The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how   1  you have worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to those who   2  not to take the test.”
Many students thanked the teacher and left. The teacher looked at the students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a ‘B’? This is your last   3 .” Two more students decided to go.
Only seven students were still in the classroom. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just   4  an ‘A’ in this class. Keep believing in   5 .
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could give. Students who are not  6  in what they have learned are ‘B’ students at most.
The same is   7  in our daily life. The ‘A’ students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have   8  both successes and failures. They have got life’s lessons, not only from normal education, but from events in their   9 , and have become   10  people. You see, one should always believe in himself.

“I can’t believe what I’m hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候選人)for president of Student Council. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I’m sorry, Mike. I really thought you should be  1 .”
Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a   2 “Congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.
“I’m, er…I’m just wondering if you would …consider coming to work on my team,” he said  3 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”
“I don’t think so,” I replied, feeling unsure.
“Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to another table.
All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process(選舉過程) would give me a   4  to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.
My first goal was to   5  an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff’s pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway  6  passing Jeff’s smiling face.
My next step was to   7  which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team.
With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster   8 to add these activities to our school program.
An eighth grader said, “It’ll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.”
Hearing these words made my heart filled with   9 . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff’s team. He became the most popular candidate and I was large part of his   10 . The fact that it has made a difference in other people’s lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!

Do you have a dog? I have a cute dog. It’s my birthday present (禮物)   1  my uncle. Its name is Maria. It’s an   2  dog. It is big and it is yellow in color. It likes running and jumping (跳躍). It   3  playing ball games with me. It’s great fun   4  with it. Maria is very   5 . It can play basketball. It is a basketball star in my neighborhood. Can it put the   6  into the basket (籃框)? Yes, it can.   7   does it do it? It uses (使用) its head (頭). Maria is really good at it. All my friends like to   8  it play basketball. I’m   9  to have it. It brings me more friends. It is funny, too. It can dance   10  the music. What a lovely dog!

Look at this photo!  I have two friends. The ____1_____ in yellow is Mike. He is thirteen   __  2 _  old .  He    3 _  from the U.S.A. He  4 _   a round face, a big nose, a small mouth    5_   small eyes. This girl is his    6 _   Jane. She and Mike are from   7  same family (家庭) . But they look _  8  .  She has a long face , a small    9 ,  a small mouth and big    10   . They are my good friends.
【小題1】A. girl        B. boy          C. man
【小題2】A. years       B. year         C. ages
【小題3】A. are         B. am          C. is
【小題4】A. has        B. are          C. have
【小題5】A. and         B. but          C. /
【小題6】A. sister      B. teacher      C. mother
【小題7】A. a           B. an           C. the
【小題8】A. same          B. different    C. at  
【小題9】A. ears           B. eyes         C. nose
【小題10】A. arm            B. hair         C. eyes

Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     1   of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     2    for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
As they grew up together, they had their share of     3   and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    4    own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.
A     5    misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     6    . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    7    independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     8  .”
　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     9    future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms;     10     Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     11    determined(決定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     12    you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

The clock in the old building in front of Max showed six o'clock. As the clock began   1  , he noticed a tall man with a bag walking to him. 2 turned around, looked at the clock, and then moved his steps   3  . Max walked faster as well. Miss Fritz invited him for dinner. He didn't want to be  4 .
"I’m glad you can come," Miss Fritz said. "I've  5  a lovely cake for us. " She pointed Max to a chair. "Good thing I prepared just now. A surprise visitor just left. " "Who  6  you?" Max asked.
"A teacher  7 a school for the deaf. He was totally deaf （耳聾的）himself. What a poor man! But he could  8  the shape of my mouth perfectly. He wrote down   9   he wanted to tell me." "Why was he here?"
"Well, the   10  needs more money. I was glad to help out. I got    11   money from the bank so I was able to give him five hundred   12  ." "Did he just leave? Was he a   13  man with a bag?"
"Yes."
"We'd better 14  the police. I don't think that man is honest. I know for sure   15   was not totally deaf," How did Max find it out?

John and Henry studied in the same school. John lived in fear of Henry — every day he gave his lunch money to Henry, but Henry still beat (揍) him up. He said that if John told anyone he would beat him up in front of all the other kids in his class. John had to ask his mom for more and more lunch money, but he seemed   1   than ever and came home from school hungry every day.
John even cried one day, and a girl told everyone that he was just like a baby and had cried. John was   2   and felt so bad about himself and about school.
One day, John met Jimmy, a boy   3   also had to give his lunch money to Henry. John told Jimmy how he    4   bullying (欺侮), and found that Jimmy felt the same. They finally thought of a good way of dealing with their   5  .
The following day, Henry came to John to ask him for his lunch money.
“I don’t want to give my money to you,” said John.
“What?” Henry shouted.
John said   6  , “I want to have my lunch today, and you, get away (滾開)!”
“You want to get beaten up?!”
Just then Henry’s fist (拳頭) was hitting John’s face, they heard   7   shout, “Stop!” Henry was very angry to hear that. He turned around   8   found that his teacher Ms Brown was standing just behind him. He felt very surprised. Jimmy had taken Ms. Brown to John’s class and she   9    the bullying with her own eyes. Henry was taken to the head teacher’s office.  10  that, he never bullied others again. John and Jimmy helped not only themselves but Henry and other kids.

I have a brother.He is __1___me. We were born in the same year.We__2__16.Yesterday was an important day__3___friends. In the morning,_4____of us had a big test at the technical collage and then __5___there was a big meeting at the youth club at nine o’clock.That is where we usually go when we want to___6__ourselves.A rich woman donated some money to our club yesterday ,so we had to decide what to __7__.Many of us wanted to buy something new for our club ,but my brother and I didn’t __8__them.We wanted to give the money to another club that has __9__.In the end ,we decided to give half to the poor club and __10__half for ourselves .We are very happy to do this.
【小題1】A so old as    B so old than     C the same than  D  as old as
【小題2】A both are     B are both        C are all       D  all are
【小題3】A to us and our B with us and our  C to us and ours D for us and ours
【小題4】A most          B much            C  more         D few
【小題5】A last night   B last Monday     C tomorrow      D yesterday afternoon
【小題6】A enjoy        B meet            C like          D play with
【小題7】A do with them  B  do with it     C use it        D use them
【小題8】A agree with    B agree to        C agree on      D agree
【小題9】A something    B  anything       C nothing       D everything
【小題10】A keep another B keep the other  C hold another   D keep the another

Dear grandma,
How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a    21  last week. I hope you are in    22  health.
Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year  23  last week, and got my report card today. I always    24  nervous when I see the envelope   25  school in the mail, but luckily I did OK this time. I   26  a really hard time with science this semester , and I wasn’t surprised to find that my    27  report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn’t true .It’s just that I find   28  really difficult. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that  29  math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that’s about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad    30  their love.
Love,
Alan
【小題1】A. cold    B. lesson   C. picnic
【小題2】A. pity    B. good C. bad
【小題3】A. exercise    B. homework C. exams
【小題4】A. get B. do   C. take
【小題5】A. on  B. from C. about
【小題6】A. made    B. had  C. put
【小題7】A. longest B. easiest  C. worst
【小題8】A. Chinese B. science  C. P.E
【小題9】A. his B. your C. my
【小題10】A. send   B. bring    C. start

What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to   1  at home, but others like to go  2  a walk or play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the   3 . At the weekend, he always   4  the same thing. On Saturday he   5  his car and on  6  he goes to a village with his family by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a   7  one, but there’s always  8  to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their  9 . Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all   10  and Jack’s aunt gives them a big meal.