A shop owner closed his shop and went home．He was very  1 ，but just as he went to bed．the telephone  2  ．A man asked，“What time do you open your shop?’’

The shop owner was  3  about this phone call．He put down the telephone without answering and went  4  to bed．A few minutes  5  the telephone rang   6  and the man asked the  7  question．The shop owner became very  8    and he shouted “You needn’t ask me when I open the shop for l won’t let you get in．”

“Oh，no，I don’t want to get   9   ”, the man said,  “I want to go  10 ．”

1．A．happy               B． glad              C． tired                      D． excited

2．A．ring                 B． rang             C． rung              D． rings

3．A． unhappy            B． interested          C． proud             D． worried

4．A．upstairs             B． downstairs        C． back              D． home

5．A．a(chǎn)go                B． later              C． before             D． after

6．A．a(chǎn)gain                B． once              C． more              D． much

7．A．a(chǎn)nother              B． one               C． same              D． funny

8．A．a(chǎn)ngry                B． pleased            C． sad               D． glad

9．A．out                 B． in                C． into               D． in to

10．A．out                B． An               C． into               D． in to

On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain.   1   as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韻律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t   2  listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood（童年） in my hometown.

When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and   3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I    4   to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the    5   raindrops（雨點）.

When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row（持續(xù)不斷地）, they    6  a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops   7  the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（濺出）and then disappear slowly.

I have been   8  interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the    9  of the earth, and one day we will embrace（擁抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.

Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the    10   of life.

1.                A．Surprised       B．Sad            C．Excited   D．Angry

2.                A．stand          B．stop           C．like  D．think

3.                A．leaves          B．a(chǎn)nimals         C．children D．trees

4.                A．happened       B．wanted         C．wished   D．used

5.                A．falling          B．singing          C．fallen    D．broken

6.                A．make          B．form           C．cause    D．rise

7.                A．see            B．get            C．reach    D．cover

8.                A．a(chǎn)lways          B．never          C．sometimes    D．seldom

9.                A．children        B．owner          C．friends   D．master

10.               A．length         B．meaning        C．number   D．quality

Wang Yani was born in 1975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an  1 .Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.

One day, Yani painted lines on her faher’s painting. He got  2 . At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to    like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He   4  remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to    5  her.

With her father’s help, Yani soon   6  . Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get   7  for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. People  8  her works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.

Yani became famous when she was young. Her works were 9  in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America,  10  her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life..