完型填空。

Kate is a little girl. She is not ____1____ . She ____2____ how to read ____3____ write. But her sister Mary is a ____4____ . She is ten.

One day, Mary ____5____ her little sister in the room. She’s at the table. There is a pencil in ____6____ hand（手）. She is ____7____ .

“What are you doing, Kate?” she asked.

“I’m writing ____8____ my friend, Rose,” says Kate.

“____9____ how can you? You don’t know how to write,” says her sister.

“Well,” says Kate, “It doesn’t matter.（没关系）. Rose doesn’t know how to __10__ , either（也）.”

Nora is an American girl. She studies in a middle school. She has a little sister. Her name is Kate. Kate is only four. Nora likes Kate very much.
Today is Sunday. Nora wants her pen. She takes out her pencil case. “Oh, dear! Where’s my pen?” She can’t find her pen. She goes to ask her sister in her bedroom.
“Kate! I can’t find my pen. Can you see……Oh, what are you doing with (用) my pen?”
“I’m writing to my friend, Betty.” Kate answers. “But how can you? You don’t know what to write.”.“It doesn’t matter (没关系). Betty can’t read.” Kate says.
【小题1】Who are sisters? _______________

Reading comprehension.

　　Kate is a little girl. She is only four. She does not go to school. Certainly she does not know how to read and write. But her brother Bill is a school boy. He is ten years old.

　　Today Bill sees his little sister at the door with a pen in her hand and a big piece of paper before her. “What are you doing, Kate?” he says. “I'm writing a letter to my friend, Ann,” says Kate. “But how can you write?” says her brother. “You do not know how to write.” “No,” says Kate. “Not at all. Ann does not know how to read, either(也).”

1．Kate and Bill ________.

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A．are brother and sister

B．know how to write

C．are students

D．can't read

2．Bill's sister wants to ________.

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A．make a kite for her friend

B．write a letter to her friend

C．play with the pen and the paper

D．help her brother

3．What's in Kate's hand?

[　　]

A．A pen.

B．A piece of paper.

C．A pen and a piece of paper.

D．A pencil and a piece of paper.

4．Which of these is right?

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A．There are four children in the passage(短文).

B．Kate's friends can read and write.

C．Bill is at home today.