One spring morning a rich man went to the bank. Next to the bank was a beautiful park with a small pond in it. _31___ he went home, he walked in the park. He was very troubled to see that the park was very __32__. There was trash everywhere.

Suddenly, something caught his eye. He saw a child throw a plastic ___33_ into the pond. He was very sad to see this.

The man had an idea. He ___34_ up a dirty, white bag from the ground. Then he put some __35___ in it and wrote a note. He put the bag on the ground _36____ some beautiful red flowers. Then he sat down and __37__. 

Many people___38__ to look at the beautiful flowers. Everyone complained about the trash, but no one picked any of it up. "It's not __39__ to put trash in a trash can. Why are people so __40__?" said one person. "Why doesn't someone take away this trash?" said another.

The rich man was not happy to hear this, __41__ he waited and waited. Then, two girls stopped to look at the flowers.

"Aren't these flowers beautiful?" one said.

"Yes, they are," _42____ said. "They'd be more beautiful _43___ this bag of trash weren't here." She picked up the white bag and was ___44__ to see a note, which said: "This bag has money in it, not trash. I'm glad to _45____ it to the person who cares about clean parks."

31. A. After      B.Since     C. Then       D. Before

32.A. small      B.dirty      C.big         D.clean

33.A.bag        B.pen       C.present      D.book

34.A.waited for  B.looked over  C. found out  D.picked up

35.A.words     B.food      C.money       D.trash

36.A.near       B.off       C.through      D.over

37.A. helped    B.waited   C.went          D.left

38.A hated     B.enjoyed    C.stopped      D.wanted

39.A.hard     B.easy     C.close           D.comfortable

40.A.tired     B.strong    C.young         D.lazy

41.A.or       B.but       C.for           D.as

42.A.others    B.some     C.the other      D.another

43.A. if       B.unless    C.until          D.though

44.A.angry    B.upset     C.worried       D.surprised

45.A borrow   B.give     C.find           D.lend

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school  (寄宿學(xué)校). 1   being sent away, this boy was the   2 student in his class. He was at the top in every  3  always with high marks.

But the boy changed after   4 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started    5  . He hated being in a   6 . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he   7  committing suicide  (自殺). All of this was because he felt   8  and no one loved him.

His parents started   9 about the boy. But they even did not know what was  10  with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and   11  him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and  12 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To   13  my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most   14  person for me.  I want to see you   15 . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words   16  the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He  17  his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had   18  he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He   19  the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him  20  ！

The rockets take astronauts and man-made satellites into space. The satellites are used for communication, weather monitoring and research. But how do satellites stay up without falling down?
There are two opposite forces (力量) acting on the satellite. One of them is the force of gravitation (地心引力), which tries to pull the satellite towards the earth. The other force is created by the rotation (旋轉(zhuǎn)) of the satellite around the earth. This force tries to take the satellite away from the earth. With these two forces, the satellite goes round and round. The gravitational pull of the earth (the force which pulls everything towards the ground) is like a rope which keeps the satellite from flying away.
Everything that goes up has to come down. It is only a matter of time before a satellite comes back to the earth. As time goes by, the satellite loses its speed, which makes the gravitational pull stronger than the force pulling it away. This makes the satellite crash (墜落) down to the earth.
【小題1】Which of the following uses of satellites is NOT mentioned?

Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   1  to hear him play the piano. So I   2  him as a student.
Although Robby worked very hard, he didn’t have a basic   3  of music. However, he never   4  up and continued. And at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say: “My mom is going to hear me   5  some day.” But it seemed   6 . He didn’t have a natural talent or ability for music.
One day Robby   7  to our lessons very late. He told me that his mom had been 8  and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still   9  in class. He asked if he could take part in my concert and I   10 .
The night of the concert came. The high school gym(體育館) was   11  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came up on stage. He announced (宣布) that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next.   
His   12  danced on the keys…
He played so   13  that everyone was on his feet, clapping excitedly. In tears, I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf... remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer(癌) and   14  away this morning. And well… she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play at the   15 . I wanted to make it special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”

“________ away this old coat and ________ me the new one, ”he said.

1. A.
   Bring/take
2. B.
   Take/bring
3. C.
   Get/take
4. D.
   Bring/carry