My young daughter and I were flying to Miami for holiday. The plane was totally    36   . We couldn’t get seats together and were separated by the aisle. I asked two men if they would like to change 37   with us, so that we could be together. They 38    .

At the same time, a mother 39     three children also had the same problem as us. The mother 40     her baby, but her young son and his older brother were separated from her. She was very concerned about the boys sitting with 41  . She was very worried, but 42    helped her. Suddenly a man said, “I think we can help you.” Then he and his group managed to make enough space for the 43     .

My young daughter, however, was afraid of not being next to a window or her mom. I told her I couldn’t do anything; we had to sit 44    we were. Amazingly, the man sitting next to me turned to me and said he really liked the seat near the aisle, so we changed seats and continued our trip 45    .

Would that man give us his seat if the others hadn’t done so for the mom and her children? I don’t know. Perhaps kindness is contagious.

1.A. crowded      B. uncomfortable   C. full     D. noisy

2.A. money       B. seats           C. minds    D. ideas

3.A. agreed       B. refused         C waited   D. nodded

4.A. with         B. except          C. next to    D. besides

5.A. held         B. raised          C. carried    D. brought

6.A. friends       B.waitresses       C.strangers   D.relatives

7.A. somebody    B. anybody        C. everybody  D. nobody

8.A. family       B. home           C. house     D. team

9.A. that         B. what            C. where     D. when

10.A. sadly        B. hurriedly        C. slowly    D. happily

There is a piece of good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl    36  big eyes. Her big eyes are  37   us her dream: I want to   38       ! In China, there are still    39     girls and boys like her.They want to go to school, but their     40   are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder   41   all the children to go to school. So the parents often ask    42  to stay at home,and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t worry about the money for their children’s education. From2006,children can go to school for free(免費) in China. They don’t have to  43    money for the books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the the government to make their life    44 .

   Soon , all the poor children can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is    45    great!

1.A.with       B.on            C.of                    D.has

2.A.saying     B.telling           C. speaking             D.talking

3. A.go to school    B.go to bed        C.go to work            D.go to hosital

4.A.a lot          B.few          C.a lot of              D.much

5. A.schools       B.cities            C.families          D.country

6.A.for             B.of           C.with              D.to

7. A.teachers      B.boys         C. son              D.girls

8. A.spend          B. pay              C. take            D.use

9. A.better        B.worse        C.longer                D.well

10. A.not           B.never             C.really           D.real

Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved   31  very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send   32   of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally  33   a plan. They would toss(拋) a coin. The loser would go  34 into the mines (煤礦) and, with his earnings(賺得的錢),   35  his brother studying at the college. Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support the other brother studying at the   36   .  
James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much   37  than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he   38  , he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.
   39  James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began, James  40 up from his seat to drink a toast (舉杯祝酒) to his dear   41   .  He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your   42   will come true. I will take care of you. "
But Jack said   43  , "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it' s too  44   . Now I can' t even hold a glass. "
To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother' s hands with   45  towards the sky.
He called his drawing "The Praying Hands", which became very famous years later.

YoYo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at four. A year later, when he was     36   years old, he gave his first concert. The family soon moved to New York, America. Later he joined Julliard School, a school   37   gifted musicians. He went to Harvard University to study music and graduated in 1976.

    YoYo soon became famous for his concerts. He always tries to play the cello with music from different countries like Brazil and China. He wrote   38   for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It sounds brilliant.

    YoYo is sometimes forgetful. He once   39   his cello in a taxi in New York. He was really

  40   because it’s worth US $2,000,000.The taxi driver took it to a police station. YoYo was very thankful.

1.A. four           B. five               C. six            D. seven

2.A. for            B. as                C. by               D. with

3.A. a story          B. an article          C. music           D. a poem

4.A. forgot          B. remembered        C. missed             D. left

5.A. excited        B. worried            C. lonely          D. bored

My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough    36   to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would    37   me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big   38   on the face and tell me to be a good    39  . It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!

I remember the day when I decided I was too    40   for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean (傾斜) toward me, but I put my hand up and   41  , “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for a long time, and his    42  started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield (擋風玻璃). “You’re   43  ,” he said.“You are a big boy—a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”

It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to   44   and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big family to feed

How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would    45   have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.

（   ）36. A. food      B. birds            C. animals      D. fish

（   ）37. A. ride          B. carry            C. drive            D. bring

（   ）38. A. kiss      B. laugh            C. look         D. hand

（   ）39. A. man           B. boy          C. teacher      D. fisherman

（   ）40. A. old           B. young            C. excited      D. moved

（   ）41. A. spoke     B. said         C. repeated     D. answered

（   ）42. A. hands     B. feet         C. eyes             D. face

（   ）43. A. kind          B. clever           C. wrong            D. right

（   ）44. A. school        B. sea          C. boat         D. river

（   ）45. A. still         B. ever         C. never            D. only