One day we invited some friends to dinner. When it was about six o’clock, my wife found that we had little bread. So she asked our five-year-old daughter, Kathy, to buy some.

‘Here’s a dollar,’ my wife said, ‘get two loaves of bread, if they have it. If they don’t have it, get anything. But hurry!’

Kathy hurried off, and we waited and waited. By a quarter past six, all the friends had arrived. But Kathy had not returned. Finally we saw her dancing around the corner with a bright new hula hoop（呼啦圈） whirling（旋转） round her middle.

“Kathy!” her mother cried. “Where did you get that hula hoop, and where is the bread?”

“Well, when I got to the shop, they had sold out all their bread,” answered Kathy. “And you said ‘If they don’t have that, get anything!’”

1.One day Kathy’s parents invited some friends to ________.

2.How much did Kathy’s mother give her?

3.Kathy ________  in a hurry.

4.What did Kathy buy at last?

5.Why did she do this?

On the terrible day, father took me to school. When he stopped in front of the school, I didn’t want to get out of the car. I looked at the students outside the building and suddenly felt sick. I slowly opened the car door and slowly got out. The body brace(支架) I wore made it hard for me to move and made me feel ugly. How I wished I were still in my school with all my friends. I didn’t know anyone here. I could feel that everyone was looking at me. I was sure that I would be the ugliest and strangest person they had ever seen. Tears fell on my new dress.

I struggled(奋力) to get through that day, and all the day for the following three days. I feel ugly for most of the time. I could hardly wait to take off the brace.

That day finally arrived on a rainy Thursday in Spring. I was so surprised and excited when the doctor said that I could take off the brace. From that day on, I began to love rain. I was free at last.

I danced up the stairs to the school building the next morning. I wanted everyone to see me, but to my surprise, no one said a word about my brace for the whole day, even Danielle, my best friend. I couldn’t wait to ask her, “Danielle, don’t you notice anything different about me? It’s the brace. The brace is gone.”

Danielle just looked at me and said, “ I know the brace is gone, but I don’t think it’ll make much difference. With or without it, you are still my friend.”

1.How did the girl feel when she first went to the school?

A. She was surprised

B. She was upset.

C. She was angry.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The girl’s classmates didn’t like her because she was strange.

B. The girl was always unhappy while she was wearing the brace.

C. The girl’s classmates changed their ideas after she took off the brace.

3.The girl took off her brace ___________.

A. The following three days

B. the next day

C. on a rainy Thursday

4.The girl _____________ in that school before she wore the body brace.

A. had never studied

B. had already studied

C. had known some friends

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A. Danielle was quite different from the others in the class.

B. It was not ugly to wear a brace.

C. Few of the girl’s classmates thought that she was ugly.

From: 11350@csu.edu
To: Jennysmith@yahoo.com
Subject: party                                                  Hi! Jenny,
My sister Ann and I are going to have a party this Friday at my home. Some friends will be there. Most of them are from the office. My best friend, Tom, will come, too. I want you to meet him.
Do you want to come? We’ll play games and talk. Then we’ll have dinner. Everyone will bring food or drinks. It begins at 4:00 pm. and ends at 8 or 9 pm.
We’ll have a great time! Can you come？I hope so! Let me know soon. Call me or send me an e-mail.
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