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.
【小题1】What’s the boy’s life like at home?

— Please don’t tell anybody about this, Linda!

—_____, ___________.

A. Yes, I will.       B. Ok, I won’t.      C. No, I don’t.     D. No, I will.

In many classrooms, it’s not  31 to find students spinning (旋转) their pens  32 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular  33  Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning  34 .
276 people took part in the competition. They came from different age groups. Some were students  35 some were office workers. First, they  36 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer’s website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo.  37 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,   38 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him  39 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  40 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don’t do that.

In many classrooms, it's not  16  to find students spinning (???) their pens  17  they listen to their teachers.

     Pen-spinning is also popular  18  Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning   19  .

     276 people took part in the competition. The came from different age groups. Some were students   20   some were office workers. First, they   21   the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer's website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo. 22   of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,   23  reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(????) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him   24   the champion.

    Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  25 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don't do that.

1.A. difficult                B. easy               C. common

2.A. before                  B. when                C. after

3.A. for                    B. between              C. among

4.A. chairman               B. captain              C. champion

5.A. or                     B. and                  C. with

6.A. were sent              B. sent                 C. was sent

7.A. each                  B. Both                  C. Every

8.A.includes                 B. included              C. including

9.A. become                B. became                C. becomes

10.A. quite good            B. quite well            C. quite better

Mr. Jones had a nice brown coat . He loved it very much, but his wife didn’t like it. Because it was old. She often said. “ Give it to a poor man . ” But Mr. Jones always answered, “ No, I like this coat. ”

Then a cigarette（香烟） fell on it and made a hole in it. So Mrs Jones said, “Please don’t wear it again. ” Mr. Jones took it to a small tailor（裁缝） “ Please make another coat like this one .” The tailor made the coat very carefully. Then he lit （点燃）a cigarette, and made a hole in it in the same place.

1.Mrs. Jones didn’t like the coat because ________ .

2. Mr. Jones always said, “ ______ ”.

3._______ made a hole in the coat.

4.Mr. Jones asked the tailor to _______ .

5.Who do you think was foolish ?