A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin（顽童） was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

　 Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing ? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.(犹豫)

　　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

　　“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

　　“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

　　After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

　　Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

　　He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾）brother. He sat him down on the step and

pointed to the car.

　　“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent（美分）. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

　　Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

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1.The street urchin was very surprised when ________.

A. Paul received an expensive car

B. Paul told him about the car

C. he saw the shining car

2. From the story we can see the urchin ______.

A. wished to give his brother a car

B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car

C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________

A. to show his neighbours the big car

B. to show he had a rich friend

C. to tell his brother about his wish

4.We can infer（推断） from the story that______.

A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin

B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother

C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother

5.The best name of the story is ________

A. A Christmas Present

B. A Street Urchin

C. A Brother Like That

A famous magician (魔术师) came to our city. He gave some 　41 . Most of his shows had educational 　42 . He taught lessons about health, history and some other things about life through his magic tricks (魔术). Both children and parents 　43　 his shows, for the fun as well as the 44 .

　 My mother 45 me to watch one of his shows the day before yesterday. The show taught children not to steal (偷) by describing 　46 a person might feel when his or her thing was stolen. In the show, there was a shark. He often stole things and never 　47 the owners' feelings. Then one day he found his　 48 things were stolen. He was angry and 　49 . From that experience, he 　50 how worried and angry others would be when their things were 　51 . From then on he decided to 　52　 stealing.

　 The show was 　53 . It made me understand why we shouldn't take what didn't 　 54 us, I also learned that we shouldn't get happiness from 　55 others. Later I recommended (推荐) it to some of my friends, hoping they would also learn something from it while enjoying the wonderful magic.

41. A. money　　　　 　　　　　　 B. chances　　　　　 　　　 C. time　　　　　　 D. shows

42. A. challenges　　　　 B. mistakes　　　　 C. experiences　　　 　　　 D. messages

43. A. missed　　　　　　 B. enjoyed　　　　　 C. learned　　　　　 D. remembered

44. A. education　　　　　 B. supper　　　　　 C. friends　　　　　 　　　 D. players

45. A. took　　　　　　　 B. helped　　　　 　 C. wished　　　　　 D. allowed

46. A. why　　　　　　　 　　　 B. how　　　　　　 C. when　　　　　　 D. what

47. A. gave up　　　　　 B. wrote down　　　 C. cared about　　　 　　　 D. laughed at

48. A. cheap　　　　　　 B. colorful　　　　 　 C. own　　　 　　　 D. lucky

49. A. relaxed　　　　　　 B. upset　　　　　 C. dishonest　　　　 D. energetic

50. A. forgot　　　　　　 B. learned　　　　 　 C. disagreed　　　　 D. visited

51. A. lost　　　　　　　 B. helpful　　　　　 C. wrong　　　　　 D. broken

52. A. start　　　　　　　 　　　 B. finish　　　　　　 C. stop　　　　　　 　 D. keep

53. A. uninteresting　　　 B. new　　　　　　 C. bored　　　　　　 D. great

54. A. make up　　　　　 B. borrow from　　　 　　　 C. depend on　　　　 D. belong to

55. A. teaching　　　　　 B. hurting　　　　　 C. beating　　　　　 D. refusing

Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
　　Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
　　When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
　　Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
　　When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

　　1. A. afraid            B. worried      C. sure           D. happy
　　2. A. joke          B. fun            C. turn      D. game
　　3. A. talk          B. teach         C. show     D. travel
　　4. A. passed        B. arrived      C. lasted      D. changed
　　5. A. made         B. played       C. helped    D. did
　　6. A. weak         B. pleased       C. busy       D. lonely
　　7. A. show          B. visit                C. meet          D. send
　　8. A. farm          B. city            C. family       D. school
　　9. A. wrote        B. called         C. moved      D. returned
　　10. A. family            B. school        C. teacher      D. farm
　　11. A. meeting     B. school        C. summer     D. talk
　　12. A. people      B. cities         C. languages D. places
　　13. A interesting  B. true           C. long           D. same
　　14. A. England      B. Germany    C. farm         D. home
　　15. A. think          B. see            C. remember D. read