David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small  46   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   47   a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His  48  moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had  49  friends here. At first he often played by  50  .

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  51  staying 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?”

“  52  . I'm glad to,” the boy said happily.

David got home and thought about what  53   he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he  54   to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't telephone her because he didn't know her  55  . 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.”

（   ）46. A. town          B. city          C. village         D. country

（   ）47. A. open          B. opens         C. opened        D. opening

（   ）48. A. home         B. shop          C. building       D. family

（   ）49. A. a few         B. few           C. a little         D. little

（   ）50. A. himself       B. him           C. his            D. he          

（   ）51. A. like          B. enjoyed        C. liked           D. enjoys

（   ）52. A. Well         B. No            C. Sorry           D. Certainly

（   ）53. A. book         B. dress          C. present          D. pen      

（   ）54. A. forgot        B. forget          C. remember       D. remembered

（   ）55. A. home         B. number        C. place           D. address  

When I was ten, my sisters and I were amazed at our neighbor’s Christmas tree. We returned home from their house and decided that we must have one of our own. In our house we never had enough money for a Christmas tree.
In fact, we insisted so much that my father had no choice but to agree. “Yes!” he finally said.“This year we will have a Christmas tree.” Our mouths dropped open at the thought of having our own tree. Then Dad said,“I’ll do it myself.”
We followed him around the house as he gathered up the materials he would need, We all sat close to him, carefully watching everything he did. He passed the thread around the first nail on the corner of a box, then back down to the second nail on the box, and up again to the nail, until right there before our eyes a green Christmas tree began to take shape. He carefully did the same with all of the 50 nails in the box and when he had finished, he said,“Now you can decorate it.”
I don’t remember where the decorations came from, but they were red and small and to us they just looked so beautiful and perfect for our tree. When we finished decorating it, we proudly invited all our friends over to see our Christmas tree. We were so happy, not only because it looked so pretty, but because my father had made it himself. It truly was the most beautiful Christmas tree we had ever seen.
Years later, things got better and Dad was able to buy a proper Christmas tree which we would happily decorate. However, my sisters and I will never forget the night when we got our first Christmas tree.
【小題1】What do we know about the writer?

A．She had no friends at school.

B．She never went to her neighbor’s home.

C．She lived a hard life when she was young.

D．She seldom saw beautiful green trees.

【小題2】How did the writer and her sisters feel when their father decided to make a Christmas tree?

A．Excited	B．Worried
C．Bored	D．Disappointed

【小題3】The third paragraph mainly describes__________.

A．how the Christmas tree was decorated

B．how the Christmas tree was bought

C．how the Christmas tree was found

D．how the Christmas tree was made

【小題4】Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．A brave act by a happy family	B．A father’s love for his children
C．A picture of large families	D．An act of kindness

【小題5】The Chinese meaning of the underlined word”decoration” is_______.
A.裝飾         B.討論         
C決定          D.捐贈

My name is David. I live in a big house with my   41  . Our house   42  not near a city. It is twenty kilometers (公里)   43   the nearest (最近的) city. There are   44   people in my family. I live with my parents, my two sisters    45    my brother. Our house has two floors. There   46   a living room, four bedrooms, a dining room, a kitchen and two    47   . I share a bedroom   48    my brother, Simon. Each of my two sisters   49   a bedroom. Our house has a big garden    50     lots of flowers. I like   51   in the garden with my brother and   52  . At weekends my school friends come to see me. We play in the garden.   53      it rains, we play in the room. Our home is a nice place   54   live in. I have   55   with my friends and family in our house.

(   ) 41.A. family              B. families            C. parents                 D. parent

(   ) 42.A.be                 B. is                 C. has                    D. are

(   ) 43.A.from                   B.away                  C.to                             D.at

(   ) 44.A. four               B. five               C. six                    D. seven

(   ) 45.A.and                     B.with                   C.in                             D.on

(   ) 46.A. is                 B. are               C. has                     D. have

(   ) 47.A. bathrooms         B. bathroom          C.sittingroom                D.room

(   ) 48.A. for                B. with              C. on                     D. in

(   ) 49.A. have              B. has                C. live                    D. with

(   ) 50.A.with                   B.has                    C.and                           D.have

(   ) 51.A. play               B. playing             C. to playing               D. work 

(   ) 52. A. sister             B. sisters             C. parent                  D. friend

(   ) 53. A. But               B. And               C. When                  D. Then

(   ) 54.A.to                       B.on                      C.with                          D.not

(   ) 55. A. fun                B. funs              C. funny                  D. time