Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to speak to anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he had smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
【小題1】When did the writer get the gift?

A．At the age of 16.

B．After making friends with the boy.

C．In the first year at a middle school.

D．After becoming closer to everyone in the class.

【小題2】 Why was the smile an important gift?

A．Because the writer’s old school was far away.

B．Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.

C．Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.

D．Because the writer felt lonely and had no friends and it made her feel happy and warm.

【小題3】 Why didn’t the writer talk to anyone in her new school about her problems?

A．Because she was always unhappy.

B．Because she didn’t know anyone at the time.

C．Because she was in the first year at the junior high school.

D．Because she didn’t want her parents to worry about her.

【小題4】How did the smile change her life?

A．She started to make friends.

B．She became the best friend of the boy.

C．Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.

D．She realized that she was lonely.

【小題5】Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?

A．From her old school.	B．From her parents.
C．From herself.	D．From her classmates at the new school.

Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly. “Hi, Bob!” They said. But some students said, “Hi, Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked another student, “ Why do some students call me Peter?”
“Oh, that is easy to answer,” the student said. “Peter was a student here last year. Now, he goes to a different school. You like Peter. Some students think that you are Peter.”
Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address(地址) from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his   eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same color eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday.
Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. They both were adopted(領(lǐng)養(yǎng)) by two different families. Soon after the boys born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob, either.
【小題1】Bob didn’t understand why __________.

A．he was happy

B．he went to a new school

C．some students called him Peter

D．he was named Bob

【小題2】Another student told Bob that __________.

A．students liked Peter

B．he looked liked Peter

C．Peter was a good student in that school

D．Peter liked his studies very much

【小題3】How did Bob feel when he saw Peter?

A．He felt very sad.

B．He was greatly surprised.

C．He felt that Peter was very funny.

D．He was very angry because they looked the same.

【小題4】What is not mentioned(提及) about Peter and Bob?

A．Their eyes had the same color.

B．They had on the same clothes

C．They had the same black hair.

D．They were born on the same day.

【小題5】Bob and Peter _____________.

A．lived in different countries

B．lived in the same family

C．lived in different families

D．lived with the same parents

Last year my dad got a new job in a small town,__51__ my family moved there. On my first __52__ at the new school I was really worried. The teachers were friendly, but the __53__ was the other students. They didn’t seem friendly. I knew nobody and I couldn’t __54__ understand what they said.
During the break all the other students went out. I didn’t know where to go, so I ___55___ in the classroom. After a while, a ___56___ came back in and came up to me. I ___57___ what he wanted to do. He took ___58___ out of his bag and said to me,“Would you like something to ___59___?”It was an apple. Suddenly I felt really ___60___ and we began to talk.
It was Tony who gave me the apple and now he is my best friend. I am thankful to the apple, which started our friendship.
【小題1】A. or                   B. so                    C. but
【小題2】A. day                  B. spring                 C. winter
【小題3】A. project                B. custom               C. problem
【小題4】A. hardly                B. ever                  C. even
【小題5】A. danced               B. stayed                 C. sang
【小題6】A. woman               B. girl                   C. boy
【小題7】A. knew                B. wondered               C. thought
【小題8】A. something            B. anything                C. nothing
【小題9】A. eat                  B. drink                   C. read
【小題10】A. shy                  B. happy                  C. lonely

BALTIMORE. MARYLAND—An old postcard changed the lives of an eleven-year-old boy and a very sick woman. The postcard had a picture of the steamship Titanic. The Titanic was the largest ocean ship in the world. It hit an iceberg（冰山）and sank on April 14. 1912. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on the ship were killed.
　　The postcard was passed from one person to another for more than 80 years. Then it appeared at a card show for people who liked to collect postcards. An eleven-year-old boy, Joey Russell, came to the show with his grandfather. His grandfather knew everything about the Titanic and its trip from England to New York. “Let’s buy that postcard.” he told Joey. “It will be important someday.”
　　Two years later, Joey’s grandfather took him on a special trip. They went on a trip to the North Atlantic ocean to watch as workers pulled the Titanic up from the bottom of the ocean. Joey put his special postcard in his bag for the trip. On the ship, Joey met Edith Haisman. This woman was on the Titanic when it sank. She was one of the people who were rescued. Joey pulled the postcard out of his pocket. “Please sign this, Mrs. Haisman.” he said. She was happy to write her name on the back of the postcard.
When Joey got home, he put the postcard away and forgot about it, Then Kate Shelley, one of Joey’s friends, told him that her mother was very sick. She needed an operation, but there was a problem. The operation was very expensive, and the family needed $80, 000 to pay for it. Friends and relatives tried to help. But where could they get so much money?
　　Then when Joey went to see the new movie “Titanic”, he had an idea. “Millions of people are seeing this movie and reading about the Titanic.” Joey thought. He remembered the old postcard with Edith Haisman’s signature on it. “Maybe I can sell it for some money. Then I can help Kate’s mom.”
　　Joey told his mother and father about his idea to help Mrs. Shelley. His parents helped him try to sell the postcard to the person who would pay the most money for it. Joey’s story was on television and in newspapers. Joey and Kate even went to New York to be on a national TV show. After the show, many people called in to offer money for the Titanic card. Someone bought it for $60. 000.
Joey’s kind heart and the old Titanic postcard worked together to save a woman’s life.
【小題1】Which of the following is NOT true about the old postcard?

A．The Titanic was the largest steamship in the world in 1912.

B．The steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank about a hundred years ago

C．Over two thousand passengers were killed in the ocean accident.

D．More than eighty years had passed before the postcard belonged to Joey.

【小題2】Joey Russell _________.

A．decided to buy the postcard at a shop

B．showed great interest in collecting postcards

C．took the postcard with him to see Mrs. Shelley

D．a(chǎn)sked Mrs. Haisman to sign her name on his postcard

【小題3】What does the underlined word “rescued” mean in the sentence?

A．Be made safe from danger.

B．Be on an ocean trip.

C．Be working on board.

D．Be asked to sell the postcard.

【小題4】When did Joey Russell have the idea of selling his old postcard for money?

A．When Kate Shelley told him of her mother’s sickness.

B．When he went to see the new movie “Titanic”.

C．When he was reading the new book of Titanic.

D．When he remembered Mrs. Haisman’s signature on his card.

【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Titanic arrived in New York at the end of April, 1912.

B．At the age of 13, Joey Russell got Mrs. Haisman’s signature.

C．Joey Russell sold out his postcards on a national TV show.

D．The Titanic card was sold to many people for $60, 000.

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         A little girl called Fan Yi has caught many people’s attention recently. The little

     1    first English story, Swordbird, was on the New York Times’ bestseller list for children’s fiction.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1997. She     2    her second grade of primary school in Beijing. She     3    to the US with her parents at the age of 7. She has shown      4     interests in birds since she was a little girl.

When Fan      5     studying American history at school, she read many articles(文章) about the September 11 Attacks (9.11事件). She wanted all people to       6     in peace with each other. Around that time, she had a(n)      7     one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan got an idea      8     the dream and turned it into a story. In it, she showed her idea of peace in the world.

In the future, Fan will write more      9     for the Swordbird series. Will she become another J.K Rowling? We      10     have to wait and see.