My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never    1   us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea   2   no sugar. My mom’s   3   for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like    4  ! She wanted to teach us to like water or    5   unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to    6   a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I    7  choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people    9  to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really    10  , since I was raised    11   no juice or soda, and I didn’t really    12   only having water. Now people    13   kids to make their own choices,    14   I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15   for, and the parents made the final decisions.

1.                A．needed        B．sold            C．bought   D．left

2.                A．with           B．of             C．off  D．without

3.                A．decision        B．reason         C．hobby    D．experience

4.                A．soda           B．juice           C．water    D．milk

5.                A．a(chǎn)nother        B．the other        C．others    D．other

6.                A．order          B．reply           C．obey     D．a(chǎn)chieve

7.                A．ever           B．never          C．a(chǎn)lways    D．sometimes

8.                A．think about      B．take care        C．pay for   D．think out

9.                A．like            B．seem           C．study D．get

10.               A．excited         B．difficult         C．interesting D．necessary

11.               A．on            B．with           C．by   D．for

12.               A．give up         B．care about      C．take pride in    D．a(chǎn)gree with

13.               A．a(chǎn)llow          B．design          C．teach     D．cause

14.               A．a(chǎn)s             B．since          C．but   D．though

15.               A．a(chǎn)dded         B．a(chǎn)sked          C．influenced D．regarded

Who says honesty (誠(chéng)實(shí)) is dead? Last Tuesday morning Alan Reed, a student at Claremont College here, was getting 1  money out of the bank. He wanted to have 50 dollars and the teller (出納)  2 him five twenties instead of five tens. For a few seconds, Alan wondered (疑惑)  3 to do it. Should he give the extra money back? Keep it?  4  he kept it, he could buy several new CDs, or he could take his friend Simon to a big dinner.  5 no one would ever notice (注意). But then he  6  the teller. She was a middle-aged woman with a sweet face, and she reminded(提醒) him of his mother. She had been nice to him. Then he thought that there were probably exact (精確的)  7 kept of  how much money was paid out, and the 8 would probably get in trouble.   9  of all, Alan felt he would probably feel  10 about keeping the extra money. So Alan gave back the money.  

This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English．Many students said they learned  1  using English．Some students had more specific __2  ．Lillian Li，for example，said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines．She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also  3  a little．When we asked about studying grammar，she said，“I  4  study grammar．It’s too boring．”

Wei Ming had a very different idea．He had been learning English for six years and really loved it．He  5  studying grammar was a great way to learn a  6  ．He also thought that watching English movies wasn’t a bad way became he could watch the actor  7  the words．Sometimes，however，he found watching movies frustrating became the people spoke too quickly．

Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English．Students got lots of practice and they also had fun．She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all．“We get  8  about something and then end up speaking in Chinese，”she said．

（    ）1．A．by                  B．with             C．in                          D．from

（    ）2．A．way               B．plans            C．subjects                 D．suggestions

（    ）3．A．learned           B．helped           C．tried                             D．worded

（    ）4．A．sometimes        B．usually          C．never                     D．a(chǎn)lways

（    ）5．A．a(chǎn)sks               B．thinks           C．a(chǎn)sked                     D．thought

（    ）6．A．language          B．English         C．lesson                    D．word

（    ）7．A．to say             B．saying           C．say                        D．said

（    ）8．A．interested         B．interesting       C．excited                   D．exciting

A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to   1  for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very  2 . Could you please  3  me some water from the lake?”

The follower walked to the lake  4  the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推車(chē)) started crossing the lake.  5  , the water became very muddy.

Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not   6  to drink.

After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the   7  follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had   8   to the bottom. The water was very   9 and looked fit to drink. So he    10 his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “See what you did   11   the water clean?” he said. “You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own,  12  you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is   13   by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own   14  being put in any effort at all to   15   it.”

1.                A．rest           B．look           C．watch    D．see

2.                A．hungry         B．thirsty          C．happy    D．sad

3.                A．get            B．give            C．take D．bring

4.                A．while          B．before          C．a(chǎn)s   D．until

5.                A．However       B．Instead         C．In addition D．As a result

6.                A．fit             B．a(chǎn)ble           C．important D．interesting

7.A. different   B same          C. other            D. left

8.                A．gone           B．been           C．settled   D．lived

9.                A．dirty           B．clear           C．fresh D．sweet

10.               A．got            B．finished        C．reached   D．filled

11.               A．making         B．to make        C．made D．had made

12.               A．so that         B．in order to      C．because   D．when

13.               A．woken         B．left            C．disturbed D．given

14.               A．without         B．with           C．a(chǎn)fter  D．like

15.               A．prevent        B．calm           C．protect    D．fix

Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 1.  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  2. about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 3. . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  4.he had no tools to do the work with.

Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  5. . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  6.  get the computer right away I could pay  7. it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  8. him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9.to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  10. three hours  each night. Dick 11. him the phone number of the newspaper manager

Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  12. he thought, she  13. . "I think it

is a  14. idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."

"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.

Joe's mother smiled  15. .

16.               A．teachers        B．parents         C．classmates D．friends

17.               A．said           B．told           C．thought   D．spoke

18.               A．spring          B．summer        C．a(chǎn)utumn   D．winter

19.               A．because        B．when          C．while D．a(chǎn)fter

20.               A．newspapers     B．bikes          C．computers D．cars

21.A still         B. even          C. yet               D. never

22.               A．on            B．to             C．of    D．for

23.               A．a(chǎn)nswered       B．a(chǎn)sked          C．wrote D．read

24.               A．friendly        B．kind           C．possible   D．wrong

25.               A．a(chǎn)t             B．a(chǎn)bout          C．before    D．a(chǎn)fter

26.               A．taught         B．gave           C．made D．a(chǎn)sked

27.               A．that           B．when          C．what  D．where

28.               A．smiled         B．shouted        C．cried D．worried

29.               A．big            B．large           C．great D．bad

30.               A．sadly          B．happily         C．politely    D．a(chǎn)ngrily