When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a  41   . “What’s the most  42 Part（部分）of one’s body（身体）?” she asked me. At the moment, I  43   listening to songs very much, so I answered, “My  44  , Mom.” “I don’t think so,” said my mother. She always asked me this question, but I  45  gave her the right (正确的) answer.

Last year, my grandmother  46  the world. For the first time, I saw my mother  47  so sadly. All the people in my family were very 48  . That night, my mother asked the  49 question again. “You need to  50   this important lesson today, my dear,” she said to me. “The most important part of one’s body is the shoulder (肩膀).”

“  51   ?” I asked.

“Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family,” my mother said. “Everyone  52   a shoulder to cry on when he or she  53   something sad. I hope that you have  54   love and strong (强壮的) shoulders. Then your friends and family can cry on them.”

“My shoulders are  41   strong now,” I said. “You can cry on each of them, Mom.”

1.                A．joke           B．lesson          C．subject   D．question

2.                A．interesting      B．important       C．expensive D．dangerous

3.                A．enjoyed        B．stopped        C．forgot    D．disliked

4.                A．feet           B．ears            C．arms     D．hands

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

6.                A．left            B．loved          C．started   D．improved

7.                A．see            B．cry            C．run  D．dance

8.                A．free           B．sad            C．happy    D．relaxed

9.                A．good           B．second         C．same D．different

10.               A．teach          B．watch          C．plan  D．learn

11.               A．Who           B．Why           C．How D．What

12.               A．needs          B．buys           C．sells  D．rents

13.               A．keeps          B．meets          C．takes D．believes

14.               A．no            B．a few          C．any   D．lots of

15.               A．only           B．not            C．very D．hardly

When I was about twelve years old. I had an enemy (敌人)，a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings. She always   1  me that I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very   2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me 3 , and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever  4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s  5. Go and make a list of everything she said and find out if that are  6  . Pay no attention to the things that are not true.”

I did  7   he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t    8 , like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the  9   time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He   10  to take it. “That’s only just for you,” he said, “You know better than  11  else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to  12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something  13 is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them.

  14   hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.”

I have remembered my father’s   15   at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

1 A. reminded        B. said          C. shouted              D. laughed

2 A. dull            B. brave          C. angry              D. happy

3A. quietly         B. carelessly             C. casually            D. differently

4 A. came out        B. dealt with            C. got over            D. thought about

5A. strategies      B. ideas                C. photos              D. books

6A. crazy               B. true            C. strict               D. simple

7 A. as            B. against               C. since               D. for

8 A. produce            B. check                  C. borrow           D. change

9A. first          B. second         C. last                D. next

10 A. decided           B. liked                 C. wanted             D. refused

11 A. everything         B. anyone         C. nothing             D. anything

12 A. shout             B. teach           C. listen               D. read

13 A. that              B. why                 C. where              D. who

14 A. so               B. or             C. for                D. but

15 A. features            B. excuse              C. advice              D. promises

When I was growing up，I had an old neighbor，Dr. Gibbs．He didn’t look like any  1   I __2  ．He never invited us to play in his yard，but he was a very   3    person．

When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives，he was planting trees．He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest．

The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees．He never watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them，and that if you   4   them，each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker，so you had to make things difficult for them and  __5   the weaker trees early．

He talked about how watered trees grew shallow（浅的）roots，and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water   6    the earth by themselves．  7   roots were very important．

So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and，  8   watering it every morning，he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that，and he said it was to get the tree's attention．

Dr. Gibbs died several years   9   I left home．Every now and then，I walked by his house and looked at the trees   10   I watched him   11   about twenty-five years ago．They’re very big and strong now．I planted some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of   12   too much，whenever a cold wind blows in，they  13  a lot．

Every night before I go to bed，I check on my two sons．Mostly I pray（祈祷）that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer．I know my children are going to face difficulties．There's always a cold wind   14   somewhere，so   15   we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart，so when the rains fall and the winds blow，we can face it strongly and won't be beaten down．

1．A．doctor                   B．farmer                 C．planter                   D．adult

2．A．know                    B．knew                   C．have known           D．had known

3．A．healthy                  B．weak                   C．kind                       D．bad

4．A．developed              B．watered               C．created                  D．caught

5．A．pick out                 B．clean out              C．come out                      D．give out

6．A．over                      B．on                       C．towards                 D．under

7．A．Thick                    B．Thin                    C．Short                     D．Deep

8．A．because of             B．rather than                  C．instead of               D．instead

9．A．when                    B．after                    C．before                    D．so that

10．A．that                     B．who                    C．where                    D．whose

11．A．stick                    B．plant                    C．weigh                    D．beat

12．A．noticing               B．pulling                 C．caring                    D．worrying

13．A．fall                      B．increase               C．shook                    D．shake

14．A．annoying              B．continuing            C．blowing                 D．dropping

15．A．long as                B．far                       C．that                       D．what

Why didn’t my teacher believe me? I’m a good student. I really did all my homework last night,   1   I don’t have it now.

My teacher   2   I’m busy these days. Our school will have a basketball game   3   two days. I’m on the basketball team and have to practice after school every day.  But that isn’t   4   I don’t have my homework today.  

Where is my homework? I have to say, my dog   5   it.

Here is the story: Last night, I went home late and was really   6   after practice. However, I didn’t forget   7   my homework. I ate dinner and did it at the time. When I had nearly finished it, I suddenly dropped some meat on my paper. It made the paper quite dirty. What should I do? It was too late to do the housework again on   8   piece of paper. So I just put my paper on the table and went to bed. Later, my dog Max, who loves meat very much, jumped up onto the table and ate my   4  !

My teacher said it was an old story. I also know many students   10   this all the time. This time is true, but no one believes me.

 1. A. so                       B. and                   C. though             D. before

 2. A. know                    B. knows               C. knew               D. knowing

 3. A. in                         B. after                  C. before              D. when

 4. A. where                  B. what                  C. how                 D. why

 5. A. found                    B. lost                    C. ate                   D. played

 6. A. tired                      B. happy                C. good                D. glad

 7. A. do                        B. to do                  C. did                   D. doing

 8. A. other                     B. another              C. the others         D. others

 9. A. dinner                   B. food                  C. book                D. homework

 10. A. saying                 B. says                   C. say                  D. said