The day for the great balloon competition finally arrived. Every insect in the garden had been hard, and now they were preparing to begin their routines. The balloon competitions were always something really special.
Each time, the flying insects were favourite to win, because they could seize the balloon strings and fly off in all directions, creating all sorts of in the air. , on this occasion there were some rather unusual insects taking part: a group of ants. Of course, expected that they could do anything special. They were so light that no ant had ever to take part, but it was quite impressive to see all the ants all organized and prepared.
So the competition began, and the insects took their turns, performing beautiful movements with the balloons. As always the butterflies left everyone with their twist and turns, and their wonderful colours. When it was time for the ants to perform, it seemed like the competition had already been decided.
For the time in living memory, the ants shared just one balloon between them, and one by one they climbed up the balloon string, a thin black thread of ants. When all the string was covered, the last ant climbed his teammates to reach the balloon. he got there, he climbed onto the top of the balloon.
This strange attracted everyone's curiosity, and they were just about to witness the most important : the ant opened his jaws as wide as he could. . . and then he made a violent movement at the balloon with all his strength!
The result was powerful! The balloon began blowing out its air, flying about, here and there, doing a thousand turns and spins, while the ants made all kinds of beautiful shapes out of the string.
Of course, that acrobatic(杂技般的) flight with quite a hard landing, but it didn't . The creativity and teamwork of the ant performance was so that the crowd didn't even have to vote for there to be a winner.
From then on, in that garden, everyone understood how much could be achieved by working . In the years to come, the balloon competitions were full of displays carried out by teams, and they put on some wonderful routines; something those individual insects could never have achieved on their own.
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The plane took off. A passenger needed a cup of water to take his medicine. An air hostess（空姐）told him that she would bring him the ___ soon. But the air hostess was ___ busy that she forgot to bring him the water. ____ , the passenger couldn’t take his medicine on time. About half an hour later, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he ___ it.
In the following hours, each time she ____ the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger ___ paid notice to her.
When it was time to get off the ____ , the passenger asked her to hand him the passengers’ booklet（留言簿）, she was very ___ . She thought that he would ___ bad words in it, but with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet and then ___ . The passenger put it, “In the past few hours, you have asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve faithful（真诚的）smiles?”
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完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small _____ in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life ____ as a midwife（接生婆）, helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was ___ . So she wants all the children in her village to ____ .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud ___ her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with ___ .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her __ . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school ___ she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, __ girls in poor areas, that ___ will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
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完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）
Once, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument. One day, a magic man the king a harp(竖琴).
The king took it to the palace, but he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many ___people tried it. They agreed that the harp was __ and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.
A poor little girl found the harp, and even though she didn’t know how it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect, __ each time it sounded a little better.
Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact _____magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.
The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing his old harp, he was filled ___ joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private __ , giving her and her family many riches.
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Marcos was a hardworking farmer. Every day he asked his only son to him in the fields, but Paolo seldom got out of bed before noon. Marcos was very about his only son.
One evening Marcos’ old friend Luigi , “ Marcos, why aren’t your fields ready for planting?” Marcos explained that he was old and his back hurt. He said that Paolo was and did not help him with the farming. “Marcos, you need to use your as much as your back. I have an idea for you.” Luigi said.
Early the next morning Marcos rushed into Paolo’s room. “ I found your grandfather’s map!” he cried. “We may find he buried（埋）his gold coins!” Paolo jumped out of bed. “I’ll start over here.” Paolo told his father. Paolo
___ in the field all day. While Paolo dug, his father along, dropping something from his bag into the ground. When they went in for dinner that night, a very tired Paolo said, “I think Grandfather was old when he made his map. I don’t think I’ll dig tomorrow.”
Paolo to his lazy way and slept all morning. One day Marcos rushed into Paolo’s room and cried, “ Paolo! I found the treasure in the fields!” Paolo ___ went out to look. He said, “ There is ____ here but lines and lines of vegetables.”
Marcos smiled. “ Paola, it is all around you. You have enough food to make it ___ the winter, with plenty more to sell!” Paolo was embarrassed（尴尬的）to see that his father was __ . His one day of hard work had provided his with real treasure. He learned an important . He could make a good living with a little hard work. He became a good and made his father proud.
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The Sweetest Sight
I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.
It was an amazing week for my husband and me –the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to our two children and started off.
During the week’s time, visited London and Paris –as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.
On our last night in Paris, we enjoyed the night view(夜景) of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother the phone. In a second, my husband’s face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something happened.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
He didn’t answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.
At that moment, Paris suddenly lost its charm(魅力).
“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home my kids!”
We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …
Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no sight(风景)in the world than your children’s faces that greet you at home.
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