Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and   1.   in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,  2.   she had a good,long life.

She had already been a professional   3.   before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel  4.   a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  5.   from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  6.  easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.

Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her   7.   her stories. They were  8.   interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was  9.   that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped   10.  .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.

11.A.death             B.die                  C.died

12.A.but               B.and                  C.or

13.A.singer             B.teacher              C.manager

14.A.on                B.at                   C.by

15.A.to sail             B.sailing               C.to fly

16.A.too               B.much                C.more

17.A.talk to             B.talk with             C.talk about

18.A.so                B.such                 C.very

19.A.boring             B.relaxing              C.amazing

20.A.work and think      B.working and thinking   C.to work and think

阅读理解

Grace was fourteen years old and was in Grade Eight. She had a part-time job, so she had to get up at five o’clock. She was a newspaper girl.

Each morning, Grace left the house at 5:15. She always rode a bike to the corner to carry the newspapers.

In winter it was still dark when she got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Grace had to send newspapers to people’s houses in all kinds of weather. She tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind, rain or snow. Her customers thought she did a good job. Sometimes they gave her tips(小费).

Grace made about $70 each month and she was saving some of the money to go to college. She spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month she got the money from her customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Grace had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Grace was ill, her elder brother had to send the newspapers and Grace’s father had to help her.

Grace had 70 customers now, but she hoped to get more soon. Some day, if she got more customers, perhaps Grace could win a prize(奖赏) for being a very good newspaper girl. She wanted to win a visit to Europe, but she would be happy if she won a new bike.

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1.What was Grace’s part-time job?

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2. There is a word “customers” in the third paragraph. Please translate it into Chinese. _____

3. Why did Grace choose a part-time job?

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4. From the story, we know customers liked ____ people to work for them.

5. What do you think of Grace?

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A teenage girl couldn’t stand（忍受）her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and    41   years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ___42___ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she    43   a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you …Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so surprised that she couldn’t believe her    44  . “Is that me?” She moved    45   and read the words, “I still love you…” She cried. She couldn’t wait    ___46   back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She    47   her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “   48  is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked    49   you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents.    50   this way, both parents and children can be happy.