Born as the only child in the family, I am the “king” of the family. My parents are both businessmen and they come home every two weeks. Because they don’t spend much time with me, they always feel guilty* and will buy me many expensive things and let me do whatever I want. My grandparents never let me do any chores because they want me to do my schoolwork.

?? I used to take everything for granted*. I never said “thank you” to people. As time went by, I found that my classmates didn’t like me and my best friends left me. one day, I asked Leo, who used to be one of my best friends. He said that I was selfish, rude* and bad-tempered*. “No one wants to make friends with a person who always receives but never gives anything!” he said. I was shocked* at his words. “Oh, no! Please don’t leave me. I need friends! I will be lonely and unhappy without friends!” I locked myself up in the room and cried. “I want my friends back. But how?”

?? Then I noticed that all the popular kids in the class friendly to others. They always smile and say “thank you” to others. They do whatever they can to help when others are in trouble. Other kids like them and always play with them. “I need to change! I will get my friends back,” I said to myself. From then on, I started to change myself. I learned to say “thank you” to others. I smiled and volunteered to help other kids. I tried to be as nice as I could. Gradually, I found that other kids liked to talk with me and they would ask me to play with them and even told me their secrets. My friends came back to me again.

?? Now I have more friends than I used to do and I am happier than I used to be.

1.What’s the boy’s life like at home?

A. His parents spend much time with him.????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. He has to do lots of housework.

C. He can do what he wants to do.?????????????

D. He does much more homework than other kids.

2.What did the boy do to change himself?

A. He learned to say “thank you”.

B. He always smiled at others.

C. He helped others as much as he could.?????????????

D. All of the above.

3.The underlined word “gradually” means ___________.

A. To begin with????????????? ????????????? B. Sometimes????????????? ????????????? C. In a word????????????? ????????????? D. Slowly

4.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

A. To make more friends, you need to try to please them.????????????? ?????????????

B. A person who always received but never gives can still have many friends.

C. The boy lost his friends at first because he didn’t like them.

D. To be a nicer and better person, we need to make some changes.

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    Robot Vogel is a police officer in New York. One Morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant. Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, "Officer! A car is going down the street, and a little kid ____1.__(drive) it!"

Officer Vogel ran out of the restaurant and saw a car____2.___(go) slowly at about 25 miles an hour. He jumped into his police car and followed it. When he was behind it, he turned on his red light and siren(警笛), The car moved to the side of the road and stopped.

Officer Vogel got out of his police car and looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco, and he was five years old. In the back seat was his little sister who was only two year old. Both children _____3.___(cry).

"I want my mommy!" Rocco cried. "But she can't get here, I have the car." Then he had an idea "Just a minute," he told Officer Vogel. "I can drive. I____4.____(go) to get her."

"No!" Officer Vogel said. “You stay with me."

Officer Vogel___5.___(drive) Rocco and his sister o the police station. Then he called their mother. Rocco told Officer Vogel and his mother that he got the car key from the refrigerator while his father was at work and his mother was sleeping.

Newspapers and TV station heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. One reporter asked Rocco, "What do you want to be when you____6.__(grow) up?"

Rocco smiled, "I want to be a truck driver," he said.

A primary school teacher asked her students to write a composition about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the compositions, she read one that impressed her deeply. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, “What happened?”

She answered, “Read this. It is one of my students’ compositions.”

“Dear God, tonight I ask you for something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around me. To be taken seriously when I talk. I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruption(打断) or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me close when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring(不理) me. And ...I want my brothers to fight to be with me...I want to feel that my family just put everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, make sure that I can make them all happy and entertain them. God, I don’t ask you for much. I just want to live like our TV. ”

At that moment the husband said, “My God, poor kid, what horrible parents!” .The teacher looked up at him and said, “That composition is our son’s!”

1.Why did the teacher cry?

A．Because a composition moved her deeply.    B．Because the composition was very bad.

C．Because the students were lazy.            D．Because she had a fight with her husband.

2.Who was the boy that wrote the composition?

A student who was with God.               B. A student who was like a television

C. A student in her class, but not her son.         D. A student in her class, in fact, her son.

3.According to the article, what will happen when the boy talks?

A．Everyone will pay attention to him.          B．He will be interrupted.

C．No one will pay attention.                 D．His mother will talk to him.

4.Which is not right according to the passages?

A．TV can entertain them                    B．TV can catch the attention of his family.

C．TV can give you answers when you ask question.    D．TV can receive special care from his family.

5.According to the article, we can know the boy is_________.

A．naughty           B．lonely            C．happy            D．wrong

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I  31   you.” I did not know  32  to say, and I just stood there, looking  33  at him. My first thought was that he must need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all about ?” “Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and see what they say.”

The next day I called his teacher to  34  more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted﹡. “Most of the fathers had the  35  response﹡ as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first suggested ﹡that we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would be surprised.”

Then the teacher explained , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of  36  . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express﹡ our feelings. A boy  37 tell his parents he loves them.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is  38  for some of us to say something .

That evening when my son came to me, I took him in my arms and held on for a while, saying, “Hey, I love you,  39  .” I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier,   40   I did feel pretty good.

1.A.  dislikeB.  love C.  likeD.  enjoy

2.A.  how  B.  whyC.  whatD.  which 

3.A.  awayB.  for                     C.  downD.  on 

4.A.  talk toB.  talk withC.  find out  D.  do with 

5.A.  same  B.  different  C.  usual  D.  unusual  

6.A.  studyB.  work  C.  health   D.  body 

7.A.  mightB.  can  C.  shouldD.  need 

8.A.  easy  B.  difficult  C.  crazy  D.  silly 

9.A.  eitherB.  tooC.  also     D.  again 

10.A.  andB.  but   C.  so  D.  when