The bell rang loudly.Everybody packed their school bags and got ready 1 home.When the teacher dismissed the children，they lined up in two rows and walked 2 to the school gate.

Usually，George’s 3  would fetch him home from school.But today she was not there.George waited for fifteen minutes 4 he walked home.

When he reached home，he knocked at the door as he did not bring his keys.Surprisingly，no one opened the door.George 5  his mother was in the toilet，so he waited for his mother.After a few minutes there was 6  no answer.Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to 7  the keys，he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor，John.

George told John that no one was at home and John?s mother suggested that George could stay in their house till his mother came back.George and John played happily till evening when George’s mother came back.George 8 John and his family before he went back into his house.His mother told him that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 9 this experience，George learnt an important 10，“Neighbors are people who help each other.”

1.                A．to go           B．go             C．to go to   D．goes to

2.                A．ordering        B．orderly         C．order    D．orders

3.                A．father          B．neighbor        C．mother   D．doctor

4.                A．before         B．after           C．when D．while

5.                A．hoped         B．thought         C．said  D．preferred

6.                A．almost         B．already         C．always    D．still

7.                A．get            B．make           C．find  D．buy

8.                A．called          B．loved           C．thanked  D．visited

9.                A．From          B．About          C．To   D．Of

10.               A．word          B．saying          C．sentence  D．lesson

1－Why didn't you go to the cinema with us this afternoon, Jim?

          －Because I ______ at the station for my uncle from Beijing at that time.

A. was waiting            B. have waited            C. am waiting              D. will wait

－Why didn't you go to the cinema with us this afternoon, Jim?

    －Because I ______ at the station for my uncle from Beijing at that time.

     A. was waiting            B. have waited            C. am waiting              D. will wait

-- Why didn't you go to the cinema with us this afternoon?

   -- I ______ at the station for my uncle from Beijing.

     A. was waiting         B. have waited         C. am waiting         D. will wait

Scientists think that there has been life for__31_ of years. However we haven’t found life on other planets _32_ . The earth is a planet and it _33__ around the sun. Seven other planets also go _34_ the sun. The sun and its planets are __35  the solar system. The solar system is a small part of our galaxy.

Scientists __36_ lots of spacecraft to look at other planets in the solar system, and some spacecraft have gone __37_ the solar system. However, no one __38_ any life in space yet.

But why has no one from other planets sent us a message ? Have they tried to send _39_ to us ? _40_so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space ? We don’t know.