One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit a bottle with a slingshot(彈弓). The bottle was about 7 to 8 meters __36__. The boy tried many times but still couldn’t hit it. His mother just kept passing him small stones.
A girl walked by. She __37__ the boy for some time and said to the mother, “Let me show him how to shoot.”
“No, thank you,” said the __38__, “he is blind.”
The girl was surprised and asked, “How can he hit the bottle then?” “I tell him he can do it,” said the mother, “__39__ he tries hard enough.”
The little boy tried again and again. The mother always told him that he was doing __40__. The boy became more confident. After a long time, it __41__ dark. The girl said goodbye to the mother and son. When she turned to leave, she heard a stone hit the __42_! The little boy finally made it!
With confidence and patience, nothing is impossible.
【小題1】A. long            B. tall            C. away          
【小題2】A. said            B. watched         C. wondered     
【小題3】A. mother          B. boy             C. girl          
【小題4】A. before          B. after             C. if             
【小題5】A. good           B. better            C. well           
【小題6】A. went           B. become           C. got           
【小題7】A. bottle           B. slingshot          C. stone  

The sun is shining and it’s very hot.  31  many people don’t want to go out after  32 . Mrs. West has to(不得不)   33  her father at the airport. Her father doesn’t feel well, he wants to see a   34  in the city hospital.
Now she’s   35  in the street. There   36  no trees and she feels very   37 . But she’s too   38  and can’t walk fast(快). Suddenly she finds(發(fā)現(xiàn)) a   39  walking behind her. She gets angry and her face turns red. “Why are you walking   40  me, boy?” She asks strictly. “It’s cooler”. The boy answers.

An old lady went out shopping last Sunday. She came to a bank（銀行）and saw a car near the door . A man got out of it（下車(chē)） and went into the bank . She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock.
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun（槍）out of his pockets and said to the clerk（職員）, “ Give me all the money .”
But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “ Young man , you’re foolish . Never leave your keys in your car. Someone’s going to steal（偷）it . ” The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk and then he took the keys and ran off the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money .
【小題1】The man got out of the car, and then he went into           .

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents   41  _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.
　　One morning,  Jimmy ,  one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.
　　"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."
　　"Let me try, " Martin said. "I   42  it isn't too hard for me. "
　　Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out,   43   .
　　"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be  44   for us to do. " Jimmy said.
　　"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can   45  one in a shop. "
　　"A computer is very   46   ,  and we don’t have enough money. "
　　"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (總統(tǒng))   47  some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."
　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.
　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They   48   the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.
The next morning, they    49   the post office on their way to school. They found   50  ,  the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).

I like movies best. Last week, I   36   a movie called I, Robot . It tells us a story about the future with robots.  It is the year of 2035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking   37  the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a walk. Robot does everything people ask them to do   38 . But a policeman    39  Spooner doesn’t like robots. Because he doesn’t think that people can live well   40  robots.

Mrs. Green has_31_children ,one is Tom,_32_is Ann.Tom is seven years old, and Ann is two years younger. Tom goes to school,but Ann_33_.When Tom is at home, he often_34_with Ann.Usually he's very _35_to his little sister.
One day the two children are playing _36_the garden,Ann begins to cry. Their mother _37_over and asks ,"_38_are you crying ,Ann?"
"Tom breaks(弄壞)my toy dog,"says Ann.
"_39_does he break it?"
"I hit(打) him on the head(頭)_40_it,"says Ann.
【小題1】Ａ. one      B.two           C.three           D.four

Do you have a dog? I have a cute   41 . It’s my birthday present (禮物)   42  my uncle. Its name is Maria. It’s an   43  dog. It is big and it is yellow in color. It likes running and jumping (跳躍). It   44  playing ball games with me. It’s great fun   45  with it. Maria is very   46 . It can play basketball. It is a basketball star in my neighborhood. Can it put the   47   into the basket (籃框)? Yes, it can.   48  does it do it? It uses (使用) its head (頭). Maria is really good at it. All my friends like to   49  it play basketball. I’m   50  to have it. It brings me more friends. It is funny, too. It can dance to the music. What a lovely dog!

One day Yu Mei   41 shopping with her mother. When they get  42  the supermarket,Yu Mei is very  43  .There are many things and many people   44  it.Her mother tells Yu Mei  45  her. They walk here and there and they   46  some things. When they come to a shelf（貨架），Yu Mei  47  some boxes of chocolates.She wants her mother to buy some   48  her.Her mother gives  49  a box of brown chocolates. Yu Mei shakes(搖晃)her head and says, “I want a box of white chocolates.”
“ Why?”asks her mother.
“I can’t bite my fingers(咬著手指)when I eat them  50  night,”answers Yu Mei quickly.

Mr. Smith lived in a village. He had ___36__ farms and about twenty people working for him. He often told them _37_ hard and be honest. (誠(chéng)實(shí)的).
One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon it was time __38___ lunch. He put ___39___ nice bread on the table and ___40___. A few minutes later he came back again but he ___41____ find the bread.
‘Who ate ___42__ on the table?’ he shouted.
Some of the workers answered, ‘We ___43___.’
The others said, ‘We saw nothing.’
‘Well,’ said Mr. Smith, ‘__44___ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I ___45___ some poison in the bread. ___46___ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.’
As soon as he finished, four workers began to cry. ‘Oh, dear!’
‘___47___?’ asked Mr. Smith.
‘We ate the bread when you were out. We are going to die.’ One of them cried.
‘___48___,’ Mr. Smith said _49___ a smile, ‘I only ____50_____ you. Use your head.’

It's a Sunday morning. Jack and his father   36 on a big bus. There are   37 people on it. Some of   38  come from America and some    39   England and Canada. They are all friends. They are going to the Summer Palace（頤和園）. There are two   40   on the bus. One is a man. He is the driver. He   41   the bus.   42  is a young woman. She   43 good English. She is talking about the Summer Palace. All the passengers(乘客)are listening   44__Her. They like the Summer Palace. They want     45   it very much.