There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school  (寄宿学校). 1   being sent away, this boy was the   2 student in his class. He was at the top in every  3  always with high marks.

But the boy changed after   4 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started    5  . He hated being in a   6 . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he   7  committing suicide  (自杀). All of this was because he felt   8  and no one loved him.

His parents started   9 about the boy. But they even did not know what was  10  with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and   11  him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and  12 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To   13  my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most   14  person for me.  I want to see you   15 . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words   16  the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He  17  his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had   18  he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He   19  the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him  20  ！

John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  36    .
John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball   37    was over. John did what the doctors told him. but it  38   . When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).
A week   39   he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach(教练). His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.
Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because 40 on the team played from a wheelchair(轮椅). Sunny invited John to   41   the game. John played badly, but for the   42 time since the accident. he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns. John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much   43  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  44   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.
Sunny   45   and said, "It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun. the shadows will fall behind."

Bob Harris was a weatherman at a small television station. He worked for twenty years and during those twenty years, he felt that his life was boring. Every day, he studied the weather and tried to predict(预报)the next day’s weather. Then, he stood in front of the camera and read his report. Some days it was cloudy, some days it was sunny; sometimes rainy, while sometimes snowy. The weather changed each day, but Bob still felt that his job was always the same. His boss often told him to be happier and smile more in front of the camera, but Bob rarely smiled. He thought that most people did not watch his weather report and his job did not matter much to anyone. One day, he arrived at work and began to study the weather as usual. He noticed that something was different that day.

Everything he studied told him that there was going to be a very big storm very soon, though he was not completely sure. Suddenly, Bob felt excited. He ran to his boss’s office and asked to do a special weather report. The boss agreed and Bob gave a special report that afternoon, warning people of the coming storm. Because of this report, many people were safe during the storm.

Bob realized(意识到) that his job was actually very important.

1.Why did Bob feel that his life was boring?

A. Because the weather changed each day.

B. Because he did not want to work for a small television station.

C. Because he did not like to stand in front of the camera.

D. Because he felt that his job was always the same.

2.Why did Bob rarely smile when he was in front of the camera?

A. Because he thought that his job did not matter much to anyone.

B. Because he only worked for a small televison station.

C. Because he did not like his boss.

D. Because the weather report was boring.

3.Why did Bob ask to do a special weather report?

A. Because he felt excited.

B. Because he wanted to warn people of the coming storm.

C. Because he realized that his job was actually very important.

D. Because he wanted to smile in front of the camera.

4.Why did Bob feel excited?

A. Because he wanted to do a special weather report.

B. Because he wanted to ask his boss for more money.

C. Because he knew there was going to be a big storm soon.

D. Because he was going to stand in front of the camera.

5.How did Bob realize that his job was actually very important?

A. People were safe from the storm because of his weather report.

B. He got better pay after he did the weather report.

C. People liked him very much.

D. He did a special report every day.