When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never understand what the attraction(吸引) of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.
One day, when I was wandering around the garden behind the house, I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遺棄的). As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.
“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this place, and I have nowhere else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.
The same evening, I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, emptied some of the food into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.
I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food. From then on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.
【小題1】 How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

New rules and behavior standards（規(guī)范）for middle school students came out in March．A middle schools going to start new rules 1  who the top students are．The best students will 2 have high marks．they will also be one, who don’t color their hair，smoke or drink．The following are more of the new rules：

    Tell the truth．Have you ever copied 3  work in an exam? Don’t do it again! That’s not something  4 students should do．If you are playing computer games in your room，don’t tell your parents you are doing homework．

    Do more activities at schoo1．Good students love animals and  5  others．April is Bird-Loving Month in China．Is your school doing anything to celebrate it? You should join! That way you can learn more about animals and 6 them．When more people work together，it brings us more  7．

    Learn to co-operate．When your basketball team is 8，only working together can make your team 9．Be friendly to the people you are with．Try to think of others, not only yourself．

    Be open to new ideas．Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Maybe you’ll 10 Earth II someday．Don’t look down upon new ideas. All the ideas are important．You should welcome them．because new ideas make life better for everyone．

    Pay attention to your safety．You should not walk 11 outside，especially at night． 12  where the public phones are．If  13 happens，you can find them quickly．If you take a bus to a place far away，please don’t sleep．This prevents a stranger 14 money from you．”

    Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies． 15 not everything on the Internet is fit for kids．You may enter healthy websites for your homework or just for fun．

1．A．to allow                  B．to make                 C．to divide                 D．to decide

2．A．neither                    B．both                    C．not only                 D．only

3．A．anyone else        B．someone else’s       C．your partners          D．any other ones

4．A．honest                B．calm                     C．brave                     D．hard-working

5．A．call for                    B．take care               C．call on                   D．care for

6．A．what to feed          B．how to protect       C．how to play with     D．how to get on

7．A．happier                   B．happiness              C．happily                   D．happy

8．A．lost                       B．winning                 C．beating                   D．losing

9．A．stronger                   B．less unusual             C．more unfamiliar      D．more specially

10．A．notice                  B．find out                 C．discover                 D．live

11．A．alone                   B．lonely                  C．slowly                   D．fast

12．A．Making sure         B．To be sure            C．Make sure              D．Being sure

13．A．unpleasant something                                 B．anything pleasant

C．dangerous something                                  D．anything dangerous

14．A．to carry                 B．to steal                 C．carrying                 D．stealing

15．A．Therefore               B．But                      C．Since                     D．Then