It was over two months before Christmas when 9-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her old Barbi bike was just too old and it often needed repairs. As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, for she didn't mention it again.

　　Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said that she really wanted a bike as the Christmas present more than anything else. Now we didn't know what to do. It was too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing presents for our children, parents and also friends till midnight. So there was no time to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we might in this way make our child unhappy at Christmas, we felt guilty and sad.

　　Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. ”What if I make a little bike out of the clay (泥土) and write a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one after Christmas?” So he spent the next 5 hours working on a small clay bike. On Christmas morning, we were very excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white bike and the note. She opened the box and read the note loudly. She looked at me and said, “So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”

　　Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real one.” At that moment, we thought we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on earth.

(1) What did Almie Rose want as her Christmas present?

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(2) Rose's parents didn't buy her a bike because she ________.

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A．only asked for it again on December 24

B．didn't want it any more

C．changed her mind for something else

D．didn't mention it

(3) The underlined word “guilty” in the 2nd paragraph means

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(4) Rose's father got the idea to ________.

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A．spend 5 hours working on the clay

B．make a small bike out of the clay

C．paint her old bike red and white

D．put the present into a box

(5) From Rose's words in the last paragraph, we know that she ________.

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A．still wanted to get a real bike

B．didn't know the meaning of the note

C．preferred a real bike to the model one

D．was greatly moved by what her father had done for her

One morning a student was walking with his teacher when they noticed a pair of old shoes by the roadside．They   1   the shoes might belong to a poor man．In fact，the   2   of the shoes was working in a field nearby，and he had nearly   3   his work．

The student said to his teacher，“Let's play a trick on the man：we hide his shoes，and wait to see what he will do   4    he can’t find them．”

“My young friend，we should never have   5   by tricking others like that，”answered the teacher．“  6  ，1et’s put a   7   in each of the shoes．and watch what he will do．”

The student did so，and then they   8   nearby．

The man soon came back to get his   9  ，but when he slipped his foot into one of his shoes，he felt something    10   in it．He bent down and found the coin（硬币）．

___11    appeared on his face．He looked at the coin for a minute，and then   12  ，but nobody could be seen．He then went on to put on the other shoe，  13    he was even more surprised to find the   14    coin．

He then knelt down（跪下），looked up to heaven and said   15   aloud，in which he spoke of his wife，  16    and helpless，and his children without bread．

The student was deeply moved（感动的），and his eyes were filled with tears．“Now，”said the teacher，“you must be much more pleased than if you had played your   17  ．”

The boy replied，“You have taught me a lesson which I'll never   18   ．I feel now the truth of these words，which I didn’t    19    before：‘It is more blessed（神圣的）to   20    than to receive．’”

1．A．believed                 B．found                  C．decided                  D．thought

2．A．owner                   B．maker                  C．seller                     D．repairer

3．A．enjoyed                 B．changed               C．finished                  D．started

4．A．since                     B．when                   C．while                     D．until

5．A．lessons                  B．experience            C．fun                        D．games

6．A．Instead                  B．Generally             C．Afterwards             D．Maybe

7．A．stone                     B．coin                     C．sweet                    D．clip

8．A．hid                        B．stood                   C．worked                  D．rested

9．A．lunch                    B．coat                     C．drink                     D．shoes

10．A．terrible                 B．hot                      C．hard                             D．soft

11．A．Surprise               B．Fear                    C．Pity                       D．Courage

12．A．looked up             B．looked around       C．looked down          D．looked out

13．A．for                      B．so                        C．but                        D．or

14．A．strange                B．second                 C．interesting              D．lost

15．A．goodbye              B．yes                      C．hello                      D．thanks

16．A．homeless             B．lively                   C．careless                 D．sick

17．A．trick                    B．role                     C．game                     D．cards

18．A．learn                    B．take                     C．forget                    D．accept

19．A．hear                    B．understand           C．remember              D．write

20．A．work                   B．refuse                  C．advise                    D．give

Dad never tried to hug or kiss me when I was a child. And of course, he never said "I love you" to me, 26 . Maybe it's a Chinese cultural thing, or maybe that's the way my dad was. But whenever I felt 27 , sad or lonely, dad was always there. Dad was a man of few 28 , but I always liked to talk to him, and I could always feel a very special connection to him.

