I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36  Come and sit here,she  said. 37   are you going?"
"I don’ t know. I just want to catch a 38          and see what it will be like at the
end."
"I’ m afraid you’ 11 see     39   there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?"
“How can I do that while my heart’s  40  ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don’ t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five     41    ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took     42    to the sea.    43they seemed to know what would happen, so they    44   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 45     . How could I    46  my hope to live for one of life’ s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47      and one of lthem has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a     48  ,” We should never wait for the door to 49       before us.We should find the key to the 50  or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.
【小题1】A. tired           B. excited        C. happy
【小题2】A. What       B. How          C. Where
【小题3】A. train       B. bus           C. boat
【小题4】A. nothing     B. everything     C. something
【小题5】A. smiling     B. breaking       C. dancing
【小题6】A. days        B. weeks         C. years
【小题7】A. her         B. them         C. him 
【小题8】A. So          B. Or            C. However
【小题9】A. laughed     B. cried          C. spoke
【小题10】A. in           B. out           C. up
【小题11】A. give away    B. give up        C. get up
【小题12】A. happily      B. sadly          C. badly
【小题13】A. cry          B. shout         C. smile
【小题14】A. open        B. close          C. lock
【小题15】A. classroom   B. office          C. door

Mrs. Green is a nurse. She lives in England. Her husband(丈夫) Mr. Green is a Japanese  56  at a high school. They have   57  kids: one is a son   58  his name is John. They also have two   59 : Lucy and Lily. This year they have another(另一个) baby. Mr. and Mrs. Green love her very much. But they have their work, so a woman looks   60  the young baby. She is new here. 
A neighbour（邻居）  61  the baby. She likes her very much.
“Look at the baby,” she says. “She looks very cute! I think she   62  Mr. Green. They
  63  have big eyes. But what’s her name?”
“  64 ,” the woman says. “She is only five months(月) old. You know, she can’t   65 . ”
【小题1】A. student                       B. teacher               C. doctor
【小题2】A. two                   B. three                 C. four
【小题3】A. and                     B. but                  C. so
【小题4】A. sons                          B. daughters            C. brothers
【小题5】A. at                            B. for                C. after 
【小题6】A. finds                    B. studies                C. sees
【小题7】A. looks like                       B. thinks about           C. comes from
【小题8】A. all                        B. both               C. some
【小题9】A. I don’t know      B. That’s all right          C. I think you are right
【小题10】A. tell                         B. speak               C. say 

We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.

　　There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east，the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶). The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.

　　At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”

　　“I boiled (煮) it，as you said.”

　　“And what did you do with the water?”

　　“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.

　　“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.

(    ) 1. Most of the people in Europe ________.

　　　  A. drank tea every day 300 years ago        B. drink tea every day

　　　  C. know nothing about tea               D. like to eat the tea-leaves

(    ) 2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ________.

　　　  A. countries in the west                   B. countries in the south

　　　  C. India or China                       D. a tea shop in England

(    ) 3. The sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because ________.

　　　  A. the sailor told her to

　　　  B. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

　　　  C. she liked to show off (炫耀)

　　　  D. she wanted to sample (品尝) the tea together with her friends

(    ) 4. At the “tea party”，________.

　　　  A. all the woman’s friends spoke highly of the tea

　　　  B. nobody knew what to do with the tea

　　　  C. the woman offered her friends some dried (干的) tea

　　　  D. the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

(    ) 5. What mistake did the old woman make? She ________.

　　　  A. boiled the tea                       B. did as the sailor said

　　　  C. poured away the water                D. didn't throw away the tea-leaves

The Story of a Broken Bowl

Henry is a boy of nine. Three years ago he began to go to school. He studied hard and does well in his lessons. His parents like him very much.

Henry’s grandpa is a single man. But once he lost a leg in a traffic accident. And now he can’t work. He often tells the boy all kinds of interesting stories. Sometimes he makes a kite or a cage. And he teaches the boy how to catch the singing birds and how to give them food. The boy admires him very much and always stays with him when he’s free. But Henry’s mother didn’t like the old man. She always thought him useless and dirty, and didn’t let her son play with him but the boy didn’t listen to her. When they sat at table, she put some food on another table and filled a broken bowl with rice and porridge. The old man was very sad but he dared not say anything. Henry was angry with his mother about it. One day he saw a broken bowl on his way home. He picked it up and put it into his bag. His mother found it and asked, “ Why have you brought a broken bowl home, dear?” “ I keep it for you.” said Henry, “When you’re old like my grandpa, I’ll fill it with rice for you !” Having heard this, the woman began to cry. Since then she’s been good to the old man.

1. His parents like Henry because _____________.

A．He’s good to his grandpa

B．He’s a polite boy

C．He does well in his lessons

D．He’s learned to catch singing birds

2.Henry admires his grandpa because ____________.

A．he tells him a lot of interesting stories

B．he knows how to catch singing birds and give them food

C．he can make kites and cages

D．he’s very able old man

3. __________, so she didn’t let her son play with him.

A．The woman hated the old man

B．The woman hadn’t enough food to give the old man

C．The old man did nothing at home

D．The old man lost a leg in the traffic accident

4. Henry brought the broken bowl home to _____________.

A．play with it                            B．frighten his mother

C．beat his parents                        D．fill it with rice

5.The woman was afraid _________, so she’s good to the old man.

A．her husband wouldn’t love her

B．the police would know about it

C．her son would be bad to her when she was old

D．the old man wouldn’t leave her any money