What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

　　If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的順序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love: 12+15+22+5=54, and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t , either.

　　Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

　　Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible if you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude. When you change your manner and become friendly to others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.

1.In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?

A. Hard-work.        B. Knowledge.        C. Money.            D. Attitude.

2.Which of the following has the highest mark?

A. Hard-work and knowledge.       B. Knowledge and luck.       

C. Love and hard-work.            D. Hard-work and luck.

3. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way to solve them is to     

A. ask for help from others.                      B. ask your math teacher for help.

C. change your attitude.                      D. ask your parents for help.

4.From the passage, we can learn that        

A. Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude.

B. Nothing is more important than love.  

C. Hard-work has a full mark.

D. Our math teacher can solve the problems easily.

5.Which number can you use to represent “money” according to the passage?

A. 70            B. 72           C. 74.            D. 76.

On a cold afternoon in winter, Robert was walking on the bridge. He looked down at the river below. There was hardly any   1   on the river. Near the bridge, however,   2   was a small canoe(獨木舟), with a boy in it. He was not   3   many clothes. He was going to walk when he heard a cry, “Help!” He looked down and saw the boy was   4   water and his canoe was far away.

Robert was a good   5  . Taking off his clothes, he jumped into the river. The   6  water made him tremble （顫抖）all over. Soon he   7   the boy and started to swim towards the river bank. Just then he saw a motor boat under the bridge. There were some people on it, all  8   in his direction(朝著他的方向). Robert   9   to swim towards the boat.

“Help ___10____,” he shouted as he got near the boat. _11____ hurried up into a row of paces(步).

“Why?” he thought, “They look so   12  .” Quietly they helped the boy into the boat. But they did not do more to   13   Robert.

“Aren’t you going to pull me   14  , too?” Robert asked.

“You!” said one of the men, who was standing next to a large camera, “Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破壞) the whole afternoon’s work! You can   15   in the water.”

(   ) 1. A. boat           B. fish          C. sounds     D. water

(   ) 2. A. it               B. there         C. that          D. here

(   ) 3. A. putting       B. wearing    C. dressing    D. taking

(   ) 4. A. on              B. under               C. within      D. in

(   ) 5. A. swimmer    B. soldier      C. worker     D. sportsman

(   ) 6. A. deep           B. dirty         C. cold                D. warm

(   ) 7. A. arrived       B. reached     C. swam       D. caught

(   ) 8. A. seeing        B. shouting    C. smiling     D. looking

(   ) 9. A. decided      B. hoped       C. agreed      D. thought

(   ) 10. A. me           B. you          C. I               D. them

(   ) 11. A. She      B. He         C. We        D. You

(   ) 12. A. afraid       B. excited      C. pleased     D. angry

(   ) 13. A. talk         B. help          C. say           D. speak 

(   ) 14. A. on            B. out           C. away        D. off

(   ) 15. A. dive      B. play          C. leave        D. stay

I was in my parked car, holding a book and reading. Once in a while I looked up, watching the people passing by. When I raised my    35   again, I saw an old lady with a large bag walking slowly towards my car. The bag seemed not only to make her steps    36  , but also make her out of breath. She looked tired and I thought she must be more than 70 years old.

She stopped and put a hand out to rest    37   it, gently (輕柔地，徐緩地) closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Was there a way I could do something? I tried to keep my body still while my mind    38   for answers. However, because of my careless head movement, she noticed me, and she    39  moved her hand away from the car. I picked up a bottle of water at once, gently opened the door and offered the bottle to her. She    40   me, and then shook her head and walked away.

I was so    41   with myself. I should have been more careful not to move. Instead of    42   a hand, I had interrupted (打擾，中斷) the old lady’s    43   moment of rest. I was feeling blue. Just at that moment, I saw the lady coming back again. I opened the door and patted (輕拍) the    44   next to me. She sat down, opened her bag and offered me a banana. I took it and offered her the bottle of water again. She took it.

I ate, she drank and we smiled. She    45   for a couple of minutes. Those minutes brought such quietness to me. Then she took my head in both her hands, made a small kissing    46   in the air, opened the car door and walked away.

I was trying to help someone in distress (困苦，苦惱). In turn, I became distressed and she took away my distress and replaced it with quietness.

My friend Mr. Smith is a famous doctor and has a hospital. So he has enough money to __11__ all over the world. And he’s been to a lot places of interest. He likes to __12__ children and has a lot of little __13__. They often ask him to tell them all kinds of funny things he __14__. It makes them happy and his room is always full __15__ children when he’s free.
It was my little son’s seventh birthday yesterday. The boy wanted to __16__ his old friend Mr. Smith to the party. He __17__ Mr. Smith himself and told him about it. the doctor accepted his __18__ happily. At half past seven the boy was waiting for his coming at the gate. __19__he saw his car, he ran towards him. Mr. Smith __20__ on time, with a nice present in his hand. After dinner the children sat around the traveler and asked him to __21__ them some funny stories. Mr. Smith agreed and his stories made them __22__ again and again. At last th told them the funniest story. He said, “ Once I reached a city __23__a foggy day. The fog was the thickest in the world …”
Please wait a__24__, Mr. Smith,” said my son, “ It’s said the fog in London is the thickest in the world.”
“You’re __25__, my clever boy.” Said the funny doctor. “ The city had much fog that day …”“ What’s it, the?” the boy couldn’t wait to ask again.
“ The fog was so thick that I couldn’t see it at all,” the funny doctor said with a smile.

【小題11】

A．speak B．say C．tell D．talk