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.

A

    Lisa is thirteen years old. 1lives (居住) in Beijing. Beijing is very big and you need a2to find your way (路). The stores there are big and good. You can3everything there.

    Tomorrow is Lisa's birthday and she will have a4. Today she needs to5something.

    Lisa's good friend, Martha, is6too. She wants to buy a birthday gift for Lisa. She7Lisa likes music, so she'll give her a8 Martha doesn't have much money,9she's lucky (幸运的). The music shop near her school is10sale. She'll go there and get it.

    My mum works on Saturdays, so every Saturday my aunt, Jenny, takes me somewhere interesting. For example, once she took me to the sea museum, and then she made me do a project (专题研究) about my favourite 1.

    Last Saturday, Jenny took me to an old people's home. She was a volunteer there, so she 2 went there in her free time. There were a lot of old people there. Jenny introduced 3 to some of them. Then she asked me if I would like to read the newspaper to them. I was glad to do that. I read 4 so they could hear me. They said my reading was excellent. I felt really 5.

    Later, Jenny and I had 6 with them. I sat at a table with one man and two women. During lunch, they told me stones about their lives. The man had been a guide. The two women were from other 7. Mrs Wang came from China, and Mrs Guleed was from South Africa. They 8 their lives in their hometowns. It sounded different.

    After lunch, Jenny 9 the piano. Some of the people sang along to the music. The people there were very kind to me. I liked them so much that I began to 10 them as soon as I got home.

    When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess( 公主) in the school play. For weeks my mother helped me practice. I did very well at home, but once on stage(舞台) ,every word1from my head. One day, my teacher told me she had written a narrator's(叙述者) part for the play , and asked me to change 2 I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, 3she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

    It was a lovely spring day. We could see golden dandelions (蒲公英) everywhere. "I'm going to 4all these wild plants," my mother said. "From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden."

    "But I like dandelions," I said. "All flowers are 5even dandelions ！"

    My mother looked at me 6. "Yes. Every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too," she added. "Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no 7 in that." When I realised that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her what had happened.

    She listened and smiled. "But you will be a beautiful narrator," she said, reminding (使想起) me of how much I 8 to read stories aloud to her.

    Over the next few weeks, 9her encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came and I felt very 10. A few minutes before the play, my teacher gave me a dandelion and said," Your mother asked me to give this to you. "Looking at it and thinking of our talk in the yard ,I didn't fear anymore.

    Most kids have dogs or cats or fish as pets, but Betty has a1. The mouse's name is Augustus. She likes mice 2 they are small, easy to take care of and 3. When her friends come over to her 4, they don't like her mouse. They think a mouse is5.

    It was time to feed Augustus one day, but it was difficult to6 him. He wasn't in his little room. How did he get7? After hours of8Augustus around the house, Betty put up notices (告示) on the road. Her9 took them off. "Hey! Why did you do that? "Betty 10. "I lost my dog so I'm going to put my notice up. And11cares about a mouse," her neighbour said.

    Betty didn't let her neighbour's words discourage (使泄气) her. She kept 12"Lost Mouse" notice. Betty then heard ashout. "Oh, it's a mouse!" someone cried out13. Betty followed the shout and it led her to the14shop. She found Augustus eating in the15. She got him and held him happily.