“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance（表演） tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the ticket．Don’t forget!” Then she  1  in a hurry．

 “What? Dance? Is that  2  ? ” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was quite  3   one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know    4  to dress up．What a terrible thing!

“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, fond my  5   and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a  6   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,   7   her performance was worth watching, no matter how ling I would wait．

Time went  8  , I tried my best not to fall asleep．

Just then, came the  9  , “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”

Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,  10  to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared．She  11  with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…I could  12  believe my eyes．

After all the performance ended, I  13  her at the gate．

“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal（水晶） shoes．“How do you feel?”

“Fantastic!” I answered．

“Ha, ha．I knew  14  would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing  15   a child．

At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

1． A． came                B． jumped               C． left                D． moved

2． A． possible             B． lucky             C． funny              D． careful

3． A． modern             B． common           C． perfect              D． careful

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

5． A． seat                B． room              C． gate                  D． way

6． A． great               B． short               C． hard                      D． relaxing

7． A． or                 B． so                 C． but               D． and

8． A． quickly             B． slowly             C． safely             D． easily

9． A． words             B． sentences          C． sounds                    D． cries

10． A． hoping           B． fearing           C． planning            D． hating

11． A． walked           B． skated            C． danced                    D． stood

12． A． seriously          B． hardly              C． nearly              D． certainly

13． A． waited for        B． looked for         C． paid for            D． cared for

14． A． I                 B． you                 C． she               D． it

15． A． as               B． like              C． for                D． at

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   21  , for my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of   22  . He stood right before me with his head down and said   23  , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   24  . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes aways so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.

  25  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   26   and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   27   I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   28   it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   29  .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   30   —he was blind.

Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   31   him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to   32  . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,   33   I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   34  . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   35   every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

1.A. hopeless           B. colourful            C. simple           D. wonderful

2. A. mind              B. trouble              C. breath           D. work

3.A. sadly              B. strictly             C. angrily          D.excitedly

4.A. dead               B. fresh                C. alive            D. heavy

5. A. So                    B. Or               C. However      D. And

6.A. head               B. nose             C. ear          D. neck

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

8.A. buy                B. sell             C. accept           D. break

9. A. admire                B. dislike              C. want         D. have

10.A. cry                   B. speak                C. smile            D. see

11.A. forgave               B. thanked          C. paid         D. hated

12.A. sleep             B. study                C. dance            D. play

13.A. at most               B. at times         C. at first         D. at last

14. A. cheerful             B. useful               C. blind            D. deaf

15. A. waste                B. enjoy                C. lose         D. forget

It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fif­teen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.

“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Ga­rage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Bar­ton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”

1.                A．favourite       B．funny          C．popular   D．lovely

2.                A．chance         B．time           C．seat D．spirit

3.                A．surely          B．obviously       C．normally  D．still

4.                A．stepped        B．climbed         C．looked   D．rushed

5.                A．observed       B．noticed         C．thought   D．suggested

6.                A．hated          B．liked           C．meant    D．promised

7.                A．a little          B．the same        C．a lot D．the bill

8.                A．cost           B．spent          C．took D．spared

9.                A．draw           B．pay            C．fix   D．force

10.               A．a woman       B．a man          C．a recorder D．a voice

11.               A．lose           B．leave          C．forget D．destroy

12.               A．trouble         B．worry          C．excuse    D．reason

13.               A．remember      B．see            C．do   D．drive

14.               A．mistake        B．joke           C．trick  D．truth

15.               A．look           B．come          C．show D．turn

It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fif­teen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.
“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Ga­rage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Bar­ton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”