Once there was a little orphan (孤兒) who always wished that he could fly like a bird. It was very difficult for him to understand why he could not fly.

There was another little boy who was crippled. One day the orphan came to a park, where he saw the little crippled boy playing in the sand alone.

He ran over to the little crippled boy and asked him if he had ever wanted to fly like a bird.

“No,” he said. “But I’ve been thinking about what it would be like to walk and run like others.”

“That is very sad,” said the little orphan. “Do you think we could be friends?”

“Sure,” said the little crippled boy.

The two little boys played for hours. Neither of them felt as lonely as they had been before. Then the little crippled boy’s father came with a wheelchair to pick up his son. The little orphan ran over to him and said something into his ear.

“That would be OK,” said the man.

The little orphan ran back to his friend and said, “You are my only friend and I wish I could do something to make you walk and run like others. Unluckily, I can’t. But there is something that I can do for you.”

The little orphan boy turned around and told his friend to slide onto his back. Then he began to run across the grass. He ran faster and faster, carrying the little crippled boy on his back.

The father began to cry with tears as his son shouted at the top of his voice, “I’m FLYING! Daddy, I’m FLYING!”

【小題 1】The underlined word “crippled” in the second paragraph means ______.

   A. having no arms               B. not being able to walk

    C. not being able to fly            D. not being able to see

【小題 2】 What did the little orphan most probably say to the crippled boy’s father?

   A. May I carry him on my back for a run?

    B. Could you be my daddy, too?

   C. Would you join us in our game?

    D. Could I be friends with your son?

【小題 3】Why did the little crippled boy’s father cry?

   A. Because the orphan boy became his son’s only friend.

   B. Because his son was able to fly.

   C. Because he was happy to see his son’s excitement.

   D. Because the orphan boy was riding on his son’s back.

Nadya Vessey, of Auckland, New Zealand, was born with an illness. So at the age of 16, ? ? of her legs below the knees were cut off. One day when a little boy was watching _? ? take off? her prosthetic(假體的)legs, he asked her ? ? she didn't have any legs.? Thinking quickly she asked him whether he had read The Little Mermaid（美人魚）．He said“_? ? ．”So Nadya told him that she was a mermaid. The Little boy was ? ? ? ? and said,"Wow! That's so cool!” And then he ran off to tell his Dad.

The ? ? ? of becoming a mermaid became clearer and clearer in Nadya's mind. After?? ? ? it over, she wrote to Weta Workshop in Wellington to ask if they could ? ? her. She never believed they actually would, so she was excited when she knew they_? _. Weta workshop's manager, Richard Taylor, was very pleased to make it true, and wanted Nadya to be _? ? .

It took Weta Workshop two years to make a special? ? for Nadya. "A prosthetic is a prosthetic, and your body has to be comfortable? ? ? it and you have to make it part of ? ? ?? ". After practicing in the ? ? , Nadya went to the open sea to try on her mermaid suit. It was ? ? ? ? amazing and great to watch Nadya swim, and to see her dream come true.

Nadya Vessey herself has written the story of a real mermaid.

1.A. either??????? B. both???????? C. neither????????? D. none

2.A. me????????? B. you????????? C. him??????????? D. her

3.A. why???????? B. how????????? C. when?????????? D. where

4.A. No????????? B. Yes????????? C. Sorry?????????? D. Goodbye

5.A. sad????????? B. afraid??????? C. surprised??????? D. fortunate

6.A. news???????? B. idea???????? C. story?????????? D. history

7.A. going???????? B. taking??????? C. turning???????? D. thinking

8.A. save???????? B. pick????????? C. treat?????????? D. help

9.A. agreed?????? B. checked?????? C. refused???????? D. received

10.A. ugly????????? B. beautiful????? C. friendly???????? D. relaxed

11.A. hat?????????? B. jacket??????? C. sweater???????? D. suit

12.A. with????????? B. about???????? C. from????????? D. of

13.A. myself??????? B. ourselves????? C. yourself??????? D. yourselves

14.A. dining hall???? B. waiting room? C. living room????? D. swimming pool

15.A. too?????????? B. really??????? C. well??????????? D. enough

Where is Love? How can we find Love?

Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.

They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快樂)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world.” At the same time, the old woman,s son was also surprised at his mother,s pleasure and asked why.

“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.”

If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.

1.When the little boy saw the old woman, she was   .

2.The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because   .

3.The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile   .

4.The boy,s mother was surprised to see her son was very   when the door opened.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?_____

Now throwing shoes at somebody is a favorite game on the Internet. Sometimes you should throw your shoes. Here is an example.
After leaving his office at the center of city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home.
He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe hit the car in the door. The man got very angry. He jumped out of car and caught a boy who still had a shoe in his hand.
“Who are you? Why do you that?” the angry man shouted at the boy.
“I’m sorry… But I don’t know what else to do. My sister has been hurt. I cry for help but nobody stops,” the boy says.
The man looked around and saw a girl by the road. ___22____.
“She is my sister. She wants to cross the road but falls out of her wheelchair. She is too heavy for me. I can’t get her back into the wheelchair.” The man was moved. He helped the bleeding girl back into her wheelchair. “Thank you. You are so kind.” says the little boy.
Life speaks to our heart. Sometimes we don’t have time to listen and he will throw a shoe at us.
【小題1】The young man drove his new car _______.

  There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 倉庫 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.

   He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 獎賞 ).

   Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but  still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.

   The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”

   So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.

   The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”

   This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .

1.A. important  B. expensive  C. useless  D. interesting

2.A. finding     B. searching  C. watching  D. studying

3.A. money     B. danger    C. work    D. help

4.A. saw       B. found     C. looked   D. watched

5.A. somewhere  B. anywhere  C. nowhere  D. everywhere

6.A. way        B. chance    C. lesson   D. present

7.A. In all    B. That’s all   C. After all  D. Above all

8.A. came   B. knew   C. succeeded   D. stopped

9.A. spoke   B. added  C. talked    D. replied

10.A. badly   B. better   C. worse   D. Well