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    Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor living in a small house with spider webs(蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty(贫困) that2his unhappy life.  One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 3about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase(花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you 4.”  The poor man looked at the vase 5 . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However , he didn't want to 6 such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table.  “It.s not right for something so beautiful to be7.”the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.  8he was still not satisfied ."It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.”At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.  His house turned into 9place immediately. The poor man 10 . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

   “Get up, get up, Jim. It's time to get up!” mother said while she was   1 me. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. “Oh, dear! It's a quarter to eight already. I'll be late for school again,” I thought. I  2   out of the bed, washed my face, and then hurried to the bus stop without breakfast. As soon as I   3the bus, it started running. “I’m sure I can get to school in time,” I said to myself. Suddenly the bus stopped. The bus driver got off the bus, then got on the bus again and said, “I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen. There's   4 wrong with the bus. Please get off the bus and wait for another one. ” “I couldn’t wait. The school is not  5 . I'd better run to school,” I thought, and then I began to run. But before I got to school, it began to   6  heavily.
    When I 7  the classroom, I was wet shivering (发抖) with cold. The physics teacher had already begun his lesson. It was Mr Smith. He was about fifty years old. All the students were a little afraid of him and—so was I. I liked neither him nor his physics lessons. I hesitated (犹豫) for a moment, and then I opened the door. “I'm very sorry, Mr Smith. I'm late again,” I said with a red face.
    “It's you again, Jim,” Mr Smith said 8  , “I've told you not to be late, but you... ” He suddenly stopped and looked at my wet clothes. He turned to   9 and said, “I'm very sorry, my boys and girls,”  With these words he quickly took off his own jacket and handed it to me. “Now, take off your wet coat and put this one on, or you'll catch cold. ” he said kindly.
    I went to my seat with Mr Smith's jacket on. It was a bit larger for me but I felt very  10  in it. I found, for the first time, physics was so interesting and how well I could understand it!

     One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite  1  at the answer. Thinking he had not made   2  understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3  to say.
     What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn’t  4   a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer,  “Thank you” instead of “No”. She    5    understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6 when they are praised(赞扬). So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
        In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not 7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8  being modest.
9   you are modest and say, “No, I'm afraid I can't do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down on by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try ”, he or she will 10  get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

       It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o'clock his1programme, “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 3get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he4out 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 6Fenton's because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay7for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton's, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it8 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 to9 his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.
       “Mr Barton?”10said. “Fenton's Ga­rage here.”“Fenton's?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I11something 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, you13！ 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 15round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”

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    Annie, a neighbor's daughter, is a sweet girl but just a bit shy. Her birthday's coming, but she felt lonely and was not happy. Her family is quite small and poor, so there wouldn't be any birthday visitors.

I wanted to send her a special gift to make her happy. I got an idea! I bought some balloons, streamers(彩带), birthday hats, and so on at a store.

    I took a small recorder(录音机) and asked three friends to sing Happy Birthday and send some birthday wishes to her. It was funny! When other people found out what we were doing, they added their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!

    Then I put a card, some mini balloons and streamers in a beautiful box. When I arranged(布置) everything, it was like opening a mini birthday party!

    Finally, I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles and then sent it to Annie.

    I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommate and one of their neighbors in the dorm all liked the gift. She sounded so happy and I was so glad that she had some friends to share with her. And Annie told me it was the funniest birthday she can remember.

从A、B、C三个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

    Whitney didn't have many friends. She was shy and 1. She never wanted to be popular, but she did want to have someone to share 2 and laugh with.

    Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to 3 with someone she didn't know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.

    But something happened during the first class. And it 4Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to 5 a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last 6 for each student was "What is your goal for this term?" 7 of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something 8 . She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

    When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked 9 she could be Whitney's friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She 10 and reached her hand out, too.

    Their friendship lasted all through the college.

阅读下面短文然后从各题所给的三个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Helen's favorite food is chocolate. Her parents and teacher often say that it's1for her teeth to eat too much chocolate. But she doesn't believe it. She often puts some chocolate in the milk for breakfast, the juice2lunch, even the soup for supper. Her mother has to3some chocolate in her bag before she goes to school. Sometimes when her mother goes shopping with her, Helen won't leave the shop4her mother buys some chocolate for her.

