I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   36  , because my whole world was dark.

A young   37   ran up to me, out of breath（气喘吁吁）. He stood right before me with his head down and said   38  , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   39 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.

  40 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   41  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   42  I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   43  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted(接受) the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   44 .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   45 －he was blind.

Tears came down my face as I   46  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off  to  47 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.

Through the eyes of a blind child,   48  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   49 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   50  every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

These days computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along the __1__have changed into computer game houses in order to get more __2___. These places are always crowded with people.

In the computer game houses, people __3__a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__without it.

The result(结果) is that some people don’t want to __8__and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their __12__. Some of them are not __13__enough to get the money. So they have to steal（偷） or rob（抢） others’ money and become __14__.

Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a(n) __15__problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.

 (   ) 1 A streets          B schools       C towns         D cities

(   ) 2 A boys              B money         C computers     D houses

(  ) 3 A take           B spend         C cost          D pay

(   ) 4 A possible          B easy          C good          D hard

(   ) 5 A read              B learn         C win           D download

(   ) 6 A lose              B try           C waste         D watch

(   ) 7 A come          B eat           C study         D live

(   ) 8 A watch         B win           C stay there    D work

(   ) 9 A better        B exciting          C even worse    D interesting

(   ) 10 A lessons          B games         C families          D sports

(   ) 11 A classes          B rooms         C schools       D shops

(   ) 12 A classmates  B teachers          C sisters       D parents

(   ) 13 A lucky        B unlucky       C careful       D polite

(   ) 14 A good         B bad           C badly         D worse

(   ) 15 A important    B serious       C unusual       D wonderful

完型填空．根据短文内容选择能填入空白处的最佳答案．

Many people think that twins are exactly the same.  1   they are not. Ali and Alan are twin brothers. They look the same and   2   some ways they are the same. But in  3   ways they are very different. They are   4   very athletic. They both like soccer. But Ali  5   every day and Alan plays only  6  weekends. Alan likes  7  soccer on TV but Ali likes to play it, not to watch it. They are  8   outgoing and funny. But Alan is   9    more outgoing than Ali. Alan is also a little more serious than Ali about school work. They are very popular at school and they both have   10    friends.

1.                A．And           B．So             C．But  D．Then

2.                A．at             B．in             C．on   D．by

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

4.                A．all             B．both           C．too  D．also

5.                A．play           B．player          C．plays D．playing

6.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．to

7.                A．watching        B．watched        C．watches  D．watch

8.                A．all             B．every          C．both D．each

9.                A．very           B．a little          C．too  D．many

10.               A．much          B．more          C．few  D．a lot of

Poor, but so rich at heart
Two years ago, my parents died in a car accident. __(A)__then, my elder brother and I have had to work part-time to make a living. I have been working as a part-time waiter in a restaurant for six months, and now I’ve just got my salary(薪水).
I was walking back to school and saw the notice board in the lobby(大厅). There was a notice __(B)___ for donations for the earthquake. A girl called Amanda was reading the same notice.____(C)____. You could see that easily from her fancy clothes and gadgets(小玩意儿).
“Aren’t you going to donate?” I asked, (D)“People there must be having a really hard time. All their houses have been destroyed by the earthquake. They’ve got nothing ____(E)____, no place to live, nothing to eat or…”
“Sorry, I don’t have money to spend on that!” she laughed. “I have 10 new dresses to buy. I need to get a new phone. And then I’m ____(F)___ to fly to Paris for the weekend.” (G)With these words, she walked away.
I took the money from my pocket and walked to Mrs. Tawreen’s office.
“Excuse me, ma’am.” I said. “I don’t have too much for a donation, just 300 yuan. Could I just donate this?”
Mrs. Tawreen smiled: “Wow, 300 yuan, my dear? Well, (H)I have to tell you that, of all the donations we’ve received from our students so far, it’s the largest amount. And yes, you may donate right now.”
I put the notes into the donation box. Maybe my brother and I would have to miss a few meals this month, but it would make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate(幸运的) than us.
任务一：从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填入B、E、F
plan         ask         leave
【小题1】B _____________ 【小题2】E_____________  【小题3】F_____________
任务二：将文中D、G、H划线部分翻译成汉语。
【小题4】D ___________________________________________________________
【小题5】G___________________________________________________________
【小题6】H ___________________________________________________________
任务三：在A处空格中填入适当的词或短语。
【小题7】 ______________
任务四：选择适当的句子还原到文中C处。
【小题8】______________
A. She came from a poor family.
B. She couldn’t afford the donation.
C. She came from a very wealthy family
任务五：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题9】Why would the writer and his brother have to miss a few meals that month?
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【小题10】Is the writer rich or poor at heart?
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