Mrs. Black lives on Second Avenue. New Year is coming. She wants to send (寄) a card to her friend in Toronto, but she doesn’t know where the post office is. She asks her neighbor (邻居) Mary, “ Is there a post office near here? I want to send a card.”

“The post office is not near from here,” answers Mary, “but you don’t need to go to the post office to post the card. There is a mailboxin front of the supermarket. You can put your card into the mailbox”

1.Where does Mrs. Black live?

2.What does Mrs. Black want to do?

3.The post office is ________.

4.Mrs. Black and Mary are ________.

5.What’s the meaning (意思) of mailbox？

Have you ever heard the song called “Is there anyone who told you”? It may be impossible for you not to know the song and its singer．It is sung by the famous “Happy Boy” Chen Chusheng， who appeared on Hunan Satellite TV．He caught everyone’s attention． Before the competition he was just a farmer’s son who had never got professional trainings of any kind． As a child， Chusheng wasn’t a good student， but he was very interested in music． He liked to listen to and sing his favorite songs again and again． Like many other parents， his parents also wanted him to go to college，but he failed．Chusheng had no choice but to help his brother repair bicycles and motorbikes．In Sanya, a small city in Hainan Province， Chen worked during the daytime while singing in different bars in the evening． He lived like that until the year 2000．

In 2000, Chen went to Shenzhen．He never expected that his first job in this new place would be delivering food．He went on working in the daytime while singing in the evenings．His life was hard at that time．In the bar called Star-making Factories he met many famous local musicians．In the following several years, Chen, with his musical dream, attended many music contests throughout the country， winning prizes many times． Today，when we think about his success, we cannot help thinking that if one wants to be successful, he should work harder than others．

1.From the passage we know that ________ ．

A．Chen Chusheng wasn’t very lucky

B．Chen Chusheng’s parents wanted him to be a singer

C．Chen Chusheng became a successful singer because he worked hard

D．Chen Chusheng got more money

2.What did his parents want him to do?

A．They wanted him to go to college．

B．They wanted him to be a doctor．

C．They wanted him to repair bikes for his brother．

D．They wanted him to go to bars．

3.What was Chen Chusheng’s life in Shenzhen like?

A．Enjoyable． B．Interesting． C．Comfortable． D．Hard．

4.What’s the meaning of the word“delivering”?

A．烹饪 B．递送 C．品尝 D．购买

5.Where did he work in the evening in Shenzhen?

A．In a bar． B．In a factory．C．In a restaurant． D．In a supermarket．

Is there_________ in today's newspaper?

       A. something interesting                    B. anything interesting

       C. interesting something                    D. interesting anything

动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）

1.I often spend as much time as I can _____ (practice)softball after class.

2.Look! He _____ (look)so happy.

3.When the super star arrived, all the people stopped _____ (cheer)for him.

4._____ (be)stronger, you need to exercise a lot.

5.He _____(hide)my bike behind the tree and I didn't find it.

6.There _____ (be)a football match between Class 1 and Class 2 next Tuesday, is there?

7.Nobody but him _____ (exercise)with his classmates every morning.

8.It _____ (get)darker and darker. I'm sure it'll rain soon.

9.Tina shows us how _____ (sew)in Home Economics.

10.I think my buddy, Amy _____ (be)a social worker when she grows up.

----Excuse me, John. Is there __________ in today’s newspaper?

        ----No, ________________.

A. something new, nothing    B. anything new ; everything

C. anything new; anything    D. anything new; nothing