【正文】 she was a little afraid. Her grandmother said, We don39。t have much, but you39。re wele to 5 what we have. Sylvie, please get a plate for the gentleman! Then they offered 6 to the man. After eating, 7 of them sat outside in the yard. The stranger told them he was a scientist, who was 8 some strange birds. He also said he would give ten dollars to the person who helped him 9 the white bird named Heron. Sylvie39。s heart began to beat 10 . She knew that strange white bird! She had seen 11 on the other side of the forest. That night Sylvie39。s dreams were full of everything she could buy with ten dollars. She had a 12 that she would get the money for her grandmother. When it was almost time for the sun to rise, she 13 left her house and hurried through the forest. She was sure she would be able to see where the white bird had hidden. About an hour later, Sylvie came back from the 14 . But she was silent. She remembered how it came flying through the golden air. She decided not to tell the heron39。s 15 to anyone and gave its life away. The young man went away disappointed later that day. Sylvie felt kind of sad. But she soon became happy when she heard the sound of the bird. 1. A. pleasedB. angryC. strictD. excited2. A. boyB. girlC. manD. woman3. A. lostB. knewC. foundD. showed4. A. soB. sinceC. thoughD. because5. A. borrowB. shareC. makeD. buy6. A. breakfastB. lunchC. dinnerD. water7. A. neitherB. eitherC. bothD. all8. A. feedingB. stealingC. inventingD. collecting9. A. catchB. cutC. sellD. design10. A. wellB. fastC. deepD. slow11. A. itB. himC. herD. them12. A. taskB. problemC. surveyD. plan13. A. sadlyB. safelyC. quietlyD. noisily14. A. riverB. woodsC. parkD. home15. A. secretB. habitC. colorD. age13．閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。 There was once a rich and kind store owner. He 1 to leave all his money to an honest young mall when he was old. A good friend of his bad an idea and 2 him. The next time you are giving the customers their change, make sure you give them too much. He who returns the 3 money to you is honest. The rich man thought it was a good idea, so he decided to try it. However, a neighbor happened to hear the 4 . He paid a witch（女巫）to cast spell（咒語）on the rich old man39。s coins. Anyone who saw the coins 5 by the old man wouldn39。t see them as coins, but as something that they wanted most in the world. The neighbor believed that 6 customer would return the old man39。s money. Indeed, everything went according to the neighbor39。s 7 . When the old man had almost 8 trying, the greedy neighbor sent his nephew to the old man39。s store. He had told the boy to return the old man39。s money. 9 when the boy received the coins, he saw in them all the money of his uncle. He didn39。t want to return the money and 10 with the coins. Finally, the rich old man was dying. He decided to give his servants some money so that they could live freely when he was 11 with them. Among these servants was a young man, who 12 and respected the old man. He saw in the money a powerful medicine, which was 13 what he most wanted in the world. On seeing this, the young man 14 the money back, saying. Take this, sir. It39。s 15 you. It will make you feel better. The old man felt happy that he finally found an honest person. He gave all his money to him. 1. A. encouragedB. askedC. beganD. decided2. A. advisedB. warnedC. remindedD. fooled3. A. necessaryB. extraC. usefulD. surprising4. A. conversationB. questionC. messageD. sound5. A. designedB. createdC. touchedD. changed6. A. allB. everyC. eachD. no7. A. experienceB. planC. tryD. lie8. A. given upB. thought ofC. kept onD. begun with9. A. SoB. ButC. AndD. Or10. A. satB. talkedC. dancedD. left11. A. as usualB. at onceC. no longerD. once again12. A. surprisedB. lovedC. describedD. pleased13. A. probablyB. sometimesC. hardlyD. always14. A. broughtB. pulledC. offeredD. wanted15. A. withB. forC. onD. beside14．先通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各小題所給A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇一個最佳選項。 Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman. He always dreamed of being 1 , and so did his wife. One day, while he was sitting on the boat, he 2 felt that the fishing rod was being weighed down by a 3 object. He excitedly 4 hard at it and what he saw made him cry. Wow! A big 5 gold chain! He tried to get the gold chain into the boat, but there seemed to be no 6 to it. His boat started to get overloaded and the sea water filled his boat. It was really 7 . However, he had begun dreaming of a big home, a big piece of land and buying many horses and cows. He kept pulling the chain 8 the boat kept sinking. The boat finally went under the surface of the sea and he tried to swim. 9 , his feet were trapped （陷入） in the gold chain and at last he 10 in the sea. In fact, there are many people like the fisherman in our life. They always want to get the fortune （財富） 11 hard work. The truth is that desire （欲望） is 12 . Only through hard work can we achieve our dreams and live a better life. You may 13 at times and others will think you are crazy at times. But if you 14 that you can succeed, you finally will. Always remember that the bright future can