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

Last Saturday, Tony went to see Benny. But he didn't know   26   Benny lived.   27   the way, he stopped in front of a yellow house, and asked an old woman the   28   to Benny's house. "His house is not far from my house," said the woman. "It's behind the trees. But you can't get there   29   You can go there by bus. It'll   30   you hours to get there   31   foot. " "What's   32   with her?" Tony thought, "I can see Benny's house from here now.  It's behind the   33  ."

Then Tony walked to the other side of the trees. He found the old woman was   34   There was a river in front of him, and he couldn't see a boat. The house was on the other side of the    35  .

1.A. what            B. where           C. how              D. why

2.A. By              B. On              C. Near             D. In

3.A. place           B. house           C. bus              D. way

4.A. well            B. now             C. easily           D. hurriedly

5.A. spend           B. take            C. bring            D. carry

6.A. in              B. on              C. by               D. with

7.A. matter          B. trouble         C. wrong            D. right

8.A. houses          B. rivers          C. trees            D. boats

9.A. right           B. good            C. wrong            D. fine

10.A. road            B. street          C. tree             D. river

 

  A farmer had some little dogs to sell. As he was putting up an advertisement on the fence of his yard, a __31__ happened to pass by.

  “I want to __32__ one of your dogs, sir .”

  “Well,”said the farmer,“these dogs come from fine parents and cost a lot of __33__.”

  The boy __34__ his head for a moment. Then he reached deep into his __35__ and pulled out some change. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents(美分). Is that __36__ to take a look? ”

  “­­__37__,”said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle(口哨),“Here, Dolly!”

  Dolly ran out of the doghouse ___38___ by four little dogs. The boy’s eyes danced with joy.

  As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the __39__.Slowly another little dog __40__; this one much smaller. It was doing its best to __41__...

  “I want that one,”the little boy said.

  The farmer said,“Son, don’t want that dog. He will __42__ be able to run and play with you like the other dogs would.”

  The boy rolled up(卷起) one leg of his pants and showed a steel(钢) __43__.Looking back up at the farmer, he said,“You see, sir ,I don’t __44__ too well myself ,and he will need someone who __45__.”

31. A. boy               B. dog               C. farmer             D. son

32. A .sell               B. see                C. buy               D. feed

33. A. time              B. money             C. work              D. study

34. A. shook             B. covered            C. knocked           D. dropped

35. A. pocket            B. yard               C. heart              D. mouth

36. A. enough           B. easy               C. necessary           D. simple

37. A. No               B. Sure               C. Sorry              D. Thanks

38. A. sent              B. driven              C. followed           D. taught

39. A. farm              B. fence              C. advertisement       D. doghouse

40. A. died              B. shouted             C. appeared           D. watched

41. A. catch up           B. go away             C. give up           D. look out

42. A. sometimes         B. always              C. often             D. never

43. A. hand              B. back               C. arm              D. leg

44. A. speak            B. run               C. walk                D. swim

45. A. asks             B. understands         C. thinks              D. succeeds

Eric was terribly ill. He couldn't move and had to spend all day in 31_________. Because his friends were not allowed to go near him, he felt quite 32_________ . Every day he just looked out of the 33 _________, doing nothing at all. As time passed, Eric became more and more hopeless.

One day, however, he saw something very 34 _________in the window. A panda was eating sandwiches there. Eric was very surprised. Before he could 35 _________what had happened, he saw a monkey playing the violin. After a while, he saw more and more 36_________ characters outside the window. This time he began to 37 _________a lot and could hardly stop.

No one would stop laughing when they saw a pig playing a drum, or a dog 38 _________a pair of glasses and acting like a teacher. Eric didn't tell anyone about this 39_________ he thought nobody would believe this. Anyway, those strange characters brought happiness back 40 _________his heart. Soon he got well and was able to go back to 41_________ again.

When class was over. Eric told his 42_________ about all the strange things he had seen. While he was talking, he saw something coming out of Tom's 43 _________. He wanted very much to know what it was, so he asked Tom 44 _________. Finally Tom had to 45_________ him what was in the bag. There, inside, were all the fancy-dress (假面) toys that Tom had used to cheer him up!

   And from that day on, Eric always did his best to make sure that no one was sad or lonely.

31. A. school  B. bed  C. church  D. class

32. A. happy   B. tired   C. sad   D. excited

33. A. window   B. book   C. door   D. wall

34. A. delicious   B. warm   C. useful   D. strange

35. A. find out   B. pick up   C. take away   D. get back

36. A. quiet   B. brave   C. funny    D. dangerous

37. A. cry   B. laugh   C. run   D. sing

38. A. making   B. selling   C. inventing   D. wearing

39. A. because   B. but   C. so   D or

40. A. for   B. with   C. into   D. by

41. A. work   B. school   C. town   D. hospital

42. A. parents   B. brothers   C. sisters    D. classmates 

43. A. eyes   B. shoes   C. jacket   D. schoolbag

44. A. again and again   B. as usual   C. day and night    D. in time

45. A. teach   B. show   C. lend   D. sell

  One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____31____.

  “About an hour.”he answered.

  “I wish I could go hone now—my __32__ aches.”

  “I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”said my father.

  “But my headache is getting __33__.”

  “Well,” said he,“you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __34__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药).It will __35__ you a lot.”

  I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __36__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __37__.She understood my __38__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.

  I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __39__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __40__.

Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.

31. A. field                 B. hospital               C. factory

32. A. tooth                B. head                  C. stomach

33. A. better                B. worse                 C. less

34. A. but                 B. or                     C. and

35. A. hurt                 B. worry                 C. help

36. A. take                 B. buy                   C. make

37. A. early                B. late                    C. easy

38. A. joke                 B. duty                   C. problem

39. A. work                B. play                    C. study

40. A. kind                 B. honest                  C, helpful