【正文】 to help improve my paintings .At that time, she was the only people person I would like to talk to. One day, I told Miss Green about my problem. She 6 me to take part in a painting petition .In her 7 , the best way to municate with my parents was to prove myself to them. After a few weeks waiting, the result finally came out. I was very happy and excited, 8 I got first prize! When I took the prize home, my parents were very 9 ! They never thought I could do good Job. I could see that they were very happy. And they began to care more about me .Now, relations between my parents and me are very good. So I think it39。s very 10 to have someone to talk to Thanks. Miss Green!1. A. controlB. pareC. change2. A. happyB. popularC. sad3. A. badlyB. fastC. well4. A. offeredB. sentC. borrowed5. A. signsB. skillsC. decisions6. A. followedB. attractedC. encouraged7. A. opinionB. wayC. plan8. A. SoB. butC. because9. A. funnyB. surprisedC. nervous10. A. ImportantB. expensiveC. secret16．閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意，然后從16~25各小題的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳答案。（共10小題，） With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, I39。m blind, please help. Only a few people put 1 in the hat. A man was walking by. He dropped some coins into the hat, then turned the sign 2 wrote some words, put the sign back and left. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people began to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see 3 things were going. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, Were you the one who 4 my sign this morning? What did you write? The man said, I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a（n） 5 way. What he wrote was. Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it. Both the 6 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by throwing some money into the 7 . The second one, 8 , told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day. But the boy couldn39。t. There are at least two lessons we can learn 9 this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less Help them if you can. 10 , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.1. A. eggsB. toyC. coins2. A. onB. aroundC. off3. A. howB. whatC. which4. A. foundB. changedC. put5. A. differentB. usualC. simple6. A. boysB. menC. signs7. A. bagB. hatC. pocket8. A. howeverB. thereforeC. though9. A. aboutB. fromC. with10. A. FinallyB. LastC. Second17．完形填空 We were going to play against a team from a country school. They didn39。t e until the game time arrived. They looked 1 than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue jeans（牛仔褲）and looked like farm boys. We even thought that they had never seen a basketball before. We all sat down. We felt we didn39。t 2 any practice against a team like that. It was already so late that no 3 could be given to them for a warmup（熱身，準備活動）. The game began. One of our boys 4 the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward. From out of nowhere a boy in a dirty Tshirt 5 the pass and with a beautiful form（姿勢）he shot and got two points. They 6 us. Then they got another 7 of points in a minute. Soon it was all over. The country team 8 us. We certainly learned that even though a team is good, there is usually another 9 a little better. But the important lesson learned was: One can39。t tell a man, or a team, by the 10 . 1. A. strongerB. youngerC. worseD. less2. A. getB. tryC. useD. need3. A. basketB. spaceC. ballD. time4. A. gotB. playedC. missedD. carried5. A. caughtB. changedC. startedD. stopped6. A. surprisedB. keptC. brokeD. hit7. A. halfB. pairC. groupD. double8. A. wonB. savedC. beatD. joined9. A. justB. alreadyC. aboutD. almost10. A. TshirtsB. clothesC. placesD. points18．閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 Four of my friends and I gathered at our favorite restaurant for Anna39。s birthday party. We were all having a good time when suddenly Julia said, Hey! Let39。s go to 1 house and continue the party! I39。m not sure if it39。s a good idea, I said. I looked to the others for support, but it seemed they were 2 going to Julia39。s house, for they didn39。t know how to say 3 to Julia. Julia always tried to bully （欺負） the rest of us. She knew that we would all get into trouble with our parents 4 we left the restaurant. But that didn39。t stop her. Don39。t forget Anna39。s mother will bring the birthday cake at 8: 30, I said. We 5 wait until Anna39。s mother arrives! Don39。t be 6 . She39。ll find us, Julia said, laughing, like it was no big deal. My mother is ing here to pick me up, I 7 , not wanting to tell her I knew my mother wouldn39。t allow me to go. Stay here 8 yourself, Julia said. The rest of us are going. Then she began calling me name. I felt tears ing to my eyes, so I ran to the bathroom. I felt so childish, crying alone. It39。s really hard to go 9 your friends, especially when you39。re hoping to be popular with them. A moment later, Amanda came in and said, Julia is just that 10 . I agree with you. If we get out right now, maybe we can persuade （勸說） the others to stay. I39。m staying here with Susan, Amanda said as soon as we 11 to the table. Then she said something I hadn39。t expec