I really don’t like the sweater but I have to ________ like it．

1. A.
   want
2. B.
   pretend
3. C.
   want to
4. D.
   pretend to

I have been trying to get sick．I don't wear a sweater when I should，and two days ago I walked in the rain without my boots and my feet got wet．But so far nothing has happened．Debbie once told me about a girl who liked to stay overnight in the infirmary（医务室）．She used to rub（摩擦）the end of the clinical thermometer（体温计）until it went up to 102．Then she'd stick it in her mouth and the nurse there would think she was really sick．

This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 94 and I rubbed it for ten whole minutes．So I held the tip（未端）of the thermometer next to the light bulb（灯泡）in my desk lamp and it went up to105．I thought I'd put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that．Then my mother would take it out and she would be surprised when she saw what a high fever I had!

The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so hot．As soon as I put it into my mouth, I burned my tongue．Something terrible! I spit the thermometer out．It fell on the floor but it didn't break．I will have to think up a better way to get mother and father back together．I can't waste my time trying to get sick．

1、How did the author try to get sick?

A、She walked in the rain without her boots．

B、She didn't wear a sweater when she should．

C、She played in the hot sun．

D、Both A and B．

2、The girl Debbie talked about pretending to be ill         ．

A、so that she could have a rest

B、so that she could sleep in the infirmary at night

C、so that she would not work the next day

D、because she was mad

3、When the author put the hot clinical thermometer in her mouth,         ．

A、she dropped it down                                       B、it broke

C、her mouth felt cold                                     D、it burned her tongue

4、She has been trying to get sick because         ．

A、she doesn't want to go to school               B、she misses her parents

C、she hates her mother                                       D、she wants to go to hospital

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Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. But what about the art of r  1  ? Sometimes, receiving a gift can be difficult, especially when someone buys you a gift you don’t want!

“I remember when I was about twelve years old, my parents b  2  me a purple purse,” laughs Guo Xiaojing. “It really made me feel embarrassed(尴尬), because I thought the purse was really ugly！Still, I pretended (假装)that I liked it b  3  I knew it would make my parents happy!”

Han Ling agrees. “That sounds like my grandparents！A few years ago, my grandparents gave me an orange sweater f  4  my birthday. I used to wear it every time I visited them, but when I left their house, I took it off! Of course, this made me feel g  5  . It was a very nice thought, but my grandparents have different taste from me! I think it’s hard to buy clothes or other personal things for people.”

To make things easier, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, h  6   , receiving money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it j   7    makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that counts. When s   8   gives me money, I feel they don’t think at all. I prefer to receive a gift that has some thought behind it. I don’t mind if it’s something I don’t need. If someone has thought about a g   9   for me, it always makes me happy.”

Different people have very different thoughts on this subject! So maybe the art of receiving is e 10   more difficult than the art of giving! What do you think?