When I was young, I always helped my grandfather in the fields. As I worked beside him, he   １  to tell a story about a man named Joe, and his wife, who moved to a new farm with their three sons. They were setting into the new place   ２  a nearby farmer told Joe that there was gold in the earth. Joe was very   3 , and told his sons about it.
They began to dig in one corner, and they got to the end of the field. At the same time, Joe thought he would   4  some crops where the earth had been   5 . The plants included corn, tomatoes, potatoes, etc. His sons continued to dig through the soil, made up their mind to find the gold. Since   6  soil was being turned, Joe could plant more crops. Joe had never farmed before, but it had always been his   7 .
As different crops came ready to be harvested, Joe started to   8  that there were more vegetables than he and his family could ever   9 . One of Joe’s neighbors suggested that he   10  a vegetable shop. Joe and his wife did that very thing. They called it Joe and Family Vegetable. Joe even had to leave some crops in the fields,   11  he had more than enough to supply the vegetable shop.
This went on for years, and Joe and his wife became quite   12  from their little vegetable shop. They were even able to   13  their sons to college.
Remember the beginning of the story, when Joe was told by his new neighbor that there was gold in the land? Well, the truth is, Joe’s   14 of the English language was less than perfect. His new neighbor friend actually meant that his land had rich   15 . So you can see where the concept（概念）of gold comes from.

When I was in primary school，I got into a major(主要的) argument with a boy in my class. I can't   1  what it was about，but I have never forgotten the   2  I learned that day.

I was sure that I was right and he was wrong－and he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The   3  decided to teach us a very important lesson. She   4  both of us up to the   5  of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the   6  of her desk was a large，round object. I could   7  see that it was black. She asked the boy what   8   the object was. "White," he answered in a loud voice.

I couldn't believe he said the object was white,   9 it was obviously black！Another   10   started between my classmate and me，this   11  about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed   12 ，and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I   13   answer，"White." It was an object with two   14  colored sides，and from his side it was white.  15  from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must stand in the other person's shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.

完形填空 (共15小題；每小題l分，計(jì)15分)
Once upon a time, there were two fishermen who were good at fishing. One day they went to a lake to 1 . One of them 2 fishing alone by himself 3 the other was an outgoing person who loved to 4 friends with different people.
When he found that some tourists at the lake couldn’t catch any fish. “I will teach you how to do that” he said to them. “If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don’t get 10, you 5 give me anything.”
They feel like old friends at first sight. Both sides come to an a (an) 6 immediately.
After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and 7 taught them some fishing skills. He asked one for every 10 fish that the tourists 8 .
9 of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a (an) 10 basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected(尊重) as 11 .
On the other hand, 12 fisherman didn’t have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more 13 . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the fish basket, and found he had far 14 fish than his friend.
If we help others succeed, we harvest both 15 and friends.

Tokyo, March 11, 2011

People left their houses near Sendai, northern Japan on March 11th. A man and child look out over destroyed homes after a tsunami(海嘯) and earthquake. Nuclear crises(核危機(jī)) in Japan’s power plants(核電站).

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of __1__ through which I learned __2__ from his experiences. He always told me, “ You __3__ have goals (目標(biāo)) like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both __4__, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very _5__. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to _6__ with my father and to be in deep thought __7__ develop my patience.

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me _8__ I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my __9__. I wanted to __10_ climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it __11__ reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his __12__. But later after that, I __13__ know the meaning of hope in life. I found __14__ standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as _15_ as crystal.

1.                A．conversations    B．emotions        C．conclusions    D．expressions

2.                A．classes         B．tests           C．lessons   D．news

3.                A．can            B．may            C．would    D．should

4.                A．spent          B．enjoyed        C．hoped    D．kept

5.                A．busy           B．lazy            C．weak D．free

6.                A．play           B．work           C．talk  D．study

7.                A．a(chǎn)s much as      B．a(chǎn)s soon as       C．a(chǎn)s long as D．a(chǎn)s well as

8.                A．though         B．because        C．a(chǎn)nd  D．but

9.                A．legs           B．ears           C．eyes D．fingers

10.               A．put up         B．take up         C．get up D．give up

11.               A．a(chǎn)fter           B．when          C．before    D．since

12.               A．stories         B．words          C．pictures   D．lessons

13.               A．wanted to       B．tried to         C．got to D．hoped to

14.               A．myself         B．himself         C．yourself   D．ourselves

15.               A．blue           B．white          C．clean D．clear