    The little girl5back from school with a painful(痛苦的) look yesterday afternoon. A tooth hurt and she had nothing. Her mother made some soup for her. But she put some chocolate in it. Her father bought some6for her, but she put some chocolate in it, too. Of course it was useless.7the next morning her mother took her to see the8.The dentist saw there was a cavity(洞) in her bad tooth .So he had to fill（填充）it with something.

    “Now, young girl,” said the dentist , “What kind of filling（填充物） would you like for that tooth ?”

    “9, please,” answered Helen. The dentist and Helen's mother both laughed. The dentist asked Helen to eat fresh fruit and vegetables10chocolate. And it's necessary for Helen to have healthy eating habits.

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    In China, almost everyone knows Ma Yun. Ma Yun became one of1 men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock（股票)market last year with a value of around £140 billion-the largest public offering in history.2 amazing thing it is! Here are some stories about him on the way to 3 .
    Ma made his4 trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet 5 the first time. After 6 for "beer”, he saw that no results 7up about China. Then he searched for "China” and still saw no results. He decided to set up a Chinese website--the seed for Alibaba was sown(播种).Ma said he 8 many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China three times and9 companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he was refused by the famous Harvard University 10 times.
    Learning English was difficult when Ma was a teenager 10limited resources. However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides around 11 hometown Hangzhou. And he kept it for nine years. Ma said that tourists opened up a new world for him because everything they said and did was so different from 12 he had been taught at school and by his parents.
    Ma's hero is Forrest Gump13never gives up. When he made a speech about his success at Davos(达沃斯论坛)in 2015,Ma said, "Life14 a box of chocolates because you never know what you are going to get.”15 as Ma does, never give up and you will be successful one day.

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    J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. She 1born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She had one sister who was two years 2 than her. Both girls liked 3 to their father's bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story 4 the age of six.
    On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began 5 the first Harry Potter book for young 6. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is 7 with people of all ages and about sixty 8 books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That's  9 the Harry Potter series has been so popular.
    J. K. Rowling is very 10 with the success. Now she's really enjoying life. She said she would go on writing children's books.

通读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    A rich man had only one son. His son made friends with some bad boys. What is worse, he 1 a lot of bad habits.

    The man was very 2 about the bad habits of his son. He tried different ways to make his son 3 the bad habits. However, he4succeeded. One day, he thought of an idea to teach his son a lesson. He went to the 5 and bought some fresh apples and a rotten（腐烂的）one. He went back home and asked his son to put all the apples in one 6.The son did as he was told.

    After a few days, the father 7 his son to fetch（取来） an apple for him. When the son opened the bag, he was 8 to see that all the apples had become rotten.

    After that moment, his father told him to see 9 one rotten apple had spoiled（使变质）all the rest. In the10way, one bad man could spoil his friends and one bad habit could destroy one person. Hearing this, the son decided to give up his bad habits and leave his bad friends.

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Most parents send Care packages(包裹)and gifts to their Children when they're away at university. Terri Cox, from Leonardtown, Maryland, isn't one of those 1.

    A few weeks ago, Terri sent her son 18-year-old Connor, who's now 2 at Westminster College in Pennsylvania, a package. 3 Connor first got the package, he thought it was a usual gift filled with necessities(必需品).

   "I was 4 because it's like Christmas when you get gifts from 5 especially when you're in College," he said. But as Connor 6 the package, he found the things inside were quite different from what he had 7 It wasn't a gift or a Care package. It was something he'd 8 while at home for the Christmas Break- his rubbish.

    The box was filled with trash(垃圾)-everything he was too 9 to take out when his mother had asked him to over Christmas.

    In fact, Connor didn't do all of his 10 at home at all. So Mom Terri got the idea to post his rubbish to him to 11 him. Connor didn't understand 12 his mom did this to him until he gave her a Call." 13 isn't usually strict, and I didn't see this as a Big punishment(惩罚). It was more of a(n)14 reminder(提醒)that I have duties(职责). And we have a good laugh on the phone," he said.

    Connor later said that the rubbish he had 15 in the Box was only a part of what he was asked to take out. Where was the rest? They were hidden in his Bedroom drawers(抽屉).

