One morning in Philadelphia, the sun shone bright through all the thick jungles and the tall churches. John, 6, wearing the worn-out clothes, walked from a far place, his dark small hands holding a piece of stolen bread.
John stopped for a moment at the entrance to the church and then left tightly holding the bread,      
He was an orphan(孤兒), whose parents were killed in World War II leaving him alone in the orphanage for five years, Like many children in the house, he had a lot of free time. Mostly no one took care of them, so they had to learn how to steal those they wanted.             
John believed God to be real, so every Sunday morning in any case he would go to the church to have a look and listen to those people singing inside or reading the Bible. He felt only at this moment he was the child of God and so close to God. But he couldn’t enter because his clothes were so dirty. John himself knew it.
John was quietly calculating the times. This was his 45th Sunday at the entrance to the church. He stood on tiptoe（踮著腳尖） for a while and walked away.
As time passed, the pastor(牧師) noticed John and learned from others that he was the small boy who liked stealing things in the orphanages.
On the 46th Sunday, the sun was shining and John came still holding a piece of bread with his dark small hands. When he just stood there, the pastor came out. He felt like running away, but he was carried by the pastor's friendly smile.
The pastor walked up to his side, clearly seeing John's small hands shaking.
"Are you John?"
John didn't answer, but looked at the pastor and nodded.
"Do you believe in God?" the pastor patted John on his head with dust.
"Yes, I do!" This time John told him loudly.
"So you believe in yourself?"
John looked at the pastor, without a word.
The pastor went on saying, "At the first sight of you, I find you're different from other kids because you have a good heart."
His face turning red, John said nervously, "In fact, I'm a thief." With that, he lowered his head.
The pastor didn't speak, but held John's dark small hands, slowly opened them and put them against his wrinkled face.
"Ah" Just at the same time, John shouted and was about to take out his dark small hands. Yet the pastor tightly held his small hands and spread them out in the sun.
"Do you see, John?"
"What?"
"You're cupping the sunshine in your hands."
John blankly looked at his hands: when did they become so beautiful?
"In God's eyes, all children are the same. When they are willing to spread out their hands to greet the sun, the sun will naturally shine on them. And you have two things more than they do. First is courage and the second is kindness." With that, the pastor led him into the church. It was the first time that John went into this sacred place, and at this moment he didn't feel inferior, but the unspeakable warmth.
On that morning greeting the sunshine, John found himself again, along with the confidence, satisfaction, happiness, dreams he had never had.
Twenty years have passed. Now the boy who ever tightly held the bread with his dirt hands has been the most famous cook in Philadelphia and made many popular dishes.
Every Sunday morning, he would personally send the bread he baked to the orphanage. Those children who greeted him with cheers were used to consciously spreading their palms before they got the bread.
Because they all knew when we are willing to spread out our hands to greet the sunshine, the sun will naturally shine on us.
【小題1】The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph is ______________

A．presenting contrasts (對(duì)比)	B．showing causes （原因）
C．offering analyses	D．providing explanations

【小題2】Why didn't John go inside whenever he went to the church?

A．He was frightened to be recognized by the pastor

B．He was not welcomed by those singing in the church.

C．He was sorry for his dirty clothes and identity as a thief.

D．He was left alone in the orphanage and nobody cared for him.

【小題3】Which of the following questions did John reply certainly?

A．“Are you John?"	B．"Do you see, John?"
C．"So you believe in yourself?"	D．"Do you believe in God?"

【小題4】Which of the following can best describe the pastor's great effect on John?

A．John became a famous cook.

B．John admitted his bad behavior. (行為)

C．John believed God to be real

D．John spread warmth to other orphans.

【小題5】According to the passage, the sunshine cupped in hands can bring _______________

A．cheers and confidence	B．dreams and imagination
C．courage and kindness	D．forgiveness and satisfaction

Dad came in the midnight. We heard every sound, but we pretended to be asleep.
Next morning he looked weak and thin, sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire. The light of the fire shone through his long empty sleeve. Everything went as usual. Grandma found something to do in the bedroom. Grandpa went out for some water. Mother, with her back to us, was getting the cakes ready for breakfast.
But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high.
At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. “It’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve.
“It is your turn,” Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise.
“It is not,” I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on as usual.
“Children, children,” Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice.
And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last.
【小題1】What do you know happened to Dad in the story?

A．He was badly ill.	B．He had a long journey.
C．He drank too much.	D．He lost one of his arms.

【小題2】The family        when they saw Dad’s empty sleeve.

A．was too surprised to do anything	B．felt sad and cried a lot
C．tried not to show their feelings	D．showed no worry at all

【小題3】From the story, we know          .

