It’s November 6th today. Ben and Lisa want to buy a birthday   46 . It’s their   47 birthday.
“What does she   48 ?” Ben asks Lisa. “I don’t know.” Lisa says, “We bought（買）her some hamburgers last time.”
“Yes,” Ben says, “and we ate (吃) some of them! We can’t do that   49 .”
“Let’s buy her a book. She likes   50 .” Lisa says.
“What kind of book would she like?” Ben asks.
“I don’t know.” Lisa says, “Let’s go   51  ask her.”
The children go to the living room. Mrs. Wilson is watching TV.
“We want to buy a book   52  you, Mom.” Lisa says.“What book do you want?”
“  53  money do you have?” Their mother asks them.
“We have twenty-five yuan.” Ben says.
“Good. That’s enough(足夠) for the book I want. It is Quick and Easy Cooking.”
The children buy their mother the book for her birthday. They   54  her present this time, but they often eat the nice food because their mother learns a lot   55  the book and cooks for them. They are very happy.
【小題1】A.flower      B. present          C.cards
【小題2】A. mother’s   B. Lisa’s          C.brother
【小題3】A.need         B.can               C.must
【小題4】A.before      B.ago               C.again
【小題5】A.running      B.shopping          C. reading
【小題6】A. but         B.and               C.so
【小題7】A. for         B.on                C.about
【小題8】A.How much     B.How often         C.How many
【小題9】A.not eat     B.eat               C.don’t eat  
【小題10】A.from       B.about              C.with

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.

As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened .

At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.

However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.

I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (堅持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

41. A. left            B. stopped      C. repaired    D. drove

42. A. waited          B. cared            C. prepared     D. looked

43. A. carefully       B. anxiously        C. freely           D. easily

44. A. watched        B. noticed      C. surveyed     D. supported

45. A. cut         B. kept             C. found        D. set

46. A. hold            B. get          C. end          D. pick

47. A. well            B. long             C. fast         D. soon

48. A. make            B. provide      C. practice         D. discover

49. A. confused        B. embarrassed  C. exhausted        D. surprised

50. A. cause       B. sign             C. chance       D. excuse

51. A. learning        B. running      C. teaching         D. falling

52. A. progress        B. improve      C. achieve      D. succeed

53. A. decision        B. result           C. reason       D. matter

54. A. hardly      B. perfectly        C. probably         D. nearly

55. A. mistakes    B. choices      C. plans            D. wishes

　 Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

　 Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off 　 41　 hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

　 “What a nice 　 42　 ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up 　 43　 smile.”

　 George, the little boy, told his mother about that 　 44　 girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

　 “Why not give her some 　 45　 ?”said his mother. George agreed.

　 The next morning, as Jennie 　 46　 at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him 　 47　 to get into the house.

　 Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

　 “Are they for me?”said Jennie 　 48　 .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve 　 49　 received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George, 　 50　 the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She 　 51　 walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick 　 52　 so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents 　 53　 . They decided to help her. More and more people in the 　54　 gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother 　 55　 a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

41) A. her　　　　　 B. his　　　　　 C. your　　　 D. my

42) A. house　　　　 B. door　　　 C. smile　　　　　 D. schoolbag

43) A. and　　　　　 B. but　　　　 C. as　　　　　 D. or

44) A. rich　　　　　 B. lucky　　　　 C. bad　　　　 D. poor

45) A. money　　　　 B. flowers　　　 C. clothes　　　 D. food

46) A. danced　　　　 B. cried　　　 C. sat　　　　　 D. laughed

47) A. how　　　　　 B. who　　　　　 C. when　 　　 D. why

48) A. angrily　　　 B. easily　　　 C. sadly　　　　 D. happily

49) A. never　　 B. usually　　　　 C. always　　　　 D. sometimes

50) A. looking for　 B. looking around C. looking like　 D. looking after

51) A. shouldn’t　　 B. needn’t　　　 C. couldn’t　　　 D. mustn’t

52) A. for　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　 D. on

53) A. something　　 B. anything　　　 C. everything　　　 D. nothing

54) A. countryside　　 B. town　　　　 C. village　　　　 D. city

55) A. reached　　　 B. left　　　　　 C. closed　　　　 D. opened

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is (41).”

And he told the (42). He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always (43).”I’ll travel for my work, not for (44),” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have (45) to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to (46), and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good (47) or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t (48). “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he (49) about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild (50) there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

His wife was very (51), and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Denny went to off to (52) some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her (53). He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and (54) it at his wife and the lion.

Then he shouted, “(55), woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

41. A. dangerous        B. natural           C. convenient          D. impossible

42. A. lie              B. reason           C. news               D. truth

43. A. allowed         B. refused           C. failed              D. joked

44. A. wealth          B. prize             C. pleasure            D. luck

45. A. money          B. time             C. interest             D. ability

46. A. meet            B. work            C. shop               D. stay

47. A. meal            B. picnic            C. room              D. party

48. A. agree            B. understand       C. reply               D. complain

49. A. worried          B. forgot           C. asked              D. thought

50. A. land            B. flowers           C. animals             D. people

51. A. confused         B. excited           C. surprised           D. disappointed

52. A. find             B. feed              C. drive              D. shoot

53. A. singing           B. crying            C. laughing           D. cheering

54. A. threw            B. fired              C. showed            D. pointed

55. A. Hurry up         B. Look out          C. Slow down         D. Go ahead