Once there was a boy named Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very     1 at it. He drew many beautiful and interesting pictures, and many people 2 his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be 3 when he was a little older, and then they were going to 4 these pictures for a lot of money.

    Jimmy's pictures were quite different from other 5, because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on 6 of it, and the other half was always 7.

    “That's very 8,” everybody said. “No other people have ever done that before”.

    One day, somebody asked him, “Please 9 me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, but not on the top half.”

    “Because I'm small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes can't 10 very high.”

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift.

    It was happiness.

    One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my 1 because of its high speed.

    Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life 2 arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. 3 slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 4every day.

    However, it's easier to 5 than to do. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness completely. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a normal(正常的)mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get 6 about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; they don't have a mobile phone but 7 have, and so on. But I only 8 life. I was lucky to realize from an accident: It is a waste of our life to focus on(关注)what you have 9. We should always think of what we have had.

    Happiness depends on(取决于)what we have! It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel 10. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激)and taking pleasure in what you really have.

C

    Some people have a very poor sense of direction(方向). Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

    When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask people the way. And so I used to walk around in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

    Now I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often get helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If someone asks me the way somewhere, I will say, "Sorry, I am new here."

    Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting.

    When I just got to my office, the secretary(秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine(想象) how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight.

    “It is the worst day of my life today.” Peter said to himself when he walked home alone. His mind would not stop 1 what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? His stupid mistake made him 2 His team had lost the game 3 him. He was really worried that his coach might 4the team.

    As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, “What's wrong, son?” Peter's feelings were written all over his 5 “I lost the game,” Peter replied. “Look, Peter. I don't know what happened. But 6 it was, don't be too hard on yourself. ”

    “I lost the game, Dad. I 7my team. They'll probably never 8 me play again. ” “Soccer is about team effort. You're not the only 9your team lost. If you have a good team, you should support each other. Besides, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning10 to communicate with your teammates and learning from your 11”

    The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart. “Hey, guys.” he said to his teammates. “I'm really sorry about yesterday. We were so close to 12that game. But I think 13we continue to pull together, we're going to win the next one.”

    To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded 14agreement. “Yeah,” they said, “don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault. We should think about how we can do 15next time. ”

    Peter smiled. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.

    Recently I have read another great book by Mark Twain.1name is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

    Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are best friends. They have had so many adventures.2this book tells about Huck and another friend of his, Jim.

    Huck lives with a rich3after he finds a box of gold with Tom Sawyer in a cave.4Huck's real dad comes and takes him away from the family. Huck's life in his dad's cabin(小木屋) is5so he cuts a hole in the cabin. Then he manages to make people6that someone has killed him.

    Huck runs away to a small7. Jim is on that island. He is very sad because he thinks that his owner wants to8him.

    Then they go on adventures together. They9die in the wheels of a huge paddle boat and they live on a raft(木筏) with two frauds(骗子).

    Well, that's 10I want to tell you here. It's really a good book. It has lots of adventures and Tom Sawyer will show up.