Ma Lili’s parents are going to give a birthday party for her. She’s going to be fourteen years old. Ma Lili has a lot of friends. They are going to come to the party. They are girls from Ma Lili’s school. There are twenty-five of them.
Ma Lili’s mother is making birthday cakes for the party. They are very nice cakes. Ma Lili says to her mother, “Mum, you’re very nice. Thank you for your nice cakes. ” Her father is going shopping. He buys a lot of apples, bananas, oranges and pears.
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. Now everything is ready. The party begins in thirty minutes.
1. Who is going to give Ma Lili a birthday party?
A. Ma Lili    B. Her friends   C. Her teacher   D. Her parents
2. How many people are coming to Ma Lili’s party?
A. Two      B. Twenty      C. Twenty-one     D. Twenty-five
3. Her mother _____ for her party.
A. is making cakes   B. is shopping   C. is buying apples   D. makes a cake
4. How old is Ma Lili going to be?
A. 12      B. 13      C. 14       D. 20
5. What time does the party begin?
A. At four                  B. At half past four
C. After five o’clock     D. At about six o’clock

 Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.

___6___, the girls’ world was invaded by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.

To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.

Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.

1. A. active     B. thoughtful   C. easy    D. hard

2. A. take care of    B. run into      C. go through D. take advantage of

3. A. children  B. members    C. circles D. players

4. A. alarm      B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor

5. A. fact B. degree C. question     D. demand

6. A. Therefore      B. Suddenly    C. Rergularly  D. Unwillingly

7. A. attracting       B. finding       C. calling D. matching

8. A. younger  B. cleverer      C. taller   D. older

9. A. compete B. fight    C. do      D. meet

10. A. heard    B. knew  C. promised    D. shot

11. A. damaged      B. caught C. expected    D. forced

12. A. hoped   B. liked    C. refused      D. seemed

13. A. chance  B. possibility   C. power D. policy

14. A. share    B. give    C. provide      D. mark

15. A. put down     B. paid off      C. found out   D. come through

16. A. check up      B. end up C. look up      D. show up

17. A. satisfied       B. unhappy     C. curious      D. helpful

18. A. kids      B. adults  C. systems     D. situations

19. A. that      B. when  C. where D. how

20. A. blow     B. complain    C. appreciate   D. spread

 Billy，a hard-working student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He has a part-time job that   16  him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still  17    asleep．He is a newspaper boy.

    Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5：15 to go to the   18  where the newspapers always are．The newspapers were   19   to the corner by truck at midnight．He always takes a wagon to  20   them．

       In the winter it is still dark  21  he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is   22  ．Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his  23    in all kinds of weather．He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be  24  from wind and rain or snow．Sometimes his customers give him tips，  25  him very excited．

       Billy earns about$70 per month through hard   2 6 ，and he is saving some of the money to go to  27  ，where he has always been longing to go．Besides that，he  28  the rest of the earnings on records and clothes．Once a month，he has to collect the   29    at night since many of them work during the day．That is when he is  30  so that he is full of excitement．Luckily，he gets   31   supported by his family．Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him．Once，his father was too   32  to help him,

    Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn’t feel   33  about the number．

    He dreams that he will get  34  customers as possible some day．  35  ，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy．He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.

1.A．were         B．take           C．gets         D．pick

2.A．sound          B．falling             C．fall            D．soundly

3.A．corner         B．street            C．room             D．department

4.A．given           B．addressed    C．handed         D．delivered

5.A．carry           B．bring              C．send              D．load

6.A．at which    B．while            C．that         D．when

7.A．short                B．black            C．1ight          D．long

8.A．mad             B．way            C．route             D．path

9.A．protected   B．stopped          C．kept         D．prevented

10.A．making    B．1etting           C．1eading        D．causing  

11.A．attempt            B．job              C．work              D．struggle

12.A．abroad    B．school             C．college          D．hospital-

13.A．costs         B．spends         C．pays               D．uses

14.A．paper        B．money            C．newspapers      D．records

15.A．depressed           B．energetic         C．fulfilled          D．moved

16.A．very           B．great        C．greatly           D．a lot of

17.A．1ikely        B．reluctant       C．tired          D．willing

18.A．satisfying  B．pleasant          C．contented         D．happy

19.A．many more B．as much           C．as many        D．much more

20.A．If that       B．If so           C．Besides         D．What’s more

Saturday, June 16th  

In the morning, we went camping along a path in Green Natural Park. We were happy because it was a sunny day. We were expecting an enjoyable two-day holiday. On the way, we kept singing and making jokes.

However, in the afternoon, when we finished our picnic at one o’clock, it was dark and windy. Soon, there was a shower. Unluckily, none of us brought an umbrella. We ran about but we could find no place to hide.

Twenty minutes passed and it was still raining, There were hours to go before we reached the campsite (野营地). It was even worse that our small compass (指南针) showed that we went to the wrong way. We had lost our way! 

We had to make a quick decision as it was raining heavily. Chris said we could set up a tent to hide in, so Mary and Tom helped to set up the tent. Chris and I tried to make a fire to keep us warm. But we were unable to light the fire, as everything was wet. We dried ourselves, chatted and waited inside the tent. At about five o’clock, it stopped raining. We decided to give up the camping trip because all of us had been very tired.

This camping trip may not be very successful but we know each other better. And the most important thing I’ve learned from this trip is the importance of team spirit.

1.The writer went camping in Green Natural Park            .

A．in June           B．for 2 days         C．for 4 hour         D．in the afternoon

2.It was even worse that they            .

A．had no picnic                          B．couldn’t light the fire

C．lost their way                          D．couldn’t know each other

3.Chris suggested that they should             in the rain.

A．set up a tent                           B．reach the campsite

C．keep singing                           D．find a place to hide

4.Which of the following is NOT true？

A．It was sunny in the morning.               B．None of them had an umbrella.

C．They gave up the camping at last.           D．They ran about to dry themselves.

 — “May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o'clock tonight?”

— “I'm sorry. Mr Williams ________ to a conference by then.”

A. will have gone                  B. had gone         

C. would have gone　          D. has gone