feel
（ ）2. A. good B. sorry
C. common D. interested
（ ）3. A. make B.do
C. keep D. laugh
（ ）4. A. remember B. to remember C. remembered D. remembering
（ ）5. A. Who B. What
C. Which D. Whose
（ ）6. A. sad B. important
C. boring D. sighting
（ ）7. A. beginning B. middle
C. end D. first
（ ）8. A. anything B. nothing
C. everything D. something
（ ）9. A. stories B. messages
C. families D. classmates
（ ）10. A. to see B. to learn
C. to hear D. to do
- Passage 6 -
One day before my final exam， my dad gave me a gift. It completely changed my life.
On that day I had a 1 with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies. I was unhappy. Then I noticed the gift. I 2 it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was “THE SECRET”. However， I was in no mood to watch it. I sat down to study， but the 3 in my life —the fight， the sleepless nights and my poor health...everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered 4 there was any. Just then， I saw the DVD again. Maybe it would be helpful. I 5 my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it. The moving stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn’t 6 any of them.
Thanks to my father’s gift “THE SECRET”， I discovered 7 . Everybody has difficulties in their lives. The important thing is that you should be 8 enough to face them. Now I have started 9 my studies and my friends. And I’m in good health， too. I often hear people say， “Wow！ 10 perfect life you have！”
（ ）1. A. trip B. party
C. talk D. fight
（ ）2. A. opened B. kept C. moved D. broke
（ ）3. A. chances B. problems
C. suggestions D. mistakes
（ ）4. A. why B. that
C. if D. how
（ ）5. A. turned on B. looked for C. put away D. paid for
（ ）6. A. report B. forget
C. think D. remember
（ ）7. A. yourself B. itself
C. himself D. myself
（ ）8. A. mad B. brave
C. sad D. weak
（ ）9. A. being busy with
B. worrying about
C. getting on well with
D. being afraid of
（ ）10. A. What a B. What
C. How a D. How
- Passage 1 -
Tony was a 9-year-old boy. Today he went 1 with his father. At noon he felt something big on his 2 . He carefully took the fish out of the water. It was the 3 one he had ever seen. His father looked at his watch. It was nearly three hours 4 the season （捕捞季节） opened. He looked at the fish and Tony.
“You’ll have to put it 5 ， son，” he said.
“Dad！” cried Tony.
“There will be other fish，” said the father.
“Not as big as this one，” 6 Tony.
Tony looked around. There were no other
7 . He looked again at his 8 . He could tell that the 9 was not negotiable （可以商量的）. He slowly worked the hook （鱼钩） out of the fish and put it into the
10 .
That was 35 years ago. Today， Tony is a 11 man. He takes his own 12 to fish in the 13 river. He has 14 again caught such a big fish as the one he got that day. But he does see that same fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of ethics （伦理准则）.
Do we do the right thing when 15 is looking？ We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young.
（ ）1. A. fishing B. swimming
C. shopping D. hiking
（ ）2. A. bike B. bag
C. line D. hat
（ ）3. A. smallest B. largest
C. most lovely D. most ugly
（ ）4. A. after B. before
C. when D. if
（ ）5. A. in B. out
C. back D. down
（ ）6. A. laughed B. smiled
C. cried D. answered
（ ）7. A. man B. fishermen
C. students D. women
（ ）8. A. mother B. friend
C. son D. father
（ ）9. A. decision B. plan
C. discussion D. problem
（ ）10. A. basket B. water
C. bag D. car
（ ）11. A. rich B. poor
C. successful D. happy
（ ）12. A. wife B. children
C. friend D. boss
（ ）13. A. other B. same
C. different D. long
（ ）14. A. never B. always
C. ever D. sometimes
（ ）15. A. no one B. some people
C. the other D. any one
- Passage 2 -
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch （脾气坏的人）. Kids dare not go into his yard to pick a（n）
1 ， because old Dawson would come after them with his gun.
One Friday， Janet was going to stay all night with Amy. They had to 2 Mr. Dawson’s house on their way to Amy’s house， but as they got 3 ， Janet saw him sitting on his front porch （门廊） and suggested they cross over the street. 4 most children， she was afraid of the old man.