    Thinking what happens to rubbish if left for a long time, let's hope Terri find the rest fast.

先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

    Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer saw a car driving along at 22 miles per hour.

    He thought to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a 1!" So he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over.

    Getting closer to the car, he noticed that there were 2 old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back wide eyed and pale faced.

    The driver, who knew 3 about what happened, said to him, "Officer, I don't understand. I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the 4?"

    "Ma'am," the officer replied, "you weren't speeding, but you should know that driving 5 than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers. The same as a speeder."

    "No, sir. I was doing the speed limit—exactly twenty-two miles an hour!'' The old woman said in a 6 voice. The officer, almost unable to control his chuckle, explained to her that "22" was the route 7, not the speed limit.

    A bit embarrassed, the woman smiled widely and thanked the officer for 8 her misunderstanding.

    "But 9 I let you go, ma'am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem to be 10 badly and they haven't made a single sound this whole time," the officer asked.

    "Oh, they'll be all right in a minute. We just got off Route 119."

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    One day, a father and his son went to a kite flying Festival. When they (arrive), there were already many adults and their children playing in the park. When the son saw the sky filled with (color) shapes, he was excited and wanted to get one too. His father agreed (buy) one for him, So they went to a kite shop and chose a beautiful one.

    With the string(s) in hand, the son started flying the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky a while, he said "father, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it  free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?" The father didn't reply, but just cut the string off the reel(线轴). Suddenly, the kite began to go higher, which made the son much happier.

    However, his surprise the kite was coming down. They waited for quite some time (slow), it fell onto the grass. The son felt upset and asked, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?"

    The father smiled and said, "The role of the string was not stopping the kite from flying higher, but helping it stay in the sky, because the kite can't fly up by (it). By using the string, you help the kite go up in the right (direct). When you cut the string, it could not support the kite."

    In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But fact, these might be the things that support us most. We can really grow up and become stronger by realizing the importance of these things.

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    The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful.

    Cathy suffered some terrible1in her early childhood. After years of treatment, she finally became healthy.

    Two years ago, while Cathy was watching the Olympics, a dream came into her sweet little head-to be a swimmer. Last summer, she wanted to2our local swimming team. She practiced hard and finally3it. The team practice, however, was a hard start. She coughed and choked and could hardly pull through her first few weeks. Hearing her coughing seriously one night, I decided to4her from it all. But Cathy woke me up early next morning, wearing her swimsuit ready to go! I told her she shouldn't swim after a whole night's coughing, but she refused to5and insisted she go.

    From that day on, Cathy kept swimming and didn't6a single practice. She always tried her best to be the best. My ten-year-old was growing and changing right before my eyes, into this determined human being. There were moments of sadness of course:  often she would be the last swimmer in the race. It was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasn't a7— ever. But that didn't stop her from trying.

    Then came the final awards ceremony(颁奖典礼) at the end of the year. Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer for her friends. As the ceremony was nearing the end, I suddenly heard the head coach announcing, "The highest honor goes to Cathy!" Looking around, he continued," Cathy has inspired us with her8and warmth.9skills and talents bring great success, the most valuable asset(财富)one can hold is the heart."

    It was the greatest10of my daughter's life. With all she had been through in her ten years, this was the hour of true success.

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    Bo, a golden retriever(猎犬), won this year's Dog Hero Award from the Ken L Ration dog food company. Bo acted1last June. Bo and his owners, Rob and Laurie Roberts, were going down the Colorado River in a 16-foot boat. The June2was Bo's first time in a boat.

    Laurie Roberts said, "Things were fine3a 6-foot wave broke in front of us and filled the boat with water. Another big wave caught us from the back and turned the4over." Rob was thrown clear, but Laurie and Bo were unable to move out5the boat. "Every time I tried to6, my head hit the boat," Laurie said. "I hit the bottom of the river several times. I7I was drowning(溺水)."

    Rob picked up the story, "I reached the land and8Laurie," he said. "I saw Bo swim out from under the overturned boat. Then he9and dived(下潜). Soon he came back up, pulling Laurie by the hair." Laurie, who was10and breathless, tried to catch Bo. But the dog stayed out of reach as is knowing11of them would drown if Laurie pulled him under.12Laurie caught Bo's tail. He13her 30 yards to the land. Laurie was cut and bleeding, but she was14.

