When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a   41 .
It was the early autumn of my   42  year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.   43 , no one knew who I was. I was very   44 , and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart   45 . I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to    46  me.
 Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily   47 . At that moment, a boy   48  the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and,   49  a word, smiled.
Suddenly, I   50  the touch of something bright and friendly.   51  made me feel happy and warm.
That smile   52 my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became   53  to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t   54  smiling at me!
It doesn’t   55  because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

【小題9】

A．in B．with C．besides D．without

What can people do when natural disasters (災難）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 41  after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42  raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43  instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.
Schools   44  and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.
Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water 50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.
We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
【小題1】A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up
【小題2】A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped
【小題3】A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats
【小題4】A. started        B. closed          C. opened
【小題5】A. water.        B. fire              C. ice
【小題6】A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness
【小題7】A. ran          B. slept             C. died
【小題8】A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear
【小題9】A. temperature   B. weather           C. water
【小題10】A. had.         B. made             C. changed
【小題11】A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients
【小題12】A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good
【小題13】A. weak        B. strong            C. happy
【小題14】A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain
【小題15】A. want         B. hope             C. see

When I __1___ a young girl, all I ever wanted to do was travel; and decided that the best way _____2__ this was to become a ___3____ . I’ve been a flight attendant for two years now. It’s a really ___4___ job because I travel all over the world. I ___5____ that the most important requirement was to speak English well, so I studied English at the Hilltop Language School __6___ five years before I become a flight attendant. It was because I could speak English that Igot the job. Thank you, Hilltop Language School!
I want to be a tour guide. In fact, it’s all I have ever wanted to be. I want to travel, __7____ to English- speaking countries____8____ the United States and Australia. However, I know that I have to improve my English, so I’ve started taking lessons at the Hilltop Language School. The Hilltop language School has really helped me __9____ English. I’ve been a student here for a year now, and I really love it. Maybe when I leave I’ll ___10____ becoming an English teacher rather than a tour guide.
【小題1】  A. am          B. was         C. is
【小題2】  A. to do        B. doing        C. did
【小題3】  A. teacher       B. shop assistant  C. flight attendant
【小題4】  A. interested     B. interesting    C. interest
【小題5】  A. discovered    B. found out     C. found
【小題6】  A. for          B. in           C. since
【小題7】   A. special       B. specially     C especially
【小題8】   A. for example   B. like         C. such as
【小題9】  A. learning      B. learn        C. teaching
【小題10】 A. think over    B. think about   C. thank for

Hearing the front door open, I ran down to the kitchen and waited. I saw my dad come in, with the white envelope in his hand. I had waited all day for this, so I reached over him for it as soon as he set foot into the house. Angrily, he      41    the envelope on the table and said that it was nothing to get excited about, and that it was just a piece of paper. I grabbed (抓取) it and ran upstairs. I wondered why my dad did not understand how      42  I was to see my mid-year report card for my first year in middle school. I was really      43     by how he refused to consider all my hard work.
I saw my class rank (等級): 1/139. I did not behave what I saw. I felt my lips (嘴唇) form a smile and wanted to run downstairs to tell everyone. Then I      44    what my dad had said--- it was nothing to get excited about. I wanted to share my happiness with someone, but felt lonely.
I realized that I had become distant (遠隔的) from my family. We used to ___45______late watching Disney movies, and my brothers, sisters and I would play tennis in the backyard all the time. I wondered when all that had    46    . I just no longer took part in them. My school work     47    all my time and energy.
While I had been busy with my study, I had also built a   48   between me and my family. I was only trying to become a person everyone could be     49      of.
I wanted to go downstairs, say sorry for my rude behavior and for every refused movie and tennis game, and be    50 of my family again, I knew I had to do something--because without their support, my achievement meant nothing.
【小題1】A, caught            B. cleaned up         C. pinked up        D. threw

When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew,especially on my parents and friedns.One day my mother was   46  and I was playing with my younger brother Tony.
Suddenly I ran to my mother and said,“Tony fell from the open window!”She was very   47  and ran out of the kitchen.Then I said,“Don’t worry,I’m just   48 .”And my mother shouted at me,“If you do it   49 ,I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my   50  in the sea.I wanted to play a joke on them.In the beginning,I went swimming   51 ,and I called out,“Help!”All my friends came to help me,only to   52  that I was joking.But the next time I wasn’t joking.I was so   53  that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my frineds for help,but this time nobody came to help me.
  54  ,They found I was telling the truth.They came and saved my life.They took me to the hospital.This is the best   55  in my life.From then on,I haven’t joked on anyone.

