“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回聲). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.

　 We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

　 The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.

　 A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.

　 But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

　 I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were no people in the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.

　 I thought to myself, “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

　 In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I couldn’t stand his outrageous(蠻橫的)words, “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers?”

　 All the lights were off except father’s.

　 Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he had the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucked me underneath the covers.

　 This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.

　 The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had thought between us did not exist at all. Love—it second to none.

46. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.

　 a. I opened the door and entered the house.

　 b. Sadly I ran out into the street.

　 c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.

　 d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.

　 e. I walked about in the street without any aim.

A. b, e, d, c, a　　　 B. b, e, c, d, a　　　　　　

C. b, e, a, c, d　　　 D. b, e, c, a, d

47. What made the writer think of his childhood?

　 A. The sight of the street lights.　　　

B. The sight of the empty street.

　 C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms.

　 D. The sight of light in his own house.

48. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

　 A. perhaps the father is getting older and older.

B. perhaps the son has already grown up.

　 C. perhaps they never agree with each other.

D. perhaps the father has got used to doing that.

49. According to the passage what does “Love—it’s second to none” mean ?

A. 愛是至高無上的 B. 愛是第二位的　

C. 愛并沒有什么 D. 愛就是沒什么

50. What conclusion(結(jié)論) can you come to after reading the passage?

　 A. The father treats his son in an unfair way.

B. The father is actually kind to his son.

　 C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.

D. The father is always finding fault with his son.

　　　　　　　　　　　

Camilla Chomp was a strange little girl. She liked to spend her time alone eating chocolate. Her parents were worried, so they took all the chocolate away.
Camilla left her house to look for some chocolate. She found a small house full of bottles. Among the bottles, a blue bottle caught Camilla’s eyes. It was full of chocolate. In the bottle there was also a card with the words “Change tears(眼淚) into chocolate.”
Camilla was very excited. She ran out of the house with the bottle to look for someone crying. First, she met a little boy crying hard and collected his tears. The tears were quickly changed into chocolate. While Camilla was collecting the tears, she comforted the boy. Finally, the boy stopped crying and they had a good time together.
Later, Camilla met a woman and an old man crying. The woman had broken some bowls. And the old man’s dog had just died. Camilla collected their tears and made them happy again.
Soon, Camilla knew that making people happy was much more important than finding chocolate. So she stopped collecting tears and began to help sad people. As a result, she had many friends and had a happy life.
【小題1】Camilla liked to __________.

A．eat chocolate	B．read books
C．collect coins	D．eat fruit

【小題2】 Camilla’s parents took away all the chocolate because they were ___________.

A．happy	B．a(chǎn)ngry
C．worried	D．hungry

【小題3】What caught Camilla’s eyes?

A．A nice card.	B．A black dog.
C．A red cup.	D．A blue bottle.

【小題4】The old man was crying because ___________.

A．he had broken some bottles

B．He couldn’t find his way home.

C．he couldn’t find his daughter

D．his dog had just died

【小題5】 How many people did Camilla help before she stopped collecting tears?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Three.	D．Four.

Cloze test

One day, when Tom was crossing the rails, he saw that there was something wrong with one of them. It seemed to be out of its place. But at that time, a train was 1 It was very dangerous. Tom didn't think of any danger to 2 . He ran and stood 3 the middle of the rails where wasn't far from the broken rail. He stood there and waved（揮動）his 4 .At first, the engineer（火車司機(jī)）whistled（鳴汽笛）and hoped the boy could 5 . But Tom stood there and didn't move. At last, the engineer had to 6 the train. He was 7 with Tom. But when Tom pointed to the broken rail, the man understood what Tom 8 He thought Tom 9 the train and the 10 of the people on it. So he thanked Tom very much.

Many years ago, there was a young girl named Pepsy．She thought she was bad-looking and didn't like going   56   ．But there were times when she had to go out shopping．She was unhappy and sometimes even    57    when people looked at her face．

    One night, a strange old woman came to Pepsy's    58    . She said to Pepsy, “My child, let me help you．Put this magic flower in your hair, and you'll become   59   ．”

    Pepsy did what the woman said．Something     60    happened．She became beautiful! Pepsy was surprised to see herself so wonderful in the mirror．She ran   61  out of her house．She walked on the street and    62    everyone．She became very friendly and nice, very different from what she had been before．Almost all the people said, “Pepsy is so   63   today!”

    Finally, Pepsy returned to her home．But when she    64   the house, she saw the magic flower on the floor．She left the    65    there before she hurried out．She didn't wear it when walking on the street!

56．A．a(chǎn)lone            B．out                  C．a(chǎn)broad            D．back

57．A．surprised            B．tired               C．a(chǎn)ngry            D．quiet

58．A．house              B．school              C．village               D．town

59．A．happy             B．young              C．strong             D．beautiful

60．A．strange              B．sad                  C．bad                 D．important

61．A．happily              B．sadly               C．carefully             D．a(chǎn)ngrily

62．A．went with        B．smiled at             C．looked at           D．got mad at

63．A．beautiful              B．great               C．old               D．young

64．A．left                 B．found               C．entered              D．saw

65．A．house              B．woman              C．hair               D．flower