There were no classes last Saturday afternoon. Mary went to a clothing shop near her home. The shop   (1)  many skirts. She looked through them and   (2)  last chose a very nice one. She   (3)   it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a bag. At that time her friend Rose came into the shop. They   (4)   so happy to see each other that they   (5)  everything   (6)  . Soon they were busy   (7)    on and on happily.

It was nearly seven, so they decided to go and   (8)   dinner. Mary took the bag, and walked towards the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Mary to pay for the skirt. Mary looked at him in   (9)  at first, but soon she remembered that she didn’t pay for it. She said sorry, gave him the money and then left the shop   (10)  her friend.

One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.   (1)   pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said, “What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)   boy. He’s my son.” The man said. Then, he   (3)   his watch and called to his son, “Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)   and Todd continue to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son. “Time to go now.” Again Todd said, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said, “OK.”

“You are   (6)   a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said, “My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year   (7)    he was riding his bike near here. I never spent   (8)   time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen   (9)   Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The   (10)   is that I also have five more minutes to watch them.”

When I was a child, my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven. Every time I saw him come back late, looking tired, I promised myself that someday I would show my   (1)   to my father for what he had done.

Over the next twenty years, my father worked hard to   (2)   our big family and suffered a lot from a heart problem. One morning, my fatherˈs old car   (3)   and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination. He had   (4)   refused when I offered to replace his old car. He said that he did not want something that he was unable to pay himself.

As he stepped out of the doctorˈs office, he looked unusually   (5)  . We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a   (6)  . I did this with a heavy heart.

 At that time, I was  (7)   a new car. I asked my father to go with me to pick one out.   (8)  I started talking with the salesman, I noticed my father admiring a brown car. I   (9)   chose a white car. My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of   (10)  . Before leaving, I heard him muttering* to himself, “Really like that car. Wish I could   (11)   it.”

Several days later, I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up   (12)   new car. As we arrived, the salesman   (13)   him a key to his new car — the brown one — and explained that it was for him   (14)   me. My father looked at me in great   (15)  . I explained it was my childhood promise and smiled at this man, who had given up everything for his family.

My friend Jack always had accidents. He did not ____(1)____ attention to what he was doing or where he was going. A few months ago, ____(2)____ car hit him while he was on his way home from school. The driver was tired, ____(3)____ he did not see Jack. And Jack was talking on ____(4)____ mobile phone and was riding in the middle of the road. The car hit him. He ____(5)____ his leg and was in hospital for over a month.

   Last week, he was not looking ___(6)____ he was going as usually. As a result, he fell ____(7)____ a hole in the park. Some ____(8)____ people in the park helped him climb out of the hole and then took him to hospital. ____(9)____, he did not break an arm or a leg this time. At the hospital, the ____(10)____ gave him some medicine and then he went home.

After the two accidents, Jack changed a lot. Now he is very careful.

That’s Not My Problem!

A mouse looked through a hole in the wall. He saw that the farmer and his wife had a mouse trap (鼠夹) in the house. Wow! The mouse ran into the yard and   (1)  , “There’s a mouse trap in the house!” The chicken, the   (2)   and the cow were sorry for him. But they didn’t take it   (3)   and thought that it wasn’t their problem. That night, a sound was heard   (4)   the house. “  (5)   was caught in the trap? The farmer’s wife wondered. She   (6)   and ran to have a look. In the darkness, she didn’t see that it was a snake’s tail that was caught. And the snake bit her. The farmer took his wife to the   (7)   right away. Later she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that chicken soup is   (8)   for a fever. So the farmer killed the chicken and made some chicken soup for his wife. But   (9)   that the wife was becoming worse and worse, so her friends and neighbors came to see her. To serve   (10)  , the farmer killed the pig. The farmer’s wife didn’t   (11)   well at last and died. And so many people came for her funeral (葬礼).   (12)   the farmer killed the cow to get meat for the visitors to eat.

So what are you   (13)   now? The next time when you hear that   (14)   around you is facing a problem and you think that it’s not your problem, remember that when he gets into trouble, it really means that you are also   (15)   the way to trouble! So give a hand if you can! You are just helping yourself!

