(V)

It seemed that all the seniors(高年级学生)at Hillside School really wanted to

leave and move on to high school--- everyone except Neil. Neil had no real idea of high school except from the look of the   1   and the fact that there seemed to be thousands of kids---big kids. Neil also didn’t find   2   easy and had to read and re-read things many times before he   3   what was written on the page. One of the teachers at Hillside had sent him to a special teacher for   4   so that he wouldn’t find school so   5  . It didn’t make much difference. The   6   still kept moving about the page.

And at lunchtime, when the other kids   7   the exciting things they hoped to do next year at high school, Neil felt left out. He only thought of the hard work and the   8  . He’d heard about the long compositions he would have to write at high school and the thick books to read, and he knew he’d   9   again.

Neil shut himself off from the conversations,   10   someone mentioned hammers and nails(锤子钉子). “Something that didn’t involve(涉及)reading!” he said to himself. “Maybe high school wasn’t all that bad.”

He started listening more   11   to the excited conversation going on among the kids in his class. Every one of them seemed to be looking forward to moving on. To Neil, it was still the great   12  , and hard to understand. But, something deep down told him that high school wouldn’t be so bad, so trying his best would certainly be a good start.

(   )1.  A. hotels   B. museums   C. buildings   D. gardens

(   )2.  A. shopping   B. learning    C. teaching   D. driving

(   )3.  A. agreed   B. thought   C. hoped   D. understood

(   )4.  A. help    B. food    C. money   D. work

(   )5.  A. small    B. clean    C. difficult   D. bright

(   )6.  A. words   B. books   C. teachers   D. kids

(   )7.  A. discovered  B. enjoyed   C. imagined   D. discussed

(   )8.  A. playing   B. reading   C. speaking   D. listening

(   )9.  A. do    B. fail    C. start    D. forget

(   )10. A. because   B. if    C. until    D. unless

(   )11. A. quickly   B. carefully   C. politely   D. silently

(   )12. A. importance  B. chance   C. encouragement D. unknown

(VI)

The train shook back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter ruled. The train was filled with cold, tired passengers.

Suddenly a little boy __1__ his way through the grown-up’s legs and sat down by the window. He was all alone among the unfriendly grown-ups. What a brave child, I thought. His father __2__ to stay by the door behind us. The train began to move slowly into a tunnel. Then something very __3_ happened suddenly. The serious little boy slid(滑) down from the seat and leaned (斜靠) his hand on my knee. For a moment, I thought that he wanted to __4__ me and returned to his father, so I helped him to stand up. But instead he leaned forward and held his head __5__ towards mine. He wanted to say something to me, I thought. I lowered my head to receive the __6__. Wrong again! What I received was a loud kiss on the face.

The boy quietly returned to his seat, leaned back and continued looking out of the window. I was so surprised. What just happened? A child kissed an __7__ grown-up on the train. How could anybody want to kiss such a man that had so much beard( 胡子)?Nervous and a little surprised, we smiled at the father. __8__ he saw our questioning looks as he got ready for his stop, he offered a clue ( some information).

“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father said, “ He has been very sick.” Father and son __9__ into the crowd moving toward the exit. Then doors closed and the train went on. On my face I could still __10__ the child’s kiss – a kiss that has started some soul-search (深思) inside me. How many grown-ups go around kissing each other __11__ the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the special right of __12__?

The little kisser has taught us a sweet but serious lesson – You don’t let yourself die before your heart stops!

(   )1.  A. lost          B. moved        C. fought          D. pushed

(   )2.  A. preferred      B. chose         C. agreed          D. hoped

(   )3.  A. interesting     B. strange       C. funny           D. exciting

(   )4.  A. kiss          B. beat          C. pass            D. ask

(   )5.  A. up           B. on           C. back            D. out

(   )6.  A. news         B. idea          C. message         D. thought

(   )7.  A. unsafe        B. unimportant    C. unfamiliar       D. unfriendly

(   )8.  A. Before        B. When         C. Unless          D. Since

(   )9.  A. disappeared    B. ran           C. looked          D. came

(   )10. A. touch         B. smell          C. have           D. feel

(   )11. A. in            B. about          C. for            D. after

(   )12. A. hope          B. kiss           C. death          D. life

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