    "If it hadn't been for Bo,15wouldn't be here." Laurie told everyone at the Dog Hero awards dinner.

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    When Millie got up this morning, she found it was a beautiful spring day. She saw some 1 in the sky, but she didn't think about them. She woke up her dog, Eddie, and put him in the 2. Then she drove out into the country 3 a picnic with her dog.

      When they got to a big tree, Millie stopped her car and told Eddie to get off the car. They began to play games under the 4. How happy they, were! An hour later, the wind began to blow and it turned5.

    Millie and Eddie were warm from running, so they didn't feel cold. When Eddie was playing with the ball, Millie6 snowflakes (雪花) in the sky. She called Eddie, picked up the picnic things and got  7 into the car. As she was driving home, the8 became heavier and heavier. Soon all Millie could see was white all around9. The road became slippery(滑的) and she had to drive very10. Then the car hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles. She got her mobile phone and asked for 11 quickly. They waited for about an hour because it was 12 for the police to drive in the snow. At 13, the police came to 14them. Millie was very thankful, she said she would listen to the weather report(天气预报) 15 going on a picnic next time.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. Once I1my friend Penelope to my home. I noticed that all my family members seemed to like Penelope2than me.

    I felt very3. I even thought they didn't love me. I wondered whether they would4me if I died some day. So I told my mom, "Penelope is more patient than I have ever been. You must want her to be your5rather than me."

    My mom6that though Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could replace me in the family. She said I was the only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even if I made mistakes, I was a beloved member of the family who could never be replaced.

    From then on, I tried to7who I was and what made me special. My view of8changed. I started to act in a positive way toward my life, and I was happy about who I really was. Each of us holds a9place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So10about being replaced. You can't be.

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    I love volunteering in my free time. I once1on a farm in France for a month during my summer holiday.

    On the farm, I2fifteen horses and sheep. I found I was a terrible "father" ,but I was quite3that I made some great friends and also 4my French. In fact, you 5go to other countries to volunteer. I've had lots of volunteer experiences at home, too.

    Helping others makes us feel good but volunteering can  6other good things, too. I once volunteered in a clothes shop so I could fill my wardrobe(衣柜) 7lots of nice cheap clothes.

    Volunteering is really fun, 8 my favorite part of volunteering is sharing stories. My 9 on the farm gave me many funny stories to tell. Talking to volunteers from different countries also helped me 10 more about the world.

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    I was on my way back from vacation. I felt little 1 so I walked to the dining car. When came back, the train 2 at station. An old woman 3 with a heavy bag. I came to her and said, "4 I help you?" The bag was really too 5 for her, she nodded (点头). Her seat was just next to 6. She sat down and 7 me. A moment later, we began 8 with each other. 9 we knew more about each other, it was 10 for us to get off. She thanked me again, especially (尤其) for our 11. She said that I gave her a wonderful 12.

    On our way out, she pointed at 13 women at the exit (出口) . She told me they were her 14 and granddaughter. Then we said goodbye to each other.

    We are all not alone. When we bring others happiness, we 15 bring happiness to ourselves.

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    Will you put others' needs before your own? What 1will you get if you do? Here is an experience of mine.

    It was a wet day and I had a2time. I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood. What's more, I went out without breakfast and I left my3 at home. So I couldn't get lunch and was terribly hungry.

    When I finished my work，I4 to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money so that I could quickly go to buy 5 .Then I quickly made my way home in hope of eating my 6 meal of the day at 5:00 p.m.

    As I was halfway home, my wife told me by phone that a friend of ours was in 7and needed a lift(搭便车)home. My mind said," I will get him 8I get the meal." But my mouth said," All right, I'll give him a9 ."

    He jumped in the car with a smile on his face and repeated how 10he was that I would drive him home. He told me he usually walked home from his company but that day the 11stopped him from making that journey.

    12was a mess(混乱). A drive to him normally took 10 minutes, but that day it took 30 minutes.

    Now you would guess the person that I was helping is a 13friend of mine. But, in fact, he is a friend of a friend.

    I wonder if I will ever see this person again, but I feel glad I was there when he14 me.

    So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you15more about others.