Once a Frenchman    36___ in England. He didn’t know English very well. One day he went to the post office with a postcard. He bought a    37  . Then he gave the stamp and the postcard to the girl    38  the desk. “Oh, no,” the girl said, “ you must stick（贴）the stamp on yourself.” He was very    39  . He couldn’t believe his ears. “Why must I stick the stamp on    40  ?” he asked. “Oh,” said the girl, “I mean that you must stick the stamp on the postcard. And you must do it yourself.”

1.	A．live B．lives C．living D．lived

 

2.	A．postcard B．stamp C．envelope D．paper

 

3.	A．in B．on C．at D．under

 

4.	A．surprised B．well C．tired D．happy

 

5.	A．yourself B．myself C．herself D．himself

 

Once a Frenchman    1___ in England. He didn’t know English very well. One day he went to the post office with a postcard. He bought a    2  . Then he gave the stamp and the postcard to the girl    3   the desk. “Oh, no,” the girl said, “ you must stick（贴）the stamp on yourself.” He was very   4   . He couldn’t believe his ears. “Why must I stick the stamp on    5   ?” he asked. “Oh,” said the girl, “I mean that you must stick the stamp on the postcard. And you must do it yourself.”

1. A．live                            B．lives                    C．living                   D．lived

2. A．postcard                     B．stamp                    C．envelope                      D．paper

3. A．in                           B．on                          C．at                              D．under

4. A．surprised                    B．well                      C．tired                           D．happy

5. A．yourself                            B．myself                   C．herself                           D．himself

There was a boy in India who was sent to a boarding school by his parents．   1  being sent away this boy was the best student in his class．   2   the boy changed when he went to the boarding school．His grades started dropping． He   3   being in a group．He was lonely （孤独的）all the time．And sometimes he even felt like killing   4  ．All of this because he felt no one loved him．

     His parents started   5   the boy．So his dad decided to travel to the school and talk with him．

     They sat on the beach near the school． The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and sports, After some time his dad said, "Do you know   6   I am here today, my dear son?"

     The boy answered back, "to check my grades．"

     "No, no, I don't care about your   7  ," his dad replied．"I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me． I only care about you．I only want to see you   8 ．YOU ARE MY LIFE．"

     These words   9   the boy's eyes to fill with tears （泪水）．He hugged （拥抱） his dad． They didn't say anything to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy knew there was   10   on this Earth who cared for him deeply．He meant the world to someone. And today this young man is one of the best students in a university and no one has ever seen him sad!

1．A．After                  B．Before              C．By                D．For

2．A．But                 B．And               C．Although         D．Since

3．A．liked                B．enjoyed             C．hated            D．appreciated

4．A．yourself             B．herself             C．myself             D．himself

5．A．worrying about                            B．laughing at

      C．giving up                              D．staying away from

6．A．how                  B．when              C．where           D．why

7．A．sports                B．classes            C．grades            D．teachers

8．A．awful                       B．happy              C．hard-working      D．angry

9．A．caused               B．allowed             C．taught           D．told

10．A．nobody             B．someone           C．anyone            D．everybody

Jack went to a barber’s shop and had his hair cut．But when he  1  out, he was not happy  2  the result．When his friend Bob saw him，he laughed and said，“What has happened to your hair, Jack?”

    Jack said．“I tried a new barber’s shop today． 3  I wasn’t quite satisfied with my old one，but this one seems  4  worse．”

    Bob agreed，“Yes．I think you’re right，Jack．Now I’ll tell you  5  to do when you go into a barber’s shop next time：look at all the barbers’ hair，find out whose hair looks  6  , and then go straight to him．”

    “  7  shall I go to him?”Jack asked．“But that would be foolish!”

    “Oh， No，it wouldn’t，”answered Bob．“Who cut that man’s hair? Just think it．He couldn’t cut it  8  ．could he?  9  barber cut it．So you know he  10  be the worst barber．”

1．A．brought       B．came       C．looked     D．watched

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

3．A．so          B．when        C．and        D．because

4．A．very          B．too        C．even         D．quite

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

6．A．worst        B．best          C．shortest    D．longest

7．A．How         B．What         C．Why       D．When

8．A．herself        B．himself      C．yourself    D．myself

9．A．Other        B．Others       C．Another    D．The other

10．A．mustn’t      B．can’t         C．must         D．can

Christopher Reeve was a successful actor，famous for the Superman films．But disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back．The doctors thought he would die．However，he made amazing progress．At first，he couldn't breathe without a machine，but he learnt to breathe on his own．

Christopher made speeches all over the USA about his experiences，This encouraged a lot of people with all kinds of problems．

From their home，Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident．

Could you say something about your life after the accident?

“Four days after the accident，I came to understand my situation．The doctors said I was not going to pull through．Those days were terrible．But my wife Dana said，‘You are still you and I love you．Be confident in yourself’．And that saved my life．Since that moment I have never thought of giving up．Of course，I've had moments of feeling sorry for myself，but I've never had any thoughts of killing myself．”

What do you think of your family?

“Great! Dana is so wonderful．We have always got on really well．My parents often quarreled with each other when I was young．But they've got closer since the accident．”

How do you spend your time?

“I spend most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people．I think they need my help．With the progress of new medical research，I'm confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day．So you can see I'm far too busy to think of giving up!”

Christopher Reeve died on October 10，2004．But people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero．

1．What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

A．His riding accident．                       B．His marriage．

C．His death．                             D．His films．

2．The underlined sentence “I'm far too busy to think of giving up!” means _________．

A．So far I have been busy thinking of giving up

B．I'm so busy that I have no time to think of giving up

C．I'm so busy that I have to think of giving up

D．I have been so busy．So I have no time to think

3．Why did he spend most of his time on charity work?

A．Because he wanted people to remember him．

B．Because his wife asked him to do so．

C．Because he thought he would die soon．

D．Because he wanted to help disabled people．

4．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The doctors thought he could breathe without a machine．

B．His speeches encouraged a lot of people with problems．

C．His parents got on well with each other before the accident．

D．Christopher Reeve never felt sorry for himself．