Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman’s living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There’s only one thing you  1  do．Don’t open the box．”After   2   this，he left the living room．
The woman said to her husband，“There must be   3   in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband said ___4___ to her．
But the woman didn’t give up her idea．One day，she decided to ___5___ what was     __6   it．Her husband didn’t stop her this time．She opened the box and looked inside．She found nothing in the box and then tried hard to close it,    7   she failed．
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was    8  ．He was very __9___ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there is nothing in the box，”the woman said．“We    10    anything at all．”The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”
【小题1】A．needn’t     B．wouldn’t    C．mustn’t       D don’t have to
【小题2】A．saying     B．said        C．says         D to say
【小题3】A．expensive something   B．something expensive
C．nothing expensive    D expensive anything
【小题4】A．yes        B．nothing     C．no           D hello
【小题5】A．look for    B．clean up    C．find out     D get over
【小题6】A．near        B．under       C．in           D on
【小题7】A．though     B．or         C．unless       D but
【小题8】A．closed     B．empty       C．open         D full
【小题9】A．happy      B．angry       C．stressed out  D worried
【小题10】A．didn’t take  B．won’t take  C．haven’t taken  D aren’t taking

Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its ? piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine ? the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but ? of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on ? for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit ? . The circle put the piece into ? . It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad ? it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.

Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man ? has everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something ? . He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

We couldn’t be perfect. But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share ? with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.

1.A. miss????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. lose????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. missing????????????? ????????????? D. losing

2.A. at????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. of????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. in????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. along

3.A. none????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. all????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. every one????????????? ????????????? D. each

4.A. look????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. looking????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. to look????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. looked

5.A. perfectly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. perfect????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. part????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. partly

6.A. it????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. itself????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. them????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. themselves

7.A. which????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. whether????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. that????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. what

8.A. who????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. which????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. where????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. when

9.A. bad????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. worse????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. good????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. better

10.A. kindness????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. sadness????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. happiness????????????? ????????????? D. illness

Once a boy went to a palace to ask a wise man what the secret of happiness is. After talking with the boy, the wise man asked the boy to look around the palace and return in two hours. “And , I want to ask you to do something,”said the wise man .“As you look around, carry this spoon with you without making the oil spill (溢出).”
The boy began walking up and down the stairs of the palace, and he kept his eyes on the spoon all the time. After two hours, he returned. “Well,” asked the wise man, “what did you see in my palace?” The boy said that he had seen nothing.
“Then go back and enjoy my wonderful world,” said the wise man. The boy picked up the spoon and began to look around the palace again. This time, he saw many beautiful things in the palace. When he returned, the wise man asked, “but where are the drops of oil I give you?” The boy saw that the oil was gone.
“There is only one piece of advice I can give you,” said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to see all wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上。
【小题1】The boy visited the wise man for _______________ .

Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how
soon I’ll get to town?”
“Go.” Aesop answered.
“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”
“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.
“This man must be mad(疯的),” the traveler thought and went on.
After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距离), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”
The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”
“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”
【小题1】One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.