They’re best friends. They go to school together every day. They often go to the shopping mall at weekends. Both of them have hair the colour of honey (蜂蜜)，but one has big blue eyes and the other deep brown eyes.

       One of the friends, Jenny Siegle, is in a wheelchair. The other, Augie, is an amazing dog who helps Jenny .Jenny, who is 14 years old, is a quadriplegic(四肢瘫痪者)，which means she cannot use her arms or legs.Augie is a Freedom Service dog who is Jenny’s arms and legs.

How does Augie do this? In school, he picks up the pencil or notebook that Jenny drops. Jenny is also training Augie to pull off her jacket so Jenny doesn’t have to ask anyone for help.

       At home, Augie brings her the newspapers. He even helps clean Jenny’s room. When Jenny asks him, Augie goes to get her parents or sister. Augie also carries his food dish back to Jenny so she can fill it with dog food. Then Augie puts it back neatly in its place.

       At the mall, Augie wears a pack that tells everyone he is a Freedom Service dog. When Jenny wants to buy things, Augie carries them to the counter (柜台). He gives the cashier Jenny’s wallet and waits for the change(找零)。

       P. J. Roche, who started Freedom Service Dogs, says, “These dogs are a social bridge, Kids who don’t know Jenny come up to talk to her because she’s got a dog.” Augie is truly Jenny’s best friend and helper and her bridge to the world.

1. Augie is _____________.

  A. a girl in a wheelchair     B. Roche’s friend   C. a helpful dog     D. a cashier

2. Augie helps Jenny do many kinds of things except _______________.

       A. helping her take off her clothes   

       B. carrying things to Jenny at home

       C. paying money to the cashier at the mall                  

       D. helping Jenny learn all kinds of things at school

3. “Augie is Jenny’s bridge to the world” means that_____________.

       A. it helps Jenny a lot in her life

       B. it does everything it can for Jenny

       C. it picks up things Jenny drops at school

       D. children who don’t know Jenny come to talk to her because of Augie

Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds a way.

“ Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone, “ Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave ( 请半天假 ).”

“ Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” says Mrs. Black, “ But who’s that?”

“ It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

1.Peter is a ______.

2. Peter will be in ______ next year.

3. Peter often reads news newspaper because _______.

4. Peter wants to ask for half a day’s leave because _______.

5. Which sentence ( 句子 ) is right?

It is fine Sunday. Jenny and her mother are on the  1 . They want to go to  2 . There are many children on it. Their parents are telling stories to  3 . An old man gets  4  the bus. He has no seat(座位) to sit in. Jenny asks him to sit in her seat. The old man  5  Jenny. There are two foreigners(外国人) on the bus. They want to go to the Great Wall, too. But they  6  speak Chinese. Jenny talks to them in English. She tells them Beijing is a big city  7  a long history. And the Palace Museum is very famous, too. She tells stories  8  the Palace Museum. At the same time they learn about a lot of Chinese culture(文化) from Jenny. They think the stories are  9  and they want to visit other places of interest in China soon. Can their dream  10  ? Of course.

1.                A．train           B．bus            C．plane D．car

2.                A．hutong         B．Tian’ anmen Spuare C．the Great Wall  D．wangfujin

3.                A．them          B．they           C．me  D．him

4.                A．up            B．on             C．dressed  D．in

5.                A．says           B．talks           C．shows    D．thanks

6.                A．can            B．can’t          C．must     D．need to

7.                A．at             B．in             C．with D．has

8.                A．to             B．about          C．or   D．with

9.                A．boring         B．relaxed         C．afraid    D．interesting

10.               A．think of        B．come on        C．come true D．get to

His mother wants him ________ good food.

       A. eat           B. to eat         C. eating        D. eats