根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
【小题1】The boy is very rude so he is _________ (popular) with his classmates.
【小题2】The brave boy was in hospital and many ________ (visit) came to see him.
【小题3】The father makes his son ________ (clean) his own bedroom every day.
【小题4】When autumn comes, ________ (leaf) begin to fall off the tree.
【小题5】It’s raining very hard so I decide _________ (not go) out.
【小题6】It’s necessary for us _________ (keep) the classroom clean.
【小题7】There was a lot of traffic on the way, but ________ (lucky), we didn’t miss the film.
【小题8】 Yesterday morning, Zhang Ming was late for class because of ________ (get) up late.

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people   16  be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of    17   would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek（小溪）that has no    18 . We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the   19  at night. Our patio（院子）reaches to the front yard and they have the   20  horizon（地平线）. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go   21  our sight. We buy our food, but they grow   22 ."
With this the boy’s father was speechless (无语的) .
Then his son added , "Thank dad for showing me how    23  we are."
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on（集中注意力）what we don’t have. What is one person’s worthless object is another’s prize possession (财富). It is all  24   
on one’s opinion. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty（恩赐）we have,   25   worrying about wanting more . Take joy in all you have.

There was a little boy with a bad temper（脾气）.His father gave him some nails（钉子）to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he  held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar（痕迹）just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal （言语）wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.
【小题1】Who was in a bad temper ?
the boy’s father         B.the boy’s friend
C. the little boy            D. a man
【小题2】 The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .

A father isn’t happy with his only son. He doesn’t think his son is clever.
One day, the father gives his son a task. He says, here is a coin. Go to buy one thing. That must be something to eat, something to drink, and something to plant.
“What can I buy with one coin? It is too hard!” Then a girl finds the boy is not happy and comes up to him. “Can I help you? ” The boy tells her that hard task. “I know what you can do, ” she says. “Go and buy a watermelon with this coin. ” It will give you everything your father wants.” The boy thanks the girl and then runs to buy a watermelon.
When the father sees the watermelon, he is very happy. “Good Job!” “In fact, that’s not my idea. A girl helps me”, says the boy. The father then says, “Honesty is more important than cleverness.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】The father isn’t happy, because __________.