A boy thought that he was the most unhappy person in the world. In his opinion, he was unlucky because almost everything 1always happened to him. He wanted to find the 2 to happiness. He walked a long way and finally came to a beautiful palace. There, he met the king.

    After learning 3 the boy came, the king suggested that he should look around the palace and come back in two hours. “At the same time, I want you to hold this spoon 4 milk,” said the king. “As you walk around my palace, carry this spoon 5 without spilling the milk.”

    The boy kept his eyes fixed on the spoon and began to walk around the golden palace. After two hours, he came back to the king. “Well,” asked the king. “Did you 6 the wonderful paintings in my dining hall? Did you enjoy the colorful flowers in the garden?” The boy felt sorry because he saw 7.  He only paid attention to the milk.

    "Then go back and you can see the beauty of my world.” said the king. This time the boy saw all of the works of art on the walls. He saw the great gardens and hills all around. He had a great time 8 he was walking around the palace. When he 9, he described everything he saw.

     "But where is the milk?” asked the king. Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw the milk was gone. “Well, there is only one piece of 10 I can give you,” said the king. “The secret to happiness is to see all the beauty of the world and also keep an eye on the milk on the spoon.”

阅读下面短文, 从每小题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    A man goes into a restaurant one day. He sit down at a table near the window. A waiter goes up to 1 and says, “Can I help you, sir?” “Sure.” The man asked for some  2 food. The waiter thinks the man must have a lot of money and gets all the food for him soon. When the man is having his big 3 , a boy comes into the restaurant and sits at the man's table.

    The waiter says to the man, “What would your little boy like, sir?''

    “Oh, just a chocolate ice-cream.” Then the man4and says to the waiter, “I'm just going out to buy a newspaper.  Could you please keep an eye on my boy 5 I'm back?” With these words, he goes out of the 6.

    The waiter agrees and gives the boy a big chocolate ice-cream.  The boy is happy to7the ice-cream and eats it quickly.  “Thank you for the 8.  It's so delicious!” The boy thanks the waiter and is about to leave

    “Excuse me,” the waiter stops him, “you can't go now 9 your father doesn't give the money.”

“He's not my father,” the boy says. “I don't know  10 he is. I meet him in the park nearby this morning. He says I can eat all ice-cream when I come here at 12 o'clock. ”

    Once there lived a poor family in our town. They were so poor that there was almost(几乎)1 in the house but a pot(罐) 2 a broken table. In it there was a little rice. They 3the rice from their neighbour for the coming New Year. On New Year's Eve(除夕夜), the wife already fell asleep, but the husband was 4 in bed, worrying about their life. Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room.

    “It must be a thief(小偷),” he thought, “5 it doesn't matter. The thief can steal(偷) nothing.”He didn't shout or move. But he kept6over the thief.

    The thief came into the house and was only7 in the rice under the table.

    “But8can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He9 his coat, put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the 10 .

    Now the husband knew11the thief would do. He picked up the coat quickly and covered himself with it12the thief turned back.

    The thief took the pot, and poured(倒) the rice onto the coat. Then he began to feel it. But he was13 to find that his coat was gone.

    “Hey,” he shouted out. The14 woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”

    “Shut up! (闭嘴)” replied her husband, “15 to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”

    “That's impossible,”the thief shouted loudly, “If there isn't a thief, then, where is my coat?”

    Do you know the movie（电影）, Kung Fu Yoga? Then you must know Jackie Chen. Jackie Chen is a great movie 1. He is fifty years old, but he 2 very young and healthy, because he 3 many good habits. For example, he does 4 every day, he often runs in the morning and swims in the evening 5 two hours. He goes to bed and gets up 6. He usually gets up at seven o'clock. Then he has a glass of milk and an egg for breakfast. At half past twelve, he has some bread and 7 for lunch. Carrot is his favorite vegetable. He doesn't like chicken. He does a lot of work in the afternoon, so he often eats a big 8 in the evening, like rice and fish. After dinner, he has some fruit. He thinks it's good for his health. He doesn't eat cakes, 9 he doesn't want to be fat. His habits are really 10.

    In the past, I didn't get on with my parents. I hardly talked to them, because they liked to1me with my sister. And that made me2 I sometimes argued with them about this.

    However, I wanted to show them that I could do things as3as my sister. Then I began to spend most of my free time painting in my bedroom. Luckily, my art teacher, Miss Green, 4 me a lot of help. She taught me some drawing 5 to help improve my paintings .At that time, she was the only people person I would like to talk to.

    One day, I told Miss Green about my problem. She6 me to take part in a painting competition .In her7, the best way to communicate with my parents was to prove myself to them.

    After a few weeks waiting, the result finally came out. I was very happy and excited, 8 I got first prize! When I took the prize home, my parents were very9! They never thought I could do good Job. I could see that they were very happy. And they began to care more about me .Now, relations between my parents and me are very good. So I think it's very10to have someone to talk to Thanks. Miss Green!