Hurry, _____ we shall be late for school.

A．a(chǎn)nd              B．or               C．but              D．so

    Life is not easy．so I’d like to say“When anything happens，believe in yourself．”

    When I was 14．I was  1  nervous to talk to anyone．My classmates often  2  me．I was sad but could do nothing．Later， 3   happened．It changed my life．It was an English speech contest．My mother asked me to take part in it．What a(n) terrible idea! It meant I had to  4  in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

   “Come on．boy．Believe in yourself．You are sure to will.”Then，Mother and I talked about many different topics(題目)．At last I  5   the topic“Believe in yourself”．I tried my best to 6  all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love，I did well in the contest．I could  7  believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place．I heard the  8  from the teachers and students．Those  9  who once looked down on(瞧不起)me，all said "Congratulations!" to me．My mother hugged me and cried excitedly．

    10  then．everything has changed for me．When I do anything，I try to tell myself to be confident and I will find myself．This is true not only for a person but also for a country．

1．A．so                                B．too                             C．very

2．A．made faces at                B．caught up with              C．laughed at

3．A．something                     B．nothing                       C．everything

4．A．speak                           B．tell                              C．say

5．A．brought                        B．chose                                C．thought

6．A．remember                     B．see                             C．spell

7．A．a(chǎn)lmost                          B．nearly                         C．hardly

8．A．cheers                          B．thanks                        C．wishes 

9．A．teachers                       B．classmates                         C．boys

10．A．Since                          B．From                         C．Before

補(bǔ)全對話

A．You must go to see him.

B．I don't think so.

C．I'm sure he must feel sorry for it.

D．I hope he'll soon be all right.

E．It's bad for his health.

F．I'm sorry to hear that.

G．I think you aren't healthy, too.

（E: Emily　　P: Paul）

E: You look worried, Paul, don't you?

P: Yes, Emily. My father is ill.

E: 1 What's the trouble?

P: He has a headache.

E: But he looks healthy.

P: 2 He was strong when he was young.

He liked sports and often took exercise.

But these years he doesn't like sports and

eats much meat. He becomes fatter and fatter.

E: 3 .

P: You are right. The doctors told him to have more sports and eat less meat, but he didn't listen to them.

E: 4 .

P: Yes. Now he thinks the doctors are right, and begins to do what they say.

E: 5

P: Thank you very much.

 “BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回聲). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I was on the other side. We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street. The street lights were shining, causing rather a sad feeling.

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree. But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always put his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. I wandered in the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived ,I saw that the light was still on.

I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

All the lights were off except father’s. Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up(悄悄地來到) in my sleep. This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature. With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron(鐵的) door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love—it’s second to none. 

1.Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.

a. I opened the door and entered the house.

b. Sadly I ran out into the street.

c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.

d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.

e. I walked about in the street without any aim.

A. b, e, d, c, a        B. b, e, c, d, a             C. b, e, a, c, d        D. b, e, c, a, d

2.What made the writer think of his childhood ?

A. The sight of the street lights.???????????????  

B. The sight of the empty street.

C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms.??

D. The sight of light in his own house.

3. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

A. perhaps the father is getting older and older. 

B. perhaps the son has already grown up.

C. perhaps they never agree with each other. 

D. perhaps the father has got used to doing that.

4. According to the passage what does “Love—it’s second to none” mean ?

A. 愛并沒有什么??? B. 愛是第二位的???

C.? 愛是至高無上的??? D. 愛就是沒什么

5.What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?

A. The father treats his son in an unfair way. 

B. The father is actually kind to his son.

C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son. 

D. The father is always finding fault with his son.