When Amy walked to her classroom, she met a tall boy. "Watch it!" the boy shouted. Then he mimicked（模仿）the way Amy limped（跛行）. Amy closed her eyes and went to her classroom sadly. Children laughed at her every day. She was sad about it but didn't know what to do.

    Back home that evening, Amy was   31  .Her mum knew that things didn't go well at school. She   32   to help her out.

    “There's a Christmas wish match on the radio," Amy's mum said. "If you have a wish, you can    33    to Santa Claus."

    Amy smiled, An idea came to her mind. Then she began to write her letter:

Dear Santa Claus

    My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I'm not  34  .at school. Children laugh at me because I limp. Can you help me? I just   35  .that no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

                                                        Love

                                                       Amy

    Her   36   spread(传播）on the radio quickly. Over 2,000 people sent Amy letters of friendship. Amy knew  37  could make her feel sad again. A few days later when Amy arrived at school in the morning, she found some  38    on her desk. She opened one and it read:

Dear Amy

     I heard your letter on the radio. I am very   39  . I shouldn't make fun of you. I won’t    40   you again. Would you like to be my friend?

Tom

31. A. crazy         B. shy        C. quiet        D. hungry

32. A. decided       B. failed      C. forgot       D. learned

33. A. talk          B. go         C. write        D. listen

34. A. sad          B. good        C. bad        D. happy

35. A. understand    B. think       C. know       D. hope

36. A. wish         B. picture      C. idea        D. name

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

38. A. radios        B. flowers      C. reports     D. letters

39. A. glad         B. afraid        C. sorry      D. careful

40. A. watch        B. hurt         C. hate       D. push

Mrs. Green has much work to do at home ,so she doesn’t like sports. Her mother is coming this afternoon and she goes to meet her. Near the school she looks at her watch. She has some time. So she goes into the school. Her son isn’t in the classroom. She asks a boy and knows they’re behind the school. She sees some boys playing there. Her son is there, too. She watches them playing and soon is angry. She takes her son to the wall.
“Go home with me, Richard,” says she. “Don’t play with them. I can buy a nice ball for you. Then you don’t need to scramble for（抢夺） the ball.”
1. Mrs. Green doesn’t like sports, because____________.
A. she is at home              B. she doesn’t know about balls
C. she has much work to do     D. she thinks she is well
2. Mrs. Green goes to ____________.
A. see her son                B. watch her son play
C. meet Richard’s grandma     D. meet her grandma
3. Richard is a ____________.
A. schoolboy                B. schoolgirl       
C. teacher                   D. driver

1. A. shop　　   B. classroom　　  C. park　　    D. office　　　　　　 

2. A. students    B. teachers　　    C. workers　　 D. doctors　　　　　　

3. A. angry　　  B. sorry   　　   C. glad　　    D. sad　　　　　　　　

4. A. she　　    B. I　　　　　　 C. we　　　　 D. he　　　　　　　　 

5. A. dark　　   B. old　　　　   C. large　　    D. clean　　　　　　  

6. A. time　　   B. duty　　　　  C. foot　　　　 D. top　　    　　　　 

7. A. home　　  B. noon　　　　  C. night　　    D. school　　　　　　  

8. A. visit　　   B. music　　　　 C. clock　　    D. football　　　　　　 

9. A. bad　　   B. fine　　　　   C. rainy　　    D. windy　　　　　　   

10. A. started    B. had　　　　   C. finished　　  D. gave