Linda e_________ listening to the gossip(闲话) at the water fountain(饮水处), and then p________ it to others. Some people got a little hurt. Patty decided that Linda should be taught a lesson.

　After the second class, Patty was at the water fountain. As she took a d_________, Abel passed by. “What’s up? ” he asked her. Patty said, “Nothing much, the usual. Today is sure an interesting day. But it’s not good f ________Linda. ”

　“What do you mean? What happen? ” asked Abel. Patty said sadly, “I heard that Linda got below an A on her h_________ exam. You know her parents want her to get straight As. I think they will keep her at home for a whole week to study. ” Before he could asked a__________ else, Patty walked on. Abel caught up with Emily. “Did you hear, ” He asked, not waiting for her to answer, “ Linda f_________ on a history exam and her parents will keep her at home for a whole month? ” Emily looked at him in surprise, “But Linda is a straight-A student. This is terrible. Don’t tell anybody, and I won’t either. ”At _________, the gossip was flying fast. Tim asked Bob, “Did you hear about poor Linda? She failed in history, and her parents are going to get her a tutor. ”

　By three o’clock, everybody knew it. All day, Linda had had a s_______ feeling. People were looking at her. She asked Dana what was going on. He said, “ I don’t know who found out, but we are really sorry. ”

　“Sorry about what? ” Linda asked. “everybody knows you failed in all your subjects and your parents are taking you out of school. ” Linda stared at him, m_________ opened. “How did this gossip start? It’s not true! ” Linda began to shout. In a moment, most of her friends were around her. They asked if there was anything they could do. “Look, ” she said, “ I got an A on my history exam. Who would start a gossip like this? ” Nobody seemed to know, but they did know that it began at the fountain.

　(　)Sounds like a good idea. Let’s do that.

　(　)When did you last go to the seaside?

　(　)Beautiful, isn’t it?

　(　)Last August. We had a lovely holiday, one of the best ever.

　(　)Yes. I wish we could go to the seaside today. Pity we live so far from the sea.

　(　)Let’s go to the river to bathe instead.

　1．A: He’s really good, _____________ he?

　B: He sure is! I come to all his _____________.

　A: Do you _____________ his new CD?

　B: Yes, I do.

　2．A: This line is _____________ slowly, isn’t it?

　B: Yes, it is. We have _____________ here for 20 minutes already.

　A: I hope the _____________ is good.

　B: So do I. Do you think it’s _____________to rain?

　A: I hope so.

　B: Me, too.

　3．A: The _____________ is late, isn’t it?

　B: No, today is Sunday. The trains only run twice an hour on Sunday.

　A: Oh, I didn’t know that. I usually take the train on _____________.

　B: Oh, do you _____________ the train to school?

　A: Yes, I do.

　B: That _____________ interesting.

　4．A: It always _________ on the weekend, doesn’t it?

　B: Yes. It rains every Saturday! Do you think it’ll _____________ by noon?

　A: I hope so. Maybe it’ll be _____________. I want to go swimming.

　B: Oh? Where do you _____________?

　A: At Franklin Lake. Do you ever go there?

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　al_ne　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 h_ck_y

　tr_ff_c　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 r_v_ _w

　_lev_tor　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 l_ _st

　cr_ss　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 g_ne

　Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.

　I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

　One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor’s hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left.

　1．-The young visitor stayed a long time, didn’t he?

　　 -_____.

　A. Yes, he didn’t　　　　　　　　 B. Yes, he did

　C. No, he didn’t　　　　　　　　 D. No, he did

　2．Jack became worried because _____.

　A. he wanted to go out for a walk

　B. he wanted to play with him

　C. he didn’t know the young man

　D. he wanted to eat something

　3．Jack sat down in front of the visitor because _____.

　A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him

　B. he wanted to talk with the young man

　C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is

　D. he wanted the visitor to leave

　4．The visitor went on talking and _____.

　A. he paid no attention to his hat

　B. he didn’t like Jack

　C. he didn’t know that his hat was taken away by Jack

　D. he paid no attention to Jack

　5．Jack went out of the room, but came back with _____ in his mouth.

　A. food　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. nothing

　C. the visitor’s hat　　　　　　 D. something

　A: _____ you ever been _____ the zoo?

　B: No. I’ve _____ been there before. Have they _____ many animals there?

　A: Yes. It’s quite _____ big zoo.

　B: How many kinds _____ animals have they got

　A: More than 70. They’ve got large elephants and a baby elephant.

　B: Really? I’ve never _____ a young elephant before. I’d like _____ go and _____ a look.

6．-Look at the sky. I think the rain is going to stop soon.

　　 -_____.

　A. Me too　　　　　　　　　　 B. Very good

　C. Yes, I do　　　　　　　　 D. I hope so

5．Thank you for _____ us to your house on Friday.

　A. invite　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. invited

　C. inviting　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to invite