I didn’t cry when I learned I was the parent of a disabled child. I just sat still and didn’t say anything.    

When Jenny was old enough, I sent her to a kindergarten（幼兒園）. On the first morning, Jenny spent hours playing by herself. It seemed that she felt very(41).    

However, to my joy, Jenny’s classmates always (42) her, “You got all your spelling words right today!” In fact, her spelling list was the (43). Later, she faced a very painful (44) —— at the end of the term, there was a game which had (45) to do with physical education. But Jenny was (46) in it.    

My husband and I were anxious about the day. I wanted to let my child stay home! But my heart wouldn’t let me off that easily. So I (47) a pale, unwilling Jenny onto the school bus.    

At the kindergarten, I was quite worried because of her (48) action, Jenny would probably hold up her team. The game went well until it was time for the sack（麻袋）race. Surely Jenny would find it (49). Now each child had to climb into a sack, jump to the finishing line, return and climb out of the sack. I noticed Jenny standing near the end of her line of players.    

But as it was her turn to join, a change took place in her (50). The tallest boy behind Jenny placed his hands on her waist（腰）. Two other boys (51) in front of her. The moment the player before Jenny stepped out from the sack, the two boys (52) the sack suddenly and kept it open while the tall boy lifted Jenny and (53) her into it. A girl nearby took her hand and supported her (54) Jenny got her balance. Then she jumped forward, smiling and proud. In the cheers of the teachers, schoolmates and parents, I silently thanked the warm, understanding people in life who made it  (55) for my disabled daughter to be like her fellow human beings. Then I finally cried.

    41. A. excited      B. lonely       C. happy            D. weak

    42. A. greeted      B. expected         C. encouraged       D. followed

    43. A. easiest      B. longest      C. smallest    D. tidiest

    44. A. choice       B. problem      C. result           D. exam

    45. A. nothing      B. anything         C. everything       D. something

    46. A. forward      B. fast             C. behind           D. up

    47. A. threw            B. pushed       C. knocked      D. fixed

    48. A. slow         B. quiet            C. quick            D. secret

    49. A. stupid       B. simple       C. relaxing    D. difficult

    50. A. school       B. family       C. team         D. heart

    51. A. ran          B. lay          C. walked       D. stood

    52. A. picked up        B. gave up      C. cut up           D. made up

    53. A. drove            B. hid          C. put          D. hit

    54. A. when         B. until            C. after            D. unless

    55. A. popular      B. special      C. necessary        D. possible

It was the last lesson before the holidays. The students __36__very happy. Their English teacher was very happy, __37__. The teacher __38__interesting games with them. They also sang some nice songs. Everyone had a smile on the face. The teacher went to the blackboard (黑板) __39__wrote “SMILE” __40__it. “This is the __41__word in English,” he said to the class. The __42__class laughed, and then one girl stood up and asked, “__43__is it the longest word in English?” The teacher said __44__for a while. Then he smiled and said, “Because there is a mile between the __45__letter and the last one.”

（     ）36. A. is                      B. are                    C. was                  D. were

（     ）37. A. too                   B. either                C. neither                     D. also

（     ）38. A. makes               B. made                 C. plays                 D. played

（     ）39. A. and                   B. or                     C. but                   D. so

（     ）40. A. before               B. on                    C. in                            D. with

（     ）41. A. oldest               B. newest                     C. longest              D. shortest

（     ）42. A. whole               B. each                  C. all                    D. both

（     ）43. A. How                 B. What                 C. Where               D. Why

（     ）44. A. something         B. anything            C. nothing             D. everything

（     ）45. A. next                  B. first                  C. second                     D. third

    

What do we know about the sea? We  36   that it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining(照射)  37   it. We also learn that it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. What  38   things do we know about it?
　　The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. 39   the map of the world, there is  40   sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the  41  .
　　Some parts of the sea  42   very shallow, but some places are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It is nearly 11 kilometers deep. The  43   mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there would be  44   kilometers of water above it!
　　The sea is salty. There is one sea called the Dead Sea. It is very salty. It is  45   salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.

(    )36. A. know          B. say           C. hope           D. wish
(    )37. A. in             B. at            C. on             D. over
(    )38. A. another        B. other          C. the other        D. others
(    )39. A. Look after      B. See           C. Watch          D. Look at
(    )40. A. smaller        B. fewer          C. more           D. less
(    )41. A. land           B. world         C. water          D. mountain
(    )42. A. are            B. is            C. has been        D. were
(    )43. A. longest         B. oldest        C. tallest          D. highest
(    )44. A. 20             B. 2            C. 11             D. 9
(    )45. A. much          B. too           C. so             D. very

It was the last lesson before winter holidays. The students looked very   36   . Their English teacher   37   also happy. She   38   them stories. She sang songs  39   them. After that she went to the blackboard and    40    “smiles” on it.

“This is one of the   41     words in English.” She said to the class.

All the students laughed, and then one girl stood up and asked, “  42   is it one of the longest words in English?”

The teacher said   43   for a few seconds, then she smiled and said, “   44    there is a mile between the first letter and   45  .”

36. A. well        B. happy         C. happily       D. sad

37. A. is          B. looks          C. was          D. look

38. A. said        B. told           C. spoke         D. talked

39. A. with        B. and           C. from          D. in

40. A. wrote       B. write          C. writes         D. to write

41. A. long        B. longer         C. longest        D. shortest

42. A. How        B. Why          C. Where        D. Because

43. A. anything     B. something      C. nothing       D. everything

44. A. So          B. Why          C. Because       D. And

45. A. the last      B. last word       C. last           D. at last

Dear grandma,

How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a    21  last week. I hope you are in    22  health.

Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year  23  last week, and got my report card today. I always    24  nervous when I see the envelope   25  school in the mail, but luckily I did OK this time. I   26  a really hard time with science this semester , and I wasn’t surprised to find that my    27  report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn’t true .It’s just that I find   28  really difficult. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that  29  math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that’s about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad    30  their love.

Love,

Alan

1.A. cold    B. lesson   C. picnic

2.A. pity    B. good C. bad

3.A. exercise    B. homework C. exams

4.A. get B. do   C. take

5.A. on  B. from C. about

6.A. made    B. had  C. put

7.A. longest B. easiest  C. worst

8.A. Chinese B. science  C. P.E

9.A. his B. your C. my

10.A. send   B. bring    C. start