David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small _____ for fifteen years. It was a small place with only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he _____ a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His _____ moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had _____ friends here. At first he often played by ____.
His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David ____ to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends.
One afternoon, Cathy told David, “It’ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?” “_____. I’m glad to,” the boy said happily.
David got home and thought of a ____he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he _______to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t telephone her because he didn’t know her _____. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?”
“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?”
“Nothing,” the woman said, “I just wish I were sixteen.”
1.A. town B. city C. village D. country
2.A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening
3.A. home B. shop C. building D. family
4.A. a few B. few C. a little D. little
5.A. himself B. him C. his D. he
6.A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes
7.A. Well B. No C. Sorry D. Certainly
8.A. book B. dress C. present D. pen
9.A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered
10.A. home B. number C. place D. address
1.C
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.D
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.B
【解析】
文章大意：本文講述了David搬到一個新學(xué)校后，沒有什么朋友，后來他與鄰居Cathy成為了朋友，一個下午，Cathy請他參加16歲的生日，但他不知道給她買什么禮物，于是問媽媽如果是她的十六歲生日會要什么禮物，媽媽說什么也不要，只希望自己能回到...
