When we talk about a wolf, we tend to describe it as a kind of fierce creature. But is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness?

Have you read the book “The Wolf Totem” (《狼图腾》) by a famous writer Jiang Rong, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever   21   the wolves' world? If you had, you would   22   the wolves. In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. They know more about   23   than humans. They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to   24   full use of the shape of land to   25   sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be  26   at fighting.  

The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand   27   . Each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. A   28   wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves   29   nothing. All the wolves obey the rules.    30   they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork  31   makes wolves powerful.    

The wolves also have great self-preservation and won't   32   to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book “The Wolf Totem” ,   33   stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his   34   , he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with    35   wolves. The little wolf bit through the iron chain that limited it. The wolf was   36   and never gave up fighting   37   its death. It seemed that the little wolf died as a glorious fighter.

I was shocked by this kind of   38   wolves which are one of the most respected creature on the  earth. I want everyone to look at wolves in a   39   way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and   40   this not simple but dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!

21. A. talked about B. walked into           C. thought about      D. cared for

22. A. hunt          B. watch                  C. draw                    D. admire

23. A. survival     B. life                       C. food                    D. plant

24. A. get            B. make                      C. have                          D. take

25. A. trap           B. avoid                      C. fight                    D. discover

26. A. considerate      B. imaginative     C. creative              D. expert

27. A. process     B. lifestyle               C. teamwork               D. control

28. A. brave               B. single                  C. lonely                  D. fair 

29. A. fight           B. struggle              C. fail                      D. fear

30. A. Even if           B. As though              C. Even so           D. As for

31. A. what              B. that                     C. which               D. one

32. A. turn in              B. break in              C. take in           D. give in

33. A. just                B. once                          C. soon                       D. only

34. A. satisfaction       B. sorrow                 C. disappointment      D. pleasure

35. A. rest               B. others                 C. another            D. other

36. A. willing            B. worried                C. proud               D. eager

37. A. although        B. until                     C. before              D. unless

38. A. selflessness     B. self-confidence      C. self-protection  D. sell-respect

39. A. different        B. curious                C. strange            D. humorous

40. A. step out         B. set up                 C. succeed in       D. get into

It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of clear similarities in the way different animals show the same feeling. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because such behavior patterns are inherited (遗传) rather than learned.

Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the sameway all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like “he went pale and begin to tremble (颤抖)”suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, “he opened his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas(然而；但是) in English it means surprise. In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues”! Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting（侮辱）or expresses disgust.

Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people’s faces. Disgust, contempt (蔑视) and suffering seem to be the most difficult emotions for people everywhere either to recognize or to express. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do. And psychologists such as E.G. Beier have also shown that some people often give the completely impression of how they feel. For example, they try to show love but in fact communicate dislike. Or when they want to show interest, they give the impression that they don’t care. This can happen even among close friends and members of the same family. In other words, what we think we are communicating through language, voice, face and body movements may be the exact opposite of what other people understand.

28．Experiments show that easier understanding of words and gestures has something to do with your__________ .

A．age and sex                            B．love and cultural differences

C．impressions about the speaker     D．emotional state

29．When we communicate with people,  ___________.

A．we know exactly what they mean while they express their emotions

B．we sometimes misunderstand each other

C．we usually mislead them by expressing the opposite of our feeling

D．it seems much more difficult to understand body language than language

30．The underlined word “disgust” in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.

A．strong dislike    B．friendliness       C．love      D．sickness

There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little­known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization，by 2020 there will be 1 billion，with over 700 million living in developing countries.

It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example，it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated(估计) to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.

What are the implications(暗指) of these increased numbers of older folk？One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live，the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible，including during old age，to lessen the financial burden on the state.

Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries，certainly in Asia，older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily，which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.

Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination (歧视) in employment. Life­long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country’s development.

Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.

To achieve equality in such matters will take considerable time and effort. One thing is sure：there is no time to be lost.

7．The proportion(比例)of older people________.

A.is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries

B.is one seventh of the population in developing countries

C.will increase much faster in China than in France

D.will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020

8．According to the passage，which of the following are governments most worried about?

A.The diseases and disability of older people.

B.The longer life and good health of people.

C.The loss of taxes on older people.

D.The increasing respect for older people.