A．the two sisters often quarreled about who should wash the dishes

B．the family liked seeing the two sisters quarrelling after breakfast

C．Dad loved the two sisters very much though they often quarreled

D．Mother told the two sisters to quarrel with each other the night before

【小題4】Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．The Quarrelling Sisters	B．Dad Was Back
C．After the Accident	D．An Empty Sleeve

I get off the bus and walk a few blocks. I stop when I get to a garage-like place and walk to the metal door with brown paint. I turn the knob(把手)and walk in. A thousand eyes look at me as I take my place at the end of the long line. When I finally get up to the window, I hand the officer my ID. “I’m here to visit Mr C. Yes, I’m his daughter.”
I learn that line by heart. The officer hands me a piece of paper with my name as the visitor and my father’s as the prisoner. It tells me which floor to go to. As I get on the elevator, a rush of excitement runs through me. Then I go to the eighth floor, look around and see the faces I see here every Sunday and Thursday.
There he is. I stand on tiptoe(腳尖)to get a better view since I can hardly see him. He doesn’t look like my father. He’s got a beard now and he looks a lot weaker. He’s the dad that I see through a window. My dad who is separated from the world. The only place he now knows is his room in the prison. When I look deep into his eyes, I see emptiness and pain.
It’s difficult to hear him through the thick glass and over everyone else who is trying to talk. We try to carry on a normal conversation about simple things including my day and what I’m doing in school, but we mostly talk about how we can’t wait until he gets out. After an hour my time is up. We say our good-byes and love-yous.
I get on the bus to go home. My favorite place is where my father is—prison. I know, how can prison be anyone’s favorite place? But it is because my father is there. It’ll no longer be my favorite place once he gets out, though—home will be.
【小題1】The author goes to the prison_________.

A．to talk with the officer	B．to visit her father
C．to get a piece of paper from the officer	D．to pay a visit to her favorite place

【小題2】It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s father is ____________.

A．working there for a long time	B．just in prison for a short while
C．still healthy and strong in prison	D．seldom keeping in touch with people outside

【小題3】What does the author mainly talk of with her father?

A．Her behavior in school.	B．Simple things in everyday life.
C．Difficulty and trouble in her life.	D．The feeling of expecting him home.

【小題4】What can we know from the passage?

A．The author’s father will never go home.	B．The author meets her father once a week.
C．The author’s favorite place will change.	D．The author hates her father.

Dad came in the midnight. We heard every sound, but we pretended to be asleep.
Next morning he looked weak and thin, sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire. The light of the fire shone through his long empty sleeve. Everything went as usual. Grandma found something to do in the bedroom. Grandpa went out for some water. Mother, with her back to us, was getting the cakes ready for breakfast.
But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high.
At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. “It’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve.
“It is your turn,” Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise.
“It is not,” I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on as usual.
“Children, children,” Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice.
And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last.
【小題1】What do you know happened to Dad in the story?

A．He was badly ill.	B．He had a long journey.
C．He drank too much.	D．He lost one of his arms.

【小題2】The family       when they saw Dad’s empty sleeve.

A．was too surprised to do anything	B．felt sad and cried a lot
C．tried not to show their feelings	D．showed no worry at all

【小題3】From the story, we know         .

A．the two sisters often quarreled about who should wash the dishes

B．the family liked seeing the two sisters quarrelling after breakfast

C．Dad loved the two sisters very much though they often quarreled

D．Mother told the two sisters to quarrel with each other the night before

【小題4】Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．The Quarrelling Sisters	B．Dad Was Back
C．After the Accident	D．An Empty Sleeve

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （誘人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 36  a bar of chocolate if given the choice,    37   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the   38   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe(腳尖)， 39   as high as he could , but even as his tallest  40  he was unable to touch it. He began to 41  up and down , as high as he could, at the  42  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of  43  .  

Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  44  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  45  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Gameboy . Looking  46  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,  47  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use . 

He had tired everything he could think to do .   48   seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   49  . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  50  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  51  like this , the more unhappy he became.

52  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself ,“This isn’t   53  .I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  54   more I can do to get the apple ---that is unchangeable---but we are supposed to be able to  55  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”

1.                A．preferring      B．offering         C．receiving D．a(chǎn)llowing

 

2.A. so          B. then         C. but           D or

3.                A．sadder         B．a(chǎn)ngrier         C．hungrier  D．tastier

 

4.                A．expanding      B．stretching       C．swinging  D．pulling

 

5.                A． strength       B．length          C． range   D．height

 

6.                A．jump           B．look           C．walk D．glance

 

7.                A． tip            B．stage           C．top  D． level

 

8.A hope         B. hand         C. sight        D.  reach

9.                A．put            B．stand           C．get  D． hold

 

10.               A．break          B．shake          C．take  D． strike

 

11.               A．up            B．forward        C．down     D．a(chǎn)round

 

12.               A．for            B．with           C．on   D．of

 

13.               A．After          B．Through        C．Without   D．Upon

 

14.               A．back           B． away          C．up   D．down

 

15.               A．wishes         B． beliefs        C．efforts    D．goals

 

16.               A．thought        B． imagined       C．tried  D．claimed

 

17.               A．Therefore      B．However       C．Moreover D．Otherwise

 

18.               A．skilful          B．cheerful        C．harmful   D．helpful

 

19.               A．something      B．a(chǎn)nything        C．everything D．nothing

 

20.               A．change         B．express        C．forget D．describe