We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening,

we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.

But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying. I said, “What are you doing here, my dear?”

She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? why don’t they say nice things about me as much?”

I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

Now whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1. The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over”(paragraph 4) means_____.

      A. show much concern about     B. have a special effect on

      C. list jobs to be done for        D. do good things for

2. We can conclude (得出结论) from the passage that_____.

      A. parents should pay more attention to the elder children

      B. the younger children are usually more easily hurt

C. people usually like the younger children more

      D. adults should treat children equally

3. Kristen felt sad and cried because_____.

A. the guest gave her more coats to carry

B. she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly

C. the guests praised her sister more than her

D. her mother didn’t introduce her the guests 

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注意：每空格1个单词。

The secret of success

Since 1989， Dave Thomas， who died at age 69，was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. "As long  as it works,” he said in 1991，"I'll continue to do those commercials."

Even though he was successful，Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he has never had proper-fitting shoes,” Wendy said in 1993 and told us that sixty-one years ago，Dave Thomas was born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva, Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan when he was six weeks old. After Auleva died when he was 5，Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking con­struction work. "He fed me，" Thomas said, "and if I got out of line，he'd beat me." "When I found out I was (adopted),  I didn't want to talk about it，and as I talked to people I grew older… I got really a lot of encouragement" When he was 12 years old, Thomas started working at a barbecue（烧烤）restaurant in Knoxville，Tenne. Moving out on his own at 15， Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said，"I could eat for free." When he was 24, meeting with Harland Sanders who led Thomas to a career as a manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant ,where he became a million­aire in 1968.

A year later, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers，in Columbus，Ohio，which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With

6,000 restaurants worldwide，the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales. Although troubled by his own experience with an adoption，Thomas，married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy，felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption in 1992. Later，Thomas，who had left school at 15，graduated from Coconut Great High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids vot­ed him "Most likely to succeed". Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years，Lorraine，five children and 16 grandchildren. His foundation helps raise awareness for the 134000 foster(收养的) children available for adoption，and helps make adoption more afford­able. "The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," said his friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker." He was just Joe for everybody."

The main events of Dave’s life

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1. The workbook that follows the Student’s Book is i__________ to help you review the words, phrases and grammars you have learned.

2. V__________ are in great need in the coming Olympic Games, for they can help foreign athletes to get to the stadiums, record the results of the games and so on.

3. The company spent a lot of money ________（推销，宣传）their products on TV.

4. I was ______(僵住)at the sight of the frightening scene.

5. He worked so hard that e_________ he made himself ill.

6. Pompeii , a wealthy _________（商业的） city ,existed almost 2000 years ago.

7. There are many s_________ between the twins.

8. The student who was cheating in the exam ________（恐慌） when hearing the coming steps.

9. He practices reading English every morning and now his p________ has improved a lot.

10. My mum will have the fence p_______ white before Christmas.

假如你叫李林，是一名大学生。你所在的班级就“大学生是否应该经济独立”的话题展开了讨论，同学们都发表了不同的看法。请你根据以下内容，写一封信给《学生双语报》的

编辑，反映讨论情况，发表你的看法。

注意：1。词数150字

      2．参考词汇：报答repay; 学费 tuition; 经济独立的financially independent

Dear editor,

     I’m writing to tell you ----

They happen to be of        age , and they all go in for         American football.

A．the same ;the    B．/;/      C．an ; / D．an ;the

Frankly speaking. I’d rather you        anything about it for the time being.

A．have done            B．haven’t done        C．don’t do   D．didn’t do

—How can they inform Audrey of their project?

—       they had her email address.

A．What if     B．Only if      C．If only      D．Now that

       the goal of “Education for All” ,the Chinese government is making joint efforts.

A．To achieve       B．Achieving  C．Achieve    D．Having achieved

Bad luck!        I want to see that terrible big dog,       frequently I meet it.

A．The less; the less                                        B．The more; the more

C．The less; the more.                                     D．The more; the less

So far Peter       back. Shall we make a phone call to him again?

A．won’t ring              B．doesn’t ring      C．didn’t ring        D．hasn’t rung