9．Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?

A.Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.

B.Ensuring adequate income protection for older people.

C.Providing free health care for sick older people.

D.Supplying life­long learning programs to older people.

10．The author concludes in the last paragraph that________.

A.governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem

B.population ageing is a hard problem，but it needs to be solved urgently

C.people are too busy to solve the population ageing problem

D.much time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
　　I'm Jan Hasek, 1_____ old miner from the Czech Republic．In April 1945 I 2_______ (hear) something explode at midnight．I got up and 3_______ (run) outside．The sound came from a mine 4______hadn't been used for a long time．Suddenly I saw some German soldiers 5______the light of the moon．They were taking wooden boxes from trucks and putting 6_______in the mine．
　　A week later I decided 7______ (go) and see for myself．To my surprise the entrance 8______ the mine was closed．Some people say that the Amber Room and some gold 9___________ (bury) in the mine．I think it might be so, 10_________ the Amber Room has never been found．

该题要求改正所给短文中的10处错误。如有错误，则按下列情况改正：

删除：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

增加：该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在该符号下写出该加的词。

修改：该行错一个词；在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改仅限一词;

      2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    I go shopping yesterday afternoon. It was seven o’clock when I was going home by bus. The bus was full of passenger, all of whom kept silent. A mother together with her little son were sitting nearby. Suddenly, the son cried loudly. The mother tried to do that she could to make him to stop crying. However, the son went on crying. Before a long time, a man sitting next to the mother said angry, “Why don’t you give child what he wants?” The mother answered quietly, “I would if I could, so what he wants is your hat.” Hear this, all the passengers burst into laughter.

 —Have you heard the story of “The Merchant of Venice”?     

   —No. When and where does the story ______ ?

     A. take up        B. take on    C. take place D. take off

1. When I _________ _________（想要）drinking，I would go to that KFC for a big cup.

2. I enjoy swimming very much. _________ _________（多么有趣） it is to swim on a hot 

  summer day!

3. You can ask her for more details because she is the person _________ _________ _________（负责） the project.

4. His parents don’t _________ _________（赞成）his working alone in Tibet though he’s grown

  up.

5. _________ _________ (致力于) his research work, the professor cared little about any other

  things.

6. When driving, drivers _________ _________ _________（应该）obey the traffic rules or they

  will be punished.

7. If you _________ _________ _________（遇到紧急情况）, please call us.

8. Over working in this way is harmful to your health_________ _________ _________ _________（从长远来看）.

9. My grandparents are over 80, living _________ _________（舒适地）in the countryside.

10. Why do you always _________ _________ _________（找茬儿）me？Isn’t it your duty to 

   look after the baby?

11. Do you think it right for us to encourage such a little boy to _________ _________  _________ _________ _________（冒险施救）others?

12. I am short and thin but I run fast. I hope they will accept me _________ _________ _________（按我现在的样子）

13. Follow my advice and I am sure you will improve your handwriting _________ _________ _________（马上）

14. It _________ _________（听上去像）there is something wrong with the machine.

15. Teachers work at school for 13 hours _________（平均）every day in this town.

   Rosemary sat at her kitchen table, working a crossword puzzle. Crosswords were nice; they filled the time, and kept the mind active. She needed just one word to complete this morning’s puzzle; the clue was “a Swiss river,” and the first of its three letters was “A”. Unfortunately, Rosemary had no idea what the name of river was, and could not look it up. Her atlas was on her desk, and the desk was in the guest room, currently being occupied by her grandson Victor.

Looking up over the tops of her glasses, Rosemary glanced at the kitchen clock: it was almost 10 a.m. Land sakes! Did the boy intend to sleep all day? She noticed the pain in her wrist again, and put down her pen. Anyhow, at 87 years of age, she was glad she could still write at all. She had decided long ago that growing old was like slowly turning to stone; you couldn’t take anything for granted. She stood up slowly, painfully, and started walking to the guest room.

