A．they think they should have done                B．you have done nothing C．people try and tell you they are not so bad         D．someone just said to me E. it’s a time to remember the things

   Birthdays are strange things. The more you have, the more you try and pretend they don’t matter, and the more     1    . I’m not really sure why they think so. It’s true that you are getting older, but as     2     , “Who isn’t getting older every day?” The problem may be that a birthday reminds people of all the things    3    , but have not. I certainly understand that feeling, though I think     4     that I most want to do — a kind of personal re-ordering （重新排序） of the to-do list. What makes you depressed（郁闷） on your birthday is that you realize your re-ordered to-do list is exactly the same as it was last year. That makes you feel     5     , and not been anywhere. I have not had that experience this year. I look back at where I was last year and find things have changed since then.

A cheap sweater

Mr. Ford saw a nice sweater in the shop window. It was very cheap. So he bought one.

When he went back home he put the sweater on, （B）it was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon he went out to work in his garden. It soon began to rain, and Mr. Ford had to   （D）   into his house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet.

Then his sweater started to （A）shrink. It got smaller and smaller. Mr. Ford tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

（C）In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs. Ford laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1．用英语解释A处画线词的意思：

2．翻译B处画线的句子

3．写出C处词组的同义词组

4．在D处填入一个适当的词                      

5．写出文章的中心词或词组                     

I like math, ________ it's interesting.

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey（新泽西）in the past, staying in a small inn（旅店）at the foot of a hill.

　　One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.

　　They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry , because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. “Are you still serving dinner?” asked  Mr. Smith. “Yes, certainly , sir , ”answered the waiter. “We serve it until half past nine. ”

　　“What are the times of meals then?”asked  Mr. Smith. “Well, sir, ”answered the waiter. “We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine. ”

　　“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London. ”said Mr. Smith.

(   )6．Mr. and  Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in ________.

　　A. New York　　 B. London　　　　C. New Jersey　　D. Washington

(   )7．When Mr. and  Mrs. Smith had a lot of money, they decided to go to ________.

　　A. their hometown　　　　　　　　 B. the capital of England

　　C. New Jersey　　　　　　　　　　D. a small city in England

(   )8．They went to London by ________.

　　A. sea　　　B. plane　　 C. train　D. bus

(   )9．From the story we know that this was the ________ time for Mr. and Mrs. Smith to go to London.

　　A. first　　　B. second　　C. third　　　D. fourth

(   )10．What does the sentence“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London”mean?

　　A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time.

　　B. We have enough time to see the sights of London.

　　C. We can see more sights of London.

　　D. We have little time to see the sights of London.

                                   

Work hard        your dream will come true .

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