Amy said， “Don’t 5 .” When they got close enough， Dawson looked up with his
6 frown （皱眉）， but when he saw it was Amy， he gave her a big smile.
Amy smiled back and told 7 Janet was staying overnight with her to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that 8 fun， and gave them each an apple. Later， Janet asked Amy in 9 ， “Why was he so nice to us？”
Amy replied， “My grandma told me that
10 I pretended （假装） I wasn’t 11 and pretended he was 12 at me and I smiled back at him， sooner or later he would really smile. After some 13 ， he started smiling real smiles and 14 talked to me. Now， he always gives me an apple， and is very kind to me.”
If we remember to smile at others， most people can’t 15 our smiles and they will smile back.
（ ）1. A. apple B. banana
C. orange D. pear
（ ）2. A. sell out B. go out
C. walk by D. go away
（ ）3. A. back B. down
C. far D. close
（ ）4. A. Like B. Except
C. With D. For
（ ）5. A. smile B. worry
C. cry D. shout
（ ）6. A. last B. after
C. usual D. unusual
（ ）7. A. him B. her
C. us D. them
（ ）8. A. smelt B. listened
C. sounded D. looked
（ ）9. A. peace B. surprise
C. danger D. need
（ ）10. A. although B. if
C. whether D. unless
（ ）11. A. happy B. satisfied
C. proud D. afraid
（ ）12. A. looking B. knocking
C. laughing D. smiling
（ ）13. A. seconds B. time
C. food D. hours
（ ）14. A. even B. hardly
C. never D. still
（ ）15. A. get B. send
C. refuse D. open
- Passage 3 -
Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007， 1 he was a student at the University of Illinois， he came up with an idea to 2 his tuition fee （学费） and college costs problem. Hayes 3 everyone could afford to give him a penny.
He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s
4 to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded 5 and agreed to do it.
“Just one penny，” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t 6 anything to anyone. If everyone 7 is reading your paper looks around the room right now， there will be a 8 under a seat， or on the corner of the desk， or on the floor. That’s all I’m 9 . A penny from each of your readers.
In less than a month， the Many Pennies for Mike Fund （基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent 10 a penny， many even sent dollars. Money was 11 from every state in the United States. So， Hayes 12 his $28，000 target and went on to get 13 for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.
Perhaps the last 14 is best left to his father， Bill Hayes： “When Mike first told me about his 15 ， I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish—which shows you that he’s smarter than I. （ ）1. A. before B. because
C. while D. if
（ ）2. A. solve B. make
C. spend D. cause
（ ）3. A. thought B. heard
C. agreed D. wondered
（ ）4. A. editors B. readers
C. managers D. writers
（ ）5. A. bad B. true
C. relaxing D. fun
（ ）6. A. buy B. mean
C. show D. pass
（ ）7. A. whose B. which
C. who D. whom
（ ）8. A. newspaper B. book
C. dollar D. penny
（ ）9. A. asking B. writing
C. saying D. doing
（ ）10. A. only B. almost
C. also D. over
（ ）11. A. taken B. borrowed
C. searched D. received
（ ）12. A. found B. remembered
C. reached D. missed
（ ）13. A. time B. reasons
C. money D. lessons
（ ）14. A. news B. word
C. gift D. money
（ ）15. A. dream B. idea
C. problem D. study
- Passage 4 -
It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate， a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said， “Hi， young man！ I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug？ ”
I said 1 ， “Of course！”
“Why are you in college at 2 an age？” I asked.
She joked， “I’m here to meet a 3 husband， get married， have children， and then travel around the world.”
“No， seriously，” I asked.
“I always 4 of having a college education. Now I’m getting one！” she told me.
After a year， Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from 5 .
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to 6 at our party. I’ll never forget what she taught 7 .
“We do not stop playing because we are old； we grow 8 because we stop playing. Here are the 9 of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every 10 . You’ve got to have a dream. When you 11 your dreams， you die！” she said.
“There is a big 12 between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability，” she added，“But to 13 ， you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets. We usually don’t have regrets for what we did， 14 rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week 15 graduation， she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
（ ）1. A. slowly B. happily C. heavily D. badly
（ ）2. A. so B. this
C. such D. that