It is that time of the year when the warm, late Summer days meet the cold, early Autumn nights. The skies on days like these are bright and clear. The air is cool, fresh, and full of the smell of wild flowers. The leaves on the trees are dark green but with splashes of red appearing here and there. It is a really beautiful time of the year. Every where and in everything you can see change.

Birds are starting to migrate. Children are getting ready for another school year. People are looking back on the fun days of Summer and forward to the busy days of Fall.

It is days like these that remind me that while seasons, weather, and nature's colors may change it is all beautiful and it is all joyful. And I am changing too.

My thick wavy hair is now pretty thin on top. Its dark brown color is now getting some gray sprinkled(散落)in it. The smile lines around my eyes and mouth are deeper now and stay with me even when I stop smiling. My glasses continue to get thicker with each new pair and the music I love is now referred to as "oldies". Still, I feel so happy and joyful in my life. I am grateful for my younger years because they taught me so much.

What I have learned and experienced has gotten me to where I am today. I am grateful for my present because now is where I live and now is where I love. I feel happiness in every moment that God has given me, and I take great delight in all the changes life brings. Life is a never ending journey of change and growth. Life's changes never stop but neither does life's joy.

1.The author describes the sceneryin the first paragraph in order to ______ .

A．tell the time of story’s taking place

B．tell the joy of season’s changing

C．show the impressive beauty of nature

D．set off the author’s delighted feeling

2.From this passage we can learn _____.

A．the author is not young any longer at present

B．the season the author describes is the meet of late autumn and early winter

C．the author is a person who used to love music

D．the author doesn’t hope life has changed so much

3.The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A．present life is well worth treasuring

B．he is satisfied with where he lives now

C．present life isn’t changing

D．the world is filled with love everywhere

4.From the passage we can see the author’s attitude to life is full of ______.

A．excitement

B．a(chǎn)ppreciation

C．compassion

D．complaint

5.The best title of this passage is ______.

A．My life

B．My past

C．I love life

D．Life's changes

 

 Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a  36  job which gets him  37  at five o'clock every morning. He is a  38  .

Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner  39  the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered （遞）to the  40  by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推車) to carry them.

In  41  , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (線路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each  42  on the porch (門廊) where it will be protected from  43  , rain or snow. His  44   think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him  45  .

Billy  46  about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest  47  records and clothes. Once a month, he has to  48  money from his customers. Since many of them  49  during the day, Billy has to collect the money  50  . Sometimes, when Billy is   51  , his older brother has to  52  the newspapers. Once  Billy's father had to help as well.

Billy has seventy customers now,  53  he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a  54  to Europe, but he will also be happy  55  he wins a new bicycle.

1.	A．full-time B．strange C．good D．part-time

 

2.	A．indoors B．outdoors C．down D．up

 

3.	A．schoolboy B．newspaper boy C．cowboy（牛仔） D．clever boy

 

4.	A．that B．where C．which D．whether

 

5.	A．house B．porch(門廊) C．school D．corner

 

6.	A．a(chǎn)utumn B．winter C．morning D．summer

 

7.	A．newspaper B．magazine C．letter D．email

 

8.	A．a(chǎn)ir B．wind C．water D．fire

 

9.	A．teachers B．parents C．bosses（老板們） D．customers(顧客們)

 

10.	A．books B．some bread C．a(chǎn) new bike D．tips（小費）

 

11.	A．makes B．saves C．spends D．pays

 

12.	A．in B．a(chǎn)t C．to D．on

 

13.	A．give B．borrow C．collect D．catch

 

14.	A．play B．study C．work D．rest

 

15.	A．in the morning B．a(chǎn)t night C．in the afternoon D．a(chǎn)t noon

 

16.	A．sick B．a(chǎn)ngry C．a(chǎn)t school D．sad

 

17.	A．carry B．collect C．deliver D．sell

 

18.	A．then B．but C．so D．for

 

19.	A．trip B．car C．bicycle D．job

 

20.	A．because B．whether C．unless D．if