The trip, though only a distance of about 25 feet, seemed to take a long while. Rosemary arrived at the door to the guest room. It stood slightly open, and she looked through the opening. Victor lay sleeping on his side, his arms bent, his expression slightly pained. Get up, lazy bones, she wanted to say. Even in childhood, Rosemary had never slept past 4 a.m.; there were too many chores to do. How different things were for Victor’s generation! Her youngest grandson behaved as if he had never done a chore in his life. Twenty-one years old, he had driven down to Florida to visit Rosemary in his shiny new car, a gift from his dear parents. Victor would finish college soon, and his future appeared bright — if he ever got out of bed, that is.

Something Victor had said last night over dinner had disturbed her. Now what was it? Oh yes; he had been talking about one of his college courses —a “gut”，he had called it. When she had asked him to explain the word, Victor had said it was a course that you took simply because it was easy to pass. Rosemary, who had not even had a high school education, found the word unpleasant. If she had been allowed to continue her studies, she would never have taken a “gut” ...

The memory flooded back then, still painful as an open wound all these years later. It was the first day of high school. She had graduated from grammar school the previous year, but her father had forbidden her to go to high school that autumn, saying she was needed on the farm. After much tearful begging, she had gotten him to promise that next year, she could start high school. She had endured a whole year of chores instead of books, with animals and rough farmhands for company instead of people of her own age. Now, at last, the glorious day was at hand. She had put on her best dress (she owned two), her heart racing hopefully.

But her father was waiting for her as she came downstairs.

“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked.

“To high school, Papa.”

“No you’re not. Take that thing off and get back to work. ”

“But Papa, you promised!”

“Do as I say!” he thundered.

There was no arguing with Papa when he spoke that way. Tearfully, she had to drag herself upstairs to change clothes. Rosemary still wondered what her life would have been like if her father had not been waiting at the bottom of the stairs that day, or if somehow she had found the strength to disobey him...

Suddenly, Victor moved slightly, without waking, and whispered something unintelligible. Waken from her daydreaming, Rosemary stared at Victor. She wondered if he were having a nightmare.

62. By saying “if he ever got out of bed” (Para. 3) Rosemary thought Victor was______.

A. too tired to get up                                                B. promising(有前途的) but lazy

C. impolite to oversleep                                     D. old enough to help with chores

63. Why did Rosemary dislike Victor’s use of the word “gut”?

A. Because it showed that Victor didn’t take education seriously.

B. Because it reminded Rosemary of her grammar school classes.

C. Because it indicated that college courses were too easy to pass.

D. Because it implied that Rosemary was lacking in high school education.

64. Rosemary’s memory of the day when she finally prepared to start high school indicates that______

A. she had already decided to take up a job             

B. she had hesitated over her choice of clothes

C. she had done especially well in grammar school   

D. she had strongly desired to continue her education

65. The passage as a whole is mainly about _______.

A. whether Rosemary will go up to wake Victor up  

B. Rosemary’s struggle to keep painful memories

C. Rosemary’s concern for Victor’s study         

D. whether Rosemary should fight for her schooling opportunity

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32. Many Americans fail to lose weight probably_____________

A. they lack confidence           B they do exercise alone

C. they are under great pressure    D. they don’t get enough exercise

33. From the text, we can learn that if you join the gym, ___________

A. you will lose weight safely but slowly   

B. you will struggle with workout routines

C. you will be advised to pay attention to nutrition

D. you will be advised to have nothing in between workouts

34. How much do a couple have to pay if they join the gym today?

   A. $ 800    B. $500    C. $ 900   D. $1,000

35. This text is most probably taken from a ___________

   A. newspaper   B. magazine   C. website   D. textbook

In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的) people. Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony(殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, that they should live by the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of “lawlessness” in the world.

The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the effects of a Frenchman form Paris called Gin. Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,” says Gin. “I’ve been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I don’t see it as a lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom.”

“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,” continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly.”

His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for. These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.

8. Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana?

  A. They seldom follow the French law.          B. They often ignore the Guianese law.

C. They are separated from the modern world.    D. They are both Guianese and French citizens.

9. Gin introduced the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _________.

A. a tour guide    B. a geographer    C. a film director    D. a photographer

10. What is Gin’s attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?

A. Cautious.      B. Doubtful.   C. Uninterested.    D. Appreciative.

11. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The modern French lifestyle.    B. The self-supporting hunting.

