Mike wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He  46  about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not  47 . He has to  48 a long time for that. He can’t cut grass for their gardens  49 he has no tools to do the work. Then he  50 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送)  51 . “I can do that,  52 ”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay(付款) for it a little each week”. He  53 to catch up with(赶上) Dick. Mike asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is  54 to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick  55 him that the job takes about three hours each week and   56  him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Mike almost flies home. After he tells his mother   57  he thinks, she  58 , “ I think it is a   59  idea,” she says, “I'll call the newspaper.” “Wait, Mum,” Mike says, “I’ll call. After that, I' m going to be a businessman now.” Mike’s mother smiles   60  .

单词辨音 （10分）

1.A. cake              B．plane            C．name     D．many

2.A. mouth     B. round     C. group        D. ground

3.A．idea            B．dead             C．head              D．ready

4.A．days            B．bags          C．pens        D．maps

5.A．glass      B．fast     C．pass             D．want

6.A．snow     B．down             C．town             D．how

7.A．film            B．child               C．wish            D．think

8.A．word          B．work               C．worry              D．worse

9.A．water         B．want               C．wash       D．watch

10.A．star           B．party    C．warm              D．March

Peter and Paul passed by a small house on their way home late at night. They saw thick  1 coming out of its windows. "It's on fire!" said Peter. "We must get help. "

The two brothers ran 2   the road shouting "Fire! Fire! "They 3  on the door of the next house. They asked them to 4  the police and the firemen.

They ran back to the house. They saw 5  the window an old lady sitting in an arm-chair. It was  6  that she could not move. Peter and Paul tried hard to carry her out of the 7 and so they did! Some neighbors （邻居）came and helped take some things out.

In no  time  the  firemen 8  as  well  as  the policemen. The fire was put out. The old lady cried sadly 79 she was not hurt. She thanked Peter and Paul and her neighbors 10 .

1．A．snow               B．clouds              C．fire         D．smoke

2．A．over                B．along               C．at           D．with

3．A．knocked              B．beat                C．locked         D．opened

4．A．tell                 B．report               C．telephone        D．find

5．A．at                B．through               C．above         D．on

6．A．old                 B．difficult               C．free          D．clear

7．A．arm-chair              B．window              C．house        D．road

8．A．arrived               B．fought              C．left          D．returned

9．A．so                B．for                 C．and          D．but

10．A．up and down       B．again and again       C．hour after hour  D．from side to side

It was almost 9：00 p．m．when Mia Jonson left her office to go home．It was   1  ．She started her car and she   2  down the dark road that led to her house in the country．She   3  the radio and sang songs while she was driving．The heater(暖气机) wasn’t working，and singing helped to keep her   4  ．

    The snow was heavy．Then Mia went across a small   5  ．The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control (失去控制)．Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness(知觉)．

    When she   6  ，her head was bleeding (流血)，and she was shaking from the cold．She didn’t know   7  she was．Mia opened the car door and looked around．She was under the bridge，and her car was sitting on the   8   river! She felt very   9  ．She knew the ice wouldn’t    10   her ear for very long．She   11   to walk up the hill several times，but she kept falling in the snow．Mia tried   12   time．She fell again，but this time she couldn’t get up．She knew that   13  could see her car under the bridge．She was lying in the snow，and she couldn’t   14  ．Mia closed her eyes and   15   die．

     Then she heard a voice．Mia opened her eyes．There was an old man standing over her．She stood up and walked with the help of the old man．“That’s my truck，”said the old man．“Get in and I´11 take you home．”

1．A．raining             B．cool              C．snowing        D．1ate

2．A．ran                         B．drove           C．walked          D．rode

3．A．turned on         B．turned over    C．turned off       D．turned down

4．A．happy              B．not alone        C．warn             D．not lonely

5．A．bridge              B．village            C．town             D．farm

6．A．got up              B．came back            C．100ked up     D．woke up

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

8．A．deep                B．frozen            C．wide             D．cold

9．A．angrily             B．sad                C．surprised       D．well

10．A．kept               B．pull                C．take              D．hold

11．A．tried               B．wanted          C．would like     D．seemed

12．A．one                B．one more       C．other             D．the other

13．A．someone         B．anyone           C．everyone       D．no one

14．A．feel                B．hear               C．move            D．go

15．A．waited to        B．had to            C．was able to    D．decided to