阅读下面短文,选择恰当的单词填空. 每词限用一次, 其中有两项多余.

A is not allowed;    B hot;       C slowly;     D before      E stopped the car;   F enjoyed themselves;     G until    H took off  their clothes      I  in the countryside           J crowded;

Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they decided to take a vacation _1.___. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They _2.___  very much.

One afternoon, they were going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too   __3.__ to go further and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving the car __4.__ while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there fast and _5.____ by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on a stone and fishing there. After they   ___6._____  and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted, “Sorry, madams. Swimming __7.___ in the lake!”

“Why didn’t you tell us about it _8.______ we took off our clothes?” Betty said angrily.    “But it isn’t forbidden to take off clothes by the lake,” said the woman.

根据下列表格内容写一篇介绍Alan Miller的作文。（10%）

要求：1）必须包含表格内所有内容，也可以根据字数要求适当发挥。

2） 语句通顺，前后连贯。

3）字数在50个左右。(不包括已经给出的字数)

I have a friend.  He is from America. ______________________________.

Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高级的) fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places.

   “People are afraid to spend now,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They don’t know what the future will bring.”

   During the financial crisis(金融危机), several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods.

   Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two dozen interviews with The Associated Press across the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet.

   The crisis began last year. Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(国界), the whole world was in trouble.

   This month the US government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not. President George W. Bush has warned it will take some time.

   Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble.

1.Why are people in the US afraid to spend?

  A. Because they think it’s unnecessary.      

 B. Because they don’t have the habit of spending money.

 C. Because they worry about their future.

 D. Because they don’t have enough money.

2.The fifth paragraph mainly _________.

  A. tells what it is like in a crisis

  B. explains why there is a crisis

  C. warns people of the danger of the crisis

  D. asks people not to borrow money from banks

3.People feel ______ about the US plan to save the market.

  A. satisfied       B. doubtful         C. hopeless        D. angry

4.The best title for the story is ________.

  A. Ways to make ends meet

  B. The money problem facing the world

  C. Healthy fancy fruits

  D. The art of borrowing

This is my good friend. _________ name is Linda.

A．She              B．He               C．She’s           D．Her

–-- Mum, can I go to the zoo with Linda?  ---When your homework  ______, you can.

A. is finished               B. was finished           C. finishes          D. finished