The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was 31   cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32   but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33  happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the 34 . She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35  I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39  those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ’43 I can’t help them all. I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man 44  to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45  person.

Once a circle(圓圈) lost a piece. The circle wanted to be whole, so he went around     36    for the missing piece.

Because he was incomplete(不完整的), he rolled very      37    . He saw the beautiful flowers along the road, talked with the      38     and enjoyed the sunshine on his way. He found       39   different pieces, but     40    of them fit him. So he left them all by the side of the road and   41    searching(搜索).

One day      42     circle found the right piece. It fit him perfectly. He      43     be whole, with nothing missing. He was so happy. He could roll very fast,     44     fast to notice the flowers and talk to the birds.    45    he found how different the world seemed as he rolled so quickly, he stopped. He    46  the found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

A person who has everything is     47     in some ways. He will     48     have hopes and dreams. We can’t be perfect, but we can be kind enough to share happiness with others     49     smart enough to know there is enough      50    around us to live a wonderful life.

My 4-year-old daughter Maddie once taught me a good lesson.
One day, we were taking a walk in the park. Then we   31  some kids (小孩) around an old lady, laughing at her. A little boy said, "Look at this funny lady! She is    32  and she is crying!"
Maddie walked to the woman. I wanted to    33  her away from the woman. But Maddie sat   34   the woman and held her hand. The woman looked down at Maddie and a   35  appeared on her face. Maddie gave the woman a hug（擁抱） and then left.
On the way home, I asked her, "Maddie,    36   did you go up to that woman for and hold her hand? All the other kids were either laughing at her or     37    her?"
Maddie looked at me and said, "I did that to tell her God (上帝)    38   her. It can make her feel better!" I was    39   . A 4-year-old little girl showed me what love   40   means. What a kind girl!

Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes  36 dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and  37  all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax yourself. Just before you go out, it   38 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why  39  sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(莊稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).
  40   everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way to success.  41   difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is 42  a spring (彈簧). If you are   43   , it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile.
Attitude   44   everything. With an optimistic (樂觀的) attitude, life is easy and 45 _. If you want to be happy, try to remember these five easy rules. Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect less. The quickest way to receive happiness is to smile, the fastest way to lose it is to complain.
【小題1】A. seem    B. seems  C. seemed
【小題2】A. cry   B. smile   C. complain
【小題3】A. suddenly    B. finally   C. hardly
【小題4】A. don't   B. not   C. didn’t
【小題5】A. But B. For    C. Although
【小題6】 A. In fact    B. From early on   C. For example
【小題7】 A. unlike B. likes    C. like
【小題8】 A. powerful   B. weak   C. confident
【小題9】 A. decides   B. deciding   C. to decide
【小題10】A. please  B. pleased     C. pleasant

It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Carmen found she couldn't see things ___26___ all the time. She became very worried, but she hoped    27   would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn't   28  . But her mother's mind was made up.
Three days later. Carmen got new glasses and instructions   29 . her doctor. "All of the kids will think I'm silly. " Carmen said. Her mother   30   and shook her head. "You look just as beautiful as before, she said. But Carmen didn't believe her.
The next day. Carmen kept the    31   in her pocket(口袋))as she walked into the schoolyard. She stood alone away from her friends, feeling   32  
Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout.
Carmen ran over to the other girls. "What's the    33 ?" she asked.
"My ring is gone!" Theresa cried. "My sister sent it to me from California. It's very _34__  and I can 't lose it. "
Carmen and her friends began to    35   the ring in the grassy area of the playground. Carmen realized that she could do better _36_  she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them on. Everything looked so _37_ ! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 38  . It was the ring.
"Here it is," she shouted. She handed it to Theresa.
"Thanks, Carmen," she said. "I _39_ thought we'd find it." She paused(停頓). “Hey, 1 didn’t knowyou wore glasses. They look great!"
Carmen had   40   that she was wearing the new glasses. “Thanks,” she replied.
"Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all." Carmen thought.
【小題1】a. clearly            B. carefully           C. freely              D. quickly
【小題2】 a. everybody         B. anybody         C. somebody            D. nobody
【小題3】 a. explain           B. care               C. agree               D.understand
【小題4】 a.by                B. from               C. like            D. to
【小題5】 a. relaxed            B.cheered          C. smiled         D. jumped

【小題11】

A．though B．if C．because D．a(chǎn)s