Tim was never happy with anything. His friends and parents loved him very much, but all Tim could think about was what he didn’t have, or things he was ______ with.
What changed Tim was Coco, the _____. One day, Coco heard all of Tim’s complaints (抱怨). When the cloud was right above Tim, she started ______ heavy black rain on him. Of course, this just made _____ complain even more. Tim ______ get away from the cloud, so he got even angrier. This _____ for about a week.
Tim had a nice ______ called Rita. Rita was the only one that was willing to _____ Tim on those black, rainy days.
One day, Tim complained about the black, _____ days again. Rita said to him, “Cheer up! You are the only one of us that has this cloud, and even better, its rain is ______! We could play some fun games with a cloud like this.” Tim ______. Rita took him to the swimming pool, and stayed with him there _____  all the pool water was black. Then she went away and asked other kids to come. They came and played hide-and-seek with Tim in the_______. They also thought up other _____ to play using the cloud. They had a lot of fun that day.
Tim didn’t complain any more. He _____ to look at the good side of things, rather than the bad side. Even when Coco left, there was a good side to it. He wasn’t wet all the time!

【小题1】

A．busy B．strict C．familiar D．unhappy

【小题2】

A．sun B．rain C．cloud D．wind

【小题3】

A．hitting B．saving C．dropping D．drinking

【小题4】

A．him B．her C．you D．it

【小题5】

A．shouldn’t B．couldn’t C．mustn’t D．needn’t

【小题6】

A．kept B．started C．lasted D．stopped

【小题7】

A．friend B．boss C．teacher D．relative

【小题8】

A．look for B．laugh at C．talk about D．play with

【小题9】

A．snowy B．rainy C．windy D．sunny

【小题10】

A．black B．white C．green D．red

【小题11】

A．cried B．touched C．thought D．agreed

【小题12】

A．so B．yet C．since D．until

【小题13】

A．hall B．pool C．market D．playground

【小题14】

A．games B．sports C．interests D．courses

【小题15】

A．realized B．behaved C．learnt D．replied

根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
Two sisters found work as saleswomen in a company. The first month was not easy. They worked very hard but sold nothing. The younger sister gave up in the second month. She left the company and found another job. The older sister stayed. She said she wanted to have one last try.
One year later, the older sister owned a car and a house. But the younger sister was still poor. She asked her sister, “why?”
The older sister said, “I got my first order (订单) the day you left. They liked my work. So they gave me more orders. Now life is good for me.”
So, keep working and never give up. You’ll get what you want.
【小题1】The two sisters worked in the same company at first.
【小题2】The two sisters didn’t work hard, so they sold nothing.
【小题3】The older sister gave up in the second month.
【小题4】The older sister was richer than the younger sister one year later.
【小题5】If you want to get something , you should keep working and never give up .

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容在短文空格处填入适当的单词，每个空只能写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, father and Michael used to 【小题1】 the mountain near their house. Walking together, they used to talk about what Michael learned lessons【小题2】 his experience. Father always told him, “You should have goals like climbing the mountains.”Mountain climbing gave Michael time to walk with his father and to develop his patience. Yesterday they climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for him【小题3】he was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, he enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s 【小题4】; but as time passed, he【小题5】 a pain in both legs. He wanted to 【小题6】it up, but father said to him, “【小题7】give up halfway. Only there at the top can you see all of the nice things just like in life.”At last, he stood at the【小题8】of the mountain. He【小题9】see the whole of the sky, 【小题10】 was as clear as crystal.