A father was very angry. He said to his son, “How many letters are there in the Alphabet (字母表)?” “I’m sorry, I don’t know.” Answered his son. The father was very angry. He said to his son,  You don’t know? You are in school for many years and you don’t know how many letters there are in the Alphabet?” “ No.” answered his son, “But let me ask you a question, Dad. You often go to the post office. Now please tell me how many letters there are in the post office.”

判断正误，写下T或F

1.The son didn’t know the meaning of the word “Alphabet”.

2.The father was angry because his son was not polite to him.

3.The son was too young to go to school, so he couldn’t answer his father’s question.

4.The father couldn’t give the right answer to his son’s question.

5.The word “letter” has two meanings in English.

Excuse me. Is there a bank near here?

A. over there          B. in the neighborhood

C. in the street       D. on the road

Are there         seals in the aquarium?
A、a                       B、some               C、any

One day, Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire(退休) after working for forty years. Jack said in surprise, “I’m only seven, so it means Grandpa has been… er … A really long time!”

His parents said, “Yes. That’s why we are going to have a surprising party for him. ”

Jack loved his grandpa and wanted to do something special for him. He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before. He knew that his grandpa would no longer have theposition(职位) on that card, so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came, Jack was ready. But he didn’t want to put his gift together with others’. He carried it around with him the whole evening.

When all the other people left, he took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave him the gift.

His grandpa smiled, “Well, it must be a beautiful gift. May I open it now?” “Sure!” Jack said excitedly.

As Grandpa opened the gift, tears came into his eyes. Jack gave him the greatest gift he had ever got! They were business cards with new position: FULL-TIME GRANDPA! Jack said, “Now your full-time job is my grandpa!”

Well, how much do I get paid?” his grandpa asked, smiling. “As many hugs as you want!” With these words, Jack gave Grandpa a hug. “Well, I guess that means I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa.

1.Who was going to retire?

2.Jack remembered __________ his grandpa had given him two years before.

3.What did Jack decide to do for his grandpa?

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

5.Why were there tears in Grandpa’s eyes?

完形填空。（共12分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神经系统）.She was unable to __1__. In fact, she could hardly make any __2_. Although she believed that she had a good chance of recovering, the doctors said that __3__ , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not discouraged. There, lying in her hospital bed, she insisted that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was __4__. 

She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not __5__. It seemed that she was undefeatable(打不败的). The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about __6_ that she could make it . Every day Angela would lie there, faithfully doing her mental exercise.

One day, __7__ she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle（奇迹）happened: The bed began to move! “Look what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! ”she shouted___8___!

Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was __9__. More importantly, they were running __10__ safety.

People were crying, and equipment was falling .You see, it was an___11___. But don’t tell that to Angela. She has believed that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, She’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can __12__ the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?

1.                A．see            B．hear           C．talk  D．walk

2.                A．progress        B．difference       C．movement    D．achievement

3.                A．few            B．all             C．some D．most

4.                A．true           B．doubtful        C．certain   D．impossible

5.                A．get up          B．give up         C．turn up   D．stand up

6.                A．thinking        B．expecting       C．pretending    D．imagining

7.                A．as             B．since           C．after     D．before

8.                A．quietly         B．happily         C．quickly   D．carefully

9.                A．frightened      B．pleased         C．touched  D．encouraged

10.               A．in             B．by             C．for   D．with

11.               A．appointment    B．earthquake      C．achievement   D．instruction

12.               A．push           B．shock          C．save  D．shake