A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven or hell(天堂或地獄). He saw a very beautiful palace half way and the owner of it __1___  him to live in the palace.

    The man said, “I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and  ___2__  without any work.”

    The owner said, “If so, there is nowhere else_3____ than here for you. There is a lot of delicious food in __4___ palace and you can eat whatever you want. You can have a good rest and __5___ needs to be done by you. ” Then the man stayed in the palace.

    At the beginning, the man felt __6___. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely. So he went to the owner and asked, “It is boring to live _7______  just eating and sleeping every day. Could you help me find a __8___ ?”

    The owner replied, “Sorry, there is no job here.”

Several months later, the man couldn’t __9___the present life and went to the owner again, “I am really fed up with（厭倦） this kind of life. __10__ you don’t offer me a job, I would prefer to go to hell instead of living here.”

The owner of the palace smiled, “Do you think it is heaven here? It is hell!’’

1.A. invited     B. encouraged     C. allowed     D .ordered

2.A.sleep       B. drink           C. play       D. travel

3.A. bigger     B. better          C. worse       D. cleaner

4..A. your       B. our            C. my         D. his

5.A.something   B anything        C. nothing      D .everything

6..A. angry       B. happy         C. bored       D. anxious

7.A. as          B. by            C. at          D. without

8.A. friend       B. child          C. job         D. pet

9.A. stand     B. refuse           C. follow       D. imagine

10.A. If        B. Unless           C. So          D. Because

Peter wanted to know why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never     1   .

One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday. I’d like you to come and bring Martha,     2  ” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be   3   to come.” Bill answered. Peter then asked Bill to bring his violin. He said Bill and Martha sang well together. He said he was sure everyone    4  want Bill and Martha to sing for them. That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the  5   cake in the world. I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget     6  something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house!   7 agreed.

The party was a big    8  . However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you” to Bill and Martha   9    the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the   10  .”

1.A. give                B. giving               C. making

2.A. too                B. either              C. yet

3.A. unhappy             B. sorry               C. glad

4.A. would               B. will                C. is

5.A. good               B. best                C. better

6.A. asking              B. asked                C. to ask

7.A. They               B. He                  C. Them

8.A. successful          B. success             C. succeed

9.A. as                  B. in                  C. for

10.A. invitation        B. invite              C. ask

I returned home to spend the holiday with my mom excitedly. I was looking forward to sitting down on the sofa, watching TV and      until midnight with her.

However, things weren’t as I expected. Not long        I arrived home, mom got a phone call. One of her friends       her to play cards. She gladly accepted the invitation and went at once. I thought she didn’t like me.

During the following days, I deliberately(故意的)        to speak to her. Whenever she spoke to me, I just stood in silence. But later I began to feel        . Sometimes I really wanted to say sorry to her,       when I saw her making delicious food or buying me      favorite snacks. Maybe she felt sorry for     she had done that night. I began to think that I should do something to make the things     

At the end of the holiday, I began to help with some      from making the bed to cleaning the house, I did        I could when mom wasn’t around. When she returned, she smiled happily.

On the      day，she insisted (堅(jiān)決要求) on driving me to the bus station. At first we said nothing, then mom said, “Sorry for that night. You know that you mean       than anything to me .”I couldn’t say a word as I tried to     back the tears. Before getting on the bus, I finally said sorry to her. Mom smiled, and there were tears        her eyes. But I knew they were tears of happiness.

1.A. speaking                B. talking              C. saying                   D. telling

2.A. when            B. before         C. until                   D. after

3.A. told            B. asked                    C. invited                D. ordered

4.A. refused               B. started                C. liked                       D. wanted

5.A. happy              B. sad               C. surprised                  D. excited

6.A. actually              B. totally                   C. especially          D. really

7.A. his            B. my                C. her                    D. our

8.A. what                 B. when                C. why                D. that

9.A. right                 B. wrong                C. busy                           D. awful

10.A. homework      B. cooking         C. housework             D. exercise

11.A. everything      B. something          C. nothing           D. anything

12.A. first           B. next                            C. third                     D. final

13.A. most              B. more               C. best            D. better

14.A. give           B. hold           C. return                        D. get

15.A. on           B. out                    C .in                       D. over

Once there was a girl in my class that I thought was beautiful and smart. I believed that she was perfect. When the time for my birthday came, I    56    her to my party, and she came.
A few months    57   , it was her birthday. I got a special scarf for her. Thinking about how happy she would be to receive my gift made me so    58 .
I asked her when her birthday party was going to be. She replied, "   59   do you want to know? You're not invited. You're just a dog with glasses !"
I felt really    60    when she said that. I just stood there looking at her. Everyone standing by her came to stand next to me. Then we all    61 .
That day, I figured out that even if someone looks perfect, there is a very good possibility that they aren't. When it comes to perfection, it's how someone treats you that is more 62 than how they look.
【小題1】A. invited B. invites C. inviting
【小題2】 A. ago B. before C. later
【小題3】A. excited B. sad C. relaxed
【小題4】A. How B. Why C. Who
【小題5】A. good B. nice C. bad
【小題6】A. left B. came C. smiled
【小題7】 A. confident B. creative C. important