Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. He was the president of the United States from 1861 1       he died in 1865, when he was 56 years old. Lincoln was a very 2       man. He was six feet and four inches tall. His 3       were big. They were twelve inches in 4       So it was not easy for him to find suitable shoes in some shops.

Lincoln was too tall to fit in most beds. When he was president, the people from his hometown gave him a special bed. It was nine feet long,and so it was 5      enough for him.

6       his life, Lincoln liked to laugh. He liked to make other people laugh, too. People said that he was 7       funny that he could even make cats laugh.

Many people thought Abraham Lincoln was

8       Right before he 9       president, an eleven-year-old girl wrote him a letter. She said she wanted him to grow a beard(胡须)so that he could look better. Lincoln thought it was a good

10       . That was why in most pictures he had a beard.

(   ) 1. A. when    B. as C. until    D. to

(   ) 2. A. thin    B. tall C. fat    D. black

(   ) 3. A. hands    B. faces C. eyes    D. feet

(   ) 4. A. length    B. long C. tall    D. height

(   ) 5. A. wide    B. long C. heavy    D. strong

(   ) 6. A. All    B. For C. To    D. With

(   ) 7. A. very    B. rather C.so    D.such

(   ) 8. A. calm    B. friendly C. ugly    D. shy

(   ) 9. A. was become    B. was elected C. becomes    D. elected

(   ) 10. A. letter    B. advice C. article    D. idea 

2. Mr. Green doesn't want to go there.

Mrs. Green doesn't want to go there,either. (用neither,..nor…合并为一句)

1. Michael likes listening to music. Kangkang likes listening to music.

① （用not only...but also…合并为一句）

② （用both..and...合并为一句）

③ （用either...or…合并为一句）

5. To keep healthy, you must give up smoking.(改为同义句）

To keep healthy，   you must             smoking.

4. The girl is pleased with her birthday gift. (改为同义句）

The girl_________  _______  _______  her birthday gift.

3. Don't listen to music while you're riding. (改为同义句）

Don't listen to music          

2. A person under 18 years old is not  allowed to drive.(改为主动语态)

They       allow a person under 18 years old         

1. People believed in him and asked him for help.(改为同义句）

People       him and       

5. Less          two years later, he invented his first robot.

4. We must keep the mainland and Taiwan       one country.