8. Little Mary is a l_ girl  and   she is popular with everyone.

6. These two words look s_,    but    their meanings are quite different.

5. Neither of them can decide your personalities. It is you who s_your    life    and your future.

4. If you are interested in e_animal signs or star signs, read about them just for fun.

3.    In Western countries, a year is d_into a cycle of 12 star signs.

2.    The 12 animal signs appear in a f_order and the cycle r_every 12 years.

1. In the Chinese lunar c_，there are 12 animal signs.

阅读理解

    It's Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents(礼物)from his family and one of them is a big drum(鼓).

"Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.

"His grandfather does/' answers Jim's mother.

Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise(噪音)with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it, His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear the noise.

But one of the neighbors(邻居)doesn't like the noise. So one morning she takes a knife(刀子)and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello, Jim. Do you know there is something nice in your drum? Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."

1.  Jim's_________ gives him the drum.

A. grandfather          B. father

C. mother             D. neighbor

2.  Jim's father is__________ 

A. a worker               B. a teacher

C. a waiter             D. a shop assistant

3.  The neighbor hates(讨厌)________ .

A. Jim's presents             B. the drum

C. the knife                 D. the noise

4.  The neighbor tells Jim___________ .

 A.   to put the drum away

B.   to look after the drum

C.   to open the drum with the knife

D.   to make a noise with the drum

5.  Which of the following is RIGHT?

 A.   Jim's grandfather makes the drum.

B.   Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears.

C.   There's a nice present in the drum.

D. Jim's mother doesn't stop(阻止)the noise.