Mary picked up a pencil and a piece of paper，saying，“Now，you want to earn money for the autumn camping trip，right?” Tom，her brother，nodded．He wasn’t able to go last year because he hadn’t earned enough money during the summer．This year he came up with a plan．

He made a necklace for his mother that everyone admired．They were surprised to learn that Tom had made it for her．Why not make more necklaces and sell them?

“OK，” said Mary，“The first thing you need to do is to figure out（计算）how much you have now．’’

“I have $20.00 in the bank，and $7.25 in my room，” explained Tom．

“That gives you a total of $27.25，” said Mary，“That is called your capital．The next thing you need to know is how much it will cost you to make each necklace．”

“Well，the pet shop will give me all the feathers the birds lose．I'll have to buy the beads（小珠子）and string，” said Tom．

Mary wrote on the piece of paper：

CAPITAL      $27.25

EXPENSES     Feathers                       no cost

                 String for 10 necklaces                 $  2.50

                 Beads for 10 necklaces    +       $ 15.00

                 Total                              $ 17.50

“How much do you think you can sell such a necklace for?” asked Mary．

“Hmm，” Tom looked thoughtful and said，“There's a shop in town that sells almost the same kind of necklace for $ 7.50．If I charge（要价）$ 6.00，people will think that's a bargain．”

“OK．If you sell each necklace for $ 6.00，you'll make a good profit（利润）on each then，” said Mary．

“Hurray!” Tom cried，“If I sell 20 necklaces，I'll have enough from the profit for the camping trip and $10.00 left over．”

1.The underlined word "bargain" in this story means “________”．

A．something sold cheap                             B．something sold expensive

C．something made at home                       D．something made by children

2.How much would Tom have to spend on the camping trip?

A．$ 47.45．   B．$ 75．         C．$ 85．         D．$102.25．

3.What's the best title for this story?

A．How to Make Necklaces                        B．How to Sell Necklaces

C．How to Make a Plan                                D．How to Earn Money for a Trip

---___________ English classes do you have every week?

--- Five.

A．How often         B．How long          C．How much         D．How many

—Excuse me, ??? is it from Yizheng to Yangzhou?

—Oh. It’s about 30 minutes’ drive.

A. how soon??????? B. how long????????? C. how far?????? D. how much

When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really    memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting.

     My small hands could    get the mail without using a key! I always could never    to see how much I was getting. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my      . When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.

   After my family moved back to Singapore, I      going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my     with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we    up to a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going     the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a small   caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China       sign.

   We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe,     we were at the highest top of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write     a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard.

   Three weeks later, I arrived home and      my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.

    That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office and all its delights. I had    the post office all these years. Today I     send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.

1.A. bad                       B. poor                          C. good                           D. short

2.A. easily                       B. simply               C. hardly                          D. specially

3.A. weigh                B. wait                             C. get                                   D. plan

4.A. friend                      B. aunt                          C. mother                        D. owner

5.A. enjoyed                    B. stopped               C. hated                                   D. considered

6.A. wedding                     B. return                        C. success                         D. birthday

7.A. broke                      B. woke                         C. grew                           D. stood

8.A. around                      B. over                         C. up                           D. down

9.A. bank                       B. hospital                       C. shop                           D. river

10.A. Traffic                               B. Life                          C. Police                          D. Post

11.A. because                            B. though                        C. while                D. when

12.A. him                     B. me                           C. her                          D. them

13.A. bought                             B. repaired             C. painted              D. opened

14.A. missed                              B. influenced             C. studied                       D. visited

15.A. just                                B. seldom                        C. still                           D. Never

You don’t know ______ I want to see you again. It’s a year since I last saw you.

A．how soon         B．how long          C．how much         D．how often