Sarah ran in, shouting, “Look what I found!”  Over the top of the paper I was reading; came a terrible thing that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin found in our garden.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my seven-year-old daughter.
I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear（恐惧地）. I didn’t think it was beautiful, but I learned never to appear nonchalant(冷漠的)with children. Everything they see for the first time is important to their sense of beauty; they see only excellence in the world.
“Why does it do this?”  Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed(蜕) their skins because they need to renew themselves,”  I explained.
“Why do they need to renew（使更新） themselves?” Sarah asked.
“We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my daughter. “We leave some things and find other thing unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too little for him, and he probably doesn’t think he looks as smart in it as he once did. ”
As we talked, I knew that she began to understand. Although she couldn’t understand clearly, she would know that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and spirit, and see what we need to keep and what we need to leave.  I was careful to tell that this is a natural way, not one to be forced.
“Snakes don’t peel off their skins when they like them. “I explained. “It happens as a natural thing of their growth. ”
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah as she held the snake skin, and then ran off.
I hoped she would remember this; we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary. Then we can store them as memories in our deep hearts.
【小题1】Father jumped up when her daughter came to him with a snake skin because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

I am a person who can get angry   26 . But after  27 a passage from my English teacher, things have changed  28 . I am studying at a boarding school, so I have to learn  29  how to study well, but how to get on well with others. Some of us are  30  while others are quiet. So it is  31 that people have problems and arguments.
Smiling at others is the easiest way to stop argument. Another way is to think  32 your ideas are right before having an argument. If others’ ideas are really not good, keep and open  33 . Try to forgive（原谅）them. Having a friend is  34 better than having an enemy after all. Also,   35 point out others’ mistakes  36 . If you really want to help them, send a letter  37 . On the other hand, if someone points out your disadvantages, don’t  38 . Just think this is a person who really wants to help you and make friends  39 you. Remember: Forgiving makes life  40 .

Everyone in our class loves sports. Every morning we get up, we do morning exercises. After the second class, we exercise again. We only have classes twice a week, but we do physical training(体育锻炼) at five every . The most popular is basketball. The enjoy playing it and many of the girls like it, too. Another popular sport is soccer and in every class there a lot of students who like soccer very much. Volleyball is often played when the weather is . We have school teams in basketball, and volleyball. Our teams often friendship matches(友谊赛)with teams from other schools. When there is a match, of us are very excited to go to watch it.

Besides(除…之外) ball games, some of us like track and field events (田径运动), we often practice running and others. Every term(学期) we have in these events and once a year we have a meeting.

Sports help us to keep and happy. Do you like sports?

1.A. if B. when C. before D. after

2.A. do B. doing C. did D. does

3.A. English B. Chinese C. P.E. D. music

4.A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night

5.A. sport B. fact C. class D. thing

6.A. teachers B. boys C. students D. people

7.A. are B. is C. were D. was

8.A. cold B. rainy C. fine D. hot

9.A. baseball B. tennis C. soccer D. ping-pong

10.A. see B. have C. look at D. watch

11.A. much B. few C. little D. many

12.A .because B. and C. or D. but

13.A. tests B. parties C. situations D. fashion

14.A. running B. swimming C. sports D. tennis

15.A. thirsty B. healthy C. tired D. thin