My father died when l was a baby, and my mother had to go out to work．1 was the only(1)    ______so I had no brothers and sisters to play with at home．I used to play in the street with other children, or ride my bike down to the park，but I remember I(2)______a lot of time just sitting at home reading．We had a television，I think, but I don’t remember(3)_______ it very much．

    My grandparents lived with us and we used to do a lot of things together—I remember we played cards a lot．At the weekends, my mother always(4)________一we often went down to the sea and swam, and I(5)__________to swim when I was quite young．

    We didn’t have a car, so we went everywhere by bus．Occasionally(偶尔)，one of my uncles used to come and take us out in his car，which was a great(6)________．For holidays we always went to the seaside, but never far away—maybe a short train journey．

    My mother wasn’t very(7)_________．and I don’t remember her ever(83)______ me．In fact，I used to get my own way too much．

    I was given small pocket money because we weren’t very (9)________，and I probably spent most of it on sweets，as far as I remember--I don’t think anyone thought they were(10)____ for you then．

1．A．child           B．father               C．friend                 D．mother

2．A．used            B．kept           C．took                       D．spent

3．A．repairing          B．1istening to      C．watching             D．looking at

4．A．let me in         B．took me out      C．told me stories        D．went shopping

5．A．hated           B．learned         C．stopped               D．forgot

6．A．game           B．chance        C．pain                 D．pleasure

7．A．strict           B．kind           C．interested               D．worried

8．A．playing with      B．staying with     C．beating                D．loving

9．A．busy           B．happy           C．rich                 D．well

10．A．good           B．bad            C．important               D．delicious

--Excuse me，sir?

--Yes?

--   l 

--The post office? Oh，go straight and turn right at the crossing．

--Thank you．  2 ．

--No，not too far，about a twenty minutes’ walk．

--   3  ?

--You can go there by bus．

--Thank you．By the way，is there a bank nearby/there?

--Yes，just opposite the post office.．

--Do you mean the bank is opposite the post office?

--Right．

--Can I have my money changed there?

--  4 

--One more question, is the bank near to the department store? The largest one, I mean．

--Yes．In fact it's quite close．

--I see．  5 

-- It' s my pleasure．

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及所给首字母提示填空。

Tony is an American boy．He is twelve years old．He h_______（1）two brothers．But he doesn’t have a_______ （2）sisters．

Tony goes to school by bus．He usually gets to s_______ （3）at 8 o’clock．The f_______ （4） class starts at 9：00 am．He has five c_______ （5）every day His favorite subjects are English and s_______ （6），He has English from Monday to F_______ （7）．

on Sundays．he often helps his little b_______ （8）with his homework at home．Sometimes（有时候）he l_______ （9）to music．He likes s_______ （10）very much．

His favorite singer is Sara Helen．

选择框中句子，使对话完整.注意有两句是多余的。

A．How about going by bus

B．I don't think it's the fastest way, isn't it

C．The traffic here is too terrible

D．I take the plane

E．By bike

F．Bike is the most popular way

G．I like the train