Mrs Smith is thirty-eight. She has two ____. She looks very smart with fair and always tries to keep thin. She hopes ___ young and never eats ____ meat. She doesn’t want others to know how ____ she is.

Mrs Smith works in an office next to her home. It was raining heavily one morning. The head of ____ office went out to join a meeting. The woman had ____ to do. So she began to talk with Mr Zhang about her birthday party. Mr Zhang is an old man ____ glasses. He works in the same office.

‘My family bought me a fresh cake,’ said the woman. ‘ It smelled very ____ ! And I put nineteen candles on it --- one for a year!’

‘ Really?’ asked Mr Zhang . He ____ very surprised. ‘ How did you burn ( 点着 ) ____ of the ends ( 两端 ) at the same time? ’

1.A. boy         B. girl      C. children   D. daughter

2.A. kept        B. keep     C. keeping    D. to keep

3.A. some       B. many     C. any     D. a little

4.A. old         B. big      C. light      D. young

5.A. his         B. hers      C. their      D. her

6.A. something   B. anything  C. nothing    D. everything

7.A. in          B. on       C. with      D. wears

8.A. delicious     B. dark      C. terrible    D. well

9.A. tasted      B. feels      C. looks      D. looked

10.A. all       B. both      C. each       D. every

 

The Purple Knife

This month’s movie for both young and old

The story

Molly Wilson is a shy little girl who lives in Glass Town. One day the people in her town get sick in a strange (奇怪的) way. The cleverest woman in the town says that Molly is the only person that can save(挽救) them. She has to find a purple knife in the Black House of Ice Mountain all by herself. The house is so dark and dangerous that nobody ever went near it before. Experience Molly’s exciting trip and find out if she can save the people of Glass Town.

The best part

People find joy(快乐) and hope in the wonderful magic(有魔力的) world of The Purple Knife, where animals talk and people fly. The burning(燃烧的) bridge is the most exciting part of the movie. It looks surprisingly real — no one in the theater can take their eyes off it!

The weak part

The music is not as exciting as it should be during exciting moments. Also, the story ends too soon. People may leave the theater with some questions in their minds.

(　 ) 1. What does Molly Wilson try to do in the movie?

A. Save the people in her town. B. Find a knife.

C. Go to a dangerous house.　　　　　　　 D. Go for an exciting trip.

(　 ) 2. Which is the best part of the movie according to the writer?

A. The beginning of it.　 B. The ending of it.

C. The burning bridge.　　 D. The middle of it.

(　 ) 3. Which of the following is the weak part of the movie?

A. The music is not perfect.　　　　 B. People can fly.　

C. The bridge is burning. D. Animals can talk.

(　 ) 4. What do we know about the story?

A. Molly is too shy to save the people in her town.　　

B. It does not happen in the real world.

C. People in Glass Town get sick after they come back from Black House.

D. The cleverest woman is going to get the knife with Molly.

(　 )5. What does the writer think of the movie?

A. The story is not exciting.　　　　

B. The writer is unhappy about the way it ends.

C. People can’t find hope in it.　　

D. Some parts of it are bad for children.