Children find meanings in their old family tales. 

When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,    33   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   34   his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   35   , he loaded his family into the car and   36   them to see family members in Canada with a   37   ,“there are more important thins in life than money. ” Ks5u

The  38   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   39    house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was  40    that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t.   41     , their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they   42    was how warm the people were in the house and how  43     of their heart was accessible.  Ks5u

Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   44    hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing  45    in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.  Ks5u

A university   46    of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to Ks5u47   parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.  Ks5u

The  48    is telling the stories in a way children can  49     . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that   50   , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s  51    , and make eye contact（接触）to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children5u 52   they should take from the story and what the moral is . ” Ks5u

A. missed         B. lost          C. forgot           D. ignored Ks5u

A. when           B. while        C. how             D. why Ks5u

A. friendless     B. worthless  C. penniless        D. homeless Ks5u

A fetched          B. allowed   C. expected      D. took Ks5u

A. hope         B. promise          C. suggestion     D. belief Ks5u

A. tale          B. agreement  C. arrangement   D. report Ks5u

A. large         B. small       C. new             D. grand Ks5u

A. surprised       B. annoyed    C. disappointed     D. worried Ks5u

A. Therefore      B. Besides     C. Instead         D. Otherwise Ks5u

A. talked about  B. cared about C. wrote about   D. heard about Ks5u

A. much      B. many        C. little            D. few Ks5u

A. beyond       B. over        C. behind          D. through Ks5u

A. argument     B. skill         C. interest         D. anxiety Ks5u

A. study          B. design      C. committee     D. staff Ks5u

A. provide      B. retell       C. support         D. refuse Ks5u

A. trouble       B. gift      C. fact             D. trick Ks5u

A. perform      B. write        C. hear                 D. question Ks5u

A. means        B. ends         C. begins          D. proves Ks5u

A. needs         B. activities  C. judgments     D. habits Ks5u

A. that          B. what        C. which          D. whom Ks5u

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought in and while they were   16  it, some of them told interesting stories about  17  pearls and other   18   things inside fish.
An old gentleman, who up to now had   19   quietly to their conversation, at last said,
“ I’ve heard all your stories, now I’ll tell you   20  . When I was a young man I was working in a large importing factory in New York, and   21   is usual with young persons, I fell in   22   with a pretty young girl. Very __23__ we were engaged（订婚）. About two months __24___ our marriage was to take place, I was suddenly   25  to Birmingham on a very important business. I left my sweetheart,   26   to write to her. ”
“ I had to stay in Birmingham longer than I had   27  . At last my work was done and I could leave Birmingham. But just before I  28  New York, I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond   29  , planning to give it to my sweetheart. ”
“ On my way to New York, I was__30___ the morning newspaper, which had been brought on board by the sailor. Suddenly I   31   an announcement of my sweetheart’s   32   with another. This made me so angry that I threw the ring overboard. A few days  33  , when I was eating fish, I bit(咬) on something   34  . What do you think it was ? ”
“ The diamond ring, ” cried his companions. “ No ” , said the old gentleman  35  , “ it was a fish-bone.”
16. A. eating       B. cooking          C. peeling        D. weighing
17. A. exchanging     B. tasting                 C. finding          D. searching
18. A. valuable                    B. terrible                 C. common                D. cheap
19. A. sat                    B. listened                C. stood                      D. thought
20. A. one                       B. all                     C. some                D. another
21. A. it                  B. which                          C. that                        D. as
22. A. trouble             B. debt                               C. quarrel                            D. love
23. A. quickly              B. fast                       C. soon                 D. lucky
24. A. when                    B. before                         C. after                 D. since
25. A. reported                   B. sent             C. caught           D. taken
26. A. promising                 B. agreeing              C. refusing                 D. wishing
27. A. regretted            B. wondered                  C. expected       D. finished
28. A. left for              B. left to                          C. returned back   D. returned from
29. A. watch               B. ring                       C. earring                            D. necklace
30. A. looking at       B. looking up                  C. looking through   D. looking for
31. A. looked              B. saw                       C. heard                     D. recognized
32. A. marriage                  B. fight                            C. talk                         D. agreement
33. A. before              B. later                          C. earlier              D. ago
34. A. hard                           B. sweet                         C. soft                         D. crisp
35. A. happily             B. loudly                    C. angrily             D. sadly 

. The workmen made so much _____ that Mrs. Walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.

A. trouble     B. damage      C. mess    D. nuisance

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36--55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。
Keeping a Diary in English
Our teacher asks us to keep a diary in English. I   36   doing so because I think keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to   37   our English writing ability.
Compared with   38   forms of writing, it is shorter and   39   less time. It can help us to   40   the habit of thinking in English.  41   we persist in(坚持) this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English,   42   can use the important phrases and sentences we’ve   43   in or out of English classes to describe our   44  , and this way we can master and use freely   45   we’ve learned, which will do good  46  us in English learning. But   47   we certainly run up against many difficulties. In the first place, it often happens that we have   48   finding proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there   49   many idiomatic (惯用的) ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard   50   us to put them into English properly.
As far as I am concerned, my suggestion is that we   51   always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever   52   beats(难倒) us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then look it up in our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for   53  , if necessary.
In short, I believe that it is of   54   use to keep a diary in English for the development of our   55   skills.
36. A. imagine        B. can’t stand        C. enjoy         D. finish
37. A. get            B. gain          C. improve        D. prove
38. A. other          B. the other      C. another       D. others
39. A. spends         B. takes     C. pays                 D. spares
40. A. develop        B. make         C. give up                 D. pick
41. A. Before         B. After    C. If                     D. While
42. A. they           B. he             C. she                   D. we
43. A. learned        B. forgotten     C. thought               D. listened
44. A. eyes          B. books    C. texts                  D. feelings
45. A. that          B. which     C. what                  D. when
46. A. to            B. across          C. between             D. along
47. A. at a time      B. at one time           C. all the time             D. at times
48. A. trouble       B. difficulties       C. chance               D. choice
49. A. is            B. has         C. are                  D. have
50. A. of            B. for          C. at                     D. on
51. A. can           B. shall      C. may          D. should
52. A. nothing       B. something       C. somebody     D. anybody
53. A. money        B. dictionary      C. question               D. help
54. A. great          B. much   C. very          D. more
55. A. speaking        B. writing         C. listening       D. reading

The workmen made so much _____ that Mrs. Walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.

A. trouble     B. damage      C. mess    D. nuisance