1 . About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little excited, but I worried I would never fit in with (适应) the other sixth graders.

Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was sure she hated me. I could tell she thought I was a fool.

My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was surprised that I didn’t wear make­up (化妆). I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.

Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her “cool” friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends.

I may move to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. She was a great friend. I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I’m not stupid, I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with (忍受) it. And we became great friends.

About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” Immediately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy.

1. When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried ________.

A．she couldn’t get along well with her classmates

B．she looked stupid when asking questions

C．she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class

D．she was not ready for change at all

2. How did the author change Lucy’s attitude towards her?

A．By wearing make­up.	B．By wearing beautiful clothes.
C．By keeping smiling at Lucy.	D．By sitting beside Lucy in class.

3. From Paragraph 5, we know the author thought ________.

A．it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy

B．it was right of her to suffer when making friends

C．it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time

D．it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Making friends means losing enemies.	B．Friendship needs to be cared for.
C．Kindness can beat any enemy.	D．Patience is important in making friends.

2 . I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the ____ People walked in, between the cars ____ newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar ____ in most poor developing countries.
While we were ____ for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of ____ in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s ____ unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively ____ clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of ____ his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he ____ got to the outside of our car. Out of ____, my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and ____, trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to ____the change. However, with his ____ sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s ____ It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, ____ we decided to go on our way.
I broke down and even ____ when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in ____, trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He ____ our sympathy. Life hasn’t been ____ to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what ____ is all about facing life bravely.1.

A．signs

B．crossroads

C．stations

D．theatres

2.

A．giving

B．buying

C．selling

D．throwing

3.

A．scene

B．play

C．activity

D．street

4.

A．watching

B．asking

C．waiting

D．changing

5.

A．blocks

B．crossings

C．turns

D．cars

6.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

7.

A．expensive

B．fashionable

C．ragged

D．fastened

8.

A．pushed

B．drove

C．cleared

D．felt

9.

A．eventually

B．quickly

C．frequently

D．happily

10.

A．curiosity

B．sympathy

C．thirsty

D．politeness

11.

A．impatiently

B．casually

C．naturally

D．carefully

12.

A．keep

B．return

C．borrow

D．count

13.

A．poor

B．superior

C．limited

D．enlarged

14.

A．hand

B．arm

C．face

D．lap

15.

A．still

B．yet

C．so

D．but

16.

A．smiled

B．shouted

C．complained

D．cried

17.

A．pain

B．poverty

C．sadness

D．loneliness

18.

A．refused

B．enjoyed

C．doubted

D．cheated

19.

A．rich

B．unfair

C．kind

D．bad

20.

A．kindness

B．courage

C．experience

D．challenge