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.

Could you come to my office ________ the day after tomorrow.

假如你叫李华，你的美国笔友 Annie打算暑假来你市旅游，她想了解一下你市东方海滩的情况。请你根据以下信息，给她写一封80-100 词的e-mail，开头和结尾已给出（不计入总词数）。

参考词语：

1． East Beach   东方海滩                        2.fine   adj. (  沙) 细的

3.  be suitable       适合的 …                    4. dressing room  n. 更衣室，

 Dear Annie,

I’m very glad to hear that you’ll travel to my city.                                   

完成对话 在对话空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩写词）。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

Police: Miss Snow,can you tell me what happened to you yesterday evening?

Miss Snow: I was attacked (攻击) .

Police: Now, what do you remember about the    1   ?

Miss Snow_: Well, I was so   2   the whole day yesterday that I couldn't stop my job for a   3   untilI finished it very late in the evening.

Police: What time did you   4   your office?

Miss Snow: At a quarter past nine.

Police: Are you    5   ?

Miss Snow_: Oh, yes. I wear a watch every day.

Police: What did you do then?

Miss Snow_: Well, I closed the door and quickly went   6   to the first floor. When I got to my carI    7   that I hadn't locked the door of the office.

Police:Did you go back then?

Miss Snow; Yes, I quickly returned to my office. At the door I was about to take out my    8  frommy purse when suddenly   9    from behind hit me on the head.

Police: Did you see the person    10   at that moment?

Miss Snow: No, it was dark then and he wore a stocking(长筒袜)over his head.

Police:OK. Thank you Miss Snow, please take care!

I had to          my little sister when my mother was not at home.