One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.

As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened .

At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.

However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.

I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (堅(jiān)持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

41. A. left            B. stopped      C. repaired    D. drove

42. A. waited          B. cared            C. prepared     D. looked

43. A. carefully       B. anxiously        C. freely           D. easily

44. A. watched        B. noticed      C. surveyed     D. supported

45. A. cut         B. kept             C. found        D. set

46. A. hold            B. get          C. end          D. pick

47. A. well            B. long             C. fast         D. soon

48. A. make            B. provide      C. practice         D. discover

49. A. confused        B. embarrassed  C. exhausted        D. surprised

50. A. cause       B. sign             C. chance       D. excuse

51. A. learning        B. running      C. teaching         D. falling

52. A. progress        B. improve      C. achieve      D. succeed

53. A. decision        B. result           C. reason       D. matter

54. A. hardly      B. perfectly        C. probably         D. nearly

55. A. mistakes    B. choices      C. plans            D. wishes

　 Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

　 Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off 　 41　 hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

　 “What a nice 　 42　 ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up 　 43　 smile.”

　 George, the little boy, told his mother about that 　 44　 girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

　 “Why not give her some 　 45　 ?”said his mother. George agreed.

　 The next morning, as Jennie 　 46　 at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him 　 47　 to get into the house.

　 Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

　 “Are they for me?”said Jennie 　 48　 .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve 　 49　 received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George, 　 50　 the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She 　 51　 walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick 　 52　 so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents 　 53　 . They decided to help her. More and more people in the 　54　 gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother 　 55　 a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

41) A. her　　　　　 B. his　　　　　 C. your　　　 D. my

42) A. house　　　　 B. door　　　 C. smile　　　　　 D. schoolbag

43) A. and　　　　　 B. but　　　　 C. as　　　　　 D. or

44) A. rich　　　　　 B. lucky　　　　 C. bad　　　　 D. poor

45) A. money　　　　 B. flowers　　　 C. clothes　　　 D. food

46) A. danced　　　　 B. cried　　　 C. sat　　　　　 D. laughed

47) A. how　　　　　 B. who　　　　　 C. when　 　　 D. why

48) A. angrily　　　 B. easily　　　 C. sadly　　　　 D. happily

49) A. never　　 B. usually　　　　 C. always　　　　 D. sometimes

50) A. looking for　 B. looking around C. looking like　 D. looking after

51) A. shouldn’t　　 B. needn’t　　　 C. couldn’t　　　 D. mustn’t

52) A. for　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　 D. on

53) A. something　　 B. anything　　　 C. everything　　　 D. nothing

54) A. countryside　　 B. town　　　　 C. village　　　　 D. city

55) A. reached　　　 B. left　　　　　 C. closed　　　　 D. opened

    A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in the country, “I’ll give   51   of you a seed (種子). Plant it and bring it back one year later. Show me the plant that you bring.    52    I’ll choose a new king from you.”

A boy   53   Ling got a seed, too. He planted it   54   . But the seed doesn’t grow at all. A year later, Ling had to take his   55    box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful plants there and Ling felt   56   .

The king   57   the palace and look around. When he found there was nothing in Ling’s box. The king smiled and said to the others, “One year ago, I gave everyone a seed    58   couldn’t grow. But all of you,   59   Ling, have bought me plants and flowers. Ling was the only one with the honesty (誠(chéng)實(shí)) and   60   to bring such a box. So he will be the new king! ”

51. A. each         B. neither              C. both             D. none

52. A. and          B. but              C. although         D. so

53. A. liked            B. helped               C. named                D. asked

54. A. careful          B. carefully            C. careless         D. carelessly

55. A. full         B. empty                C. beautiful            D. broken

56. A. sad          B. excited          C. happy                D. satisfied

57. A. got              B. arrived              C. went             D. arrived at

58. A. which            B. who              C. what             D. it

59. A. besides          B. with             C. except               D. as

60. A. skill            B. courage          C. experience           D. fear

No visitor was left in the museum now, and John was walking around to check if everything was all right. __46_ he saw a beautiful painting lying on the floor. John __47__ and gave it to the curator (館長(zhǎng)). The curator called several museums to check if it was a stolen painting __48__ no one claimed (認(rèn)領(lǐng)) it. So the curator decided to hang it. __49__ said it was beautiful and had a very deep meaning. The curator was __50__ to have such a painting in his museum and congratulated John on his discovery.

Some weeks later a woman and her __51__ came to the museum. While they were looking at that painting, the little boy began to __52__. The curator went over and asked what was making him so sad.

The child pointed to __53__ and said, “That’s my painting and I want it back.”

“Yes,” said his mother. “He __54__ it on the floor a few weeks ago. If you look carefully, you can see the name on the painting.” The curator __55__ believe his ears when he heard the truth.

（  ）46. A. Suddenly         B. Actually             C. Usually              D. Quickly

（  ）47. A. set it up        B. picked it up     C. tried it out      D. put it down

（  ）48. A. because           B. so                     C. or                     D. but

（  ）49. A. Everyone      B. Someone        C. No one       D. None

（  ）50. A. nervous           B. lucky              C. proud             D. worried

（  ）51. A. husband        B. son                C. daughter         D. friends 

（  ）52. A. cry                 B. shout                C. smile                 D. laugh

（  ）53. A. John           B. his mother      C. the painting      D. the curator

（  ）54. A. put              B. drew              C. found             D. left

（  ）55. A. might         B. could          C. might not        D. couldn’t

 One afternoon after school,Jim and Kate were walking along the street.  46  they heard a loud noise.

  “Come on!”shouted Jim.“That sounds like an accident.Let’s    47  what has happened.”

   They ran to the place where the noise came ＿48＿．Ａs soon as they got there ,they

could see what had happened.A small car had knocked into the side of a truck.The accident

happened in a quiet street.Jim and Kate were the first ones to get to the accident.

49  else came.They found that both the car driver and the truck driver were hurt.Jane said,“We must be the only ones who saw the accident.Jim ,you run back down the road to Mrs Brown’s house quickly.Ask her to    50    the policeman and the ambulance.I’ll stay here.”

  Jim went off  51   he could.

  Kate could do nothing but wait.She knew that when people were hurt in an accident,they

shouldn’t be  52   .

   Soon the police car and the ambulance 53   .The policemen got the car door open and they carried the car driver out.Then they got the truck driver out.The men weren’t seriously hurt,but they were both taken to hospital.The policemen  54 Jim and Kate ,“You were very good children to act so quickly 55   you saw the accident.Thank you

for your help.”And then Jim and Kate went home happily.

(   )46.A.Finally   B.Suddenly   C.Luckily   D.Carefully

(   )47.A.know      B.hear       C.think     D.see

(   )48.A.from      B.to         C.at        D.around

(   )49.A.Everyone  B.Somebody   C.Nobody    D.Anybody

(   )50.A.see       B.call       C.find      D.wait

(   )51.as far as   B.as fast as C.as long as D.as soon as

(   )52.A.moved     B.carried    C.changed   D.saved

(   )53.A.found     B.got        C.went      D.arrived

(   )54.A.liked     B.thanked    C.called    D. helped

(   )55.A.when     B.before     C.that      D.while