My cousin Alex is a university student.Last year he went to China and stayed there  (1)   two months. I was  (2)   that Alex could take such a long holiday  (3)  he never had any money.But he told me that he got a job. It was to give  (4)   lessons to an owner of a small shop. In fact, I knewAlex couldn’t teach him well, but the owner  (5)   to practice his English. He had a lot of foreigncustomers,  (6)   it was very important forhim to   (7)  English. Alex   (8)  three hours a day talking to him. In return the owner   (9)   Alex a room, three meals a day and   (10)   pocket money. When I asked if the owner learned much English, Alex said that he learned a lot of Chinese.

Judy is a student. She usually   (1)   up at 6:00 in the morning. Then she has breakfast at 7:00. She goes to school   (2)   about 7:30. She is never late for(从不迟到) school. Judy is a clever girl, but she doesn’t have   (3)   friends.

One morning, on her   (4)   to school, she finds a yellow cat. She thinks, “The cat can’t find   (5)   way home.”So she   (6)   it to the zoo.

Then she hurries(急忙) to   (7)  , but she is late. All the students and her   (8)   look at her. Her face looks red.

After(在……之后)class, her teacher says to the students.“Judy is a   (9)   girl. She finds a cat and takes it to the zoo.”Now all her classmates like   (10)  .

      My uncle Sid is a famous scientist. He likes to make __(1)_  predictions about the future. He says that __(2)_  100 years some things will be __(3)_  than now. For example, we won’t    _(4)_  do the dishes or clean the room because we’ll all have robots in our homes. Also, we won’t need to use paper money. We’ll all use credit cards(信用卡) __(5)_  things. We’ll have more free time, and traveling will be faster and cheaper than it is now. Maybe some people will    __(6)_  their vacations in space stations.

       However, Uncle Sid says that more things will __(7)_  in the future. If more people use cars, there will be more __(8)_  . Also, if there are fewer trees, the air will become dirtier. If pollution gets __(9)_  bad, maybe people will have to live __(10)_  Mars(火星). Uncle Sid says we’ll be sorry if pollution becomes worse.

A.读读Mike与Chen Jie的对话，正确打“√”，错误打“×”。

Mike: Chen Jie, what did you do last Sunday?

Chen Jie: I visited Wu Yifan’s grandparents.

Mike: Where do they live?

Chen Jie: They live in a small town near Guangzhou. They have a really nice house. I went there with Alice, Ann, John, Wu Yifan and Ben. They were very glad to see us. Wu Yifan’s grandpa showed us lots of stamps from different countries. His grandma cooked us a nice lunch. We liked the food very much.

Mike: What did you do there?

Chen Jie: In the morning, we cleaned their house. In the afternoon, we worked in the garden. Alice and Ann watered the trees and flowers. Wu Yifan and John picked apples. Ben and I planted some trees. We worked for about two hours (小时) .

Mike: Were you tired?

Chen Jie: No! I like working in the garden. We had a really good time.

Mike: Great ! I’d like to visit them ,too.

(1)①Mike and Chen Jie visited Wu Yifan’s grandparents last Sunday.

(2)②On the farm, Chen Jie planted trees.

(3)③Wu Yifan’s grandma cooked a nice lunch.

(4)④Chen Jie and Alice planted flowers.

(5)⑤They worked on the farm for about two hours.

B.阅读短文，选择正确的答案，把字母编号填在括号里。

Ben is going to visit his grandparents in New York next week. He wants to give some presents to them. Yesterday he went shopping with his parents. In the shop, he bought a blue sweater and black trousers for his grandfather and some good books for his grandmother. Both his parents thought they were very good presents. Ben was very happy.

(1)Where are Ben’s grandparents? —          .

         A. In London        B. In New York.        C. In Nanjing.

(2)What did Ben do yesterday? —          .

         A. He visited his grandparents.

         B. He went shopping with his friends.

         C. He went shopping with his parents.

(3)How many people went shopping yesterday? —          .

         A. One.            B. Two.               C. Three.

(4) He bought________ for his grandmother.

         A. a blue sweater       B. some books         C. black trousers

(5)When is Ben going to visit the grandparents? —          .

         A. Tomorrow         B. Next month         C. Next week

C.阅读短文，将图片用数字排列好。

Hello, I’m Tom. My family had a good time last weekend. I went to the zoo to see animals. The animals were so cute.I took many pictures for them. My mother cooked dinner at home. My father read newspapers in the study. Then he cleaned the room. In the evening, my mother and I read books together. That was fun. What about you? What did you do last weekend?

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