There was once a boy who was very rich. He had everything, so he was only interested in the objects. This happened to him in relation to a very old mirror, and he his parents to buy it. When the boy looked into the mirror, his image looked very sad indeed. He tried and making funny faces, but his image continued with its .
, the boy went off to buy sweets and all kinds of toys. He came home but his image in the mirror was still sad-looking. Fed up, the boy stuck the mirror off in a . “What a terrible mirror! It didn’t properly!”
One afternoon he went into the street to and to buy a few toys, but on his way he saw a little boy crying his heart out. The boy looked so that the rich boy went over to see what had happened. The little one told him that he had lost his . Together the two boys set off in search of them. As the little boy wouldn’t stop , our boy spent his money buying him sweets to cheer him up. Finally, after much , they found his parents who were out looking for him, very .
The rich boy headed towards , without having been able to play, without toys, and without . As he went into his room, he noticed a shining light in the corner, the corner he had left the mirror in. Seeing this, he went over to the mirror, and the light was coming from his own body. So he understood the mirror could faithfully reflect the true joy of its .
After that, each morning when he to see a special shine in that mirror, he knew he had to do something to bring it back.
1.A. expensiveB. unusualC. naturalD. popular
2.A. persuadedB. remindedC. allowedD. warned
3.A. sleepingB. smilingC. noddingD. driving
4.A. eventB. storyC. wordD. expression
5.A. FrightenedB. AshamedC. SurprisedD. Embarrassed
6.A. seriouslyB. silentlyC. proudlyD. happily
7.A. deskB. boxC. cornerD. drawer
8.A. workB. appearC. lieD. say
9.A. hideB. playC. searchD. observe
10.A. lonelyB. carelessC. sleepyD. angry
11.A. petsB. parentsC. friendsD. presents
12.A. runningB. whisperingC. cryingD. complaining
13.A. reflectingB. fightingC. visiting D. walking
14.A. worriedB. interestedC. confusedD. amazed
15.A. schoolB. homeC. the shopD. the town
16.A. moneyB. happinessC. memoryD. advice
17.A. similarB. nextC. sameD. relevant
18.A. announcedB. predictedC. suggestedD. realized
19.A. audienceB. partnerC. ownerD. enemy
20.A. refusedB. stoppedC. forgotD. failed
—I got an A in my English final exam. I really can’t believe it myself!
— . I know how hard you’ve worked for it.
A. You can’t miss it B. You deserve it
C. You’ll take it D. That’s too bad
Global warming sometimes feels like a problem that’s very far away from our lives,
only the government needs to worry about.
A. everything B. something
C. anything D. nothing
is known to all is that Beijing and Zhangjiakou have been trying to co-host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Nov 3, 2013.
A. What B. Which C. It D. As
—Was it 11 o’clock you begin doing your homework last night?
—Yes, things are always eating up my precious time.
A. that B. while C. until D. when
There are 61 million “left-behind children” in central and western China,
the adults have to seek jobs in the cities.
A. who B. which C. when D. where
