One day Mr. Smith broke a teapot by mistake. He was worried because his wife liked it very much. But when Mrs. Smith came back and saw the broken pieces, she didn't get angry.“It doesn't matter, Jack,”she said.“Aunt Helen's birthday is coming near. I'll send this teapot to her and she'll think it broke in the post,'”

　　Then she said to Anne, their servant,“Collect all the pieces carefully and put them in this box. Take it to the post office and send it to Aunt Helen.”“OK.”Said Ann.

　　Aunt Helen came to the city to visit Mr. and Mrs. Smith a few days later. She was angry when she came into their house. She said,“Why did you send me a broken teapot for my birthday?”

　　“But Aunt Helen,”Mrs. Smith answered nicely,“it broke in the post!”

　　“Oh?”Aunt Helen said.“Why was each piece of it in one piece of paper, then?”

A．her birthday was coming near

B．they needn't buy any present for her

C．the teapot was their favourite

(3)“It broke in the post!”means“________!”

A．We broke in the post office

B．The postman broke it on the way

C．You broke it yourself

A．gave her an excuse

B．said they had done wrong

C．was very much afraid

A．The post office told her everything.

B．Not all the pieces were there.

C．Each piece was inside a piece of paper.

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 hard to ___38__ 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 for fun?” it gave me __40___ again. Reading is a journey of spirit. Every time we read a book, we are actually(事实上) 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 sadness. Now books have become a part of my life.
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. I’m sure this will change the situation and help you a lot.

If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook. One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from a table, and suddenly a snake appeared and bit him on the hand. A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish. “ I tried to pick it up and it bit me. I threw it away, but it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door.” Jackson said. Anyway, Jackson was cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day. “ So my advice is this: If a snake bits you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then call the hospital. Show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “ Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry!”
【小题1】 When the snake bit Mr. Jackson, it was        .

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　　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop hired（雇佣） me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　1　 　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　2　 　interfered（干涉）with how I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　3　 , I would become more mature（成熟的） and responsible about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
　　Like many American parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　4 　　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　5　 　for me. In the end, my father won the argument（争论） on the 　6　 　that I limited（限定）my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins spread out through the country who could 　7　 　shelter（住处）and help if I needed them.
　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　8　 　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not eager to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　9　 　year working his way on trains and ships to 　10 　　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare（稀少的）for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start 　11　 　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have selected the university they plan to attend and maybe even 　12　 　on their future career, and so on.