My name is John Brown. I am a school boy. My school is__51__ my home. Every day I spend a lot of time__52___ there. The__53___ is not good, so I can’t ride my bike to school. I often take a bus there. It usually__54___ me forty minutes to get there__55___. I __56___ at seven every morning. I have no time for breakfast at home. I often have something for breakfast on the bus__57___ at school. I don’t want to__58___ school. Most students in our school take buses to school. Some students walk to school__59___ their homes are not far. __60___ the students ride bikes.

Ann and Jenny are good friends. They are in the   56   （相同）class, they often go to school and go home together . However , they have different   57  （习惯）. Ann likes to stay at home and watch TV when she is   58  （空余的）, but Jenny likes sports. He   59  （锻炼）every day He thinks it can help him keep   60  （健康的）. And he likes to spend time in the countryside on weekends. He thinks the countryside is more beautiful   61  （比）the city .The winter vacation is coming. Jenny asked Ann to go out with her friends. They are   62  （计划）to go hiking in the mountain. They are going fishing by the   63  （河）. They   64  （相信）they can have an exciting vacation. They also hope   65（每人）will have a good time.

Dear Nancy,
You asked about places to go and things to do in our town. The Downtown Mall is always  51  . It’s a   52  place in the oldest part of town. There are some good stores and restaurants there.    53  , Trendy Clothing Store is in Downtown Mall. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has the   54   quality clothes. The shop assistants are friendly   55   people. My favorite     56   in town is Nick’s Restaurant. It is close to my house. It’s cheap and the hamburgers there are great. I like Dragon City Restaurant,    57  . You can eat wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings there, too. But it’s more expensive than Nick’s. The Big Cinema is the best cinema in town. It has the biggest screen and the most  58   seats. The Del Ray Complex is also a good place to see movies. It doesn’t have the 59  movies, but the tickets are the cheapest.
Anyway, there are lots of things to do and to see here. Come for a   60  soon!
Love,
Kate

A: Good afternoon, Doctor Huang.
B: Good afternoon, young man.     56   
A: I have a bad cold. I cough now and then.         
B:     57   
A: For two days. And I’m feeling terrible now.
B:     58   Oh, you have a fever, too.
A: Is it serious?
B:     59     You just need some medicine.
A: How often should I take the medicine?  
B: Three times a day.     60   
A: Thanks a lot. Bye!

Last year my dad got a new job in a small town,__51__ my family moved there. On my first __52__ at the new school I was really worried. The teachers were friendly, but the __53__ was the other students. They didn’t seem friendly. I knew nobody and I couldn’t __54__ understand what they said.
During the break all the other students went out. I didn’t know where to go, so I ___55___ in the classroom. After a while, a ___56___ came back in and came up to me. I ___57___ what he wanted to do. He took ___58___ out of his bag and said to me,“Would you like something to ___59___?”It was an apple. Suddenly I felt really ___60___ and we began to talk.
It was Tony who gave me the apple and now he is my best friend. I am thankful to the apple, which started our friendship.
【小题1】A. or                   B. so                    C. but
【小题2】A. day                  B. spring                 C. winter
【小题3】A. project                B. custom               C. problem
【小题4】A. hardly                B. ever                  C. even
【小题5】A. danced               B. stayed                 C. sang
【小题6】A. woman               B. girl                   C. boy
【小题7】A. knew                B. wondered               C. thought
【小题8】A. something            B. anything                C. nothing
【小题9】A. eat                  B. drink                   C. read
【小题10】A. shy                  B. happy                  C. lonely