There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 倉庫 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.

   He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 獎賞 ).

   Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but  still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.

   The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”

   So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.

   The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”

   This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .

1.A. important  B. expensive  C. useless  D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching  D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger    C. work    D. help

4.A. saw       B. found     C. looked   D. watched

5.A. somewhere  B. anywhere  C. nowhere  D. everywhere

6.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson   D. present

7.A. In all    B. That’s all   C. After all  D. Above all

8.A. came   B. knew   C. succeeded   D. stopped

9.A. spoke   B. added  C. talked    D. replied

10.A. badly   B. better   C. worse   D. Well

       Each morning, I walked past a security guard(保安)。He 1   everyone that walked by him. I 2    how he knew so many people by their first names. The first few times I saw him. I didn’t say hello back to him 3    he greeted me. I was lost in my own world. On Monday he asked, “How was your 4   ?” I told him about my visit to my sick, elderly mother. He told me how 5  he was for my mother’s sickness. As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his 6   . The following day, I asked, “What’s your name?” He answered, “Gary.” I said, “I’m Deborah.” After that, we talked a couple of times a week. We 7    stories about our weekends, our dreams, and our families. Gary got offered a new job and moved 8    . It has been years since I last spoke to him, yet the memory feels like yesterday.

       I look back at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart. When you say 9  to a stranger(陌生人) you become a pebble(鵝卵石)thrown into a lake. With each ripple（漣漪）you create, you spread 10   that continues to give.

1. A. watched                 B. believed               C. thanked          D. greeted

2. A. complained               B. admired               C. expected        D. forgot

3. A. when                   B. until                  C. before          D. and

4. A. visit                    B. weekend              C. mother                  D. sickness

5. A. afraid                   B. glad                  C. sorry            D. surprised

6. A. age                     B. job                   C. name            D. family

7. A. wrote                  B. heard                 C. read             D. shared

8. A. away                   B. over                        C. on              D. in

9. A. yes                     B. hello                 C. no              D. goodbye

10. A. news                 B. virus                 C. love             D. sadness

Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their 41 with themselves when they were young or with other people when they were children.

"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I  42  what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals (目標(biāo)). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class  43  you have no goals."

The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age, " the young man's father  44  , " she had a good job and she  45  lots of money. You don't even have a part-time job .You earn nothing. " The man's son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "And when your  46  brother was your age, "the young man's father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time."

And the man's son still said nothing.

Finally, the young man's father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."

This time the son  47  stay silent. "

And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of  48  United States.  49  are you?"

His father had no answer  50  this.

Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

1. A. children              B. students         C. teachers         D. friends

2. A. know              B. knew                 C. will know            D. have known

3.A. although           B. or               C. and              D. but

4.A. went away          B. went over            C. went up          D. went on

5.A. won                B. made                 C. received             D. gave

6.A. old                B. young            C. older                D. elder

7.A. can                B. can't                C. could                D. couldn't

8.A. a                  B. an               C. the              D./

9.A. What               B. How              C. Where            D. Who

10.A. to                    B. with                 C. of               D. on

Everyone needs to sleep. This is a fact of life that everyone has to deal with and       that they get plenty of it. Your body needs time to get back the energy that you        during the whole day. This usually happens when you are sleeping. Your body is building your energy again to        you to work.

If you don’t get enough sleep, your body will have a(n)      time fighting against illnesses. You have to give your body enough time to rest or you will get      . Have you ever       that when you are very tired, you have        thinking or dealing with problems? This is because not only your        but your mind is tired. So sleep is       to your mind, too.

By getting enough sleep, you will be able to       your body and mind, feeling relaxed and energetic. So sleep as much as you can, and let your body and mind rest.

1.A. talk with                        B. make sure                     C. make up                       D. use up

2.A. caught                         B. saved                 C. used                 D. bought

3.A. ask                        B. stop                           C. make                          D. help

4.A. shocked                   B. unhappy                      C. hard                  D. free

5.A. rich                       B. busy                          C. angry                 D. ill

6.A. watched                  B. replied                      C. noticed               D. created

7.A. trouble                       B. records                        C. matters               D. things

8.A. body                      B. feeling                       C. sleep                 D. energy

9.A. final                       B. enough                      C. important             D. difficult

10.A. wake up                B. take up                      C. live up                D. leave off