Home Alone
It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother.  I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong!  My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the      1  quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely     2  our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, "No." Then the man asked if we would like to 3 some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very      4   and came into our house.  He took out a     5    and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope.  I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie
     6    easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked     7    of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to     8  money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his    9 .He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,     10     the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man      11   to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the   12 pay phone to call the police.
Soon   13  came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were   14 that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from   15 the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.
(    ) 1. A. window         B. door         C. book        D. fridge
(    ) 2. A. if               B. why         C. when        D. how
(    ) 3. A. lend         B. borrow      C. sell            D. buy
(    ) 4. A. politely           B. slowly      C. hard        D. quietly
(    ) 5. A. book             B. knife       C. gift        D. pen
(    ) 6. A. himself      B. myself          C. herself         D. themselves
(    ) 7. A. none          B. neither         C. both        D. all
(    ) 8. A. look at            B. look after  C. look like       D. look for
(    ) 9. A. feet              B. hands       C. neck        D. legs
(    ) 10. A. and         B. so             C. or          D. but
(    ) 11. A. wanted          B. remembered   C. forgot          D. tried
(    ) 12. A. farthest        B. nearest         C. largest         D. smallest
(    ) 13. A. my friends        B. the police       C. the neighbors    D. my parents
(    ) 14. A. glad            B. angry       C. sad         D. sorry
(    ) 15. A. cleaning        B. closing     C. locking         D. opening

It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the ________soon.

 A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely__________ our parents were at home.

Without thinking, my brother said,“No.” Then the man asked if we would like to ______some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very _______and came into our house. He took out a ________and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope. I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie ______easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked _______of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to _________money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his ______. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, ______the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man ______to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the _______ pay phone to call the police

Soon _______came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were ______that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from _______the door to strangers. I learned a lesson on safety.

1.A. window        B. door           C. book             D. fridge

2.A. if             B. why           C. when             D. how

3.A. lend           B. borrow         C. sell              D. buy

4.A. politely        B. slowly          C. hard.             D. quietly

5.A. book          B. knife           C. gift              D. pen

6.A. himself        B. myself          C. herself           D. themselves

7.A. none          B. neither          C. both             D. all

8.A. look at        B.look after       C. look like          D. look for

9.A. feet           B. hands           C. neck             D. legs

10.A. and           B. so             C. or               D. but

11.A. wanted        B. remembered     C. forgot            D. tried

12.A. farthest        B. nearest         C. largest           D. smallest

13.A. my friends      B. the police      C. the neighbors      D. my parents

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

15.A. cleaning        B. closing        C. locking           D. opening

It’s a fine Saturday morning. There are many people in the park. Many of _1.___are young and some are old.

Some children are  2. games over there. Two boys are playing  3.their toy bats. There is a lake in the park. The water is  4. .  There are some5. on the lake.  6. the lake a young man is reading. There is a house near the lake. Beside  7.   house two men are working. Look at that big tree! There are some birds 8.   it. Under it are some men. Four of them are playing cards. One of them is looking at two cats. The cats are9.up the tree. What do they10.  to do? They want to catch the birds.

11.               A．they           B．them          C．their  D．theirs

12.               A．play           B．plays           C．playing    D．doing

13.               A．to             B．on            C．for   D．with

14.               A．clear          B．tall            C．funny D．humid

15.               A．water          B．boats          C．rain  D．buses

16.               A．Behind         B．In             C．Near  D．Next

17.               A．a             B．/              C．the   D．an

18.               A．for            B．on            C．in    D．with

19.               A．running        B．run            C．runing D．runs

20.               A．to want         B．wanting        C．wants D．want

“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”　　
“Well, if you can   1  do it, …”
“Of course I can,” I replied, trying to convince   2 .
In fact, all this started from my   3  of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy. He said that he had   4  one year without TV for a hundred dollars,   5 me with mocking eyes. It seemed he was saying, “I did it,   6  you can’t!”. I glared at the boy’s face.
That year I did a lot of things. For example, my father taught me to   7 , which became my favorite sport.   8  winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbors offered daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and swam as much as a fish.　　
It was unbelievable how much   9  I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the   10  thing I learnt, though, was self-motivation(上进心).　　
I started to do my homework. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of   11 .　　
I used to   12  reading if there were no   13 , but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could arrange off all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little TV, right   14  my head!
I’m surprised what I did. I got a lot more from the   15  than just the 100 dollars!