1 . Most people in school liked Gloria. So when she got .sick, some boys_______to visit her. But none of them wanted to_______any money for a gift to bring along.

Then Willie said, “We can_______some flowers from a_______.”

Gloria will not know_______they come from, and the dead man will not_______them.

Everybody was afraid,_______Willie. So he went alone and_______some beautiful flowers. Then they went to Gloria’s_______, and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them, but__________did not mind.

After their visit, Willie__________the other boys, “It is a good thing that I was not afraid. Gloria__________the flowers.”

The other boys laughed. Gloria would not have liked the__________if she had known they had come from a grave.

That night, Willie was reading a book__________his mother came into his room. “Willie, did you and other boys buy some flowers today__________Gloria?” she asked. “There’s a man__________asking for you,” she added. “He says that you didn’t__________the flowers.”

“What does he look__________?” Willie asked.

“That’s hard to say,” Willie’s mother answered. “He is all__________with mud.”

Willie, all of a sudden, turned__________.

1.

A．thought

B．asked

C．planned

D．took

2.

A．keep

B．cost

C．take

D．spend

3.

A．steal

B．pick up

C．buy

D．plant

4.

A．shop

B．store

C．street

D．grave

5.

A．how

B．where

C．when

D．why

6.

A．miss

B．lose

C．hate

D．love

7.

A．beside

B．besides

C．including

D．except

8.

A．saw

B．thought

C．looked for

D．found

9.

A．room

B．garden

C．school

D．library

10.

A．Gloria

B．some

C．Willie

D．nobody

11.

A．ordered

B．asked

C．said to

D．explained

12.

A．refused

B．liked

C．hated

D．missed

13.

A．boys

B．flowers

C．secret

D．news

14.

A．as

B．when

C．where

D．if

15.

A．to

B．for

C．on

D．with

16.

A．inside

B．outside

C．still

D．also

17.

A．ask for

B．water

C．like

D．pay for

18.

A．as

B．about

C．like

D．for

19.

A．painted

B．dressed

C．wrapped

D．covered

20.

A．sad

B．red

C．pale

D．glad

2 . Mrs. White lived in a town of England. Her husband died three years ago and one of her children worked in the capital and the other three lived in another town. Her husband didn’t leave her much money and she had to live a simple(简朴) life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, but they stayed with her for only two or three days.

One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep it away. And suddenly she found a dying dog at the comer of the house. She picked it up and took it into the house quickly. She put it near the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank some milk and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she liked it very much and took it everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus stop a young man was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited at the smell of the man’s lunch and began jumping up at him.

“Do you mind if I throw it a bit?’’ asked the young man.

“Not at all,” answered Mrs. White.

Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall.

1. One of the old woman’s children worked in ________.

A．Moscow	B．Paris
C．London	D．New York

2. Mrs. White lived a simple life because ________.

A．she wasn’t rich enough

B．she hoped to save money for her children

C．she had four children

D．her children hated her

3. It was ________ that morning when Mrs. White went to buy something.

A．rainy	B．snowy
C．windy	D．cloudy

4. The dog hoped ________, so it became excited.

A．to be given some food	B．to leave the bus stop soon
C．to bite(咬) the young man	D．to go as soon as possible

3 . This story took place when I was about 12 years old.

Hummingbirds（蜂鸟）are small birds only about 3 inches long.Each spring they migrate to America from Mexico and Central America.They spend summer here and then fly the 2,000 miles back in the fall.

My Dad had just picked me up from school on one of the first cool days of fall.On our way home I saw a Hummingbird lying dead on the sidewalk.It had flown into the large plate glass and broke its neck.I picked up the tiny bird.I decided to take it home for burial.It seemed a shame for such a beautiful bird to be crushed by passers-by.

Little did I know that Hummingbirds can go into a state of hibernation（冬眠）daring cold temperatures.While like this they might appear to be dead.As soon as the bird warms up,all of its functions will return to normal.

About half way home I started to feel a small movement in my hands.I was quite startled.Evidently the hummingbird was NOT dead.The warmth from my hands was reviving（使恢复）the bird.When we got home Dad opened door for me and I stepped out of the car.I slowly and cautiously opened my hand.The hummingbird flew away to a nearby cornfield and wets thrilled to be on his way south again.

One of the most amazing things about hummingbird migration is that,after such a long journey,so many of them find their way back to me exact same location every spring.So maybe he was one of the hummingbirds I saw again the next year sipping nectar（花蜜）from the feeder hanging on our back porch.

1. Where do hummingbirds spend their summer?

A．In North America.	B．In Central America.
C．In Mexico.	D．In South America.

2. What happened to the hummingbird the author picked up on his way home?

A．It was almost frozen to death.

B．It was killed bumping into the window.

C．It was hurt and then fell into hibernation.

D．It was lost on its way of migration.

3. How did the author feel when he felt the bird move in his hand?

A．Surprised.	B．Please.
C．Terrified.	D．Puzzled.

4. The author's purpose in writing the passage is to tell us______.

A．some knowledge about hummingbirds

B．his experience in saving a hummingbird

C．to protect wildlife as much as we can

D．hummingbirds can remember the person who save them

4 . Son’s Help

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, washing machine and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished(惩罚) for it. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much ，and beat her so the woman had to leave him.

It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.

“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1. _______, so he was put into lockup.

A．Mr. Lang often gambled	B．Mr. Lang was late for work
C．Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home	D．Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police

2. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A．he hated her and treated her badly.	B．he wouldn’t stop gambling
C．he loved another woman.	D．he was hardly sent away by the factory

3. Which of the following is right?

A．The boy expected his father to be put into lockup again.

B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

C．The boy expected his father to stop gambling soon.

D．The boy expected his mother to come back.

5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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My friend Nick told me story about his, experience back in the US, which was very interested. One day he was having a yard sale and the old man living next door come by to help. As the old man looked over the things on the yard that were to be sold, he stopped at a box of golden ball for Christmas trees. On the box was a card say:“25 cents each...”“You will never sell these for that much.”he told Nick. Convinced, Nick has brought the price up to 10 cents a piece.Without a moment’s delay, my neighbor picked up the box but announced: “I'll take them.”

6 . One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy came out and asked the man what was the matter.
“I have lost my axe, ”he said. It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.
The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is this yours?”.
“No,” said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver axe and asked again, “Is this yours?” “No,” again answered the man.
Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes, that is mine,”called out the happy man.
“I know that well enough,” said the fairy.“I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.”
1. One day when the man was cutting something, ________.

A．he fell into the water

B．his axe dropped into the river

C．his axe fell into a lake

D．he saw a beautiful fairy

2. The man was sad because ________.

A．he was poor and had no other axes

B．he could not go on working

C．he liked his axe very much

D．his axe was a gold axe

3. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe but he didn't take them, because he ________.

A．did not like them

B．did not know they were made of gold and silver

C．was very rich

D．knew these axes were not his

4. At the end of the story the man had ________.

A．only one axe	B．two axes
C．three axes	D．many axes

5. The fairy helped the man because he was ________ man.

A．an old

B．a young

C．a poor

D．an honest

7 . A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist (拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s.
1. The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______.

A．alone	B．with his wife
C．with his friend	D．with an Italian

2. Suddenly he found his_______ was gone.

A．watch

B．money

C．book

D．ring

3. The Italian gave up his watch to him at last because ________.

A．he had stolen the watch from the Frenchman.

B．he understood what the Frenchman wanted

C．he had picked up the watch on his way from work

D．he was afraid of the Frenchman

4. Who was robbed of the watch on earth?

A．The Frenchman was.	B．The Italian was.
C．Both of them was.	D．Neither of them was.