Last night, Frank had a dream about the coming math test, which troubled him very much these days. So he was in a _________ mood (心情) when he woke up.

Uncle Robin once told Frank about “white noise”—noise made by a fan or soft rain is a (n) _________ of white noise. Frank had tried it and it really worked! After that, whenever he felt worried about something, he would _________ white noise with his headphones.

With the _________ of the math test still in his mind, Frank went to get his headphones. He _________ he had left them on his desk, but they were gone. His little brother Andy was always _________ his things—without asking. He ran into his brother’s room and started shouting at him in _________. “Where are my headphones? You can’t just take my things! Or I’ll take yours!” He grabbed (抓起) one of his brother’s toys and _________ it on the ground, breaking it into two pieces. Andy started to _________, and Frank stormed out, feeling better.

Frank’s mom heard the shouting and went into Andy’s room. “Hey,” she said _________, “stop for a second and tell me how you’re feeling.” Mom never shouted. Frank knew that she thought it was better to talk about _________ instead of getting angry.

“He always does this, Mom!” Frank shouted. “I’ll have a math test…and…and I had a bad dream …” Frank _________ shouting. In a calm (平静的) voice, he said, “I _______ what I did was bad. I’m sorry, Andy. I really get mad _________ you take things without asking, but breaking your toy wasn’t _________. I will buy you a new one.”

Frank’s mom said, “Well done, Frank, and, Andy, ask first next time, OK?”

“OK, I’m sorry too,” said Andy and they all smiled.

2 . It was a beautiful spring day in a forest in ancient China. High up in a tree, a mother bird was watching _______ six baby birds come out of the eggs lovingly. Five of them were strong. They chirped loudly. But _______ last one that came out was not strong at all. This little one _______ Little Six. He was weak and quiet. He was not fast enough _______ the worms (虫子) Mama Bird brought back. Little Six ate _______ food, so he was always hungry. And he didn’t like that.

Little Six didn’t have a strong body. _______ he had a strong will. He decided _______ he would get stronger. He would do exercises and flap (拍动) his wings every day.

Every morning, Little Six would rise _______ the sun even came up. When his brothers and sisters woke, Little Six had already finished all his exercises. Morning after morning, he practiced _______ his wings, and they were getting stronger and stronger. He always got the first worms Mama brought back home.

All through the spring, Little Six woke up ________ than his brothers and sisters. Week after week, he worked harder than they did. He ________ eat big meals and did not go hungry any more.

After a couple of months, all the baby birds had grown well. Mama Bird brought them together and ________ them to fly. ________ everyone’s surprise, Little Six was the first to start flying!

“Chirp! Chirp! ________ at me!” Little Six cried ________ while his brothers and sisters still fought hard, trying to fly up.

David is a 15-year-old boy and he is crazy about space. He always wonders how space stations work. For him, a space camp is ________ than any other camp in the world.

At the age of seven, David had ________ first astronaut (宇航员) training experience. He and his parents ________ to a Family Space Camp. They had a taste of what it was like to travel ________ space. Everything was magical. ________ excited David was!

David has been to many space camps over the last eight years. Last month, he went to ________ new space camp. It had a lot of fun training programs, ________ he enjoyed all of them. There he was often asked ________ he liked space camps so much. “I feel like a real astronaut in the space camp, and I don’t even need ________ the earth,” he said.

These experiences have influenced his life. Now David ________ space science. He has made up his mind to be a space engineer in the future.

My name is Amelia Grant. I live in a small city. There, my father has an oil factory. At the age of eight, something terrible happened while I ______ playing near an oil well. It made me lose most of my hearing.

A lot has changed for me ______ then. For one thing, I cannot hear music like before. I used to love listening to my mother sing songs. When I first lost my hearing, I was sad that I ______ never again hear my mother sing. But now I put my ear to her chest ______ the vibrations（震动）of her voice. Now, I feel music instead of hearing it.

Also, I have to go to ______ different school in another city—Texas School for the Deaf. It is over 300 kilometers away from my hometown. The teachers there are kind, ______ I can only see my parents during holidays. I miss them very much.

During ______ last winter holiday, my daddy gave me a book you wrote, The Story of My Life. From it, I learned a lot about you. When you first became deaf and blind, you had a hard time showing people ______ . Because of this, you would sometimes get mad and make ______ noises. Now I know your feelings and I ______ by your book. I’m going to write to you in a few days to tell you more.

Yours,

Amelia Grant

First I’d like to say that I love your name. When my teacher asked us to choose _______ pen pal, I chose a girl named Lucy. I think the name seems very friendly. I have a happy family. My father _______ in a factory two years ago, and now he is a successful businessman. Mom is a teacher. She _______ English for eighteen years. She takes care of us very well. My father always says _______ my mom is the best cook in the world. I have a sister. She is ________ than me. She thinks she knows more than I do, so she can always tell me what _______. It really drives me mad.

I live in Chongqing. It _______ the Mountain City. It is a “hot” city, too. It is famous for its hotpot and _______. And it is really hot in summer here. The people here are kind and hardworking. Every year many people come to have a visit. Welcome _______ Chongqing. If you come, I’ll be glad to be ________ guide.

I hope you can write back soon.

Your pen pal，

Isabel

7 . 根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个语法正确的答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

Dear Jennet,

How is everything going?

After a week ________ Guangdong, Eric and I arrived in Hainan. However, ________ didn’t enjoy ourselves after getting here. On the first day, my bag ________ at the airport. It took us two hours to get it back. On the second day, I told Eric ________ an umbrella before going to the beach, but he forgot it. By the end of the day, he got terribly sunburned. He felt very painful and couldn’t fall ________. So we had to go to hospital. When we returned to the hotel, it was already 2 a.m. ________ a bad day it was! Now, he regrets ________ he didn’t listen to me.

Today, we are going to ________ famous restaurant to try some seafood. It’s said that the restaurant ________ free drinks for customers since it opened in 1997. I will take some ________ of the dishes to share with you.

I have to go now. Eric is asking for me. Write soon.

Love,

Minmin

10 . Wang Yiyi is an excellent Beijing Opera (京剧) artist. She was born and raised ________ village in Hebei province. She loved singing and dancing ________ she was a little girl. She was her music ________ favorite student. One day, the teacher told her ________ a test. If she passed the test, she could enter a Beijing Opera school.

Wang Yiyi passed the test ________ and became a student of that school. She worked ________. Students in the school ________ to get up at 6:45 a.m. to practice their basic skills. But she got up at 6:00 in the morning. And she was always the last one to go to bed. Sometimes she was tired that she felt like crying, she would find ________ quiet place and cried aloud. She ________ herself that she still had a long way to go and that she should keep practicing…

Years went by. Finally, ________ hard work paid off. She got into her life as a Beijing Opera actress.