As a teenager, I am often asked what I am going to be in the future. A lawyer? A doctor? Or a scientist? No, my ideal career is to be a teacher. One of the   for that is I want to be a teacher like Mr. Chen.

“Look! Do you know what it is? A-ha, it’s the     ! And it will always move around the sun.” Mr. Chen said and pointed to his head. He then touched the nose and     , “Can you tell me the name of this mountain? It is the highest mountain on Earth! What’s the    of it? Yes, it’s 8844.43 metres…” I’ll never forget my first geography lesson. He was    humorous that we all fell in love with his lessons    . It’s Mr. Chen who opened the door of geography for us.

Generally speaking, most of the teachers are strict     students and sometimes a little bit demanding（苛求的）, not so with Mr. Chen. He is a lighthouse, showing us the way to the treasure of knowledge. He is a friend and easy to get     with, always encouraging us to speak out loud without   our shyness and other disadvantages. He is an example, volunteering his time to students and other teachers.

One day I happened to meet him in the hospital. Seeing the cut on his arm, I realized he was donating his   . I was moved and was     another lesson, a lesson of love and devotion.

Every time I see my globe（地球仪）, it would   me of Mr. Chen. He is the most unforgettable teacher I have    met and he will always be. Someday I hope I am       to be a teacher like him.

Thank you, Mr Chen, thank you for making learning not a job but a joy.

Thank you for helping me to discover what I do best and to do it even   Thank you for understanding all of us and giving us the time and care each of us needs.

1.A. replies               B. reasons                C. rewards                      D. results

2.A. moon      B. earth                   C. star                D. sun

3.A. advised      B. announced       C. added                     D. answered

4.A. distance  B. weight                     C. size                      D. height

5.A. very                B. too                        C. really                            D. so

6.A. at present       B. at once                    C. at times                        D. at first

7.A. with               B. to                         C. in                               D. for

8.A. away              B. together            C. angry                 D. along

9.A. thinking    B. caring               C. considering                  D. supposing

10.A. money     B. blood                 C. clothes                        D. time

11.A. taught    B. given                      C. taken                            D. had

12.A. remembers  B. represents      C. warns                           D. reminds

13.A. just                  B. never                     C. ever                           D. yet

14.A. able      B. about                      C. allowed              D. available

15.A. well       B. good                       C. better                         D. best

Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to speak to anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he had smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
【小题1】When did the writer get the gift?

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When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was   1  and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very   2  and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry. I’m just   3 .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it   4 , I’ll hit you.”

One day I went swimming with my   5  in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming   6 , and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help me, only to   7  that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so   8  that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.   9 , they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best   10  in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.

1.                A．cooking        B．sleeping        C．writing   D．running

2.                A．angry          B．worried         C．sorry D．excited

3.                A．smiling         B．saying          C．playing   D．joking

4.                A．now           B．then           C．again D．once

5.                A．friends         B．classmates       C．brothers  D．parents

6.                A．fast            B．slowly          C．well D．alone

7.                A．find           B．understand      C．say  D．think

8.                A．careful         B．careless        C．fast  D．slow

9.                A．At first         B．In the end       C．Since then D．At that time

10.               A．time           B．sport          C．lesson D．day

I watched a little girl playing basketball every day from my bedroom window. One day, I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship(奖学金). I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” She never changed her mind. Whenever she was in junior high school or senior high school. One day, before she graduate from senior high school, I saw her sitting on the grass sadly. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad, too. Then she smiled and told me her father said to her, “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but yourself can stop your dream.” The next year, she and her team went to a big game she was seen by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the women’s basketball team of their college. She was getting the college education that she had dreamed of. “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.
【小题1】What’ s the girl’s dream!

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a  26  .
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.   2 7 a result, no one knew I was. I was very  28 , and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I   29 the other students talking and laughing. I felt my heart 30 . I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problems. An who d I didn’t want my parents to 31 me.
Then one day, my classmates talked  32 with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.   33  , a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know  34 he was. He passed me and then   35 . He looked at me, without a word, but a smile.
  36 , I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and 37 .
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became   38  to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember  39 at me!
It doesn’t matter   40  all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.