One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work. Just at that time, she saw a __26__ car behind her. The driver was a __27__. When she turned left, the yellow car turned left. When she turned __28__, the yellow car turned right, too. When she stopped at the traffic lights, the yellow car stopped __29__ her..
The woman was __30__, so she drove quickly to __31__. When she arrived, she was very __32__ to see that the yellow car stooped behind her again. But she felt __33__ because she saw a policeman standing outside the police station. She jumped out of her car at once and __34__ to the policeman. She asked the policeman to arrest（逮捕）the man in the yellow car, then the police man walked to the man.
The man didn’t run away. He just __35__ and said to the woman, “I want to give this purse back to you. I think you dropped it on the street.”
【小題1】A. red                          B. yellow                     C. black
【小題2】A. man                         B. woman                    C. policeman
【小題3】A. left                       B. back                       C. right
【小題4】 A. opposite                   B. before                     C. behind
【小題5】 A. anxious                  B. scared                     C. pleased
【小題6】 A. the police station            B. her office                C. her home
【小題7】 A. interested                  B. excited                    C. surprised
【小題8】 A. sad                       B. safe                        C. dangerous
【小題9】A. ran                       B. run                         C. runs
【小題10】A. cried                     B. laughed                   C. smiled

Jim Green has been in China for more than two years. He has been to many interesting    31 in Beijing, but he has not yet been to many other parts of 32 . Last week he went to Mount Emei in Sichuan with his 33    .
Many people like to travel by 34 , but the Greens think that travelling by train is the best. It is much 35 and far more enjoyable than a rushed journey by air. They had a won­derful train ride to Chengdu 36  they went on to Mount Emei by bus.
The train was quite nice and tidy, and there weren’t too many people in 37  sleeping car. The Greens could stand up and 38 around. It was a long journey, 39  none of them felt tired. They kept 40  the beautiful things out of the window. They talked, laughed and played cards. The conductor kept coming to give them hot water and 41  them newspapers. People nearby 42 with each other. A young man tried to speak English with Mr and Mrs Green. Jim thought the train was like a big moving party. He went to sleep quite 43 . He enjoyed listening to the sound of the running train and then fell asleep.
When Jim woke up the next morning, the train was already 44 Chengdu. His train ride seemed really 45 , but his memory (記憶) of the pleasant journey will last long.

Some time ago, my wife and I traveled to visit my sister. We had taken more clothes than we needed and struggled onto the rain.
In front of us, in a face-to-face seat, ___16__ six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and ___17__ , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously ___18__ themselves and they __19___a foreign language.
As we went quickly __20__ the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around. Sometimes they took a look in our direction. When two of them go out ___21__ ,  relaxed a little. The rest of them ___22__ to laugh and joke in their own language.
When we finally arrived at our ___23__ ,only one of them was left on the train. He was obviously ___24____ too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy luggage(行李), he reached out and asked in English “Want a hand with that, mate?”
He____25___ the heavier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.

I like all kinds of chocolate, especially bitter chocolate. So when Mother had bought one, I couldn’t help thinking about   36 .
I was helping Father in the yard when suddenly I got an idea. I could cut a piece   37 that chocolate without anyone knowing it.
I waited   38  Mother went outside feeding the chickens. Then I told Father I wanted to go for a drink of water. I went into the room and got the   39  down. Just when I had the knife ready to cut, I heard Mother coming. So I had to put the chocolate   40  into my shirt,
went to my mom and   41  the chocolate there. And then I went back to   42  Father.
All the rest of the afternoon, I didn’t dare to look at Father. Every time he spoke, it made me jump. My hands began shaking and my heart started   43  fast. I didn’t want the chocolate any more. I   44  wanted to get a chance to put it back.
Have you ever had a similar   45 ?

“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 __36__.”

Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a __37__ “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__38__. “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 __39__ from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process(選舉過程) would give __40__ a chance to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.
My first goal was to __41__ a catchy 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 __42__ passing Jeff’s smiling face.
My next step was to __43__ 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 __44__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 __46__. 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 __47__. The fact that it has made a difference in other people’s lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!