Maria was born in Peru（秘魯）.She grew up in a small village. She  46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she  47 to high school. Her family was very  48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  49 in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria   51 in the United States，she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  52 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  53 worked in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（將來）in the new country.

When I was in primary school，I got into a major(主要的) argument with a boy in my class. I can't   1  what it was about，but I have never forgotten the   2  I learned that day.
I was sure that I was right and he was wrong－and he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The   3  decided to teach us a very important lesson. She   4  both of us up to the   5  of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the   6  of her desk was a large，round object. I could   7  see that it was black. She asked the boy what   8   the object was. "White," he answered in a loud voice.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white,   9 it was obviously black！Another   10   started between my classmate and me，this   11  about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed   12 ，and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I   13   answer，"White." It was an object with two   14  colored sides，and from his side it was white.  15  from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must stand in the other person's shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.

Once a beggar(乞丐) had walked about five miles in the hot sun. He was quite tired and wanted to   1 . As he came to a crossing, he saw a tall tree. On one side   2  the tree he saw a board(木牌). “Take This Road To Franklin” was written on the board.
“I will rest under the   3 ,” said the beggar. “I can lie on the board while I sleep.” As the beggar   4 , a doctor rode up to him. “Wake up, beggar!” said the doctor. “I am lost. Can you tell me   5  road to take to Franklin?” “It is too hot to think,” said the beggar. “Thinking is work in such a   6  day.” “Here is a dollar,” said the doctor, “now, will you think?” “Of course, I will, sir!” said the beggar, “  7  that road to Franklin.” After a while, a driver stopped to   8  the beggar which road to take to Franklin. “You must give me a dollar,” said the beggar, “for me to start thinking.” The driver gave him a dollar. “Turn to the left,” the beggar said.
The beggar went back to   9 . Before long a farmer woke him up.
“Which is the road to Franklin?” he asked. The beggar got   10  dollar and the farmer went along the road.
“A doctor gets paid when he doctors.” said the beggar to himself, “A driver gets paid when he drives, and a farmer gets paid when he farms. But this time a beggar got paid, and all he did was thinking!”

Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of money．Suppose you plan to
1   a house，your first step is to find a suitable piece of   2 ，You will probably try to find a sunny place，in a   3  situation，near stores and bus stops，not too far from your friends and the place where you work．
Next you will find an   4   builder．And together with the builder you will make a
5 ，The builder will draw it．The builder will also   6  the cost of your house．He will estimate(估計)the cost of the wood，the glass，and everything else that he must use in building the house．Later on，when he starts to build，this estimate must   7 ，because the prices may   8 ，and many other thing may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house．
9   the builder gives you his estimate，you may wish to change your plan．You may find that some of the things you wanted at first cost too much，or that you can  10   a little more and add something to your original plan．

A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much __31___ a nice looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it __32_____much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop insisted five hundred dollars for it. When the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took___33__out of the owner’s hand and ran out with it. It all happened in few seconds. When the owner ran out ___34____the street, the young man was already disappearing among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw ___35_____with the stolen watch in his hand. “Don’t you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he asked in a low_____36____ , “It’s only a hundred dollars.”
“The young man doesn’t know _____37____saw him stealing the watch just now,” he thought. The American paid at once and went ___38______back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch. His friend took a look at the watch and started laughing. He said, “You are ____39_____. The watch isn’t worth ___40______ten dollars. I’m sure the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”

In California, there lives a pretty girl called Donna Green. She is   26__  18-year-old girl with big eyes and golden hair. She is good at singing and  27_  the first place in the Singing Competition three times.
However, She became very weak two years ago. She had an unhealthy heart. “Donna needs a new heart,   28  she will die soon,” the doctor said.
Jim Smith,   29  was worried about Donna, was her best friend. He liked her very much and didn’t want her   30 . Jim talked to his mother about Donna. “If I am going to die, I   31  my heart to Donna.” Jim’s mother didn’t pay much attention to him. She thought, “Jim is strong and healthy. He is still young.”
But Jim was not healthy at all. He   32  had terrible headaches. One morning, he woke up   33  a sharp pain in his head and   34  breathe. The Smiths rushed Jim to the hospital, but the doctor couldn’t save him. The Smiths were heart-broken. Yet they remembered Jim’s words. Jim wanted to give his heart to Donna!
After several tests, Jim’s heart   35  out and put into Donna’s chest. In a short time, the heart began to beat. The operation was a success.
Now, Donna can sing again. She is thankful to Jim for the great gift.
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閱讀下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后從各小題的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案，使短文連貫完整。
In America, where labor（勞工） costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people 31 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses.  32 many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 33 that publishes（出版）children's books with the help of computers.  34 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 35  the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is 36  they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story  37 pictures. The story is then printed up. "This book is about me," a child who 38  such a book might say. So the company is called "Me-Books Publishing Company".
  39  like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 40 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21th century，because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?
The population(人口) is   1  fast．There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live   2  than before．  3  will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home．And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at   4 ．
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21th century，and they will have more free time for sports，  5  TV and traveling．Traveling will be more  6  . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays．
More land will be used for building new towns and houses．Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so    7   will be more expensive．Maybe no one will eat it every day，  8 they eat more vegetables and fruit．Maybe people will be healthier．
Work in the future will be    9 ，too．Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(機器人)．  10  of this，many people will not have enough work to do．This will be a problem．

My name is Bill. I 31___an English boy. I am eleven. This is my school. It is No.4 Middle School. I am 32____Class Two, Grade Seven. Jim is my good 33____ .He is an English 34____. My father  and mother ___35__ teachers. They __36__ in Beijing now. They __37__ English in our school. They love _38___ work. I have a sister.Her __39__ is Nancy. She is only eight. We all like ___40__.

完型填空（10分，每小題1分）
Good afternoon, boys and girls. I have something to   41  you. This afternoon we’re going to   42  some cleaning after school. The radio report says it will be   43  at night, so please don’t forget   44  the doors and windows. The temperature will fall   45  zero tomorrow morning. Please remember to put on   46  clothes. Mr Black is away today. He is ill in   47  . I hope you can go to see him. But you don’t need to buy   48  for him. By the way, there’s   49  homework for you this evening. You must finish   50  it and bring it to school tomorrow morning. You’d better not watch TV. Now let’s begin our cleaning.
【小題1】A、say           B、speak            C、tell
【小題2】A、do            B、make            C、take
【小題3】A、fine           B、cloudy           C、windy
【小題4】A、to open        B、closing           C、to close
【小題5】A、down          B、below           C、above
【小題6】A、warm          B、cold             C、hot
【小題7】A、school         B、home            C、hospital
【小題8】A、something      B、anything         C、everything
【小題9】A、little           B、many           C、a lot of
【小題10】A、doing          B、to do            C、to do