It’s       hard work building a bridge over the river.

根据短文内容，从Ａ、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

Have you ever 41 a girl of 15, who has opened up a company of her own? Linda is such a girl. She 42 the business two years ago. She has already 43 several successful computer games. They are so 44 that over half a million people work in her business. And she is 45 at school.

She enjoys school and comes to school 46 . She is always on time. 47 weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a 48 , for she is not 49 to drive.

She enjoys school and is very 50 in all of her lessons. She usually gets “A” in the exams, so 51 students often ask her for 52 .

After dinner, she goes to her office and 53 working on her computer, writing games until 2 a.m. She does not usually need as much 54 as other children in the night. What 55 successful girl Linda is!

1.                A．known of       B．heard of        C．saw of    D．concerned

2.                A．developed      B．started         C．made D．complained

3.                A．opened        B．played          C．written   D．bought

4.                A．surprised       B．popular         C．afraid    D．just

5.                A．still            B．already         C．yet  D．just

6.                A．fast            B．quickly         C．early D．late

7.                A．In             B．On            C．At   D．During

8.                A．teacher        B．mother         C．driver    D．doctor

9.                A．enough old      B．old enough      C．young enough  D．enough young

10.               A．interested      B．interesting      C．exciting   D．well

11.               A．others         B．the other       C．other D．some other

12.               A．thanks         B．help           C．money    D．results

13.               A．keeps          B．thanks for       C．stops D．finishes

14.               A．food           B．time           C．bread D．sleep

15.               A．a             B．the            C．on   D．/

Mr. White looks out of the window. There is a little boy on the other side of the street. The boy  1  a piece of bread out of a bag and begins to eat it. There is a very thin dog  2  the street, too. The boy says to it, “Come on. I’m going to give you  3  bread.” The dog is very hungry and goes to him. But the boy  4  give it any bread. He kicks(踢)  5  god. It runs away, and the boy laughs.

Then Mr. White comes out of  6  home and says to the boy, “I’m going to give you a shilling(先令).” The boy is  7  and says, “Good.”

“Come here!” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him,  8  Mr. White doesn’t give him a shilling. He hits him  9  his stick(手杖).

The boy  10  and says, “Why do you hit me? I don’t ask you for any money.”

Mr. White says, “you know the god doesn’t ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean   1  person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and   2 . Dogs and other pets can give   3  to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. And some even leave all their money to their   4  when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can become the “  5  ” for a blind （瞎的）person or ears for a deaf（聋的）person. Pets can help people live   6 ! They make people  7 , too.

Americans hold “Be   8  to Animals Week”, the first week of May. There are pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, spend   9  time this week playing with it. Remember to give it good   10 .

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to   11  them. As people, we must learn to treat animals as our   12  !

1.                A．a              B．the            C．other D．others

2.                A．persons        B．people         C．children  D．animals

3.                A．sad            B．joy            C．ideas D．information

4.                A．family          B．pets           C．children  D．parents

5.                A．eyes           B．ears           C．hands    D．feet

6.                A．alone          B．together        C．shorter   D．longer

7.                A．cooler         B．angry          C．happier   D．sad

8.                A．Bad            B．Kind           C．Nice D．Sad

9.                A．less            B．more           C．no   D．some

10.               A．food           B．rice           C．drink D．milk

11.               A．help           B．ask            C．play with  D．stop

12.               A．classmates      B．friends         C．enemies   D．hunters