A. The shorter boy replied, “When someone hurts you, you should write it in the sand from which the wind can erase it easily. However, when someone does something good for you, you should carve( 雕刻) it on a stone from which the wind can never erase it.”
B. The taller boy asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, but now you carve on the stone. Why?”
C. Two friends were walking through the desert (沙漠). During the journey they had an argument, and the taller boy hit the shorter one in the face. The shorter boy was hurt.
D. They kept on walking until they found a pond (池塘). And they decided to take a bath there. The shorter boy got stuck in the mud and started to sink, but luckily he was saved by the taller boy. After that, he carved on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”
E. But without saying anything, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

The right order:1.     2.     3.    4.     5

根據下面短文內容和首字母提示,在短文的空白處填寫單詞,使短文完整、通順.

     When Martin was a small boy, he lived in the little town of Holtham.
Then he thought the town was a big p_________(1). Well, Martin went
back to Holtham last week. "It's a small town!" he thought.Holtham has
changed little during the p_________(2) twenty years. B_________(3)
Martin has changed a lot. He has g_________(4) into a man. He's now
in his m_________(5) thirties. His thoughts are a man's thoughts, and he
sees things in a m_________(6) eyes.That day Martin s_________(7) in
Holtham for five hours. He walked from street t_________ (8) street. He
could see no friends. Was Holtham, then, a town of strangers? No. Martin
suddenly u_________(9) it all. Only he h_________(10) was a stranger
in the town.

       It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still skating near a big hotel.
They   1   (have) a great time. A boy said to his friends, "I   2   (not skate) on a real lake so far. It's
wonderful! Look! I   3  (fly)!" Suddenly the ice broke. One of the boys fell into the river. The children
shouted, "Help! Help!" They didn't know what they   4   (do).
       My mother is very kind and easygoing. She helps me a lot. I   5   (take) good care of my daily life
by her. When I am in trouble, she always encourages me     6   (face) my difficulties. With her help, I
have become a top student in my class already. I believe she   7   (be) proud of me in the near future.

     One evening, it was raining and the wind was blowing hard. An old couple came to a small hotel
and wanted to stay there for the night. A young man welcomed them warmly, but said "I'm sorry!
Our rooms here are all full and the hotels nearby are all full too, for there will be an important meeting
held here tomorrow."
     Hearing the young man's words, the old couple felt very disappointed, and turned around to leave.
     Just as they were leaving, the young man came up to them and stopped them: "Madam and sir, if
you don't mind, you can sleep in my bedroom for a night…

1. It's clear that ________.

A. all the hotels were too small
B. a meeting would be held
C. the rooms were very dirty
D. the weather was not so bad

2. At last, the old couple spent the night ________.

A. in their own house
B. in another hotel
C. in the hotel
D. in the young man's room

3. The young man only laughed because ________.

A. he knew the old couple were poor
B. the old man made a joke
C. the couple thought too much of it
D. he didn't like the gift

4. For the night, the old couple gave the young man ________.

A. lots of money
B. lots of thanks
C. nothing
D. a five-star hotel

5. The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A. we should be kind-hearted to others
B. we'd better be polite to old couples
C. old couples are rich to help young people
D. five-star hotels need young managers

     Pearl Carson was shaken awake at 3:30 am by a forceful pull. King, the family dog, was trying
to pull her out of bed. Then she s___1___ smoke and heard the sound of fire from her parents'
room. Pearl's screams (尖叫) awaked her mother, Fern, and father Howard, who had r___2___
been in a hospital for lung disease. Helping Howard to a first-floor window, Fern told him to climb
out and then ran to her daughter.
     Still inside, King a___3___ at Pearl's window, making screaming sound. When running toward
Pearl's bedroom, Fern realized her husband hadn't yet e___4___. She made her way b___5___
through the smoke and flames, f___6___ King's sound to where Howard lay still on the floor. Fern
helped him get outside. King came out only after the other two were s___7___.
     As day dawned, the Carsons saw that King's paws were badly burned, and his entire body was
burned too. His chain collar (項圈) had gotten so h___8___ that it burned his throat, making it
impossible for him to bark (吠) n___9___. Only after the seven-year-old dog refused food did
they find pieces of wood in his mouth and realized that King, who slept outside, had bitten through
a wood door to w___10___ his family.

