You are Tim, you have a good friend called Xiaoming. He’s a seventh year student. The following is his after-school activities.

These activities are all planned by his parents, not chosen by himself. As a result, he’s under too much pressure and complain to you about his parents. But he is afraid to change these activities and has to obey his parents.

Write a letter to Xiaoming’s parents, telling them what they should do in about 120 words, the following points have to be included（包括）：

l         Xiaoming’s psychological（心理的）state（狀態(tài)）and the cause of it.

l         The possible reasons why Xiaoming’s parents plan these activities for him.

l         Your opinion of his parents plan for him.

l         Your advice to his parents.

 It's a fine Sunday morning. There  16  many children in the park. They are  17 happily. Some are playing  18  under a big tree. Some girls are singing and  19  . Some boys are running  20  the hill. Li Lei's  21  by the lake.  He's reading a story.  22  is Wang Lin?  He's standing over there.  23 is he doing?  He's looking  24  a nice butterfly(蝴蝶). He 25 to catch it.

(  )16. A. is            B. are            C. am                       

(  )17. A. playing       B. sing            C. dance

(  )18. A. yo-yos        B. the football      C. games           

(  )19.A. dancing       B. to dance         C. dance

(  )20. A. on           B. up              C. about              

(  )21. A. sitting        B. sit              C. siting

(  )22. A. What        B. Who             C. Where              

(  )23. A. Where       B. What            C. Who

(  )24. A. at           B. after            C. for                 

(  )25. A. want         B. is wanting       C. wants

There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.

    One day, the young man took a walk with a _16_ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging (吹噓) about himself, _17_ the wise man didn't say a word. When they _18_ a peak (山峰), the wise man asked, "Look down. What do you see?"

     "I see trees, farmland, houses and people as _19_ as ants working in the fields," the young man said.

     "What do you feel?" the wise man asked.

     "Everything is _20_ me. I feel I rule the world," the young man answered.

     The wise man said _21_. After a minute, he asked the young man to look _22_ "What do you see this time?" the wise man asked.

     "I see _23_ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the _24_ sky above the white clouds," the young man answered.

     Then he asked the wise man's _25_

     "I feel small and powerless," the wise man answered. "A person who knows to look upward can _26_ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won't be so _27_ as to believe he rules over the world or other people. "

The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his _28_. From then on, _29_ he began to feel as if the world owed (虧欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered _30_ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.

16. A. busy          B. lazy                 C. wise               D. hard-working

17. A. if             B. but                 C. so                 D. or

18. A. got to           B. got off              C. arrived in            D. got up

19. A. fat              B. light                C. small               D. strong

20. A. below         B. above               C. between            D. against

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

22. A. up            B. down               C. out                 D. after

23. A. monkeys       B. tigers                C. chicks              D. birds

24. A. red             B. blue                C. green               D. black

25. A. ways           B. name               C. feelings             D. address

26. A. badly           B. angrily              C. hardly               D. clearly

27. A. clever           B. smart              C. silly                 D. useful

28. A. pride            B. success            C. luck                D. smell

29. A. whatever        B. whenever           C. wherever            D. however

30. A. why            B. where              C. how                D. what

A bus stops at a small bus stop. A man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It’s raining(下雨) hard, he doesn’t want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy. “Come here, boy!” he cries. “Do you know how much the cakes are?” The boy says yes. The man gives the boy four dollars(美元) and asks him to buy two cakes. “One is for you and one is for me.” Three minutes later, the boy comes back. He’s eating a cake. He gives the man two dollars and says: “Sorry, there is only one cake left.”
【小題1】Where is the man?