2 . Karen was waiting for the plane to take off. She was happy to have a seat by herself. Just then, an air hostess (空姐) came up to her and asked, “Could you please move behind?” The girl behind Karen had a black-and-blue face and a sad expression (表情). “I don’t want to sit there.” Karen thought at first, but the soft voice came again, “She needs help.” Finally, Karen moved to that seat.

The girl was named Laura. She was hurt in a car accident and now was on her way to see the doctor alone. When the snacks and juice arrived, Karen found that Laura could not feed herself. Karen thought for a while, she decided to help Laura eat. Although Laura seemed uncomfortable, she agreed. They became closer and closer in a short time. At the end of the five-hour trip, Karen was very glad that she had sat next to Laura and fed her.

Sometimes love goes from one to another and moves the fears (恐惧) away. When we reach our hands to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more wonderful world.

根据短文内容判断正、误。（正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”）
1. Karen didn’t enjoy sitting alone at first.
2. The air hostess asked Karen to move her seat to Laura.
3. Laura felt comfortable when Karen helped to feed her.
4. At the end of the four-hour trip, Karen was very glad.
5. The passage tells us that we should make the world full of love and we will feel more wonderful.

3 . A woodcutter started a new job at a timber (木材) company. The pay and work conditions were quite good. Because the company was treating him well, the woodcutter worked as hard as he could.

His boss gave him an axe (斧子) and showed him where he was supposed to work. On his first day, the woodcutter cut down 18 trees. “Congratulations.”

Encouraged by his boss’ words, the woodcutter worked even harder the next day, but could only cut down 15 trees. The third day, but only cut down 10 trees. Day after day, he was cutting down fewer and fewer trees.

“I must be losing my strength (力气),” the woodcutter thought. He went to his boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

“When was the last time you sharpened (磨快) your axe?” his boss asked.

“Sharpen? I have no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut down trees.”

Our life are like that. We are sometimes too busy to take time to sharpen our axe. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but also less happy than ever. Why is this? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. Probably it is because we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”. So remember, always take the time to sharpen your “axe” and don’t become “blunt” (钝的).

根据短文内容判断正（A）误（B）。
1. The woodcutter worked as hard as possible because of the good treatment from the company.
2. The woodcutter was cutting down fewer and fewer trees after three days.
3. The woodcutter couldn’t understand what was going on until the boss told him.
4. It is certain that activity and hard work make us busier and less happy than ever.
5. From the story, we have learned that improving ourselves or learning to rest is necessary.

4 . Here is a little elephant. His name is Gaston. He doesn’t like to work. He only likes to play. One morning Gaston’s mother says, “My dear, it’s time for you to work. ”

Gaston doesn’t want to work. He runs away. He has a very good time: he runs, jumps and plays games. In the evening he is very hungry. He goes to the lion and says, “Mr. Lion, I am so hungry. Would you like to give me some bananas to eat?” “All right!” says the lion. “But you must work first. Then you can get your supper. ” The little elephant doesn’t want to work. So he runs away.

Then he asks the tiger to give him some apples to eat. “OK,” says the tiger, “but you must work first. ” And Gaston runs away.

He asks a lot of animals to give him something to eat. But they all ask him to work first.

So the hungry elephant runs back home. When he sees his mother, he says “Dear Mom, I’m so sorry! Now I know I must work if I want to have something to eat. ”

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写（A），错误的写（B）。
1. The little elephant likes to work.
2. The elephant goes to the lion to ask for some bananas.
3. All the animals ask Gaston to eat first, and then they can play with him.
4. Gaston gets supper from the lion and the tiger.
5. At last, Gaston knows that if he wants to have something to eat, he must work first.

5 . One day, Mr. Green and his son Jack went to a kite flying festival. When Jack saw the sky filled with colorful kites in different shapes, Jack became excited and wanted to get one too. Mr. Green agreed. So they went to a kite shop and chose a beautiful one.

With the string (线) in hand, Jack started flying the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, Jack said, “Father, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will fly much higher. Can we cut it?” Mr. Green didn’t reply, but just cut the string off the reel (线轴). Suddenly, the kite began to go higher, which made Jack much happier.

However, to his surprise, the kite was coming down. They waited and waited. Slowly, it fell onto the grass. Jack felt upset and asked, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

Mr. Green smiled and said, “The role of the string is not stopping the kite from flying higher, but helping it stay in the sky, because the kite itself can’t fly up. By using the string you help the kite go up in the right direction. When you cut the string, it could not support the kite.”

In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are stopping us from growing. But in fact, these things might support us most. We can really grow up and become even stronger by realizing the importance of these things.

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。
1. Mr. Green bought a beautiful kite so Jack became excited.
2. Jack could fly the kite and it flew high up in the sky.
3. After Jack cut the string, the kite flew higher and higher.
4. The role of the string is stopping the kite flying higher.
5. According to the passage, something we think stops us can help us grow up.

6 . Three years ago, I left my motherland Spain to study alone in London. My parents had to bring up my three younger sisters and two younger brothers, so I found three part-time jobs to pay for my studies. I was really tired all the time.

