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It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.

Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.

She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”

Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.

1.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.

A．get a new bike                         B．make a clay bike

C．receive a doll house                     D．repair her old Barbi bike

2.Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.

A．didn’t want a bike any more

B．changed her idea to some story books

C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months

D．asked for it only on December 24

3.The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.

A．unhappy          B．worried           C．happy            D．sorry

4.Rose’s father got a good idea to____.

A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay

B．make a small bike red and white

C．make her old bike red and white

D．put the present in the box

5.From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____

A．still wanted to get a real bike

B．didn’t know the meaning of the note

C．preferred a real bike to a model bike

D．was greatly moved by what her father had done

In a New York street, a small truck hit a big tree. The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken. The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses. He was very sad and people in the street felt sorry for him. Then an old man walked over to the driver. He looked at him for a few minutes and said, “My poor boy! I think you must pay a lot for this.” “Yes,” was the sad answer.

“Well, well,” said the old man, “hold out your hat—here’s some money for you, and I can say that some of these people will give you a helping hand, too.” Then he walked away.

The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it. At last, the driver took out a bag and put all the money in it. Then he looked at the people and said, “Well, thank you very much. But you didn’t know that the old man is the owner of the truck. I’m driving and making money for him.”

(　 )46. What did the truck hit?

　　 A. An old man.　　 B. A big tree.　　 C. Some glasses.　 D. A big hat.

(　 )47. How did the driver feel when he looked at the broken glasses?

　　 A. Afraid and excited.　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. Pleased and frightened.　

　 　 C. Unhappy and worried.　 　　　　　　　　　 C. Surprised and happy.

(　 )48. Why did people give the driver money?

　　 A. Because they felt sorry for him.　　　　　 B. Because the knew the old man.

　　 C. Because they wanted to help the old man.　 D. Because they were the driver’s friends

(　 )49. From the passage we know that 　　　　　 .

　　 A. The old gave the young man a hat 　　　　

B. The old man was the driver’s father

C. The driver became rich　　　　 　　　

D. The driver had to give the money to the old man

Our neighbourhood used to be very quiet .However , these days __1__ things are happening in our neighbourhood and everyone is unhappy . Zhao Jun , the local school teacher is extremely ___2__ . When he was interviewed (采访) by the local newspaper , he said , “ Every night we hear strange noises ___3___ our window . My wife thinks that it could be an ___4___ , but my friends and I think it must be teenagers (青少年) having ___5___ . My parents called the police , but they can’t ___6___ anything strange . They think it might be the ___7___ . I don’t think so!”

Zhao Jun’s next door neighbour XiangDan is __8___ , too . “ At first ,I thought it might be a cat , but I can’t see a cat , and I still hear the noises outside .” Everyone in our neighbourhood is worried , and everyone has his or her own ____9____ . There must be something ___10___ the homes in our neighbourhood , but what is it ?

1.                A．interesting      B．exciting         C．strange   D．happy

2.                A．worried        B．pleased         C．quiet D．friendly

3.                A．of             B．outside         C．from D．inside

4.                A．actor          B．visitor          C．ghost D．animal

5.                A．trouble         B．fun            C．lessons   D．sports

6.                A．find           B．think           C．make D．feel

7.                A．water          B．laughter        C．music    D．wind

8.                A．excited         B．surprised       C．unhappy  D．bad

9.                A．ways           B．thinks          C．informations   D．ideas

10.               A．cleaning        B．visiting         C．breaking   D．moving

阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before    26   every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and never    27   . She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and fatty food,    28   . She weighted herself every day.

One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a    29    sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking,   30    he looked very happy.

He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”

He had a wide smile    31    his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.

“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”

Alicia thought he    32   very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the    33    of a happy old age.

“I hope you don’t    34    me asking,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do    35    I am your age.”

The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for   36   ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”

Alicia was    37   . She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did    38    wrong. She thought he should be    39    and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life    40    eating well or doing lots of exercise.

“How old are you?” she asked.

“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”

26. A. lunch        B. breakfast   C. dinner           D. supper

27. A. exercised        B. drank        C. worked           D. slept

28. A. too              B. also         C. either           D. still

29. A. man              B. woman        C. boy          D. girl

30. A. so               B. but              C. and          D. or

31. A. in               B. with         C. at               D. on

32. A. saw              B. looked           C. listened         D. found

33. A. secret           B. dream        C. plan         D. future

34. A. stand        B. mind         C. allow        D. enjoy

35. A. when         B. since        C. though           D. for

36. A. health           B. success          C. happiness   D. life

37. A. surprised        B. worried          C. excited          D. relaxed

38. A. something        B. anything     C. everything       D. nothing

39. A. angry            B. serious     C. quiet        D. sick

40. A. through          B. from         C. without          D. by

A shop owner closed his shop and went home．He was very  1 ，but just as he went to bed．the telephone  2  ．A man asked，“What time do you open your shop?’’

The shop owner was  3  about this phone call．He put down the telephone without answering and went  4  to bed．A few minutes  5  the telephone rang   6  and the man asked the  7  question．The shop owner became very  8    and he shouted “You needn’t ask me when I open the shop for l won’t let you get in．”

“Oh，no，I don’t want to get   9   ”, the man said,  “I want to go  10 ．”

1．A．happy               B． glad              C． tired                      D． excited

2．A．ring                 B． rang             C． rung              D． rings

3．A． unhappy            B． interested          C． proud             D． worried

4．A．upstairs             B． downstairs        C． back              D． home

5．A．ago                B． later              C． before             D． after

6．A．again                B． once              C． more              D． much

7．A．another              B． one               C． same              D． funny

8．A．angry                B． pleased            C． sad               D． glad

9．A．out                 B． in                C． into               D． in to

10．A．out                B． An               C． into               D． in to