There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”
The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed， the neighbors all gathered around her， thinking that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone, no matter how secure（可靠的） they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
1.Why did the girl feel sad and lonely？
A. There were many friends to love her. B. There was nobody to love her.
C. There was nothing to do. D. Seeing the butterfly was caught.
2.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the girl ______.
A. helped the butterfly escape from the thorn
B. felt sorrow, but she didn’t go up to help it
C. fell down on it too
D. failed to help it release from the thorn
3.The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.
A. flied away B. still died
C. changed into a fairy D. was more beautiful than before
4.The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.
A. to be rich B. to have her own parents
C. to have a lot of friends D. happiness
5.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying，because ______.
A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t wanted her to die
B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died
C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness
D. they wanted to pray for her after her death
Once a beautiful diamond necklace of a king was lost. The king then offered a 1for $50,000 for anybody who found it.
One day a clerk was walking along a 2next to an industrial(工业的) area, which was completely 3and smelly. Suddenly, he saw something 4in the river and when he looked carefully, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the 5. He put his hand in the dirty river and grabbed at (抓住) the necklace, but somehow 6it. He then walked in the water and put his whole arm in. But 7, he still missed it! He came out, feeling 8.
Then again he saw the necklace, 9there. This time, he dived into the river. He searched everywhere and yet he 10.
Just then an old man who was 11, saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to 12the secret with him, so he 13to tell him anything. But the old man could see the clerk was 14and promised he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk then decided to put some 15in the old man. He talked about the necklace and 16he tried to catch it, but 17failing . The old man suggested that perhaps he should try 18upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up, and 19enough, the necklace was hanging on a 20. He had been trying to get a reflection (倒影) of the real necklace all the time.
Material happiness is just like the polluted river, because it is a reflection of the true happiness in the spiritual world.
1.A. competition B. notice C. reward（回报） D. gift
2.A. playground B. beach C. street D. river
3.A. destroyed B. polluted C. filled D. connected
4.A. waving B. swimming C. shining D. moving
5.A. money B. power C. treasure D. pleasure
6.A. missed B. followed C. touched D. caught
7.A. jokingly B. naturally C. strangely D. gradually
8.A. afraid B. bored C. guilty D. depressed（沮丧）
9.A. up B. right C. over D. out
10.A. waited B. left C. started D. failed
11.A. coming back B. passing by C. getting up D. sitting down
12.A. share B. report C. hide D. announce（宣布）
13.A. managed B. determined C. refused D. offered
14.A. interested B. surprised C. scared D. troubled
15.A. happiness B. faith（信任）C. luck D. courage
16.A. how B. where C. when D. whether
17.A. forgot B. minded C. kept D. enjoyed
18.A. stepping B. jumping C. climbing D. looking
19.A. straight B. true C. far D. near
20.A. branch B. house C. stick D. wire
Some researchers believe that there is no doubt_______ a cure for AIDS will be found.
A. which B. that C. what D. whether
It’s Dec.20. Christmas is just________ the corner.
A. on B. at C. around D. off
Don't speak to her so angrily. ______, she is a 5-year-old girl.
A. At all B. After all C. All the same D . All the after
It is said that he ________ her for half a year.
A. married with B. has been married to
C. have got married to D. married to
