An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
【小题1】The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.

Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the w   71    day. Once, they quarreled. One of them said, "Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!" A   72    one said, "My hands are more beautiful." The third one said. “Mine a   73    the most beautiful." Just then, an old woman beggar（乞丐） came up to them. "Beautiful ladies," she said, "I'm old and can't work. I'm hungry.  Please give me something to eat."

But the t   74    ladies gave her nothing. They only asked her to tell them who h   75   the most beautiful hands.

A peasant woman (农妇) was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough（粗糙） because of h   76    work. The old woman beggar came up to her and said, "I'm hungry. Please give me something to eat." The peasant woman took out her only cake she had and gave the beggar a h   77   .

The old woman beggar ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her b   78    the rich ladies and said, "Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are m    79    more beautiful than your hands which have never d 80    anything."

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

　　“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”

　　“I left it at home.”

　　Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

　　The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1.Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

　　A. sixteen　        B. eighteen　               C. twenty　         D. fifteen

2.The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

　　A. he's her grandson　　                    B. he's clever

　　C. he can keep quiet　　                    D. he gets home on time

3.From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.

　　A. classmate　　        B. colleague (同事)　　 C. aunt      　　  D. wife

4.The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

　　A. 盖印　　         B. 跺　　               C. 贴邮票　　   D. 承认

5.Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.

　　A. to wake his grandma up

　　B. to make his grandma angry

　　C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time

D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

根据句意，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空，注意时态和语态。（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

1.Could you please ??? me with my English? （help）

2.Our Party had her ???? birthday a few days ago. （nine）

3.Which do you like _______(good),carrots or tomatoes?

4.I want______ (buy) a book.

5.The old woman is walking ________ (slow).

6.She said that she________ (see) the film.

7.Wow ,the soup ________? (taste) so nice

8.The boy should stop ________ (wear) that silly earring.

9.Don’t worry about the ________ (child) heath. They can look after themselves.

10.Your sister is too young ________??? (go) to school.