The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was  31     cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she    32     but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,    33      happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the   34        .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is  35    I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you    36    .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the     37   , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by    38       . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry    39     those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    40      to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    41  as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     42  ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘ 43         I can’t help them all .I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man    44      to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   45     person.

Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to  15  each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and   16  to swim deeper and further.

One morning, the three fish were   17  to a shallow(淺) water by a big wave(浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were   18  , and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish   19  with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much   20  for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around   21 .

At last, the largest fish returned to the   22  by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in   23   his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.

Two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the small shallow corner   24 . The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺乏) of water.

Miss Williams is a teacher, and there are thirty children in her class. They are nice children, and Miss Williams like them all, but they often lose (丟失)some of the clothes. It’s winter, and the weather is very cold. The children’s mothers always take them to school with warm coats and hats and gloves（手套）. The children come into the classroom in the morning and take off their coats and hats and gloves, and put the gloves in the pockets of their coats.
Last Tuesday, Miss Williams found two small blue gloves on the floor in the evening, and the next morning, she asked the children, “Whose gloves are these?” But no one answered. “Haven’t you got blue gloves, Dick?” she asked him.
“Yes, Miss Williams,” he answered, “but those can’t be mine. I’ve lost already.”
【小題1】In winter, the children wore (穿) coats and gloves to _____.

A. go down  B. catch more fish  C. heavy  D. hungry  E. happy  F. richest
G. the boat and life  H. sell the gold chains(鏈條)  I. fishing  J. poor
Mr Smith lived by the sea. He had a big family and he had to work hard, or  his wife and children would be __【小題1】__. So he had to get up early every day. After breakfast he set out in a small boat. He always hoped to __【小題2】__. 
One morning the man got to a good place for fishing.  He threw a long rope with many hooks（鉤子）into the water. He found it very ___【小題3】___ and pulled the hooks out of the sea. He saw there were some gold chains（鏈子. He , of course, was very __【小題4】__. 
“I’ll __【小題5】__ for a lot of money ,” he thought to himself.“I’ll build a new house and buy expensive things. I’ll be the __【小題6】__ man in the world!”
Mr. Smith went on drawing his rope and didn’t notice what was happening to his boat. It began to __【小題7】__. As he was pulling the gold chains, the boat sank into the sea. He lost not only the gold chains ,but also __【小題8】___!

閱讀短文，完成下列各題。

Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.

　 Two men on the road said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, It's a long way to market. "The farmer thought that it was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked.

　 Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired the boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.

　　Next, an old men stopped them and said, "Why are you walking, farmer?  It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on.

Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren't you walking?" she said, "It isn't far to the market. Let your poor horse have a rest." So the farmer, and his son, got down once again.

It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.

簡略回答問題。

1.Why did the father and son walk first? _________________________.

2.What does the story tell us?  _____________________

3.He set out one morning with his son.  (劃線部分提問)

______  ______  he set out with his son?

4.You have a horse (否定句)

You _______   _________  a horse.

5.She said, "It isn't far to the market.”（改為賓語從句）

She said _______   _______ far to the market.