A group of boys gathered around a tree． "What a tall tree!" they said to each other． "It would be （1） to climb to the top!"
The group of boys then decided to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree（2） ． Their mothers were sitting not far away， looking on at their children as they （3） ．
One of the climbers was an 8﹣year﹣old boy named David． He was the shortest child in the group． Nobody thought he would（4） the competition．
Then the game started． All of the boys tried their best to climb as（5） as they could． Although they all made it halfway up the tree before David did， he reached the top of the tree fastest（6） ．
His mother was proud to see this． She asked him， "David， how did you （7） to reach the top of the tree so quickly？"
"It was easy，" David said． "The other children kept looking down as they climbed． When they realized how high they were， they got scared（恐惧的） and were afraid of（8） down． I， however， looked only （9） ． When I saw how close I was， I kept going higher and higher until I reached the top．"
It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back， we are more likely to reach our goals（目标）．
（1）A． useful |
B． possible |
C． crazy |
D． exciting |
（2）A． last |
B． finally |
C． first |
D． really |
（3）A． studied |
B． played |
C． jumped |
D． discussed |
（4）A． win |
B． enter |
C． like |
D． hold |
（5）A． well |
B． safely |
C． carefully |
D． high |
（6）A． as well |
B． in the end |
C． as usual |
D． in time |
（7）A． manage |
B． hope |
C． imagine |
D． agree |
（8）A． looking |
B． climbing |
C． falling |
D． going |
（9）A． down |
B． over |
C． out |
D． up |
Peter was /praud/of himself for winning the race．
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题．
If your ears are working well， you hear sounds all the time． You can't switch（关掉） your ears off， even when you are asleep．
◆Listening
When you really want to listen to something， you tell brain to focus on that sound． If your ears are healthy and are both working well， they can turn down other sounds while you focus on what you want to hear． If one ear isn't working____________the other， they can't do this as well． If your hearing cells（细胞） have been damaged by too much loud noise or music， what you want to hear can get mixed up and lost in the other sounds around． With healthy ears you can choose what you want to listen to， but you can't choose what you hear．
◆Understanding
Your brain deal with the received sounds and tells you what they mean． Some people have problems understanding what they are hearing because their ears don't work well and they don't hear all the sounds． The brain does not get enough information to understand the messages or may be mixed up．
◆Selective（选择的） hearing
Lots of mums and dads think that kids have this "problem"． They think that you select what you are going to hear and what you can't heart！Many mums say that dads do this， too． In fact， this is something we may all do to try and make our lives a bit easier． Some children wrote what they liked to hear and what they didn't like to hear．
（1）What is the passage mainly about？（Please answer within 10 words．）
（2）Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words of phrases to complete the sentence．（Please anser within 3 words．）
（3）What does your brain do when you are listening？
（4）Which of the suggestions do you think is the most important for you？Why？
（Please answer within 25 words．）
（5）Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese． ．
Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very （真实的）
Each different part of China has its own special forms of （传统的）art．
Sandy went into her sister's room without k on the door．That made her sister mad．