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A farmer was selling(卖) his little dogs. Just then, a __1_ happened to pass by.

   “I want to __2__ one of your dogs, sir.”

   “Well,” said the farmer, “these dogs come from fine parents and cost a lot of __3_.”

   The boy drop (低下) his head for a __4____. Then he reached deep into his pocket and took out some change. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that __5__ to take a look? ”

   “__6__,”said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle(口哨),“Here, Dolly!”

   Dolly ran out of the doghouse followed by four little dogs. The boy’s eyes danced with _7_.

   As the dogs made their ___8__ to the farmer, the little boy saw something else moving inside the __9__.Slowly another little dog __10__; this one much smaller. It was doing its best to look out

    “I ___11_that one,” the little boy said.

    The farmer said, “Son, don’t want that dog. He will __12__ be able to run and play with you like the other dogs would.”

  The boy rolled up(卷起) one leg of his trousers and showed a steel(钢) __13__.Looking back up at the farmer, he said,“You see, sir ,I don’t __14__ too well myself ,and he will need someone to __15____”

1.A. boy           B. dog             C. farmer           D. son

2.A .sell           B. see              C. buy         D. feed

3. A. time              B. money        C. work             D. study

4.A. moment         B. day              C. minutes          D. week

5. A. enough        B. easy             C. necessary         D. simple

6. A. No            B. Sure             C. Sorry            D. Thanks

7. A. happy         B. sad              C. joy            D. music

8. A. way           B. road             C. route         D. street

9. A. farm          B. advertisement    C. grass       D. doghouse

10. A. died             B. shouted          C. appeared     D. watched

11. A. like             B. hate         C. know         D. want

12.A. sometimes         B. always           C. often        D. never

13. A. hand             B. back            C. arm        D. leg

14.A. speak             B. sing             C. walk             D. swim

15. A. ask              B. understand        C. think            D. succeed

Sam is twenty-seven now. He’s tall and strong. He worked hard in the small field. He’s known a girl called Mabel for three years, who lives in another village. He wishes she could marry him soon, but she won’t marry him until he has built a new house. He hasn’t enough money. Of course it’s difficult for him to do so.

Winter had come and the fields were covered with thick snow. Sam had nothing to do at home. Mabel told him to find some temporary employment in the town. He thought she was right and came to Mr White’s factory, where he carried stones from the hill to the workplaces. It was hard work but he was paid more. At the end of the month Mr White paid the young man nearly two thousand dollars. He was very happy. He hurried to the post office, but it was closed. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was half past five, and he was told to go there the next morning. He had to return to the factory. He felt hungry and went into a restaurant and ate something. He didn’t see a thief following him, and as soon as he sat at table, the man sat down next to him and asked him to drink a cup with him. He agreed and drank a lot. And when he woke up two hours later, his money was stolen. He was sad of it and cried for a long time.

The following day Mr White saw the young man’s eyes were red and asked what had happened to him. He told him about it and at last he said, “I worked for the thief last month!”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.Mabel doesn’t marry Sam because _______.

2.Mabel asked Sam to ______.

3.The underlined word “temporary employment” means _______.

4.Sam went the post office to _____.

5.The money was stolen when ______.

人人都有朋友 初中三年同学之间结下深厚的友谊。假设你叫张华，你的笔友李敏在下面这封信中介绍了他的学友，请你写一封70 词左右的回信，说说你好友的基本情况和兴趣爱好。

注意：1、回信的开头和结尾已给出.但不计入总词教：

      2、信中请勿使用朋友的真实校名和姓名

Dear Zhang Hua.

    How are you? In this letter I’d like to say something about my best friend.

    My best friend is Gao Jun. He is fifteen. He is tall with short hair. We are in the same class.

    Gao Jun is smart and friendly in class, he listens to the teachers carefully At home, he often helps his mother with housework He does well in all his lessons. And he is always ready to help others. So, everyone in our class likes him

    Gao Jun seems to have a special interest in writing. He wants to be a writer in the future.

    Both of us like playing basketball .We usually play it after class. We feel happy when we are together. I think we will be good friends forever.

    What about your best friend? Can you tell me something about him( her)?

                                                     Yours.

                                                      Li Min.

Dear Li Min.

Thank you for telling me so much about your best friend Gao Jun.

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                                                                 Yours.

                                                        Zhang Hua

B.根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。

One day, an old couple around the age of 70 walked into a lawyer’s office. They were there to get a divorce(离婚). The lawyer(律师) was very puzzled. A  1   having a chat with them, he got their story.

    This couple had been quarrelling in their 40 years of marriage and nothing ever seemed to go right. They stayed together because of their children. Now all their children have grown up and have their o  2   families. There’s nothing else the old couple have to w  3   about. All they want is to live their own life, so both have agreed on a divorce.

    The lawyer was having a hard time trying to get papers done. He couldn’t understand why the old couple w  4    a divorce. While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband, “ I really love you, but I really can’t carry on any more.”

     “It’s Ok, I understand,” said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a

d   5    together, just the three of them. The wife thought, why not, since they were still going to be f  6   .

    The first dish was roasted chicken. At once, the old man took the chicken leg and gave it to the old lady. “Take this, it’s your f  7   .

    Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe here was a chance, but the wife looked

u  8    when she answered, “This is the problem. You always think so highly of yourself and never think about how I feel. Don’t you know that I h  9   chicken legs?”

    Little did she know that, over the years, the husband had been trying many d  10   ways to please her; little did she know that chicken legs were her husband’s favourite.

根据短文内容和以下提示：1）首字母提示，2）语境提示，3） 汉语提示，4）音标提示，在每一个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Everyone may fail or may meet with difficulties. When a person meets with difficulties, he should take a right attitude(态度) to them .In fact，people will give up after they fail once. They 1.r_________ themselves as failures(失败者),and are not able to get over the difficulties. Some people, however ,are able to take a correct attitude. They face up to the failure. They try to find2.________ what the trouble is. At last , they get over their difficulties . They have the right attitude to deal 3.w_______ difficulties.

“Do not ever lose heart. ”This is the 4._________ (建议)given by a successful young man. This young man once got hurt in his leg . He could never stand as before. This was an unlucky thing .But he didn’t lose 5.h___________. At last he found out that he could do things as good as other people. He started to do 6.___________( /inf?’mei?n/ ) on computers. He finally7._________ (成功) in becoming an expert(专家) on computers.

The story tells us not to lose heart 8. ________(/ w?t 'ev? /) happens. Difficulties are nothing 9._________ you have courage and confidence in yourself. Let’s learn something from the story. Keep on going , and you will make it. Remember: Nothing is 10.__________ (不可能)if you put your heart into it.