Little Mike’s grandma died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandma used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very kind. She was sitting there, watching pigeons（鸽子）. Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very glad.
They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it got dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged（拥抱）the old lady and she gave him her sweetest smile.
When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. “I met a granny in the park. Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on Grandma’s face.”
The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy. “He was as lovely as Brittany,” she said. Her son was surprised, because he had never seen her so happy since Brittany, her grandson, died weeks ago.
【小题1】Little Mike went to the park and __________.

Some people don’t like the number 13. They don’t think 13 is a lucky or good number. For example（比如）, they don’t like to live（居住） on the 13th floor（楼）.

My friend Mary is one of them. She asks some friends to her home. All of her friends get to her home. They sit at the table. Then Mary counts, “One, two, three . . . oh, my God! There are thirteen people here!” Everybody’s face(脸) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t. He says, “Don’t worry（别担心）, dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife will have a baby next week. She is in the family way now. ”

All of them become happy again. “Congratulations（恭喜）!” they say to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They enjoy the nice food（享用美食） and have a good time this evening.

1.The underlined word “lucky” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 幸运的 B. 倒霉的 C. 难得的 D. 常见的

2.Everybody’s face turns white, because ________.

A. there are thirteen people

B. there are fourteen people

C. they don’t like Mr. Brown

D. they don’t like the baby

3.Who will have a baby next week?

A. Mary B. Mr. Brown C. GodD. Mrs. Brown

4.When does the story happen(发生)?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. D. At night.

5.What is NOT true(正确的)?

A. some people don’t like to live on the 13th floor.

B. Mary and her friends don’t like the number 13.

C. Mr. Brown’s face turns white, too.

D. Mary and her friends became happy at last.

请根据句意从方框中选用合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

1.Simon and Linda looked at each other and kept their secret to ___________.

2.This is really an _________ experience. I will never forget it.

3.Grandma’s ____________ birthday is coming. We are going to hold a party at her home.

4.Computer is one of the greatest _____________ in the world. I can’t imagine what life is like without it.

5.Of all the students, our monitor spent the ___________ time but made the most progress.

The future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions   52    never came true.Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the     53  movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors   54  . Of couse,he was wrong! In 1979,the head of the largest computer company in the United States said,“No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computer would never    55   by most people.
【小题1】A.Predict             B.Predicting             C.Predicted
【小题2】A.who               B.what                  C.that
【小题3】A.big                B.bigger                 C.biggest
【小题4】A.talk               B.talked                 C.to talk
【小题5】A.use                B.be used                C.are used