It was May 5. It was Mary’s birthday. She came home, and saw a card on the table. It said, “There’s a present for you, Mary. Go and look for it in your room.” Mary ran to her room. Her parents were watching her. They were smiling. On her bed she saw a new red box. She thought, “What’s in the box?” She opened it. There was nothing but a card in it. Mary took it out and read.

“Dear Mary, I’m your present. My first letter is in the word ‘book’, but not in ‘look’. My second letter is in ‘ink’, but not in ‘thank’. You can find my third letter in both ‘ink’ and ‘book’. And my last letter is in ‘she’, but not in ‘ship’. What am I?”

Mary thought hard. B-I-K-E! She smiled and said, “Aha, I know, Mom. But where is it?” Her mother said, “Look at the back of the card.” Mary turned it over and read, “Come and look for me in the garden.”

Mary hurried to the garden. There under a big tree she found her present—a nice new bike!

“Happy birthday, Mary!” her parents said.

“Thank you, Mom and Dad.”

1.Mary’s birthday was on .

A. March the fifteenth

B. May the fifth

C. March the fifth

D. May the fifteenth

2.Mary’s birthday present was .

A. a beautiful card

B. a beautiful box

C. a beautiful bike

D. a comfortable bed

3. The first card was on the table. The second card was .

A. on the bed B. on the desk

C. in the box D. in a book

4. Mary’s present was .

A. on the back of the card B. on her bed

C. in her room D. in the garden

5. Mary’s parents were .

A. very kind and funny

B. very poor

C. very rich

D. very young

—Good news! There is ______ a birthday party this weekend．
—Great．I was told it was Mary’s ______ birthday this weekend．

It was Mary’s birthday．Her uncle wrote a letter and told her he would like to send her some chickens．She was very happy because she liked eggs and chicken．”I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them，”she thought．
When the chickens arrived the next day, they were all in a box．Mary took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden，but the box of chickens was so heavy that she dropped（落下）it．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours in trying to find them．
A few hours later her uncle came．He asked．”Did the chickens arrive safely?” ”Yes，but I dropped the box．The chickens ran everywhere．It took me the whole morning to look for them，”Mary said．
“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．”I hope so，”Mary answered，”But l only caught（抓住）eleven of them” “That’s very interesting．I only sent you six．”her uncle laughed．
【小题1】Mary got a letter from her _____．

—Good news! There is ______ a birthday party this weekend．

—Great．I was told it was Mary’s ______ birthday this weekend．

A．going to have; fifteen???????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．going to be; fifteen

C．ging to have; fifteenth???????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．gong to be; fifteenth