C. The uncivilized hunting.        D. The French Republic.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Many of us are familiar to the World Cup, a football competition which is popular among people in almost all nation. Do you know there is another football competition that was well known worldwide? It’s calling the Super Bowl and is held every January in the USA. It is very different from the football we know. However, the more you know about them, the well you will like it. Each year the Super Bowl is played in different American city. This is of great important because it helps make sure that the game is fair. Now the Super Bowl is broadcast on TV all over the world. But if you want to see the Super Bowl lively, you had better to have a lot of money, since the ticket for the game is pretty expensive.

A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.

“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr. James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.

Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”.

“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. A work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there… or engineers or scientists?”

21. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. 60% women in West Germany wish that they were born men.

B. Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys.

C. 60% Western European women wish that they were born men.

D. 60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West Germany.

22. “It is still men’s world.” means“      .”

A. There’re more men than women in the world

B. There’re more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world

C. Women have not been given the same chance as men

D. Women cannot live without men

23. Anne Harper considers that women should       .

A. live a better life than men                                               B. be really liberated

C. be well paid                                                             D. get better jobs than men

24. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Usually the best jobs are not open to women.

B. Women are less paid than men for the same job.

C. There’re more men pilots, engineers and scientists than women ones.

D. Women are looked down upon because they’re the second - class citizens.

1. To be honest, a lot of people ________ great ________ to ________ rich and famous.

2. I rub it over my body. It ________ a ________ drug which ________ mosquitoes.

3. I am truly filled with ________ that I am a ________ friend and helper of the human race.

4…．the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held on a ________ ________.

5. About four metres long, the room ________ as a small ________ hall for important visitors.

41.He is so                       (固执的) that no one can persuade him to do anything.

42.I _____(更喜欢) the red dress to the green one because it fits me better.

43.The _______ (窗帘) are all very dirty.

44.According to the _____(时间表) we should finish it.

45.We left last ________(星期三).

46.Go _______(直接) along this road and turn left at the traffic lights.

47.I think it is wrong of you to ______ (忽视，不重视)your parents’ advice.

48.He _________（最终）convinced her that reading is a pleasure.

49.Whatever we said ,he______ (不同意).

50.Sichuan ________________（遭受）serious damage from the earthquake on May 12, 2008.

51.The film is         （以......为基础）on a novel by Zhang Ailing.

52.English is spoken as an          (官方的) language in Australia.

53.The German speak English with a strong German           （口音，腔调）.

54.I           （认出）Peter at once, though I hadn’t seen him for 10 years.

55.She speaks           (流利) though not very correct French.

An accident ____ on this road last week.

A. has been happened    B. was happened

C. is happened    D. happened

 He looks honest, but ______he didn’t tell the truth.

A. personally           B.legally               C. actually         D. entirely

The other evening we had a knock at the door. It was a new 41 who introduced himself and his boys to us. He also 42 us to a block party as a way to know the people in the neighborhood as well as celebrate the first anniversary of his two foster sons(养子) coming to 43 with him.

We’ve lived here almost six years and44 has ever come to introduce themselves. I 45 we should have taken it on to introduce ourselves to people moving 46 , but we haven’t. In my opinion, it took the initiative(主动权) of a young  47 and his foster sons to show me how I could 48 better attention to my own community. I have many 49 friends but I have to admit that I haven’t usually been the one to develop the 50 in my own neighborhood.

This experience 51 me of one of my favorite quotes; “When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was 52 to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to 53 my town. I couldn’t change the town and as a(n) 54 man, I tried to change my 55 . Now, as an old man, I 56 the only thing I can change is myself, and 57 I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact(影响) on my family and 58 on my own. The impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.”

For those of us who want to make a(n) 59 in the world, it’s important to remember what Bucky Fuller said: “Think globally, but act 60 .” For me, I’m going to make it a point to meet more of my neighbors --- starting now.

1. She was really u________ about the way her father treated her.

2. Don’t stay indoors reading all day, you should go ______(室外)because it is good for your eyes.

3. I ___________(不同意) with what you said just now.

4.It was his first visit to his _______ （本国的）country since 1948.

