Sam is a bus driver in a big city．All day he drives a bus through busy streets．Driving a big bus is very 1 work．It makes some drivers unhappy．But not Sam!
Sam is always happy．And the people who ride in his bus seem to be happy, too．This story shows 2 ．
Early one morning, Sam started his big green and yellow bus．He went off on 3 work, “ Oh, what a beautiful morning!” he sang．“ Oh, what a beautiful day!”
At the first bus stop, a man was 4 ．“ Good morning, Mr．James,” said Sam with a big smile．“ How are you?” “ Fine, thank you, Sam,” said Mr．James．“ How are you?”
“ Wonderful!” Sam answered．“ Just WONDERFUL!This is a fine day．”
Mr．James smiled．He took a seat．As he looked 5 the window, he still smiled．
At 6 stop a man came running up．He was puffing(气喘吁吁)．“ I have to catch a train at seven,” he said．“ Can you get me to the station?”
“ Now, just sit down and rest,” said Sam．“ I’ll drive a little 7 ．We will be there in time．Then you 8 run again．”
“ Thank you!” said the man．He sat down．
Sam did drive just a little faster．He got off the bus．“ You are the best bus driver in the city!”
As he drove on, Sam 9 talking again．By this time, many people were on the bus．They were all going to work．But Sam made the ride seem like fun．
“ It is now ten minutes after seven,” Sam called out．‘The sky is blue．It will not rain today．We all like sunshine, don’t we?”
He began to sing, “ I love you, Mr．Sunshine．I love you, Mr．Sun．In all the world I love you best．You are the only one．”
“ What is that song, Sam?” a girl asked．
“ It’s my song,” he said．“ I made it up．I like to sing．It makes 10 people want to sing, too．”
When do you think you are an adult? Maybe different 1 have different ideas．
Now let's see what some American teenagers say．
Sam：In 2 idea, you are an adult at the 3 of 18．That's when you can vote．You can help to 4 who rules the whole country．That's also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn't vote 5 he was 21．They changed it to 18 in 1971．
Jenny：I don't 6 it's hard to say．I can drive a car at 16, can't I? When you have a driver's license, you can 7 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things． 8 sixteen must be the age when you change from a 9 person to an adult．Because you can tell others you are not a 10 any more．
Suzie：Well, I think there is 11 wrong with American laws for when young people can 12 things．I can vote at 18 and drive at 16．So you would think 13 18 is a grown-up, even though16 isn't．But then I can't drink wine until I'm 21! If I'm 14 an adult at 18, how can people stop me from 15 a cup of beer in a bar?
This morning, I felt very nervous．I would give a report in my class and I had been 1 to do so for a long time!
Mom came 2 the kitchen and asked,“Are you ready, 3 ?”“Yes,”I answered quietly． 4 in fact I wasn't ready really!
On my way 5 school, I could feel my heart beating．I hated his! I went into Mrs. Owens' class．She was smiling, and saying 6 to all her students as she did every morning．“Hi, Sam,”she said to me as I walked into the classroom．“Hi,”I said and 7 sat in my seat．I looked at my watch．The time was near．Then Mrs. Owens started, “San, it's time for you to show yourself．”Show 8 ? Oh, no! I got up slowly, looking at the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom．Then I looked up and everyone was 9 me．She came beside me and put her hand on my back and said to the whole class, “Sam has worked hard on his 10 and I know it's a very interesting report．”After hearing her words I didn't feel nervous any more．At last I succeeded in giving a report．Thanks to my teacher－Mrs. Owens．After that, I was not afraid of making a speech any more．
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A．
frightened
B．
afraid
C．
unhappy
D．
uncomfortable
(2)
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A．
into
B．
for
C．
on
D．
towards
(3)
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A．
Owens
B．
Sam
C．
friend
D．
classmates
(4)
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A．
But
B．
Although
C．
Because
D．
So
(5)
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A．
back
B．
/
C．
to
D．
to the
(6)
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A．
sorry
B．
hello
C．
goodbye
D．
thanks
(7)
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A．
slower
B．
quickly
C．
quick
D．
slow
(8)
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A．
yourself
B．
myself
C．
ourselves
D．
yourselves
(9)
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A．
looking at
B．
looking after
C．
looking for
D．
looking around
(10)
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A．
report
B．
lesson
C．
study
D．
homework
完型填空
Sam and Pat are 1 ．They're in 2 class．Sam works harder and studies better 3 Pat．One day the teacher asks the students 4 a composition．The name of the composition is“My mother”．Sam 5 a composition and is going to hand it in(上交)to the teacher．Pat says,“Sam, let me have 6 ．”Pat reads it and copies(抄写)it．
The 7 day, the teacher asks Pat,“ 8 is your composition just as 9 , Pat?”
