It was Mary’s birthday．She received（收到）a  1  from her uncle．“Dear Mary,” he  2  in the letter , “Happy Birthday ! I’m sending you some chickens．They will  3  tomorrow． I hope you like them．Uncle Toby．”

Mary was very  4 ．She liked eating eggs and chicken．“ I can  5  the chickens for their eggs or eat them．” she thought．

When the chickens arrived the  6  day , they ere put in a box．Mary was very happy．She  7  the box off the back of the truck and began to carry  8  into her garden , but the box of chickens was  9  heavy that she dropped it．The box fell  10  the ground and  11 ．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours  12  to finds them．

A few days later her uncle came．He asked, “Did the chickens arrive  13  ?” “Yes , but  I dropped the box． It broke open and the chickens ran  14 ．I spent the whole morning looking for them．” Mary said．

“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．“I hope so ,” Mary answered , “but I only  15  eleven of them．”

“That’s very interesting．I only sent you six ,” her uncle said with a smile．

（   ） 1． A． box                B． present            C． card           D． letter

（   ） 2． A． wrote             B． read               C． told            D． spoke

（   ） 3． A． get               B． arrive              C． come          D． be

（   ） 4． A． unhappy          B． surprised          C． kind           D． pleased

（   ） 5． A． keep              B． grow              C． buy          D． sell

（   ） 6． A． rainy              B． first               C． last          D． next

（   ） 7． A． left                B． passed            C． took          D． opened

（   ） 8． A． it                 B． them               C． that          D． this

（   ） 9． A． very               B． too                 C． such         D． so

（   ） 10． A． into              B． to                  C． off          D． from

（   ） 11． A． turned            B． broke                  C． hurt          D． hit

（   ） 12． A． and try           B． for trying                  C． to try        D． in trying

（   ） 13． A． safely            B． angrily               C． happily       D． noisily

（   ） 14． A． here              B． there                C． everywhere  D．anywhere

（   ） 15． A． bought            B． caught              C． dropped            D． sent

　　I live in a house not very far from the shop. I usually get up at six, have breakfast and then go to work by bike. I take some food along in my lunch box.

　　I get to the shop at about ten to seven. At seven customers（顾客）begin to arrive. They buy meat, eggs, sugar, soybean sauce, cooking oil, salt, candies, biscuits and many other things. We don’t sell vegetables or fruit. There is a shop for those things nearby.

　　I have my meal at noon from my lunch box. At seven in the evening we close the shop. I tidy things up and then go home for supper.

　　Some people may think my work isn’t so interesting. But I do my best for the four modernizations（现代化）, don’t I?

　　1．What does the “I” in the passage do? She is a___________.

　　A. worker　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. customer

　　C. teacher　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. saleswoman

　　2．The shop is a ________ shop.

　　A. grocery（副食）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. vegetable

　　C. fruit　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. grain（粮食）

　　3．How long does she work every day?

　　A. Five hours. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. Thirteen hours.

　　C. Twelve hours. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. Eight hours.

　　4．Her house is ________ the shop. She often goes to work _________.

　　A. very far from; by bus　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. very close to; by bike

　　C. very far from; by bike　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. very close to; on foot

　　5．What does she like about her work?

　　A. She thinks her work is too tired.

　　B. She doesn’t like having lunch in the shop.

　　C. She thinks the long?hour work is a pleasure.

　　D. She likes her work a lot though she is busy all day.

　　American schools 1 in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms 2 a school year, the first term is from September to January, and 3 is from February to JunE．Most American 4 go to public（公立的）schools.

　　After middle school, many students go to college（大学）.They can choose a small one or a 7 onE．They usually have to pay a lot of money 8 college education（教育）. 9 there are scholarships（奖学金）for good students, and many college students work part-time in order to get the 10 for education.

Different from popular thoughts, sometimes flu（流感） is not caused by bad weather. It is caused by viruses in the body.  51  ,  A/H1N1 flu has been spreading in the most parts in the world. Some studies have now shown that one of  52  ways of spreading the viruses is through the air when  53  A/H1N1 flu-sufferer coughs or sneezes. However, its viruses can sometimes spread by  54 . After a flu-sufferer rubs his nose, the viruses might be spread to his hand. Then a friend 55 to visit him, they shake their hands. The friend then gets something  56  by hand, and several days  57, he is infected. A child  58  is carrying A/H1N1 viruses uses tissues（面纸） to clean his running nose, although his parents pick up the tissues and carefully throw  59  away, they fail to wash their hands, and they will catch the viruses, too. So it is important for you to wash your hands often, it will stop the viruses from  60  in a way.

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Bessie Coleman was born in the USA．Her family was   1  ．She was in college for only one year．She had to   2  because she did not have enough money to finish her studies．But during that year，she learned about   3  ．She read about the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the first American woman pilot，Harriet Quimby．Bessie often thought about what it would feel like to fly like a bird．

4  the age of 23，Bessie Coleman went to Chicago．There，she did some ordinary（普通的）jobs．But she wanted to do something more important．She decided to learn   5  to fly planes．She soon found  6  was almost impossible to get into a flight school．Which flight school would admit（接受）a  7  woman?

Bessie learned that she would have a better chance in Europe．So she began to study   8  at a language school in Chicago．

After World War I ，Bessie Coleman went to France．She went to the famous   9  school in northern France．She learned to fly in a plane there．She   10  seven months of flight training and in 1921 got her international permit（许可证） to fly in France．She became the first black woman ever to have an international pilot's license（执照）．

1．A．rich                 B．poor               C．big                D．small

2．A．leave               B．come              C．arrive              D．stay

3．A．singing              B．jumping            C．flying             D．driving

4．A．With                B．To                C．For               D．At

5．A．where               B．when            C．how                    D．why

6．A．that                 B．this                C．it                 D．there

7．A．beautiful             B．smart             C．white             D．black

8．A．English             B．French                  C．Chinese          D．Japanese

9．A．art                 B．flight              C．language            D．dance

10．A．finished          B．provided         C．missed             D．changed