“I’ve been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in   1   it?” said the old lady.

John took over the papers from her shaking hand and seated her in chair. He remembered her rich    2   in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. “It’s good, Grandma,” he said gently. Then realizing that she    3   hear him, he shouted into her ears, “I think it’s very good. I’ll  4   it to a publisher (出版商).”

Ten days later, he reported that the publisher had had time to read only a few    5  . But he was so impressed (给...留下深刻的好印象) that he had sent $ 100 for an option（版权）. More money would be given as an advance (预付款). Every month John    6   $100 for her with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book.

One morning, three months after her 100^th birthday, Grandma didn’t get up. The doctor told her that she couldn’t    7   more than a few days. She was ready to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she could get it very soon.

Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands with the title and her name on the cover. Though she couldn’t see it, she could touch it. She proudly traced（找到）her name with her fingers(手指), tears(眼泪) in her eyes. Two hours later, she died peacefully,    8   holding her book.

Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it. “Why, it’s just blank pages!” she cried in    9  . John’s face turned    10  . Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn’t hear the little bell when the typewriter came to the middle of the line. She would keep on working, not knowing the whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were missing. John did not tell her, for he couldn’t take away her only hope. It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.

(   ) 1. A. buying     B. publishing      C. reading         D. lending

(   ) 2. A. sufferings     B. experiences     C. thoughts        D. family

(   ) 3. A. couldn’t    B. needn’t          C. mustn’t             D. doesn’t

(   ) 4. A. throw      B. put             C. send            D. lift

(   ) 5. A. words      B. sentences         C. pages            D. books

(   ) 6. A. brought        B. took              C. gave             D. carried

(   ) 7. A. die            B. stay             C. last               D. sleep

(   ) 8. A. still           B. yet              C. always         D. then

(   ) 9. A. anger          B. joy             C. surprise        D. tears

(   ) 10. A. white         B. red             C. gray             D. pale

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空

I am John．I am l7 years old，and I live in England．My father works in a horse-riding school．I have been riding since I（61） _____ （be）six．I go horse-riding every Saturday．Now, I can ride quite well．I often（62） _____ （spend）all Saturdays at the riding sch001．I help to get the horses ready．I also help the new students．

Look，there are some people（63） _____ （train）horse-ridin9．The girl named Xinyi （64） _____ （walk）the horse around（遛马）and getting ready to get onto the horse．She is from China．She looks beautiful．She（65） _____ （study）here three times．Last time，I helped her move up and down at the same time as the horse（随着马动的频率）．while we were learning how to jump the horse，suddenly she fell off the horse and（66）_____（hurt）her knees badly．I felt sorry that I（67）_____（not help）her at that time．I thought she wouldn’t come this Saturday．To my surprise。she came again! What a brave girl! Last month，she（68） ____ （invite）to come to England for a fashion show．She said she was glad to have the chance to come here and she enjoyed herself．

    Oh，Xinyi is riding towards me．

    “Hi，Xinyi! You’re great! I have never seen such a brave girl like you．”

    ‘Thanks．John! I am leaving for Beijing tomorrow．Thanks for helping me these days．I will never forget the exciting experience．I（69） _____ （share）it with my friends．”

    “I hope（70） _____ （meet）you soon．”

选词填空（每小题1分，共10分）

It was an 1.____ week for the people in the soap opera “Young Lives”. First of all, Marcia told Ben she was having a 2.____ party for Lana, and that Lana 3.____she was going to her house to study. Then Lana 4.____Ben she was 5.____at Marcia, and that she 6.___ going to her house on Friday. So Ben told Lana that Marcia was going to have a party for her. Lana told Ben that she wasn’t mad at Marcia 7.____, and that she 8.____go to Marcia’s house on Friday night. 9.______, Marcia 10._____ everyone and told them that she wasn’t going to have the part.