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In the morning, Mr. Martin comes i   1  his garden. He sees too m  2  snow(雪) in the garden. Mr Martin wants to t  3 his car out, s  4  he asks a cleaner(清洁工) to clean the road from his garage(车库) to the gate. He s  5  to the cleaner, “Don’t put any snow on the f  6  or on the wall. And don’t put any into the street, or(否则) the p   7  will come.” T   8  he goes out. When(当) he comes back, the road is clean. There is no snow on the flowers, on the wall or in the street. But when he o   9   the garage to get his car out, he sees it is full of snow, the snow from the road, and his car is u  10  the snow!

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents       five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

  One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together. 

"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

"Let me try, " Martin said. "I          it isn't too hard for me. " Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out,         . 

"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be         for us to do. " Jimmy said.

"A small computer. . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can         one in a shop. "

"A computer is very          , and we don’t have enough money. "

"That's OK," said Martin. "We can ask the new president         some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office. In front of the post office stood a small box. They         the letter into the box carefully and went home happily. 

The next morning ,they         he post office on their way to school. They found,__­­­­­______,  the box was not a post box but trash-box(果皮箱).

1.A. have died           B. had died           C. died               D. have been death

2.A. sure                B. think              C. hope               D. wish

3.A. neither               B. either              C. too                 D. also

4.A. easy enough                        B. enough easy

C. difficult enough                    D. enough difficult

5.A. borrow              B. lend               C. bring               D. buy 

6.A. expensive         B. cheap                 C. important          D. useful

7.A. to                    B. for                C. about               D. on

8.A. place                B. take                C. dropped             D. bring

9.A. passed             B. past                 C. pasted              D. passing

10.A. with their surprise                  B. in their surprise 

C. to their surprise                      D. of their surprise

Hi! My name is Martin. I come from the USA. I’m in Shanghai, China now . My telephone number is (021)83130761. I am in No. 6 Junior High School. I’m in Class Five, Grade Seven. Hu Jing and Xiao Bin are my Chinese friends. We’re in the same school. We are all (都)thirteen .

Miss Qiu is my English teacher. She has a round face, a big nose and big eyes. I like (喜欢)her very much .

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.Hu Jing is from ____________.

A. the USA B. China C. England D. Japan

2.Martin is __________ years old.

A. eleven B. fifteen C. thirteen D. fourteen

3.Martin, Hu Jing and Xiao Bin are good ___________

A. friends B. students C. teachers D. sisters

4.下面哪一项叙述是正确的？

A. Martin is from Shanghai.

B. They are not in No. 6 Junior High School.

C. Miss Qiu is a Chinese teacher.

D. Miss Qiu has a round face, and her nose is big.

5.短文的标题是____________

A. My Teacher B. My Family

C. My Teacher and Me D. My Friend and Me

Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a“problem child”, but a recent 46  with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. 47, after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became 48 more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she 49 work, and so was often not at home.

His mother looked after him as 50 as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not 51 in studying and he often got in to trouble. Luckily, his mother was very 52 and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she 53 a difficult decision:to send him to a boys’boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.

One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to 54 with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his 55, this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly 56 Ineeded, ”he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was 57 me and would always take pride in every thing good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that 58 my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me. ”

　　 Now Martin has 59 changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change?His mother’s 60 helped him to feel good about himself.

1.                A．conversation    B．report          C．survey   D．speech

2.                A．So             B．But            C．Therefore D．However

3.                A．very           B．many           C．much D．too

4.                A．could          B．had to          C．should   D．would

5.                A．soon           B．quickly         C．well D．good

6.                A．pleased        B．tired           C．bored    D．interested

7.                A．worried        B．patient         C．careful   D．serious

8.                A．made          B．took           C．got  D．thought

9.                A．argue          B．say            C．discuss   D．talk

10.               A．surprised       B．surprising       C．surprise   D．surprises

11.               A．which          B．what           C．that  D．how

12.               A．seeing         B．noticing        C．helping    D．watching

13.               A．since          B．before         C．after  D．when

14.               A．always         B．hardly          C．really D．just

15.               A．advice         B．love           C．idea  D．decision

   My name is Sally . I’m 18 years old and I live in New York . My favorite subject is music . I don’t like science because it’s boring . I usually do my homework at 5 o’clock and I go to bed at 9 o’clock . My favorite teacher is Mr. Green .

Hi, my name is Paul . I’m 17 and my birthday is November 13^th . Ms. Martin is my favorite teacher . She teaches math . I like math and music . I can play the piano but I can’t sing very well . I don’t like science . It’s so boring .

My name is Jackie . I’m from England . I get up at 6 o’clock and I have breakfast at 7 o’clock . I like swimming and painting . I want to join the art club . I don’t like science . I think it’s boring . I speak English and a little Chinese .

My name is Sue. I’m from Yokohama in Japan . I speak Japanese and English . I usually go to school at 7 o’clock in the morning . I think science is boring , but I like history . I want to visit China and America because I think they are very interesting countries （国家）.

根据短文内容回答问题。

1. When does Jackie get up ?

2.What does Sally do at five o’clock ?

3. Why does Sue want to visit China and America ?

4. Who is Paul’s favorite teacher ?

5.Why don’t they like science ?