Bill, a thirteen-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, “You won’t be a real man until you begin to  1  helping others.”
One morning, his parents gave him some money to  2  some milk for them. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old man who looked very sick. Bill went to him and asked, “ What’s wrong with you?”
The old man answered, “I’m 3 . I haven’t had any food for two days.”
At the thought of his parents’ words, Bill said to the old man, “Let’s go to the 4 .”
When they got there, Bill asked the 5 to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. After the waiter 6 the plate and the cup, the old man said, “Sorry for giving you too much  7 . I’m fine now. I’ll   8 forget your kindness! You are a very good young man”
Bill was 9 when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came. Bill and the old man learned  10  that he food was free because it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customer that day.

My dad was a fisherman，and he loved the sea. He had a boat，but it was ___35___to make a living on the sea. He worked hard and stayed out ___36___he caught enough(足够的)fish for the family.

When the weather was ___37___, my father didn’t work，and he drove me to school. Before he left，he would give me a big kiss(亲吻)on the face ___38___tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing(尴尬的)for me.

I remembered(记住)the day. I was 12 years old. I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. We got to school and came to a stop. He had his usual big smile and started to kiss ___39___ before he left, but I put my hand up and said，“No，dad. ”It was the ___40___time that I talked to him in that way. and he felt very surprised(惊讶的).

I said，“Dad，I’m too old for a good-bye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss. ”My dad looked at me ___41___a long time, and his eyes were filled with tears. I never saw him ___42___. “You are right，”he said，“You are a big boy…a ___43___. I won’t kiss you any more.”

It wasn’t long after that when my dad went to the sea and never came back. I was so sad that I wanted one more ___44___from my father.

1.                A．easy           B．hard           C．careful   D．careless

2.                A．if             B．when          C．until D．after

3.                A．bad            B．fine            C．cold D．hot

4.                A．but            B．so             C．or   D．and

5.                A．you            B．me            C．him D．her

6.                A．one           B．next           C．first D．last

7.                A．for            B．in             C．of   D．on

8.                A．smile          B．cry            C．say D．move

9.                A．boy            B．child           C．man D．baby

10.               A．time           B．look           C．thing D．kiss

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Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and 1 a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to 2．Her father was worried about it．
It was Sunday. Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who 3 math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter 4 to learn math．The woman came and said，“You are a 5 girl．Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your 6．”
“I’m afraid I can’t，Aunt，”said Sally．“Girls 7 be good at math.”
“I don’t think so，”said the woman．“1 was good at it when 1 was a 8．You must do more 9 and try different Ways to solve(解决)math problems until you work them out，or at least 10 them better. Here is a math 11．Please think it over and see if you can work it out.
“OK,” said the girl. “Let me   12 ”
About an hour later Sally   13 the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I’ve tried many times and worked out the problem at last!”
“Well done!” her aunt looked at her answer and said 14 , “Now you see, math is not as difficult as you   15  ”