Tao Lihua, 14, is a middle school student in Shenzhen．She plays Erhu on the street after school to help her family．Many years ago, her father lost his arms in an accident, and her stepmother （繼母） is now ill in hospital．

The father makes money by selling radios and drawing pictures by mouth with a brush．But they have no money for the mother's illness．

Every week, Tao plays Erhu in Lianhua Hill Park in Futian District in her school uniform．Early in 2006, CCTV reported the girl's story and more and more people began to know her．But the father refused the help from many people, and the daughter still went out to play Erhu on the street．

“I like Erhu and my dream is to be a musician．I'm going to study hard at a university for that．My father always tells mc to make a living through hard work and not to rely on （依靠） other people, “Tao said．

46．How does Tao Lihua help her family?

A．By doing chores． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．By selling radios．

C．By drawing pictures． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．By playing Erhu．

47．Why does the father draw pictures by his mouth?

　 A．Because he is good at doing that．

　 B．Because he has no hands．

　 C．Because people like watching him do so．

　 D．Because there is something wrong with his arms．

48．What does the underlined phrase “make a living” mean in Chinese?

　　 A．保持紀錄 　　　　　 B．創(chuàng)建處所 　　　　　　 C．謀生 　　　　　　　　　　 D．創(chuàng)造生機

49．When did Tao Lihua become well-known?

　　 A．After CCTV reported her story．　

B．After she first played Erhu in a park．

　 C．After she became a musician．　　

D．After her father refused people's help．

50．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

　 A．Tao's family couldn't afford（承擔得起）her stepmother's illness．

　 B．Many people wanted to help Tao Lihua and her family．

　 C．Tao Lihua doesn't go to school now because she has to make money．

　 D．Tao Lihua wants to take Erhu lessons at a university in the future．

Nick is a 14-year-old school boy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekday. He has 46　 free time. He thinks playing computer games 　47 the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just 　48 that way, he doesn’t eat or drink for several hours.

Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too 　49 and didn’t want to move. He didn’t have 　50　 for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. He 51 　to the hospital. The doctor told him he should have a good rest and 52exercise.

After coming back from the hospital. Nick follows the doctor’s 　53 .He often plays soccer with his friends. 54 sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, he 55 does it for long. Now he lives a happy and healthy life.

46. A. few 　　　　　　B. a few　　　　　　 C. much　　　　　 D. little

47. A. is　　　　　　　 B. are　　　　　　 C. be　　　　　　　 D. was

48. A. on　　　　　　　 B. for　　　　　　　 C. like　　　　　　 D. since

49. A. excite　　　　　 B. excites　　　　　 C. exciting　　　　　 D. excited

50. A. something　　　　 B. anything　　　　 C. nothing　　　　　 D. everything

51. A. is taken　　　　　 B. was taken　　　　 C. was taking　　　 D. took

52. A. pay attention to　　 B. paid attention to　　 C. take care of　　 D. take out

53. A. dreams　　　　　 B. advices　　　　　 C. advice　　　　　 D. hobbies

54. A. Unless　　　　　 B. And　　　　　　　 C. Because　　　　 D. Although

55. A. ever　　　　　　 B. often　　　　　　 C. never　　　　　 D. always

Dean Bluey is 14-year-old boy from the USA. He became a hero after he saved(救)the life of a girl in another country.
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
One day，he  46  an email to a friend on the Internet．To his surprise, he received a message, saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The   47  was from Finland(芬蘭)， thousands of  kilometers away from America．Later Dean said to a reporter,  “I didn't know   48  I should do.  It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 49  the message kept coming．Now it was easy to see that someone was in trouble. He   50   and found that the sender was a student called Tarja,   51   was ill, alone in a university library. What was   52 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean telephoned the  53    immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance(救護車) rushed to the library   54  , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
　“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   55  saved her life.”