Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he liked them so much that he wouldn't take them off.

    All the animals talked about the hearts new look. Soon, in that forest, there began appearing squirrels (松鼠) in shirts, rabbits in shoes, and even rats (鼠) wearing hats! The forest doctor shook his head, telling animals, "This can't be good. Animals don't need clothes! " But no one listened to him. They said he was just out of fashion.

    However, it wasn't long before the first results of fashion-fever came. Several times the squirrel caught his shirt on trees, stopping him in mid-jump and sending him falling to the ground from a tree. The rat couldn't go into his hole without taking off his hat first. Even the bear, because of his socks, slipped (滑到) from the river rock and almost killed himself.

    When the animals came to see the doctor, he gave them all the same advice, "Take off those clothes before one day they're going to kill you. " Those who listened to the doctor's advice stopped having accidents. And the animals realized that they didn't need clothes at all. Starting to wear them had been very dangerous, and they had only done it to make others admire(羡慕) them, and to get attention.

48.         found the socks and tried them on.

      A. The son        B. The bear        C. The rabbit      D. The rat

49. From the story we can know that

   A. the family had a good time with the bear

   B. the animals didn't like the bear’s new look

   C. the forest doctor told the animals not to wear clothes

   D. the squirrel couldn't go into his hole with his hat on

50. The underlined sentence "it wasn't long before the first results of fashion-fever came."

   probably means that ______.

   A. soon the animals had a lever because of the clothes

   B. soon the animals enjoyed wearing clothes very much

   C. soon the animals became healthier in the warm clothes

   D. soon the animals had lots of accidents alter wearing clothes

51. The story is written to tel1 us ______.

   A. helping others is helping yourself

   B. we should he careful in the forest

   C. things that fit yourself are the best

   D. animals must be looked after well

Last week Bruce wrote __1__Dick, telling him that he wasn’t __2_the new school in Richmond at all．As all the __3__students were from the same junior middle school, they get on __4__with each other．Instead, they made fun of him, for he was the__5__ in the class．He had no idea about__6__ to do．So Bruce needed some__7__ from his best friend , Dick．Now, in his __8__back to Bruce, Dick gave him two pieces of advice: First of all , __9__worry about being short．And the__10__ , think about looking for a good friend．

（  ） 1．A．on             B．at                  C．to                        D．form

（  ） 2．A．thinking        B．listening          C．liking              D．enjoying

（  ） 3．A．other          B．another           C．others             D．anothers

（  ） 4．A．good          B．friendly           C．careful            D．well

（  ） 5．A．shortest       B．small              C．tallest              D．interesting

（  ） 6．A．what          B．how              C．where             D．when

（  ） 7．A．money         B．homework       C．pens               D．help

（  ） 8．A．bag            B．letter             C．school                   D．home

（  ） 9．A．don’t           B．can’t             C．doesn’t                  D．please

（  ） 10．A．two          B．next              C．second           D．third

Born into a farmer’s family, life was not easy when I was a kid. We were so poor that we often did not know where our next meal was coming from. I had to sell cabbages at the marketplace to support my family.
A storyteller once came to the marketplace, and I went to listen to him. My mother was unhappy with me for forgetting my job. But that night, while she was making clothes for us under the weak light of an oil lamp, I couldn't help retelling stories I'd heard that day. She listened impatiently at first, since in her eyes professional（职业的） storytellers were smooth-talking men—nothing good ever came out of their mouths. But slowly she was attracted by my retold stories, and from that day on, she never gave me any task on market days, unspoken agreement to enjoy new stories. As a repayment（回报）for Mother's kindness and a way to show off my memory, I'd retell the stories for her in lively detail. Soon, she wasn't the only member of my audience, which later included my elder sisters, my aunts, even my stubborn grandmother.
I knew she was worried about me. Talkative kids are not well thought of in our village, for they can bring trouble to themselves and to their families when they talk too much. Mother often reminded me not to talk so much, wanting me to be a silent and modest teenager. However, my natural desire（渴望）to talk never went away, and that is what makes my name – Mo Yan, which means ‘no speaking’. This strong wish to talk also improved my ability to express myself, which is important for writers who are also considered as storytellers.
【小题1】Mo Yan lived a/an ________ life when he was young.