Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult． 16  , is it really like what they imagine? As a boy 17  lives in modern times and in a modern city，I feel great pressure (壓力)on me  18  the city's development．Although we 19  worry about money, we still have some  20 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation(期望)from parents．These experiences are thought to be very 21  to our future．But 22  ，they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly 23  the happiness of my childhood．  24，we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to 25  this invisible(無形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and 26  after sunset．We work and study 27  an adult, even harder．

 28  we do is in order to get an excellent 29 ．Growing up is very boring，but we should try to find happiness while growing up．I think 30  among our friends，the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an

36   girl in Britain, hopes to bring the   37   to the young people.

Daisy has   38   an online learning website to teach the language to as   39   people as possible, all over the world.

With China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   40   important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.

Daisy has been learning Putonghua   41   the age of five. Two years ago,   42   she decided to pass on what she had learned, she   43   the idea for the website, kidschineseclub.com.

She said: “People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44   language to learn, but I have had fun   45   it .And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.”

Her   46    offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.

Daisy’s website has   47   the support of several important persons —the teenager says she has received a letter praising(贊揚(yáng)) her work from Gordon Brown,   48   is the British Prime Minister(首相).

She said: “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49  . He said that what I was doing was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that   50   was supporting what we’re doing.”

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

The English language is different from any  36  language. Yet English words do not  37  the same. It is always  38 . People need new words  39  new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used  40 a new way.

English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from  42  and so on. Now new space and science words  43  from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words  44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.

Sometimes, new words are  45  forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the  46  of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the  47  part of “airplane”. 48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after  49  named Sandwich, and “jelly(果凍)” was a name made up by the company that  50 made this product.

  Long ago，in a small village of Wakefield lived two farmers，Harry and Peter．Harry was very hard．working while Peter was  36  ．Every day Harry got up early and came home late，but Peter walked around for fun．

  One summer there was no   37  and the crops(莊稼)were dying．Harry thought，“I must do something to save these crops，or they shall die．”With this  38  in mind，he went out to find a river so that he could dig a canal(溝渠)to his field．He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty．After a  39  search，he found a river full of blue water．He was

very happy．He started digging a canal to his field.  40  it was noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home  41  lunch．But Harry did not go．He did not want to

leave his work unfinished．He completed his work  42  at night．He Was very satisfied．

He went home。had a good meal and  43  into a sound sleep．

    Peter did the same．But he was not at all determined(有決心的)．He also  44  digging a

 canal to his field but he didn’t have his work completed．His field did not get  45  water

 and all his crops died．

  Harry’s field would be watered when needed．He had a good harvest because of his hard work．

1.A．cruel     B．1azy        C．careless      D．silly

2.A．rain      B．wind        C．cloud        D．river

3.A．feeling    B．dream      C．problem      D．thought

4.A．quick     B．long        C．slow        D．special

5.A．Whether  B．Although    C．When        D．Unless

6.A．for       B．to          C．with         D．a(chǎn)t

7.A．early     B．far          C．1ate         D．deep

8.A．fell      B．1ooked      C．turned       D．walked

9.A．stopped  B．1oved        C：forgot       D．started

10.A．clean    B．enough       C．1ittle        D．fresh

Yesterday when my son and I were eating dinner, I saw a policewoman walking past our house. A woman with a   36   look was following her.
I opened the 37 , went out and asked if everything was OK. The policewoman said that the woman's 38  had gone missing(失蹤) an hour earlier. I said that we hadn't seen the girl, but wecould 39 .1 explained to my son that we couldn't finish our 40 right then. He said,” Be a kind person, Dad. "We got in our car and 41 the girl all over the town. Along the way,a group of chil­dren were playing. 42 they heard what had happened, they said they would help 43 . They rode their bikes and joined us.
44the little girl was found safe a few miles away. I was so 45  to see many people help a stranger. It is a nice world.
【小題1】A. worried B. laughing C. surprised
【小題2】 A. mouth B. car C. door
【小題3】A. son B. daughter C. mother
【小題4】A. succeed B. eat C. help
【小題5】 A. housework B. dinner C. games
【小題6】 A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after
【小題7】 A. Before B. After C. Although
【小題8】A. them B. you C. us
【小題9】 A. Luckily B. Possibly C. Sadly
【小題10】 A. proud B. strange C. happy