“Dad! He took a book without paying!” I yelled .

My father looked surprised. Before the boy could say anything, his mother grabbed his arm and shook it. “Is it true? You stole? Tell me!”

Everyone was quiet. The boy began to cry, and he nodded his head. He pulled out the comic book (漫画书) from under his shirt. 

“Oh, Mr. Kim. I am sorry! My Ted made a big mistake!” Mrs. Diaz told my father. She tried to take the comic book, but Ted wouldn’t let go.

“It’s OK. He can keep it,” my father said with a smile.

“Oh no,” Mrs. Diaz said. “Let me pay right now ...” She dug in her purse. “How much?”

“Three seventy-five.”

Mrs. Diaz’s eyes widened, and she dug deeper. I saw her mouth make a small line. “Three seventy-five?” she asked.

“It’s OK. You can pay later,” my father said.

“No,” Mrs. Diaz said. She kept looking in her purse. “I have money here.”

I felt bad for yelling, for I realized that Ted had tried to steal the comic book because he didn’t have the money. Maybe the boy could have a job, I thought.

I had an idea.

“What if he worked with me?” I asked. They turned to me.

I said, “He can work with me to pay for the comic book.”

“Good,” my father said smiling at me. Mrs. Diaz nodded. She turned to her son, “You hear? You will work and buy the comic book!”  

“Yes, Mama,” Ted said, hanging his head.

As they left, Ted looked back, and though he still seemed sad, he stuck out (伸出) his tongue at me.

Ted has been working here for two weeks. He has paid for the comic book, but my father says he is such a good worker that he can work with me as long as he wants. We are friends now. 

1. Where did the story most probably take place? 

2. By saying “but Ted wouldn’t let go” in Paragraph 4, the author means Ted ______.

3.From the underlined sentences in the eighth paragraph, we may infer that Mrs. Diaz ______. 

4. In the last paragraph, what does the author mainly tell?

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1.We ___________（比较） Beijing to the heart of China.

2.The ___________（大多数） of the committee members are for the bill.

3.These matters are particularly important to the _________ (国家的) security.

4.The great earthquake is really a d______________ to the people．

5.A good b__________ makes a good ending．

6.I must say that he did the work very  _____________ (粗心大意的)and always made mistakes．

7.There are strong a______________ for and against death punishment．

8.Though the people are richer today, China is still a d_____________ country．

9.His rough ___________(礼貌) annoyed everybody.

10.Your behavior will have a negative e__________ on your children．

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的第一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡相应的的位置上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词在答题卡相应的位置上用斜线（\）划掉。

此行缺一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，并附带前（后）词。

此行错一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该该错和改正后的词。

In the first day when I went to work in a very famous              1.___________

restaurant, my boss complained that there were very a few          2.___________

people coming for dinner. So I am “invited” to have a meal in    3.___________

the restaurant. After ordering two French dishes and some food,  4.___________

I began to look frequently at watch timing the serving of the        5.___________

meal. Meanwhile, I looked around to see that there was anything  6.___________

else wrong there. I wrote something improper down secret. My      7.___________

meal was not serving yet. I looked at my watch ：32 minutes       8.___________

passed! I realized that wait too long for service was the main       9.___________

reasons why the business was poor. Then I wrote a report about     10.___________

my findings and presented it to the boss. 

语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1.navy     

2.example  

3.retell     

4.wealth   

5.bush     

—What a fine day! Shall we go picnicking.

—         . But we need to be home before six o’clock for the football match.

Shanghai has hosted       2010 world Expo. The world Expo has        long history but it has never been held in Asia.

Travelers        that they should bring their ID cards with them.

 —Are you free after school?

—Sorry: I’ve planned to treat a friend of mine to dinner        for his help.

All the         indicate that he has been deeply involved in the crime.

His speech at the meeting was really wonderful, and it could never be any        .