       Ten years ago, I lived in a building in New York. The building next door was only a few feet away
from mine. There was a woman who lived there whom I had never met. I could see her seated by her
window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
       After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was
unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself: "Why doesn't that woman wash her window?
It really looks terrible."
       One morning I decided to clean my apartment, including washing the window on the inside. Late in
the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest.
What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was very clear. Her window was
clean!
       Then, it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批評)her dirty window, but all the time I was
looking at hers through my own dirty window.
       That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through
the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?
       Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(評判) someone, I asked myself first: "Am I looking at him
through my own dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the
world about me more clearly.

1. The writer couldn't see the woman clearly because ____.

A. the woman's window was dirty            
B. the writer's window was dirty
C. the woman lived next door to him          
D. the writer was *near-sighted

2. "It dawned on me" in Paragraph 5 probably means "____".

A. I began to understand it      
B. it cheered me up
C. it grew light                
D. it began to get dark

3. What does the word "shortcoming" in paragraph 6 mean in Chinese?

A. 未來    
B. 短暫    
C. 缺點  
D. 自負

4. From the passage, we can learn ____.

A. people shouldn't criticize others very often
B. people should keep their windows clean
C. people should judge themselves before they judge others
D. people should be kind and friendly to their neighbors.

    Last summer vacation, I volunteered to work at a vet's(獸醫(yī)診所). There I saw a lot of dogs. Minnie
was the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. Short thin curly hair covered her sausage-shaped(香腸形)
body. Her eyes always seemed surprised. And her tail looked like a mouse's tail.
    She was brought to the vet because her owners didn’t want her any more. I thought Minnie had a
sweet personality, though. "No one should judge her by her looks," I thought. Finally, I advertised Minnie
in the local paper. "Funny-looking dog, well-behaved, needs a loving family."
    When a boy called, I warned him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that
his grandfather’s sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie no matter what. I gave Minnie
a good bath. Then we waited for them to arrive. At last, an old car stopped in front of the vet's. Two kids
ran to the door. They picked Minnie up and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the
car. I hurried behind them to see his reaction to Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his
arms and stroked her soft hair. She licked(舔)his face. Her tail wagged around so quickly that it looked
like it might fly off her body.
     "She's perfect!"the old man said happily.
     I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home.
     Suddenly, I saw that the grandfather’s eyes were a milky white colour-he was blind.

1. Why did the writer advertise Minnie in the local newspaper? Because__________.

A. he wanted to sell her at a good price  
B. he didn’t want her any more, either
C. he wanted to find a family for her    
D. he wanted to have another dog

2. Which is the right order according to the passage?

1. A boy called the writer.              2. The writer went to the vet’s.  
3. Minnie was taken by two kids to a car.  4. The writer advertised in a paper.
5. The writer found Minnie.
A. 1-2-3-4-5    
B. 2-4-5-3-1    
C. 1-3-4-2-5    
D. 2-5-4-1-3

3. The underlined word "stroked" may mean__________.

A. touched something gently    
B. cut something quickly 
C. colour something beautifully    
D. pull something out hard

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Minnie wasn’t the type of dog the old man loved.
B. The old man couldn’t see how funny Minnie looked.
C. Minnie knew very well how to make others dislike her.
D. Minnie was like the old man’s dog which had just died.

 根據短文內容和所給中文提示，在空白處填入單詞。每空限填一詞。
     For years, people in North and South America have told      1  (故事) about the animal. One day, Maria and her mother were watching TV. It was late. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise in a   2  (房子) . They had   3  (綿羊) and other animals there .They went outside to find out what the noise was. They thought it was a large dog at   4  (首先) . It was dark, so they couldn’t see well. But then it stood up on two legs-like a man! It was over a meter    5  (高) with    6  (紅色) eyes and large teeth. Later, They found five chickens were   7  (死的). But the animal didn’t eat   8  (它們) . It drank their blood. It was a really scary dream-but they know it was real.    9  (許多) people in Chile, Brazil, Mexico, even the U.S. have   10  (看見) this thing. They hope they never see it again.