When I was about 12, a girl in my class liked to point out my problems. I was too thin; I wasn't a good student; I talked too much; I was too __46__, and so on. At last, I became very angry and ran to my father.

He listened to me  47  . Then he asked, "Are these things true or not? Do you know what you are really like? Go and make a   48   of what she said and find the __49__ that are true. "

I did as he told me. To my great __50_ . 1 discovered that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin). But there were things 1 could and wanted to change. For the _51__ time, I got a clear  52  of myself.

I brought the list back to Dad. He refused to take it. "That's just for you." he said. "You know the truth about _53_ better than anyone else. When people say something that is true about you, you should find it helpful. "

Our world is full of people who think they know your business. Don't _54_ and feel   55 . Listen to them.

(  )46. A. beautiful             B. proud     C smart  D. rich

(  )47. A. bravely H. happily    C. quickly   D. quietly

(  )48. A. joke    B. programme  C.list       D. record

(  )49. A. secrets B. mistakes   C. lessons   D. points

(  )50. A. surprise B. interest   C. opinion   D. fact

(  )51. A. first   B. second     C. next      D. last

(  )52. A. book    B. picture    C. drawing   D. notice

(  )53. A. yourselves B. myself  C. herself   D. yourself

(  )54. A. clean   B. open       C. close     D. wash

(  )55. A. hurt    B.safe        C. pretty    D.cheap

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When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to find a small wallet lying there. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner’s   46   . There was nothing inside except a little money and an old   47  —a picture of a woman and a girl about sixteen years old. The young girl    48  the woman. I put the photo back and took the wallet to the
   49   station. I handed the wallet to a policeman.
That evening I went to have    50   with my aunt and uncle. They also    51  a young woman. So there were   52   people at table. Her face was familiar. I was quite    53   that we had met before, but I couldn’t    54   where I had seen her. During the talk, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon.   55   I knew where I had seen her. She was the mother of the young girl in the photo. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to tell her about her wallet.
【小題1】A. wallet                                                     B. name                                       C. money
【小題2】 A. book                                                      B. table                                        C. photo
【小題3】 A. looked like                                           B. took care of                           C. worried about
【小題4】A. bus                                                        B. railway                                    C. police
【小題5】A. dinner                                                    B. breakfast                                C. lunch
【小題6】A. found                                                      B. invited                                     C. had
【小題7】A. three                                                       B. four                                          C. five
【小題8】A. true                                                         B. right                                       C. sure
【小題9】A. get                                                    B. remember                              C. forget
【小題10】A. Suddenly                                       B. Unluckily                                 C. Sadly 

When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a   41  .

      It was the early autumn of my   42   year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.   43  , no one knew who I was. I was very   44  , and afraid to make friends with anyone.

      Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart   45  . I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to    46   me.

     Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily   47  . At that moment, a boy   48   the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and,   49   a word, smiled.

Suddenly, I   50   the touch of something bright and friendly.   51   made me feel happy and warm.

That smile   52  my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became   53   to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t   54   smiling at me!

It doesn’t   55   because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

1.A. book         B. help         C. smile         D. surprise

2.A. first          B. second       C. third         D. last

3.A. For example   B. In other words  C. In the end    D. As a result

4.A. happy        B. sleepy        C. lonely        D. friendly

5.A. beat         B. break         C. strike         D. shake

6.A. think about    B. worry about   C. talk about      D. care about

7.A. as usual      B. in fact        C. as well         D. once again

8.A. entered       B. left          C. watched        D. locked

9.A. in           B. with          C. besides        D. without

10.A. found       B. saw           C. felt           D. knew

11.A. It          B. Nothing        C. They          D. He

12.A. helped      B. changed        C. lived          D. spent

13.A. closer       B. quicker        C. easier          D. nicer

14.A. remember    B. forget         C. mind           D. stop

15.A. remain      B. affect          C. appear         D. matter

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When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to find a small wallet lying there. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner’s   46    . There was nothing inside except a little money and an old   47   —a picture of a woman and a girl about sixteen years old. The young girl    48   the woman. I put the photo back and took the wallet to the

   49    station. I handed the wallet to a policeman.

That evening I went to have    50    with my aunt and uncle. They also    51   a young woman. So there were   52    people at table. Her face was familiar. I was quite    53    that we had met before, but I couldn’t    54    where I had seen her. During the talk, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon.   55    I knew where I had seen her. She was the mother of the young girl in the photo. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to tell her about her wallet.

1.A. wallet                                                     B. name                                       C. money

2. A. book                                                       B. table                                        C. photo

3. A. looked like                                            B. took care of                           C. worried about

4.A. bus                                                         B. railway                                    C. police

5.A. dinner                                                     B. breakfast                                C. lunch

6.A. found                                                      B. invited                                     C. had

7.A. three                                                      B. four                                          C. five

8.A. true                                                         B. right                                        C. sure

9.A. get                                                     B. remember                              C. forget

10.A. Suddenly                                              B. Unluckily                                 C. Sadly