23 Old Road,                                                           Chesterfield

Hello !

  My name is Becky Sharp. I'm eleven years old. I have one brother. His name's Jason and he's fourteen. I don’t have any sisters.

  We live with grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north(北部) of England. My friends and I often go to the cinema on Saturdays.

Do you like games? I like football. My favourite team is Manchester United(曼聯(lián)隊). I sometimes play football with my brother. I'm excellent(棒極了) but he isn't very good.

   I have seven pets -- two birds and five goldfishes. I want a dog and a cat, but my mother doesn't like them.

   Please write to me soon.                                               

   Becky                                                   

(     ) 1. The girl wants to find a ____

           A. sister     B. brother       C. girlfriend        D. penfriend

(     ) 2. The girl's mother doesn't like ___

           A. birds or goldfishes                 B. birds or dogs

           C. dogs or cats                       D. goldfishes or cats

(     ) 3. There are __ people in Becky's family.

           A. three       B. four       C. five        D. six

(     ) 4. The girl's family live in __

           A. a big house                       B. a cinema

           C. the west(西部) of England         D. a small house

(     ) 5. What does "pet" mean(意思) in Chinese?

A.     朋友  B. 寵物  C. 玩具  D.同樣 

Mary was an operator (接線員) 911 in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, “Mom my ill, Mom my ill, ” again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police, in a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, they couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk！She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears (眼淚) were running down her face. T he doctors gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Late r she told people,  “ Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911, but she couldn’t do it.” Mary was surprised，too. “It’s the first time I’ve seen a two-year-old child call 911.”

1.What did Mary do every day？  

A. She answered the telephone calls.  

B. She talked with the policemen and the doctors. 

C. She played with the children.  

D. She dealt with emergencies（緊急情況）.  

2.How did she feel when she answered the little girl’s call？  

A. She was worried.                 B. She was sorry．  

C. She was surprised.                 D. She was happy.  

3.How did the police and the doctors get into the house？  

A. They went in through the windows.   

B. They broke the door open.  

C. They didn’t go in.   

D. The women was outside. They didn’t need to go in.  

4.How could the little girl learn to call 911？  

A. She learnt it by herself.        

B. She asked others to call 911. 

C. Her mother taught her one Monday. 

D. Her mother often taught her.  

5.How old was the little girl？  

A. Only two.          

B. She was nine.  

C. She was five.      

D. She couldn’t walk, so she must be less one. 

Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a“problem child”, but a recent? ???? with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. ??? , after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became ???? more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she ???? work, and so was often not at home.

His mother looked after him as ????? as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not ???? in studying and he often got in to trouble. Luckily, his mother was very ???? and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she ???? a difficult decision:to send him to a boys’boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.

One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to ???? with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his ???? , this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly ???? Ineeded, ”he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was ???? me and would always take pride in every thing good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that ???? my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me. ”

　　 Now Martin has ???? changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change?His mother’s???? helped him to feel good about himself.

1.A. conversation??? ?? B. report???? ?? C. survey???? ? D. speech

2.A. So?????????????? B. But??????? ? C. Therefore?? ? D. However

3.A. very??? ???????? B. many?????? ? C. much??????? D. too

4.A. could??????????? B. had to???? ??? C. should????? D. would

5.A. soon???????????? B. quickly??? ?? C. well??????? ? D. good

6.A. pleased????????? B. tired????? ??? C. bored?????? ? D. interested

7.A. worried????????? B. patient??? ??? C. careful???? ?? D. serious

8.A. made???????????? B. took?????? ?? C. got???????? D. thought

9.A. argue??????????? B. say??????? ? C. discuss???? ?? D. talk

10.A. surprised??????? B. surprising ??? C. surprise??? ?? D. surprises

11.A. which??????????? B. what?????? C. that??????? ?? D. how

12.A. seeing?????????? B. noticing?? ?? C. helping???? ?? D. watching

13.A. since??????????? B. before???? ?? C. after?????? ?? D. when

14.A. always?????????? B. hardly???? ?? C. really????? ?? D. just

15.A. advice?????????? B. love?????? ?? C. idea?????? ? D. decision