Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

    That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧場(chǎng)). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.

    He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”

    The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”

The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about __42__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important __43__ for you.”

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   14  .”

31. A. speech               B. paper                C. notice               D. diary

32. A. paint                B. win              C. own              D. sell

33. A. just             B. almost               C. ever             D. even

34. A. heart                B. life             C. advice               D. trust

35. A. to                   B. with             C. from             D. for

36. A. word             B. letter               C. note             D. post

37. A. How              B. Why              C. When             D. Where

38. A. unusual              B. unforgettable        C. unimportant      D. unrealistic

39. A. money                B. time             C. space                D. effort

40. A. wonder               B. way              C. problem          D. matter

41. A. Though               B. since                C. Until                D. If

42. A. himself              B. him              C. it                   D. itself

43. A. change               B. gift             C. message          D. decision

44. A. long             B. thick                C. same             D. correct

45. A. grade                B. dream                C. duty             D. secret

 "Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie.

    "I'm making a cake for Mrs. Smith next door," said her mother.

    "Why?" asked Susie, who was only six years old.

    "Because Mrs. Smith is very sad; she  32   her daughter and she has a broken heart. We need to take care of her for a little while."

    "Why, Mommy?"

    "You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have trouble  33  the little things like making dinner. Because we're part of a community and Mrs. Smith is our neighbor, we need to do some things to help her. Mrs. Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug her or do all those   34   things moms and daughters do together. You are a very smart girl, Susie, maybe you'll  think of some way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”

    Susie thought   35   about it and how she could do her part in caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments Mrs. Smith answered the knock with a "Hi, Susie."

    Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn't have that   36   musical quality about her voice when she greeted someone.

    "My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you're very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie held her hand out shyly. In it was a Band - Aid（創(chuàng)可貼）．“This is  37  your broken heart." Mrs. Smith  38  her tears. She knelt down and hugged Susie, saying "Thank you, darling girl, this will   39   a lot."

    Mrs. Smith accepted Susie's act of   40   and took it one step further. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame（相框）.She put Susie's Band - Aid in the frame to  41  herself to heal （治療）a little every time she saw it．

32. A. killed        B. beat        C. lost         D. missed

33. A. to make           B. to do       C. making     D. doing

34. A. wonderful   B. terrible      C. bad         D. harmful

35. A. highly       B. hardly    C. seriously  D. poorly

36. A. familiar    B. surprising C. strange    D. ordinary

37. A. of             B. for          C. in                  D. beyond

38. A. went back         B. put back    C. kept back D. held back

39. A. make        B. have        C. help        D. give

40. A. kindness    B. words           C. idea        D. medicine

41. A. warn        B. forgive    C. remind    D. make

Please tell the students ________ too much noise in class.

A. to make          B. to take             C. not to take          D. not to make

 

We’ve talked about snails (蝸牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells (殼) —sleeping.

Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep.

In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers (觸角), are very weak. But its sense (感覺(jué)) of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.

A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin (大頭針). Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can’t see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.

1. A snail _________.

　 A. moves more slowly at night　　B. has thousands of feet

C. doesn’t move at all   　　      D. sleeps much of the time

2. In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”, the word “draw” means _____.

　 A. to make with a pencil     B. to push　　C. to pull      D. to move away

3. From the story, we know _________.

　 A. a snail’s shell is very thin     B. a snail can’t see well

　 C. a snail’s nose is quite short    D. a snail’s body changes in different seasons

4. A snail goes to sleep when _____.

　 A. it feels hungry   B. it is put into a paper box  C. spring is coming   D. it rains heavily

5.Which of the following is wrong?

A. In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move.　　B. A snail doesn’t like living under the sun

C. The snail’s teeth can’t be worn out.       D. The snail’s nose helps to find food.