There was a big sea bird that was very beautiful. One day, the sea bird 46_________ to a country and stayed outside of a palace. The Emperor asked his men to bring it to the palace. Then he said , “As a welcome for the sea bird, we’ll 47___________the band and get the best food and wine ready for 48____________.
So they played the best music for the sea bird, but it 49__________ bored. The Emperor introduced the most delicious food and best wine and asked the bird to have them. But the sea bird 50__________.  After three days 51_________ eating or drinking, the sea bird died.
The Emperor said 52__________, “Why didn’t you eat? I have you all of the best!”
The 53__________ tells us that what some people believe to be the best music and the best food aren’t so for 54_________. Feed a bird according to a bird’s wants, not a 55_________. The saying “Do to others as you would have others do to you.” Is never really suitable or right.

China is a large country of agriculture（農(nóng)業(yè)）.We all know that there are more than 800 million 44  in China. China starts to  45  the science of agriculture much earlier than other countries in the world. While people in Europe and America were trying to shoot wild animals and birds for food, farmers in China were  46  the science of agriculture. For example, Jia Sixie, who lived in the Northern Wei period（386-534 AD）,was one of the farming pioneers. After he finished his work in government, he 47  home and spent his time on research into agriculture. He 48  information, did experiments and learnt from the experience of farmers. He wrote a book called Qi Min Yao Shu. The book 49  has 110000 words is about both farming and gardening. This book is 50  to be an important summary（概要）of the knowledge of farming.

Last year Tome left school. He came to Taipei to _1_ a job(工作). He went from one company(公司) to another but _2_ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt _3_ and tired. It was very late at night and _4_ was full of people. They were waiting _5_ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it _6_ he did. After _7_ left, he sat on the bench(長(zhǎng)凳) and didn’t know _8_ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I _9_ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like _10_. Would you like to work for me?”
(     ) 1. A. find          B. see          C. look for     D. buy     
(     ) 2. A. everyone      B. no one          C. nothing      D. something
(     ) 3. A. happy     B. interesting     C. sad          D. glad    
(     ) 4. A. the city      B. the company  C. the farm     D. the station 
(     ) 5. A. to buy        B. to sell        C. to give         D. to pass
(     ) 6. A. less than     B. more than       C. smaller them D. worse than
(     ) 7. A. Tom           B. the bus      C. the train        D. the old man
(     ) 8. A. what          B. which           C. why          D. where
(     ) 9. A. have seen     B. don’t know  C. don’t like       D. have done
(     ) 10. A. the woman    B. you          C. the baby     D. her

Home Alone
It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother.  I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong!  My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the      1  quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely     2  our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, "No." Then the man asked if we would like to 3 some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very      4   and came into our house.  He took out a     5    and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope.  I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie
     6    easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked     7    of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to     8  money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his    9 .He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,     10     the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man      11   to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the   12 pay phone to call the police.
Soon   13  came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were   14 that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from   15 the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.
(    ) 1. A. window         B. door         C. book        D. fridge
(    ) 2. A. if               B. why         C. when        D. how
(    ) 3. A. lend         B. borrow      C. sell            D. buy
(    ) 4. A. politely           B. slowly      C. hard        D. quietly
(    ) 5. A. book             B. knife       C. gift        D. pen
(    ) 6. A. himself      B. myself          C. herself         D. themselves
(    ) 7. A. none          B. neither         C. both        D. all
(    ) 8. A. look at            B. look after  C. look like       D. look for
(    ) 9. A. feet              B. hands       C. neck        D. legs
(    ) 10. A. and         B. so             C. or          D. but
(    ) 11. A. wanted          B. remembered   C. forgot          D. tried
(    ) 12. A. farthest        B. nearest         C. largest         D. smallest
(    ) 13. A. my friends        B. the police       C. the neighbors    D. my parents
(    ) 14. A. glad            B. angry       C. sad         D. sorry
(    ) 15. A. cleaning        B. closing     C. locking         D. opening

When I was about 12 years old， I really wanted a new bike！ I __36__ my parents my birthday wish，but I knew there was little hope because my family could __37__ have that money.
On my birthday my parents told me they had my __38__ outside in the back yard. At once I __39__ out to the yard. There was my bike， __40__ it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink， old and worn with age. It was so __41__！ I thought I __42__ my parents’ feelings because I could see the disappointment __43__ their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I __44__ the old bike and rode it， feeling __45__ that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile， rode as fast as I could and didn’t __46__.
As time went by， I began to understand my parents gave me __47__ much more than just a rusty（生銹的）old bike. They gave me a life lesson about __48__. When you give something out of love， it doesn’t matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this __49__ because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember， a gift that __50__ two dollars isn’t any less valuable（有價(jià)值的）than one that costs one hundred dollars， or even more.