　 When I was in high school, dad retired and 29 a food stand（摊位）on the street near my school. Dad was very good at making fried noodles, and a lot of people liked his noodles. Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would pass his food stand. But I really 30_ talking to dad in front of his food stand, 31 I did not want my classmates to know that my dad was selling noodles on the street!

　 One night, I couldn't 32 it any more and shouted, "Dad, could you stop selling your stupid noodles? I don't need a father who sells noodles on the street!" At that moment, dad was shocked. He tried to say 33 but didn't. When he 34 his head away, something happened that I had never seen and would never forget 35 the rest of my life. His eyes were filled with tears and sadness. It was the first time that I saw dad 36 . My mom later told me that dad was selling noodles to save money for my college education. I was such a fool , and even today I still feel _37 for that night.

Time really flies. I finished college and then left my home city. For the past ten years, whenever I've visited home, dad was always there meeting me and seeing me off 38 at the railway station. Whenever mom was calling me, dad would sit 39 her with a list of questions. He would ask mom to talk to me for him. That's the way dad is, and that's 40 dad shows his love to me.

Dad is still quiet, but I still feel a connection. —"a silent father's love."

26. A. also	B. still	C. too	D. either
27. A. excited	B. defeated	C. pleased	D. interested
28. A. questions	B. messages	C. words	D. sounds
29. A. set up	B. wake up	C. get up	D. call up
30. A. hoped	B. hated	C. worried	D. wondered
31. A because	B. so	C. or	D. but
32. A. hold	B. forget	C. stand	D. but
33. A. everything	B. something	C. anything	D. nothing
34. A. ran	B. fell	C. dropped	D. turned
35. A. at	B. to	C. for	D. from
36. A. crying	B. saying	C. talking	D. listening
37. A. angry	B. serious	C. sick	D. sorry
38. A. quickly	B. slowly	C. quietly	D. shyly
39. A. next	B. beside	C. through	D. how
40. A. what	B. where	C. why	D. how

阅读理解

　　　A farmer was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to look at it very carefully. Being afraid that the man would find out the elephant was not worth（值）much, the farmer went up to him and said in a low voice, “Don't say anything about that elephant till I have sold it, and I'll give you a present.”“All right,” said the man.

　　　After the elephant was sold, the man gave him fifty yuan, Then the farmer asked “Now, will you tell me how you found out the elephant had a defect （缺陷）in its left leg?”

　　　“I've never found any defect.” said the man.

　“Then why did you look so carefully at every part of it?”

　“Because I had never seen an elephant before, and wanted to know what it was like.”

(1)  The farmer came up to the man ________.

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A． to ask him to buy the elephant

B． to tell him not to say a word about the elephant

C． to ask him if he found any defect

D． to tell him to look carefully

(2)  The man looked at the elephant very carefully because ________.　　　

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A． he wanted to buy it

B． he tried to find something wrong

C． he had never seen an elephant before

D． he decided to find out where the defect was

(3) From the story we know the man ________.

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A． should tell the buyer the truth

B．might feel lucky when the farmer gave him a lot of money for nothing

C． really found something wrong with the elephant

D． wasn't given any money by the farmer

(4)  The farmer might________.

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A． feel angry when he heard the man's words

B． feel pleased that the man didn't find anything wrong with the elephant

C． feel surprised that the man looked at the elephant so carefully

D． feel sorry for having given the man the money

(5) We know the elephant________.

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A． was not worth the price it was sold at

B．was wroth more than the price

C． was wroth a lot of money

D． was worth nothing