A hot dog is one of the most popular American food. It was named after frankfurter, a German food. You may hear “hot dog” ___16___ in other ways. People sometimes __17___ “hot dog” to express pleasure(快乐). For example, a friend may ask ___18___ you would like to go to the cinema. You might say, “Great. I’d love to. ” Or, you could say,”__19____! I’d love to go.” People ___20__ use the expression to describe someone who is a “show-off”, who tries to show everyone else how ___21__ he is. You often hear such a(n) ___22__ called a “hot dog”. He may be a basketball player, for example, who __23____ the ball with one hand making a(n) __24__ catch seem more difficult. You know he is a “hot dog” because when he makes such a catch, he bows(鞠躬) to crowd, hoping to __25___ their cheers.

1.A. cooked      B. eaten        C. picked           D. used

2.A. speak       B. tell          C. talk              D. say

3.A. where       B. how         C. if               D. when

4.A. Excuse me   B. Don’t worry   C. Never mind       D. Hot dog

5.A. ever        B. yet           C. also             D. still

6.A. kind        B. hopeful       C. great            D. careful

7.A. person      B. dog          C. hand             D. action

8.A. catches      B. plays         C. throws           D. passes

9.A. funny       B. easy         C. exciting           D. good

10.A. lose        B. win           C. avoid            D. explain

A．Did you quarrel with your parents?            B．But your parents are just worried about you．

C．Now I feel very sad．                                    D．What should I do now?

E．Your parents are very glad．                        F．What’s the matter?

G．I don’t agree with you．

A：You look unhappy today．    16        

B：Yesterday when I came home，I found my parents looking through my schoolbag．I got very      angry．Shouldn’t I keep my own secrets?

A：Of course you can keep your private (个人的) ideas and secret things．    17      

B：No，but I shouted to them．They didn’t say a word．They just kept silent．    18     

A： In fact，your parents shouldn’t look through your schoolbag．They should respect your   privacy （私人权利）．   19     They want to make sure you aren’t in any trouble，and they want to understand your life and study better in this way．Maybe you hurt your parents．

B：I agree．    20     

A：Say sorry to them．Try talking to them more．Let them know what you are doing，so that they won’t worry about you so much．

B：OK．I’ll do as you told me．

Once upon a time , there was a child ready to be born. So    16  he asked God, “They tell me you are sending to    17 , but being so small and helpless,    18  am I going to live there?”
“   19   the many angels(天使), I chose the best one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you. ” God replied.
“But here in heaven(天堂), I do    20    else but sing and smile! That’s enough for me to be happy.”
God said, “Your angel will sing and smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and you’ll be   21 .”
The child said, “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me   22   I don’t know the language that men speak?”
God told the child, “ Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear, and with     23   patience(耐心) and care, your angel will teach you   24  .
The child said, “I’ve    25   that on the earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”
God said, “Your angel will protect you  26  it means risking her life(冒生命危险).”
“But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more.”
“Your angel will always talk to you about    27  and in face, I will always be next to you.”
At the momen0t there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from the earth could already be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked, “ Oh , God, since I am about to    28  now, please tell me my angel’s    29   !”
“It is not hard to remember,” God replied    30 . “You will call your angel Mommy.”

Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 【小题1】  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  【小题2】 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 【小题3】 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  【小题4】he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  【小题5】 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  【小题6】  get the computer right away I could pay  【小题7】 it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  【小题8】 him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 【小题9】to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  【小题10】 three hours  each night. Dick 【小题11】 him the phone number of the newspaper manager
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  【小题12】 he thought, she  【小题13】 . "I think it
is a  【小题14】 idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."
"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.
Joe's mother smiled  【小题15】 .

John is a famous writer now.But he said he was not a   【小题1】  student when he was young.He was often late for    【小题2】  and didn’t like doing his homework.
Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching.He didn’t understand much,   【小题3】 he always thought he understood everything.One day the teacher 【小题4】  the students a question, ‘When Jack was ten years old,  【小题5】 brother Bob was twenty.Jack is fifteen now and   【小题6】  is his brother Bob?’ John said, ‘ That’s easy.Bob is twice as old as Jack.So he is now thirty.’
Another time, the   【小题7】  in a science class asked, ‘ When it thunders（打雷）,   【小题8】  do we always see the light before we   【小题9】  the sound?’ ‘But, Miss,’ said John quickly.‘ Don’t you    【小题10】 our eyes are in front of our ears?’