Mr. Jackson works in a college. He likes reading and often   1    some books from the library. He keeps   2    to the radio every morning and reading   3    after dinner. So he knows much and teaches well. He is also good   4   his students. His students   5   him very much. Mike, Mr. Jackson's little son is only nine. He   6   likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Jackson always thinks his son is too   7   to understand him, so he chooses（选择）  8   ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied (对……满意) with them.

One day Mike read something about the electric lights and was   9   them. When his father told him to do housework, he went on（继续）thinking  10   it. He asked him   11   questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly（自豪地），“Fathers always know   12   than sons!” The boy thought for a while and said, “  13   .” “Oh, why?” Mike didn't answer but asked. “  14    invented（发明） the electric lights?” “Thomas Edison.” answered Mr. Jackson “Why didn't his father invent them then?” Mike asked again.

Looking at his son, Mr. Jackson didn't know   15   to answer.

1.                A．borrows        B．reads          C．sells D．finds

 

2.                A．watching        B．listening        C．reading   D．touching

 

3.                A．messages       B．letters          C．stories   D．newspapers

 

4.                A．to             B．with           C．for  D．at

 

5.                A．like            B．dislike          C．hate D．likes

 

6.                A．never          B．even           C．still  D．also

 

7.                A．clever          B．bright          C．old  D．young

 

8.                A．difficult         B．wrong          C．easy D．right

 

9.                A．afraid of        B．tired of         C．interested in   D．worried about

 

10.               A．to             B．at             C．about D．from

 

11.               A．a little          B．a few          C．little  D．few

 

12.               A．many          B．much          C．more D．most

 

13.               A．I think so.       B．I don’t think so. C．I hope so.  D．I hope not.

 

14.               A．Which         B．Who           C．When D．Why

 

15.               A．what           B．when          C．which D．where

 

 

When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop   1  school because my mother had no ___2___ to pay for my school bills.

We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money  3  me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went  4 . I asked my headmaster  5  I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me  6  in the school garden during the  7 . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s  8 .   9  the end of my second year,   I  10  most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. After  11  summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell  12 .

Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up (放弃). And my teachers  and  classmates  helped me  a   13  . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not  14  . A few students  15  my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.

1.                A．to go to         B．going to         C．living in   D．visiting the

 

2.                A．time           B．money         C．help D．friends

 

3.                A．for            B．of             C．to   D．by

 

4.                A．bright          B．late            C．dark D．wrong

 

5.                A．what           B．which          C．if    D．when

 

6.                A．work           B．to work         C．working  D．study

 

7.                A．afternoon       B．holidays        C．night D．morning

 

8.                A．illness          B．death          C．rest  D．work

 

9.                A．Near           B．In             C．At   D．By

 

10.               A．passed         B．went through    C．failed D．had

 

11.               A．another        B．other          C．the other  D．more

 

12.               A．tired           B．asleep         C．up   D．ill

 

13.               A．little           B．few            C．lot   D．lot of

 

14.               A．the same       B．hard           C．difficult   D．easy

 

15.               A．laugh at        B．like            C．put on D．laugh

 

 

The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to___    an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to rain．The rain had not stopped___ ____the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was      on the seat in front of her.

    A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”

    Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt  __ ____ for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant _      the owner of the umbrella was giving her．

    When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she        to buy another as a present for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her       and had lunch in a restaurant.

    In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under

her arm, and sat down. Then she     that, by a curious coincidence(巧合)，she was sitting next to the woman who had made her feel      that morning.

    That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good __   ,” she said.

1.A. keep        B. bring       C. take          D. leave

2.A. before       B. until       C. though             D. when

3.A. hanging     B. appearing   C. dropping           D. losing

4.A. angry      B. sorry       C. lucky         D. glad

5.A. reply      B．call        C. suggestion           D. look

6.A．promised   B. decided     C. agreed         D. remembered

7.A. hiking      B. shopping    C. trying         D. searching

8.A. meant      B. explained   C. saw           D. forgot

9.A. jealous     B. bored      C. satisfied        D. uncomfortable

10.A. day        B. meal       C .Journey        D. present

 

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Dear friend,

I am __1__ American school girl. My name is Alice Green. I am twelve. I __2__ two brothers. My brothers and I __3__ all at school. We go to school __4__ Monday __5__ Friday. We __6__ have classes on __7__and Sunday. We don’t go to school on weekends. My father and my mother are teachers. They say China is great. I like __8__, and I can sing a lot of songs. My brother and I like baseball and basketball. __9__ do you like? Let’s __10__ friends. Please write soon.

Yours,

Alice Green

1.                A．an             B．a              C．the  D．/

 

2.                A．has            B．to have         C．have D．am

 

3.                A．is             B．am            C．be   D．are

 

4.                A．in             B．at             C．on   D．from

 

5.                A．to             B．on             C．in   D．for

 

6.                A．aren’t        B．isn’t          C．don’t   D．doesn’t

 

7.                A．Monday        B．Wednesday      C．Saturday  D．Friday

 

8.                A．singing         B．to singing       C．sing  D．sings

 

9.                A．Who           B．Why           C．What D．Where

 

10.               A．are            B．is             C．do   D．be

 

 

根据短文内容及首字母，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。

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