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（蝴蝶） 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（仙女）. 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（倾斜） toward her and whispered（耳语）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, afraid 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（安全的）they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan（孤儿） girl .
A．felt sorrow, but she didn’t help it B．failed to help it release from the thorn
C．fell down on it too D．helped the butterfly escape from the thorn
2.The butterfly after being saved by the little girl.
A．flied away B．was more beautiful than before
C．changed into a fairy D．still died
3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was .
A．wealth B．parents C．happiness D．friends
4.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because .
A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die
B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died
C．they wanted to pray for her after her death
D．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness
One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 36 you can just wait until we make a quick 37 at the grocery store（杂货店）. I have something 38 to show you. ”
At the grocery store, we 39 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to 40 your question.” I put one apple of each 41 on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a 42 look on her face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 43 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 44 , some of the apples may not 45 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Alice was 46 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 47 them back on the table, but 48 a different place.
“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which.”
She said, “I 49 tell. They all look the same now. ” “Take a bite of 50 . See if that helps you 51 which one is which. ”
She took 52 , and then a huge smile came across her face. “People are 53 like apples! They are all different, but once you 54 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
She totally 55 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
1. A．although B．so C．because D．if
2. A．stop B．start C．turn D．stay
3. A．expressive B．encouraging C．informative D．interesting
4. A．bought B．counted C．saw D．collected
5. A．check B．mention C．answer D．improve
6. A．size B．type C．shape D．class
7. A．worried B．satisfied C．proud D．curious
8. A．ordinary B．normal C．different D．regular
9. A．outside B．whole C．table D．inside
10. A．still B．even C．only D．ever
11. A．examining B．measuring C．drawing D．packing
12. A．keeping B．placing C．pulling D．giving
13. A．on B．toward C．for D．in
14. A．mustn’t B．can’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t
15. A．each one B．each other C．the other D．one another
16. A．admit B．consider C．decide D．believe
17. A．big bites B．deep breaths C．a firm hold D．close look
18. A．just B．always C．merely D．seldom
19. A．put away B．get down C．hand out D．take off
20. A．made B．took C．got D．did
Along the way children ______ long wool coats stopped to look at us.
A．dressing in B．dressing C．dressed in D．dressed
Is this the reason _____ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?
A．what he explained B．why he explained C．he explained D．how he explained
______ in his studies, he didn't know that all the others had left.
A．Buried B．Burying C．Having buried D．Bury
We had much difficulty __________ home in the snowstorm.
A．walked B．walk C．walking D．to walk
