I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film Titantic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that ticket could be bought at the cinema box office (售票处) in Richland Hill every day between 10:00 and 4:00. Because I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round(往返) trip in 45 minute.

Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip---- so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fifty-five minutes. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car.it was not cheap,but I felt it would be worth ot to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But quickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets.

1. It seems that the writer of the story works     .

A. in a small town   B. in Richland Hills  

C. on a farm near the town  D. at a bus service Center

2. He tried to go to the cinema bo buy a ticket but really got there     .

   A. five times    B. four times    C.three times    D. twice

3.The underlined word “delighted” means     .

   A. sure    B. sorry    C. surprised    D. pleased

4. Which of the following is true according to the story?

   A. The writer was too busy to have time for a rest during the day.

   B. The buses running between his office and Richland Hills were always on time on Thursday.

   C. He could buy the tickets neither before nor after work hours.

   D. It always took him about twenty minutes to get to the cinema by bus.

5.What’s the title of the story?

   A. How to Get a Ticket     B. Tickets Sold out

   C. A Wonderful Film        D. The Way to the Cinema

 

Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
　　Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
　　When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
　　Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
　　When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

　　1. A. afraid            B. worried      C. sure           D. happy
　　2. A. joke          B. fun            C. turn      D. game
　　3. A. talk          B. teach         C. show     D. travel
　　4. A. passed        B. arrived      C. lasted      D. changed
　　5. A. made         B. played       C. helped    D. did
　　6. A. weak         B. pleased       C. busy       D. lonely
　　7. A. show          B. visit                C. meet          D. send
　　8. A. farm          B. city            C. family       D. school
　　9. A. wrote        B. called         C. moved      D. returned
　　10. A. family            B. school        C. teacher      D. farm
　　11. A. meeting     B. school        C. summer     D. talk
　　12. A. people      B. cities         C. languages D. places
　　13. A interesting  B. true           C. long           D. same
　　14. A. England      B. Germany    C. farm         D. home
　　15. A. think          B. see            C. remember D. read

Ever since 1 was little, my favourite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoyed the hot chocolate. 

  16  , winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother  17  it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions.   18  one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.

That year,   19  my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window, hoping  to see just one snowflake(雪花). But there was no   20   . I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.

    By my sixteenth birthday, I   21  all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for it.

During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly    22  . I  23  the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow   24  down all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming and laughing. My friends all laughed   25  me, but I didn’t care.

    When I   26  home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was   27  because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake(冰晶雪花)with a card that    28  , “Happy Birthday.”

    How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final    29  on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.

    I was   30  that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.

16. A. Certainly        B. Unluckily        C. Importantly D. Luckily

17. A. when         B. how          C. whether      D. why

18. A. But          B. Or           C. Then             D. So

19. A. on               B. after            C. before       D. in

20. A. season           B. snow         C. breakfast        D. winter

21. A. had got          B. had made    C. had found        D. had lost

22. A. happy            B. sad          C. angry            D. sorry

23. A. had              B. was          C. played       D. feared

24. A. fell             B. standing         C. disappearing D. falling

25. A. with         B. at               C. from             D. off

26. A. arrived at       B. reached at       C. got          D. flew

27. A. excited          B. surprised        C. pleased      D. sad

28. A. wrote            B. said             C. explained        D. appeared

29. A. order        B. mistake      C. wish             D. decision

30. A. sure         B. angry            C. sad          D. confident

    Do you know Beckham, a football star? Recently my ears are full of fine words from my friends around me, such as, "Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can't help loving him!" or "What perfect skills he has!" Yeah, I  16   with them to some degree, though I sometimes do want to ___17   them how much they know about Beckham, besides (除了) his   18   and how much they know about football. It seems funny that we are   19   for those things. In fact, we don't know the things well or we are not   20   about them. But we all. My friends as well as I, consider this one of life's   21   .

     We need these pleasures to make our lives brighter. But that isn't equal to craziness or rubbish. As an old saying goes: "Don't judge (评判) a book by its cover." We should not judge anything from its appearance. We should all know that it is one's good qualities and great    22   that make one a star and well-known. Therefore, we'd better say   23   about Beckham's good looks.

     If we close our eyes, falling in deep thought, and   24   it over, we can find the things that cause us to be really happy or sad have a   25   picture. From the picture, we find that the things are different. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with the   26   of the things, sooner or later we will find we have not really  27   anything because the pleasant outside of the things has misled (误导) us, and we'll keep doing something silly  28   we realize the facts and make some changes.

     I believe that thinking it over and going deeper is a   29   of great progress (进步). It one day we are   30  to go deeper into everything, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, mad prove how wise and mature (成熟的) we have become.

16. A. expect         B. agree         C. hope          D. think

17. A. ask           B. tell           C. teach         D. doubt

18. A. skills           B. fame          C. team          D. appearance

19. A. grateful        B. crazy         C. serious        D. famous

20. A. sure           B, happy         C. pleased        D. careful

21. A. aims           B. conclusions    C. pleasures      D. spirits

22. A. treasure         B~ success        C. looks          D. advertisement

23. A. more           B. something     C. less           D. nothing

24. A. getting         B. passing      C. turning       D. thinking

25. A. clear           B. dark          C. frightening     D. exciting

26. A. trueness        B. environment   C. outside        D. inside

27. A. believed        B. promised      C. affected       D. received

28. A. since           B. although       C. unless         D. when

29. A. sign           B. cause         C. medal         D. goal

30. A. frightened      B. willing        C. likely         D. possible