--What do you think of          amusement park?

   --Well, it's kind of small. But it's           interesting one.

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

Though we were poor, my sister managed to buy me a pair of “magic shoes” that changed my life.
      Anne is six years older than me. Growing up, we were very poor, and my mother worked evenings at a factory in a small town. Not seeing my mother much, Anne took over much of the support. During those teenage years, Anne was always there for me, not only as a big sister, but as a mother and my best friend.
      When I was seventeen，I had no money. I thought my only chance of going to college was trying to win a scholarship. I had an important interview for such an award. I told her about my interview, that General Motors was sending me a bus ticket, and I would get to visit the city for my scholarship interview. I was excited about the adventure* and asked her advice on what to wear. I showed her my best coat and how I planned to be careful, how I sat so that the hole in the bottom of my shoe would not be seen, but I wasn’t sure what I would do if it rained.
      Anne suggested that we should go shopping, and we took the bus to a store. There we found a beautiful pair of leather shoes on sale. She told me to try them on, but I thought it was just for fun .As neither of us had ever owned anything that expensive before. But this time was different. Anne handed me the boxed shoes and said, “Here, I’ll buy these for you.”
      “But…” was all I could say.
      “You deserve* them,” she replied. “I want to see you get that scholarship.”
      I went to the interview and crossed my legs so that my beautiful new shoes shone with pride. I won the scholarship and became an engineer. Now, after twenty years have passed, I still have that pair of shoes with me, and I just wear them on those occasions* when I need to feel special. It’s kind of like having magic slippers when you’re homesick.

52. The writer said that Anne was like the author’s mother because____________?
A. she took care of the author.
B. Anne was much older than the author.
C. Anne looked like the author’s mother.
D. Anne admired the author’s mother.

53. Anne suggested that they go shopping in order to ____________.
A. buy a pair of new shoes for the author
B. buy a pair of new shoes for herself
C. repair the author’s poor shoe
D. try on different kinds of clothes

54. The interview was successful probably because _____________.
A. the interviewers noticed her new shoes and liked them
B. the author looked especially beautiful wearing the shoe
C. the author was confident with the new shoes on
D. the shoes are a pair of “magic shoes”

55. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Growing Up   B. An Interview    C. Going to College   D. Magic Shoes.

根据对话内容及方框中所给的选项补全对话。选项中有一项是多余的。（5分）

( Li Lei is a Chinese exchange student in America. He is chatting with Jason in his host family. )

Jason : Hi, Li Lei! Here is your juice.

Li Lei: Thanks, Jason.

Jason : Not at all.   1.  

Li Lei; That's right. How time flies!

Jason :  2.

Li Lei; Yes, 1 do. The teachers are very helpful, and the students are active and confident.

Jason : It's kind of you to say so. And I hear you Chinese students are very hard-working.

Li Lei: We sure are.   3.

Jason : By the way, do you have any plans for this weekend?

Li Lei:   4.  How about you?

Jason : I want to do some volunteer work. Shall we go to the old people's home visit?

Li Lei; Sounds great!  5.  

Jason : I believe you will like it.

--I've got a ticket to the opening ceremony of the twenty-ninth Olympics.  I'm leaving for London in a few days.

     --What a lucky guy!          

       A. It's kind of you           B. Enjoy yourself           C. That's all right

We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five. Before we moved, we took him to spend half a day at his new school. There he saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the almost 150-kilometre drive home, he told us that he had told some of the students the dace when we would move there. And he had also invited them to visit us.
The moving day, a Saturday, was a busy day. We arrived at our new house at noon. About an hour later, kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon.
By the time he returned, he knew where most of the kids lived and the histories of their families.
On Monday morning, the doorbell rang just before the time he would leave for school. Then it rang again and again.
By the time he was ready, we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day. They all live near us.
I asked them if their parents had sent them. The answers surprised and pleased me, "No, we just came so that he would have someone to walk with." and "It is the right thing to do."
The friendships were formed(形成) from that day. We have lived here for nearly six years and the same group of kids still play together, go to parties on weekends together, and surfing the Internet together.
I am still thinking how welcoming and kind those kids are. And how lucky my son is to have them as friends.
【小题1】Before the family moved to the new area, the son was taken to his new school to ______.