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　　John is an English boy. He is eight years old. His parents 　1　 five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in London.

　　One evening, Alan, one of his classmates, came to his home 　2　 an exercise book in his hand Alan live in a house not far from John's. They often go to school 　3　.

　　“Would you help me with this maths problem?” Alan said as soon as he came into the room. “It's too 　4　 for me and I can't work it out.”

　　“Let me try,” John said. “I 　5　 it isn't too hard for me.”

　　John tried his best but he couldn't work it out, either.

　　“If we had a computer, all the problems would be 　6　 for us to do.” Alan said.

　　“A computer…” John thought for a minute, then he said, “I've got an idea, We can buy one in a shop!”

　　“A computer is very expensive, and we don't have enough money.”

　　“That's OK.” said John. “We can ask the new president 　7　 some money. He said he would help anyone in 　8　. I'm sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know.”

　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.

　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They dropped the letter into the box carefully and went home 　9　.

　　The next morning, when they passed the post office on their 　10　 to school. They found, to their surprise, the box was not a post-box but trash-box.

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It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顧客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fif­teen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.

“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Ga­rage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Bar­ton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”

1.                A．favourite       B．funny          C．popular   D．lovely

 

2.                A．chance         B．time           C．seat D．spirit

 

3.                A．surely          B．obviously       C．normally  D．still

 

4.                A．stepped        B．climbed         C．looked   D．rushed

 

5.                A．observed       B．noticed         C．thought   D．suggested

 

6.                A．hated          B．liked           C．meant    D．promised

 

7.                A．a(chǎn) little          B．the same        C．a(chǎn) lot D．the bill

 

8.                A．cost           B．spent          C．took D．spared

 

9.                A．draw           B．pay            C．fix   D．force

 

10.               A．a(chǎn) woman       B．a(chǎn) man          C．a(chǎn) recorder D．a(chǎn) voice

 

11.               A．lose           B．leave          C．forget D．destroy

 

12.               A．trouble         B．worry          C．excuse    D．reason

 

13.               A．remember      B．see            C．do   D．drive

 

14.               A．mistake        B．joke           C．trick  D．truth

 

15.               A．look           B．come          C．show D．turn

 

 

When Kyle walked into Paul’s Pet World, he looked very anxious. He walked quickly to the store owner, Paul. Paul jumped out of his seat to greet Kyle. He was the store’s first customer of the day.

“Good morning, sir!” Paul said. “What can I help you with?”

“Well, I…,” Kyle started to say.

“Wait, don’t tell me,” Paul stopped him. “You are looking for a…a new dog… for your daughter’s birthday. Right?”

“Not really, I just…”

Paul didn’t let him finish. “Ah, I’ve got it. You just opened a new business, and you want some fish for your office. I have some very nice goldfish over here.”

“Actually, I…” Kyle was starting to look very anxious. His face had a strange look on it.

“No fish? Ah, a cat! You look like a cat person. At Paul’s Pet World, we have the best cats. Take a look at this cat---- long, white hair. She is looking at you. She is thinking, “Take me home. Take me home.” Would you like some cat food and toys as well?”

“No, thank you,” Kyle said. By this time, he had a pained look on his face. “Really, I’m no interested in cats or fish or dogs.”

“What do you want, then?” Paul asked.

Kyle looked like he was going to cry. “I just want to know if I can use your restroom!” he finally said.

1.Paul didn’t advise Kyle to buy ____________.

A．cat              B．dog              C．fish              D．bird

2.The word “pained” means ____________.

A．高興的           B．可愛(ài)的           C．美麗的           D．痛苦的

3.Actually, Kyle went into the pet store to ___________.

A．buy some pets      B．chat with Paul      C．use the restroom    D．see a friend

4.The writer wants to tell us ___________.

A．a(chǎn) funny story       B．a(chǎn) wonderful pet     C．a(chǎn) strange pet shop   D．a(chǎn) good pet seller