Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and 36 happily with several books. But after a few days, I felt impatient. The 37 of finishing all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it 38 to calm down to read a whole book. I didn’t know what to do with it. Then 39 one day I thought of "Why not make read­ing fun?" It gave me 40 again. Reading is a journey of spirit. Every time we read a book, we are actually talking    41    the writer. I tried to put all
my effort into his or her books, 42 I could feel all of his or her happiness and suffering. Now books have become a part of my life.
See? Attitude (态度) can make a great 43 . Someone once said,"Even though the situ­ation is bad, people still have one freedom ( 自由) to 44 their attitude. "So,don’t complain about study or work. It helps 45 . Try to see things from a different way. Believe me; this will change the situation and help you a lot.

Charlie，a master carpenter(木匠)，was very well respected in his community．Everyone knew that if they wanted the best，they would call on him．Of course that meant that Charlie would never be rich．Other carpenters always told him that if he used inferior(劣质的)materials and cheap labor then he could make a lot of money．Charlie would not take their advice．

One day，John，the richest man in town came to Charlie．He said that he had just bought the best piece of land in town. He was going to Europe for 4 months and wanted Charlie to build him the best house in town．“Spare no expense and give me the best．”

Charlie thought about this and decided finally he would make some money．He did not get his usual great carpenters and fine materials from his normal suppliers．He built the house and covered up the flaws(瑕疵)．After 4 months he had spent about 50％of what he usually spends on a house．

John came back from Europe and immediately called Charlie and asked him to meet him at the house．When they met，John asked him if he had used the finest materials and spared no expense．Charlie said absolutely(绝对地)．John said that he was glad．He paid Charlie，then told him that he wanted to reward Charlie for all of his years of service to the community by giving Charlie this house．

There are many times in our lives where we let down a little bit. When you do，you never know what is going to happen．

1.What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Charlie was an honest and respected master carpenter．

B．Charlie was a very foolish master carpenter．

C．Charlie was a good but stubborn master carpenter．

D．Charlie was a carpenter who would never be rich．

2.What does the underlined phrase “spare no expense” in the second paragraph mean?

A．to spend no money

B．to spend all the money necessary

C．to give not enough money

D．to waste no money

3.From Paragraph 3 we can learn ___________________ .

A．Charlie did as the rich man told him

B．the house was well built

C．Charlie kept some of the money to himself

D．the house was only half finished after 4 months

4.When Charlie heard that he would be given the house, he must have felt _______ .

A．happy            B．sorry             C．1ucky            D．satisfied

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A．A good carpenter shouldn’t earn money from his labor．

B．A carpenter shouldn’t earn a rich man’s money．

C．The richest man often punished carpenters．

D．One should always be honest．

Mr. Black loved his daughter very much. Every day he spent all of his free time  1____ with her. One night, he had much work to do , 2____ couldn’t play with his daughter. In order to keep her 3____he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he 4___ , Helen came running to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had 5_____ time to play right now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.
About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said,“ Okay，it’s finished. Can we play now?” Mr. Black was surprised, saying, “That’s 6____. Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every 7____in its place. Mr. Black said, “That’s surprising! 8_____ did you do that?” Helen said, “It was 9____ .On the back of the page was a picture of a 10_____. When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”

Mr. Smith worked in a big computer company. He had no wife, and of course, had no child,   41  . He lived in an old house   42  . He liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all of his money   43  drinks.
One night, Mr. Smith met a friend of his on his way home. The man asked him to have dinner in a   44 . He was happy and drank a lot. When they   45  the meal, Mr. Smith could hardly walk. His friend had to stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him   46 .
Soon the taxi arrived at Mr. Smith’s house. With the help of the   47 , he got out of the taxi.
“Thank you, sir,” said Mr. Smith. “And I can   48  the door by myself.”
The taxi driver then went away. But Mr. Smith couldn’t put the key into the key hole. He tried many times   49  he still failed. At that time, a policeman passed there.
“Can I help you open the door, sir?” asked the policeman.
“Thank you, sir. But I don’t think you can.” said Mr. Smith. “My house is circling (转圈) now. If you can stop it from   50  , I can open the door by myself.”