Simon was a tall，thin boy about fourteen   1   old．Like most boys in their teens，he was either very happy or extremely  2  ; he either talked too much or he didn't talk at all．One day he would do everything right and on another day he would do  3  right．Simon had trouble with his  4  ，too．No matter what he did，his parents were never pleased with him．They argued with him about the way he dressed，the way he  5  ，the way he forgot to do things．They argued  6  everything．They were always telling him   7   to do and when to do it．They reminded him to put on his coat，take off his coat，hang up his coat．They didn't understand that he was a young man now and not  8  ．They said when he was able to do things without  9  several times，they would believe he wasn't a child any longer．They told him when he  10  thinking about himself and began thinking about helping other people，then they would know he was a young man．

Simon was usually glad to be out of the house where no one could disturb  11  ．One Saturday morning，he told his parents he was going out for a walk before breakfast，and they gave him  12   to get milk at the store．A few minutes after he left the house，he couldn't remember what he should buy．If he went home  13   it，his family would have something else to argue with him about! As he went down the  14  thinking about what he should do，he saw an old man on the comer．The man looked very  15 ．Simon decided to help him．

What happened next，can you guess?

1．A．year                 B．years               C．month             D．months

2．A．unhappy              B．excited              C．bored                   D．satisfied

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

4．A．friends               B．pets                C．family             D．classmates

5．A．said                       B．told                 C．talked                   D．cried

6．A．about                B．with                C．on                D．in

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

8．A．an adult              B．a child              C．a woman          D．an old man

9．A．reminding             B．reminded            C．being reminded      D．to be reminded

10．A．began              B．stopped             C．enjoyed            D．started

11．A．him                 B．her                 C．us                D．them

12．A．paper              B．food                C．clothes            D．money

13．A．with                    B．about               C．for              D．without

14．A．house              B．store               C．street               D．room

15．A．healthy             B．sick                C．energetic         D．easy-going

先阅读短文，然后从短文后每小题的A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案。

    Do you need money? Write a 1etter to Mr．Percy Ross． 1   he will give you some money.

Mr．Ross is a   2  man，and he likes to give people money.   3   does he give people money? People write letters to Mr. Ross. In their letters, they tell him why they need money. Mr. Ross gets 12,000 letters a week. He and his 12 assistants  4   all of the letters．Then Mr．Ross sends money to  5  of the people., Who can get money from Mr．Ross sends usually money to old people．sick people and poor children．A mother wrote  Mr．Ross，“I have two daughters，ages one  6  eight．I give the baby one bottle of milk every day．I want to give her two bottle  milk every day．  7  I don，t have enough money．I also want to give my  8  daughter ice cream sometimes．Can you help me?”Mr．Ross sent the 9  a check.“This check will buy much more than milk and ice cream。”he wrote．

Who  10  get money from Mr．Ross? Mr．Ross usually doesn’t send money to  young，healthy people．A 16一year—old boy wrote，“I need$900 to buy a good used  car．I really need it because I 1ike a girl．She doesn't like me 11  I don，t have a car．”Mr．Ross wrote the boy，“You don't 12  a car．You need a different girlfriend．’’   13  does Percy Ross give people money?  When Mr．ROSS was a boy。he was  very  14  ．He worked hard，and now he is a successful businessman．He wants to  15  poor people．And Mr．Ross is getting older．He wants to give all of his money  away before he dies．He says。“Who will get my money? I want to decide．”

1．A．And       B．Maybe     C．For sure        D．So

2．A．rich       B．poor       C．young          D．hardworking

3．A．When     B．Why       C．Where          D．How

4．A．read       B．write      C．return           D．1ooked at

5．A．all        B．none       C．some           D．one

6．A．and       B．or         C．to              D．in

7．A．because    B．but        C．so             D．since

8．A．younger    B．youngest   C．oldest          D．older

9．A．man       B．woman    C．daughter        D．baby

10．A．will      B．mustn't    C．can't           D．so

11．A．because   B．before    C．unless          D．so

12．A．have     B．buy      C．afford           D．need

13．A．Why     B．When    C．How            D．Where

14．A．small    B．rich      C．poor            D．strong

15．A．save     B．raise     C．become         D．help

　　Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old, they dream of (1) their own (2) . Many students work after school to (3) a car. In most places (4) people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a driving (5) to get a license（执照）. Learning to drive and getting a driver's license may be one of the most exciting things in their (6) . For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol（象征）that they are now grown-ups（成年人）.

　　Americans seem to love their (7) almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are (8) . But they will take (9) cars to a“hospital”at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people spend most of the time in washing and waxing（打蜡）their cars. For some families it is not enough to have (10) car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or other activities（活动）