There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school（寄宿學(xué)校）．Before he was sent away, the boy was the     1     student in his class．He was at the top in every exam．

    But the boy changed after     2     home and studying in the boarding school．His grades started to     3   ．He hated being in a     4   ．He was lonely all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like committing suicide（自殺）．All of this was because he felt no one loved him．

    His parents started to     5      the boy．But they even did not know what was wrong

with him．So his father decided to go to the school and    6    him．

    They sat by the lake near the school．The father started asking him some casual questions about his lessons, teachers and     7   ．After some time his father said, "Do you know, son, why I'm here today?"

    "To     8     my grades," the boy replied back．

    "No, no," his father said．"I'm here to tell you that you're the most     9     person for me．I want to see you     10    ．I don't care about grades．I care about you．I care about your

happiness．You're my life．"

     These words caused the boy's eyes to be filled with tears．He hugged（擁抱） his father．They

didn't say     11     to each other for a long time．

     Now the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on the earth who cared for him deeply．And today this young man is in university at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him     12    ．

1．A．laziest                B．cleverest           C．calmest             D．worst

2．A．coming               B．returning            C．leaving             D．going

3．A．drop                B．increase            C．rise               D．turn down

4．A．term                  B．group              C．party               D．company

5．A．look for              B．learn from          C．worry about        D．shout at

6．A．laugh at              B．look at             C．think about       D．talk with

7．A．friends               B．family             C．study             D．grades

8．A．find                 B．teach              C．check             D．hear

9．A．famous              B．important           C．outstanding         D．interesting

10．A．happy             B．serious             C．excellent           D．honest

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

12．A．ill                 B．pleasant            C．pleased            D．sad

閱讀短文，然后從方框中選出可以填入文中空白處的單詞。

It’s said that the first types of clothes were made of 1______ skins．People started to wear clothes so that they could protect themselves from the sun，wind，2______ and cold．

Today，we can 3______ different materials to make different kinds of clothes．But clothes do 4______ than keep us warm in modern society．They can also 5______ people about our jobs，our culture，our bobbies and even our moods．For example，when we see a man in a uniform．we can know his 6______ from the uniform．When we see a woman in a kimono（和服），we may think that she is 7______．If a man always wears sportswear，we may think he is active and likes 8______ exercise．If a person always wears 9______ or pink clothes，maybe he or she is lively and easy-going．As the saying goes，“You 10______ what you wear．”

One day，John’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire（退休）after working for forty years．John said，  1  ，“I’m only nine，so it means Grandpa has been working．．．er a really long time．”

His parents said，“Yes．That’s  2  we are going to have a surprise party for him．”

John loved his grandpa and wanted to do   3 for him．He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before．He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position（職位）on that card，so he decided 4  a new one for his grandpa．

When the big day came。John was ready．But he  5  want to put his gift together with the others．He carried it around with him the whole evening．

When all the other people had left，John took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave  6  the gift．

His grandpa smiled，“Weil，it must  7  a nice gift．May I open it now?’’

“Sure!” John said excitedly．

As Grandpa opened it，rears（眼淚）came into his eyes．John gave him the  8  gift be had ever had! It was a business card with his new position：FULL TIME GRANDPA! John said，“Now your full—time job is being my grandpa!”

“Well，  9  do I get paid? ”his grandpa asked with a smile．

“As many hugs（擁抱）as you want!” With  10  words，John gave his grandpa a hug．

“Well，I guess that I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa．

1．A．in fact               B．in time             C．in order to          D．in surprise

2．A．why                 B．how              C．what              D．who

3．A．special something                         B．something special

C．a(chǎn)nything interesting                      D．interesting anything

4．A．makes               B．made              C．to make            D．making

5．A．wasn't              B．can't              C．didn't             D．doesn't

6．A．he                 B．him               C．his              D．he's

7．A．is                  B．a(chǎn)re               C．were            D．be

8．A．great               B．greater             C．better             D．greatest

9．A．how much           B．how many          C．how long          D．how often

10．A．it                 B．this                C．these              D．that

　　Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He ___1___ them to fill it with water from a well. After they began their work, he left, saying, “when the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of the two men said, “What's the use of doing this foolish（愚蠢的）work ___2___ fill the basket.” The other man answered, “That's none of your business.” The first man said, “You may do ___3___ you like. but I am not going to do such a foolish thing.” He ___4___ his basket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying ___5___.

　　As he poured the ___6___ basket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing ___7___ it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. He knew that he found the kind of man he wanted ___8___ he saw the ring. The king told him to keep the ring for ___9___ “You have done so well in this little thing,” he said, “Now I know I can ___10___ you with many things.”