When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time that taught a man everything．I didn’t understand and wondered why _1_ had such a big influence _2_ a person．I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now, _3_ I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel _4_ to express my own opinion on this saying．I know that I am just a high school student with very few experiences．There are still many things waiting for me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.

I once read this sentence, “To make this world a happy place in which to live, you had better _5_ yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world.” I was shocked．It made me think about _6_ itself．There are so many things around us that _7_ our will．We can’t force life to follow our wishes．The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we _8_ it or not ．What we can do is just to make  _9_ suit the world．I think we should learn to accept _10_ life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.

    The pop song Grandmother by Jay Chou is my favorite．I’m deeply moved by this beautiful song．I always try to _11_ every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see that I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments．It is more likely that they slip by（流逝）and leave you _12_ regretful．I realize that I’m not just living for myself and that there are others I should _13_ such as my parents, friends, and so on．They all pay attention to my growing up, _14_ it’s just a little progress.

Everyone has his or her own _15_ towards life, positive or negative．It doesn’t  matter, I think．There is one rule that should be obeyed and that’s to make this world better.

1．A．man                      B．time                    C．thing                  D．parent

2．A．about                    B．with                    C．on                      D．in

3．A．before                   B．after                    C．as                      D．when

4．A．glad                      B．angry                 C．tired                   D．anxious

5．A．praise                   B．change                C．exchange            D．force

6．A．life                       B．money                 C．heart                   D．world

7．A．go with                 B．go along             C．go for                 D．go against

8．A．receive                 B．check                 C．refuse                D．accept

9．A．himself                 B．themselves           C．ourselves            D．yourself

10．A．what                   B．that                    C．which                D．why

11．A．touch                  B．escape                C．catch                  D．lose

12．A．feeling                 B．looking               C．remaining            D．proving

13．A．make of              B．speak of             C．hear of                D．think of

14．A．in case               B．in that                 C．even if               D．as if

15．A．idea                    B．way                   C．view                   D．attitude

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very   1   .Some stories are told   2   they were true. Real people who live in a   3   world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not   4   .They characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be   5   for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only   6  . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we   7   seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than   8   . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of   9   . When we read or write something, we do much more than simply look at words on a page. We use our   10   which is real--–and our imagination – which is real in a different way–--to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy（幻想）  11   the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read   12   realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we   13   that we are real and they are   14   .It sounds   15   , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and   16   about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by   17   that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on our   18   , when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose   19   in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel   20   we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1．A．possible                B．easy                    C．new                    D．different

2．A．that                      B．what                   C．whether              D．as if

3．A．usual                    B．normal                C．certain                D．common

2,4,6

4．A．realistic                 B．reasonable           C．moral                  D．instructive

5．A．difficult                 B．impossible           C．important            D．necessary

6．A．thinkable               B．designed              C．imagined             D．planned

7．A．do                        B．can                     C．wish to               D．should

8．A．lessons                 B．dreams                C．experience           D．magic

9．A．working                B．thinking               C．living                  D．understanding

10．A．knowledge           B．skills                   C．words                 D．grammar

11．A．  make                 B．get                      C．use                     D．have

12．A．somebody           B．something            C．everything           D．nothing

13．A．find                    B．learn                   C．know                  D．hope

14．A．too                     B．not                      C．all                       D．so

15．A．dangerous           B．serious                C．strange                D．terrible

16．A．talk                     B．learn                   C．read                    D．think

17．A．telling                  B．pretending           C．promising            D．guessing

18．A．mind                   B．life                      C．world                  D．society

19．A．heart                   B．time                    C．money                D．ourselves

20．A．what                 B．how                    C．when                 D．why

       Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

       When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.

       They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries （推理小说）, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

       On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from an bank.

       The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

       Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

       “The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

72．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

       A. they had to put their plan into practice

       B. health was more important than wealth

       C. heart trouble was a serious illness

       D. they both needed to stop working

73．After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

       A. to study industrial management  

       B. to buy and read more mystery books

       C. to do market research on book business

       D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

74．How did their bookstore do in the first year?

       A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.

       B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.

       C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

       D. They failed though they worked hard.

75．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.

       A. to pay for their children’s education      

       B. to get to know more writers

       C. to set up more bookstores 

       D. to do what they like to do

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty（专业） store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

1．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

   A. they had to put their plan into practice    B. health was more important than wealth

   C. heart trouble was a serious illness         D. they both needed to stop working

2．After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

    A. to study industrial management          

B. to buy and read more mystery books

    C. to do market research on book business 

   D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

3．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.

 A. to pay for their children’s education      B. to get to know more writers

 C. to set up more bookstores              D. to do what they like to do