5. One can travel there by ship or plane. Most people choose the l______.

6. Go s________ down the road until you come to the Post Office.

7. I think the news isn't             .(可靠的，可信的)

8. A_____ rather than altitude plays a major role in one’s success.

9. I don’t want the heavy rain to r______ our holidays.

10. Some of the r_____ workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins in the disaster area.,

An African proverb says that a single hand cannot tie a bundle. Everyone needs companions to help them sail through the rough seas of life. Even the strongest and richest person still needs friends. Our money and strength would have no value if we had no friends to share with us. The best friendship is a give-and-take relationship. We need the support of our family, friends and the community. In turn we also give support to the society, our friends and our family.

The word friend has many meanings. It could be the bus driver who takes you to and from work every day. It could be a parent, a colleague, a wife or husband, a brother or sister, or even the unknown person who helped you just once when you could not find your way. Real friends share not only our happiness but our sorrows as well. This may explain why we have the expression "a friend in need is a friend indeed".

Friendship is like the sunshine that keeps us warm. It is like the refreshing raindrops on the fields that give the farmers hope of a good planting season. Without friends our life would be like a desert where our only friend would be loneliness and sadness. The most fortunate person is the one who has friends from all levels in the society. A driver might find friends not only among his colleagues but among farmers, bankers, traders, students, politicians or teachers. We should never forget our old friends when we make new ones. We should treasure each of our friends whether poor or rich, beautiful or not. Each friend is unique in his or her own way. And all together, they enrich life and make it very colorful.

12. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. How to sail through the sea of life.

B. Friends and friendship.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D. Never forget old friends when making new ones.

13. What is the correct understanding of friends according to the writer?

A. Friends who share our happiness are not real friends.

B. Friends will take us through rough seas.

C. Friends never expect anything from others.

D. Friends can be different people around us.

14. An unknown person can be a friend as well when

A. he helps you with what you need

B. he is told how to find his way

C. he becomes one of your family

D. he is a driver taking you from and to work

15. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We need to help our friends because it is our duty to support others.

B. Best friends need lo share only their sorrows and discomforts.

C. We make friends with farmers because they're like the sunshine to keep us warm.

D. We should forget the old friends when making new ones.

Christmas was two days away. Had the packages with a camera in already been placed under the Christmas tree? That was the only thing that I had longed for. A million times I had kept dropping hints to my parents. Taking photos is my favorite. My bedroom walls are covered with photos I had taken with my mom’s old camera. I’m always trying to snap(抓拍) those wonderful moments in which you can hear the laughter or touch the beautiful scene, but my camera has always seemed to fall short.

I knew Mom had put a few presents under the tree this morning, so I went on a hunt in my mom’s room. I opened the door and found my Christmas present was lying unwrapped on the floor --- a big pink cat. My heart sank.

Mom seemed to notice that, and she tried to cheer me up. “Jenny, I got your present today. I am so excited to surprise you!” “I can’t wait,” I said.

The next day I couldn’t wait any longer. I needed to tell her.

“Mom, may I talk to you for a moment?”

“Sure, dear. What do you need to talk about?” she asked.

And so it came ---how upset I was that I was getting a cat! 

“Jenny, that cat is for your sister Julia!” she said with a smile.

“Then what am I getting” I asked.

She just smiled. “You’ll have to wait and see.”

Next morning, I happily got into the living room and sat next to the tree. I pulled out the box with my name on it and opened the wrapping paper to find …

My camera! “Thank you!” I said to both Dad and Mom.

Dad picked up the camera and took a picture of Julia, Mom and me. It has become one of my favorite pictures. Just on that Christmas morning, I took lots of photos with my camera --- my little sister making a face, my parents giving me a soft smile --- and all of these photos have come to mean one thing to me: love.

21.The underlined phrase “fall short” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.

A. be too expensive                                   B. be not good enough  

C. become short after falling                     D. drop to the ground

22.Why did Jenny’s heart sink at first?

A. Her mother refused to talk to her.           B. She mistook her sister’s Christmas gift for hers.

C. Her present was not well wrapped.        D. Her mother forgot to buy her any Christmas gift.

23.We can learn form the passage that ________.

A. Jenny was happy to accept the pink cat

B. Jenny’s mother bought her a camera after discovering her disappointment

C. Jenny thought it was OK to have an old camera

D. Jenny’s mother knew what she wanted as a Christmas gift

24.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Love can not be bought                         B. Love is more important than gifts

C. A Christmas wish that came true           D. My Mother is always in my heart