Unluckily, I had a high fever. Because I had spent all my free time working, I hardly took part in any activities and I had no friends. Besides, I was too shy to ask others for help. After sleeping on the sickbed for two days, I went out to get some food. Normally, I went to the supermarket, but this time I went into the Greek shop, a small corner shop, because it was closer.

I picked up some food and gave it to the shopkeeper, who asked me, “You look terrible, my boy! You are not feeling well, right?” I said YES in a low voice. She pointed at the salami (腊肠) and bread I was buying and offered, “I can make you a sandwich, so you don’t have to do it yourself.” I nodded without saying a word.

So, she made the sandwich and asked me to wait a moment. She went into the back room and came again with a bowl of hot soup. “It will warm you up, ” she said with a friendly smile.

What really warmed me up was not the soup. Her smile told me she cared about me. Her kindness was like my mother’s.

Being kind to people who you help means a lot to them. We should always be kind to people around us.

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写（A），错误的写（B）。
1. The writer was from Spain and worked in Britain three years ago.
2. The writer’s parents had six kids.
3. The writer slept on the sickbed for three days.
4. The shopkeeper sold a sandwich to the writer.
5. From the passage we know that kindness can mean a lot to people who you help.

7 . Stories and Art of Chinese Fans

You may think you cannot live through summer without air conditioners. But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only ones to help people keep cool.

Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes, such as round and square. They were also made from all kinds of materials. Palm(芭蕉) leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans showed the owner’s high status. Sandalwood(檀香) fans could send out a sweet smell.

Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into art works, in which tuanshan (round fans) and sheshan (folded fans) were the most common

In the shape of full moon, tuanshan were usually made of silk. They had beautiful birds and flowers on them. Women especially those in the imperial palace liked to use them. Meanwhile, men, especially the literati,used zheshan. The literati liked them because zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them. It was a way for them to show off their ability in literature, painting and handwriting. Almost anything can be painted on zheshan.

Today, Chinese people still use these fans, only not many people write or paint on them any more. Next time when you are waving a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.

1. In ancient China, hand fans were only used for ________ ________.
2. Palm leaf fans were not ________ and ________ to make.
3. Tuanshan is ________ in shape, and is usually made of ________.
4. Literati liked to paint and write poems on ________ to show off their ________ in literature,painting and handwriting.
5. The passage mainly tells us the ________ behind ________.

8 . I worked for a short time as a cashier（出纳员） at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that if there was something valuable in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter （柜台） and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and I told him “no”. At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly ＄800 in cash （现金）. He took out a twenty﹣dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “A reward（酬劳） for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.

Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. Honesty brings me a wonderful feeling that nothing can be bought. I will continue keeping this quality（品德）in the future.

判断正（T）误（F）。
1. The writer didn’t open the wallet because he was so busy when he found it.
2. The writer asked the man to describe the wallet because he didn’t want to return it to its owner.
3. The owner of the wallet found a twenty﹣dollar bill gone when he got his wallet back.
4. The writer returned the wallet to the owner because the owner came back too soon.
5. From this passage, we can know that honesty is one of the best qualities for people.

9 . One day, a man was walking by the corner of a street. There he met a little boy holding a birdcage and selling the birds inside. The man stopped and looked very sadly at the birds in front of him. The birds were screaming(尖叫) in the cage, giving a high cry and trying to fly away.

After standing for a moment, he said to the boy, “How much does your bird cost? I want...” “One, fifty cents, sir,” the boy answered quickly. “I am afraid that you are mistaken. I am not asking how much it is,” the man said. “I would like to buy all of them. What I ask is how much you want for them.” Hearing this, the boy was happy to count the number of the birds in the cage. “Five dollars.” “Here you are!” The man passed the money. The boy counted excitedly. Suddenly the boy was surprised to find the cage was empty! “Oh dear, why did you do that, sir? You don’t even get a bird!” the boy asked the man who set the birds free.

“My boy, let me tell you why I did this,” the man said. “I have no right to keep them. Every life should be respected and birds are our friends. So we should let them be free.”

根据短文内容判断正、误，正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。
1. The man met the little boy holding the birdcage at the door of a shop.
2. The birds in the cage were crying loudly and wanted to fly away.
3. The boy sold all of his birds at last because the man felt like keeping them.
4. The man gave the boy so much money that the boy was surprised.
5. From the passage, we learn that we should respect every life and birds should be free.

10 . After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming difficulties and going for my dreams.

I spent over one hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.

When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase(公文包) and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming difficulties than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live anymore. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you someday I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I will never get to do that. But I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.

Yours,

Matthew

根据短文所提供的信息判断正(A)误(B)。
1. I paid a visit to a boy because I was interested in him.
2. Matthew had an illness that stopped him from going to school.
3. During the talk, Matthew complained to the writer about his illness more than once.
4. Matthew refused the writer’s medal because he thought he himself would get one in the future.
5. From the passage, we know that Matthew is a determined boy whose dream came true at last.