When I was a little girl, I lived with my grandparents in a small village(村莊).The life there was  41 , and I liked it very much. I had many friends and I liked playing with them  42 . After rainy days, there was much  43  in the river(河) near our house. I often went there to get  44  with my friends. I had  45 fun living there.
Now I live in a big city. I study in a school, but I  46  my life here. It’s too busy and it often makes me very 47 . Now the most interesting thing for me is to go to my grandparents’ home to 48 my vacation. Every time I can’t  49  to go there. I  50  a quiet life. I hope to live in a village when I’m older. 
【小題1】A. boring              B. relaxing         C. terrible
【小題2】A. with              B. from                 C. outside
【小題3】A. ice             B. water                C. food
【小題4】 A. fish             B. meat             C. chicken
【小題5】A. kind of             B. a little            C. lots of
【小題6】A. enjoy               B. dislike             C. improve
【小題7】A. dirty               B. tired                C. happy
【小題8】A. spend              B. describe         C. remember
【小題9】A. like              B. want                C. wait
【小題10】 A. order              B. need             C. think

My aunt bought me a bicycle on my ninth birthday. She told me to learn to ride by ___36___. But I really didn’t know___37___to ride a bike. What should I do? First, I watched the other people ride. Then I pushed out the bicycle from my house. I was ___38___ I’d fall down and hurt my knees. But I knew I had to get on it sooner or later. So I___39___ to get on just like what the other people did. But I fell off twenty___40___later. Just at that time, my aunt came out from the ___41___. She told me to practice again and again. So I got on the bike a second time, and fell off a second time. But I never gave up. I practiced a third time, a fourth time …. I could be on it ___43___every time I tried again then before, 5 minutes, ten minutes, half an hour… until I could.
Like anything in life that you want to learn how to do or to be good at, you have to practice to ___44___it happen. Diligent practice is the key to success___45___you really want to learn to do a thing. More practice helps you to improve on the skills that you learn and ingrains （使根深蒂固）them in you until you can do it.  
【小題1】  

It was almost 9:00 pm when Mia Janson left her office to go home. It was   16  . She started her car and   17  down the dark road that led to her house in the country.
She   18  the radio and listened to songs while she was driving. The heater wasn’t working, and singing helped to keep her    19 .
The snow was heavy. Then Mia went across a small    20 . The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control. Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness(知覺(jué)).
When she woke up, her head was bleeding (流血)，and she was shaking from the cold. She didn’t know   21  she was. Mia opened the car door and looked around. She was under the bridge, and her car was sitting on the frozen river! She felt very sad. She   22  the ice wouldn’t hold her car for very long. She tried to walk up several times, but she kept falling into the snow. Mia tried   23  time. She fell again, but this time she couldn’t get up. She knew that                      24    could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn’t move. Mia closed her eyes and waited to die.
Then she heard a voice. Mia   25  her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. She stood up and walked up with the help of the old man. “That’s my truck”, said the old man. “Get in and I’ll take you home.”

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some medicine. Upon entering the house, I  36 that there was a piano in the living room beside the wall.Being a piano music lover and player, I asked if the woman played. She said “Yes” and   37 that she had been taking lessons—at the age of 54!
“I have been  38 for 8 years now.” I said, after hearing her words.
“Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she requested(請(qǐng)求).
I thought she was kidding and I  39 smiled. When I had bought the medicine, she asked me to play some music. I thought for a moment and 40  to play David Lanz’s Return to the Heart,   41 she had so much passion(熱情)for and interest in music, and it’s one of my favourite songs.
I played the song to the best of my ability(能力), putting as much emotion into it as possible. She  42 it. As I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling, “Young man!”
I  43 , and saw an old lady taking one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to thank you for the  44 song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to get out of bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good.” she said. With that, she turned around and walked slowly back to her room.
I was deeply touched by her  45  and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It was  46  to its name, returning to one’s heart to  47 and joy. 

Nick is a 14-year-old school boy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekday. He has                      
 46  free time. He thinks playing computer games   47  the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just   48  that way, he doesn’t eat or drink for several hours.
Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too   49  and didn’t want to move. He didn’t have   50  for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. He  51   to the hospital. The doctor told him he should have a good rest and
 52   exercise.
After coming back from the hospital. Nick follows the doctor’s   53  .He often plays soccer with his friends.  54  sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, he  55 
does it for long. Now he lives a happy and healthy life.