Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way（退让）to 1.
One day the father 2 to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 3 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t 4 enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of 5 would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn’t 6 yet. I can’t wait any more.” He wanted to know what was the 7 with his son. So he left his friends at home ,and went to town 8 his son.
“You may first take the 9 home for my friends .Let me 10 here against him instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.
A．one B．another C．other D．others
A．decided B．decides C．decide D．decision
A．hoped B．told C． let D．tells
A．their B．they C．them D．theirs
A．gone B．bought C．returned D．been
A．wrong B．accident C．thing D．matter
A．to look for B．looked for C．to find D．found
A．meat B．dinner C．bread D．money
A．stood B．stands C．stand D．standing
Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I always think that a good learner should begin at his age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I him as a student.
Robby didn’t have a basic of music, but he tried very hard. However, he continued and at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say, “My mom is going to hear me play some day.”But it seemed . He didn’t have a natural ability for music.
One day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still .
He asked if he could take part in my concert (音乐会) and I .
The night of the concert came. The concert hall was with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came on stage (舞台). Loudly and clearly he said that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His danced on the keys.
He played so well that everyone was on his feet, clapping (鼓掌) excitedly. In tears (眼泪), I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, the fact is that she had a serious blood disease and passed away this morning. And well… she was born , so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”
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完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Rick goes to Boston for a meeting. The meeting is in Prince’s Building on Street, and Rick wants to be there on time. However, it is Rick’s time to visit the city, so he doesn’t know his around. When he sees an old couple sitting a bench, he goes up to ask for direction. The couple kindly tell Rick to the underground and to get off at Prince Station. Rick follows their direction, gets at Prince Station and walks east for two blocks. An hour later, he is disappointed(失望的) to that he is on 41st Street, not 44th Street. The old couple misheard(听错) him and gave him the direction. Another hour later, when a policeman takes back, he sees the old couple again. They are still on the bench, right in front of Prince’s Building. What bad luck Rick has!
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完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I promised that I’d be very . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stayed with another friend who needed help her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right me and told me he’d escort (护送) me. Although I refused, he insisted that he would.
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car-park, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name and can recognize (认出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my , telling them they should take and keep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.
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A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has been dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you. Come back home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was surprised and she couldn’t believe her. “Is that me?” She moved and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried. She couldn’t wait back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and her daughter looked at each other in excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”
As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. this way, both parents and children can be happy.
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完形填空 (共10小题，计10分)
阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
Wang Bing is a 12-year-old boy. He likes sports very much and ________ well in sports.
One afternoon, he comes ________ the classroom and _______ his father at the school gate. He is very ________ and then he runs to his father. “Dad, please don’t wait (等待) for me after school next time. I can go home by myself (独自).”
On their way ________, Wang Bing sees some boys skating (滑冰) in a park. “Can I go and skate, Dad?” asks Wang Bing. “I’m ________, my boy. You must go home and do your homework,” says his father, “but I can buy you an ice cream.”
Then his father buys an ice cream ________ him. When Wang Bing wants ________ it, a fly (苍蝇) flies to the ice cream.
“Drive off (赶走) the fly,” says his father, “It’s very dirty.” But Wang Bing ________ with a smile, “You don’t let me skate, but can you let _______ skate for a while (一会)?”
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