根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能正确填入相应空格内的最佳答案，
并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。
David is a middle school student. He had
lived in a small __42__ for fifteen years. It was a small place with
only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later
on he __43__ a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His __44__
moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had __45__
friends here. At first he often played by __46__.
His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has
many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help
him. David __47__ to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they're
good friends.
One afternoon, Cathy told David, “It'll be
my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday party. Would you like to
come?”
“__48__. I'm glad to,” the boy said
happily.
David got home and thought of a __49__
he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he __50__ to ask the girl what
she liked. He couldn't telephone her because he didn't know her __51__.
At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What's the matter, dear?”
“What would you like if it was your
sixteenth birthday, Mom?”
“Nothing," the woman said, "I just
wish I were sixteen.”
42. A. town
B. city
C. village D.
country
43. A. open
B. opens
C. opened
D. opening
44. A. home
B. shop
C. building
D. family
45. A. a few
B. few
C. a little
D. little
46. A.
himself
B. him C. his
D. he
47. A. enjoy
B. enjoys C. like
D. likes
48. A. Well
B. No
C. Sorry
D. Certainly
49. A. book
B. dress C.
present D. pen
50. A. forgot B.
forget
C. remember
D. remembered
51. A. home
B. number C.
place
D. address
