I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the   31   on one of the wine bottles.

  “Dad, Dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”

  “Dear, hold on.” Dad said.

  “You can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was   32   10 years ago.”

  “wait, let me tell you…”

  “Would you like me to   33   it away for you?” I asked.

  “Dear, wait a second,” he said.“Some wines get better   34   time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is  35  .”

  When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this   36  , but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I   37   through my teenage years.

  In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you wait for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as   38   as possible; we want to graduate from college in as a few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of forget   39   .

  We all want to get to the next   40   so quickly that perhaps we don’t get   41   enough to get there. This has a   42   effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we   43   not study enough for the best, and   44   failing. We need to be ready for   45   comes, ready for the unexpected.

  Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.

(   )31. A. name       B. address         C. date         D. number

(   )32. A. bought      B. invented        C. made        D. discovered

(   )33. A. throw       B. give           C. clear         D. put

(   )34. A. for         B. on             C. in           D. over

(   )35. A. true        B. clear           C. wrong        D. poor

(   )36. A. said        B. told            C. explained     D. meant

(   )37. A. came       B. went           C. looked        D. wasted

(   )38. A. strongly     B. easily          C. quickly       D. slowly

(   )39. A. importance   B. use            C. honor        D. care

(   )40 A. class        B. grade           C. step         D. rule

(   )41. A. careful      B. ready           C. easy         D. lucky

(   )42. A. negative     B. positive         C. good        D. special

(   )43. A. must        B. will            C. should       D. may

(   )44. A. come up     B. end up          C. move up     D. make up

(   )45. A. whenever    B. wherever        C. whatever     D. whichever

I once thought I would be a perfect(完美的) mother. It _41___ me 16 years to learn that I could not be. I know that I made some mistakes. If I could raise (抚养) my children again, I   42   repeat (重复) those mistakes. Maybe I would make new   43     .but I think I would do a better job.

I would try to understand my children. I often did what my   44   would have done. I __45___ their ways of raising children. For example , I had my 13—year—old son , David, come home early ,but he      46   this rule . He saw no reason(理由)for it As a girl ,I had to be home early .I want my son to do the47    things. Now I would think more about why I wanted things done in a certain way.

  My father was sick when I was young . So my sister , my brother and I were   48   all the time . We didn’t cry in anger and we didn’t laugh for happyness. I just wanted my children to be quiet, too. I never stopped    49    “why”.

It was hard for me to let my children show anger . I stop them when they start to get angry. Now I would tell my children ,“It is all right to show love and it is right to show anger .Your feelings are good. I love you __50___you feel.”

(   )41.A.cost            B. spend             C. took           D. used 

(   )42.A.would           B. wouldn’t          C. could          D. no longer

(   )43..A. ways           B. friends           C. rules           D. ones

(   )44.A.parents          B. children          C. teachers         D. friends

(   )45.A.went            B. found            C. followed        D. improved

(   )46.A.enjoyed          B. hated            C. agreed          D. improved

(   )47.A.same            B. different          C. difficult         D. excited

(   )48.A.strange           B. noisy            C. lively           D. quite

(   )49.A.to ask            B. asking           C. to answer        D. answering

(   )50.A.no matter how     B. no matter where   C. no matter who     D. no matter when

Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mum came to school and talked on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. “Somebody’s got to stop that boy!” she was shouting. “Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny.”

Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned a lot. “I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,” she said. “He’s never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny. “How long had this been going on?” she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble at school.

Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.

1.We learn from the reading that          .

2.   When Danny’s mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was now          to Mrs Green.

3.   Danny now          .

4.  Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because          .

5. The word “gang” in the reading means “         ”.

Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mum came to school and talked on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. “Somebody’s got to stop that boy!” she was shouting. “Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny.”
Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned a lot. “I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,” she said. “He’s never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny. “How long had this been going on?” she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble at school.
Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.

1. 1.

   We learn from the reading that          .

   1. A.
      Danny was not a good student
   2. B.
      Danny’s mother talked too much about the school
   3. C.
      Danny’s teacher knew something about Danny’s problem before
   4. D.
      Danny wanted to get away from Rick
2. 2.

      When Danny’s mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was now          to Mrs Green.

   1. A.
      serious
   2. B.
      common
   3. C.
      untrue
   4. D.
      similar
3. 3.

      Danny now          .

   1. A.
      was tired of the school and his friends
   2. B.
      had no friends at all
   3. C.
      was not sure what he would do with the problem
   4. D.
      made some new friends in the neighborhood
4. 4.

     Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because          .

   1. A.
      she had known it
   2. B.
      the other boys would tell her
   3. C.
      he didn’t want to be in trouble
   4. D.
      his mother didn’t want him to say it
5. 5.

   The word “gang” in the reading means “         ”.

   1. A.
      a place for boys to play games
   2. B.
      a group of young people
   3. C.
      a school bus for children to and from school
   4. D.
      the teacher’s office