At the end of the meeting Miss Green ________ two minutes to decide whether she should join the project or not.

A. gave

B. had given

C. was given

D. was giving

At the end of the meeting Miss Green ________ two minutes to decide whether she should join the project or not.

A. gave

B. had given

C. was given

D. was giving

    Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much. He always asked his father for sweets.

    The boy’s father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great man lived nearby. The boy’s father decided to take the boy to him. He might be able to make the child give up sweets.

    So they went to t he great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked sweets himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.

    During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his father returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy did not ask for sweets any more.

    The boy’s father felt surprised, “Why didn’t you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you a month ago?” The man answered, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself?” In the last month I gave up eating sweets.”

   A person’s example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can’t do ourselves.

50. The boy’s father took his son to the great man because ______.

A. the man lived close to the house.

B. the man might give him some help.

C. the man was also fond of sweets.

D. the man had already given up sweets.

51. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The great man had a hobby of eating sweets.

B. The great man gave up eating sweets in a month.

C. The father and son came back to the man a month later.

D. The boy failed to stop eating sweets at last.

52. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Eating sweets is bad for children.

B. A good way to give up eating sweets.

C. Giving up sweets is not difficult.

D. Examples speak louder than words.

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, red apple on the tree near a house. The boy didn’t like eating __35__ very much. He preferred a piece of chocolate if he was given the choice, but this time, seeing the nice apple, the boy wanted it very much. The more he looked at the apple, the __36__ he felt and the more he wanted it.

   He stood on tiptoe (脚尖), stretching (伸展) as high as he could, but he was still unable to touch it. He began to __37__ up and down, as high as he could, at the top of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of __38__.

   Not giving up, he thought, if he had something to __39__ on, he could reach it. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to __40__ the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking __41__, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with luck, even a ladder, but he found nothing that he could __42__. 

    He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed (失望的) thinking about how hungry he had become from his __43__, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he thought like this, the more unhappy he became.

However, the boy of our story was a __44__ one, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “This isn’t helpful. I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling unhappy as well. There’s __45__ more I can do to get the apple. That is unchangeable. But we should try to __46__ our feelings. If that’s the case (情况), what can I do to feel better?”

1.A. fruits         B. meat             C. vegetables       D. rice

2.A. sadder         B. angrier          C. hungrier         D. happier

3.A. jump           B. look             C. walk             D. climb

4.A. hope           B. hand             C. sight            D. reach

5.A. put                B. stand            C. work             D. hold

6.A. break          B. shake            C. use              D. change

7.A. down           B. up               C. around           D. out

8.A. move           B. take             C. hold             D. use

9.A. wishes         B. ideas            C. efforts          D. troubles

10.A. smart         B. kind             C. brave            D. careful

11.A. something     B. anything         C. everything       D. nothing

12.A. change            B. express          C. forget           D. describe