“Wow!”¨said Susan．“I have finished my homework and I’m going to paint a picture of our stairs(楼梯)．It’s for a competition in school tomorrow．”

    “Do you need any help?”Mr．Cooper asked．“It’s almost time for bed．”

    “I’ll be quick．”said Susan．“I wonder what colour to use．”

    “Well, our stairs are brown,”said her father．“Thanks，Dad．”said Susan.

    When she finished her picture，Susan began playing with her brush which was still wet．Then something happened．She dropped the brush right on the picture! There in the middle of her picture was a blob(污点)of brown paint!

    “Oh，Dad! What will I do?”Susan cried．

    “My picture is ruined(污损)．And it’s too late to paint another．”

    “Let me see．”said her father．“The paint blob looks just like a spot(斑点)on a dog．All you have to do is to draw a dog around the spot!”

    “That’s a wonderful idea!”cried Susan．She drew a dog around the blob of brown paint．“That looks just fine．You know，few things are as bad as they seem at first．With a little  imagination you can turn bad into good，”said Susan’s father．

    The next day Susan went to school early．

    When the competition began，Mr. King said，“I’ve chosen three pictures，and I want you to say which one you like best．That picture wins!”The children did not like the first one．The next picture was on black paper，but the stairs were red．So it was not so good．Then Mr. King showed the third painting．It was Susan’s!

    “The stairs are straight．”said Joe．

    “Yes．and the brown paint shows up well on the white paper，”said Lucy．

    “And look at the little dog．”said Terry．“He seems to belong there．”

    The children voted and Susan’s painting won．Mr. King handed her the prize-some paints．

    “Susan had a good idea．”Mr. King said．”That little dog finished a good painting．It made the stairs seem real．”

    Susan smiled．She would not give away her secret．But she could hardly wait to tell her father the news．He was right．With a little imagination you can turn something bad into something good!

1．Susan was going to draw a picture for _________．

    A．fun                             B．her homework

    C．a competition                     D．an exam

2．Susan drew the colour“brown”on the white paper because _________

A．she thought“brown”and“white”looked beautiful together

    B．she didn’t like“red”on black paper

    C．she thought her classmates would like it

    D．the stairs in her house were brown

3．What does the word“something”in this passage mean?

    A．Susan began to paint the picture．

    B．Susan finished painting the picture．

    C．Susan played with her wet brush．

    D．Susan dropped the brush on the picture．

4．Mr．King thought that the picture was ____________．

    A．bad        B．good           C．colourful         D．dark

5．Susan’s father thought that_______．

  A．imagination sometimes could turn bad into good

  B．the colour“brown”looked quite nice on white paper

  C．the little dog made the picture bad

  D．the stairs in the picture looked straight

It was the end-of-year party．I had asked my mother to make us cookies．Mom’s chocolate chips were the best．

    But two o’clock passed, and there was no sign of her．Most of the other mothers had come and gone, dropping off their cakes and chips．The party went on, but I wouldn’t leave the window．The three o’clock bell soon took me away from my thoughts． I took my bag and walked out for home．

    The house was empty when I arrived．My heart was filled with anger（气愤）．For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down．I was lying on my bed when I heard her coming．“Robbie,” she called out． “Where are you?” She was looking for me from room to room, but I kept silent．

    When she entered my room, I didn’t move, “I’m so sorry,” she said．“I got busy and forgot．” She began to laugh．I couldn’t believe it．I turned over and found that she wasn’t laughing but crying．“I’m so sorry．I let my boy down．” she cried like a little girl．I had never seen my mother cry．

    “It’s OK, Mom,” I said, “We didn’t need those cookies．There was plenty of food to eat．Don’t cry．It’s all right．” We held each other in a long hug（拥抱）．

1． The story happened        ．

   A． on my birthday                                    B． during Christmas   

   C． before Christmas                                 D． before the New Year’s Day

2． I didn’t leave the window because I want        ．

   A． to see my mother coming                            B． to enjoy the party

   C． to get some cookies                             D． to go to the party

3． I lay down on my bed and kept silent because I was        ．

   A． tired                       B． angry                    C． hungry                  D． excited

4． Why did my mother cry and say that she was sorry?

   A． Because she was too busy．                 B． Because she couldn’t find me．

   C． Because she didn’t support me．          D． Because she needed those cookies．

–I’m going to watch the game. See you later.-___________.

A．All right

B．That’s all right

C．See you later

D．Not at all

 

Complete the following dialogues with the proper sentences in the box.

A．This is Wang Lin. B．And one is for me? C．Who's that? D．All right. E．Let's go together. F．I'd like to come.

Zhang Hong: Hello!

Wang Lin: Hello! May I speak to Zhang Hong?

Zhang Hong: This is Zhang Hong speaking. 1

Wang Lin: 2 There is going to be a football match at three this afternoon. I've got two tickets.

Zhang Hong: Good. 3

Wang Lin: Yes, but you must get to my home at two. 4

Zhang Hong: 5 but where are we going to watch it?

Wang Lin: Hongkong Football Stadium.

Zhang Hong: See you later then.

Wang Lin: See you.

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