“It’s your king.”he said to the old man.“I’m hungry now. (12) me something to eat quickly.”The farmer had nothing delicious except four eggs. The king ate up and felt (13) .

　　“How much must I pay you for that?”

　　“Eighteen dollars. Your Majesty.”

　　“How (14) they are!” said the king.“Are they rare here?”“No. Your Majesty. ”Answered the old man. “We have (15) a king in our country!”

Why didn’t my teacher believe me? I’m a good student. I really did all my homework last night,   1   I don’t have it now.

My teacher   2   I’m busy these days. Our school will have a basketball game   3   two days. I’m on the basketball team and have to practice after school every day.  But that isn’t   4   I don’t have my homework today.  

Where is my homework? I have to say, my dog   5   it.

Here is the story: Last night, I went home late and was really   6   after practice. However, I didn’t forget   7   my homework. I ate dinner and did it at the time. When I had nearly finished it, I suddenly dropped some meat on my paper. It made the paper quite dirty. What should I do? It was too late to do the housework again on   8   piece of paper. So I just put my paper on the table and went to bed. Later, my dog Max, who loves meat very much, jumped up onto the table and ate my   4  !

My teacher said it was an old story. I also know many students   10   this all the time. This time is true, but no one believes me.

 1. A. so                       B. and                   C. though             D. before

 2. A. know                    B. knows               C. knew               D. knowing

 3. A. in                         B. after                  C. before              D. when

 4. A. where                  B. what                  C. how                 D. why

 5. A. found                    B. lost                    C. ate                   D. played

 6. A. tired                      B. happy                C. good                D. glad

 7. A. do                        B. to do                  C. did                   D. doing

 8. A. other                     B. another              C. the others         D. others

 9. A. dinner                   B. food                  C. book                D. homework

 10. A. saying                 B. says                   C. say                  D. said 

At lunchtime, Bonnie and Ruth sat together like they always did at school. Ruth and Bonnie were best friends and best friends always sat together for lunch. They  1  sandwiches, cupcakes and almost everything.

But today things were   2  . Bonnie looked upset, and Ruth did not know why. “Why are you sad today, Bonnie?” Ruth asked. “Because my daddy    3  his job yesterday,” she said. “And we may have to move. My mom and dad are very unhappy and they always argue. I am   4 . What is going to happen to us?”

Bonnie’s news made Ruth very sad, too. What would school be like   5  Bonnie? What could she do to help her friend? When Ruth went home she told her mom the bad   6 .

“What can I do to help?” she asked.

“I’m not sure, Ruth,” said her mother sadly.

Ruth thought and thought. She thought while she ate supper and she thought while she did homework. She even thought when she brushed her teeth before going to bed.

“What can I do?” she  7 .

The next day was Saturday and Ruth woke up very early. She dressed and ate a quick breakfast,  8  went to find her friends. They all decided to    9  together to help Bonnie. They pulled weeds, played with babies and walked dogs. They even put on a Talent show in Ruth’s backyard. All the adults paid one dollar to watch the   10  sing and dance and do magic tricks. After the performance, the children   11 their money. They had made three hundred dollars! Ruth’s mom took them to the grocery store and they bought food, soap, paper towels, and all kinds of things that a person might need.

When they left the store they went to Bonnie’s house and each of the children   12  carried a bag to the door, rang the doorbell and ran away quickly. They had so much fun with   13  secret surprise! They knew it would make Bonnie very happy.

Ruth felt happy too,   14 she had helped her friend. She knew it wasn’t much, but all she needed to do was to show her friend that she cared   15 . I think Bonnie got the message, don’t you?

1.                A．found          B．cooked         C．shared   D．bought

2.                A．same          B．good           C．right D．different

3.                A．changed        B．lost            C．enjoyed  D．got

4.                A．worried        B．lonely          C．disappointed   D．surprised

5.                A．to             B．with           C．for  D．without

6.                A．story           B．result          C．news D．report

7.                A．dreamt         B．answered       C．talked    D．wondered

8.                A．so             B．then           C．after D．before

9.                A．work           B．study           C．help D．think

10.               A．parents        B．actors          C．students   D．children

11.               A．counted        B．saved          C．sent D．spent

12.               A．slowly          B．quietly         C．seriously  D．patiently

13.               A．their           B．his            C．her   D．its

14.               A．though         B．and            C．because of D．because

15.               A．helped         B．cared          C．understood D．realized