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．a(chǎn)nywhere

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

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time ___1___ did not like their students to ___2___ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is ___3___ Ladislao Biro ___4___ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ___5___ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ___6___ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ___7___ his pen and it did not write ___8___ on the thin paper. He and his brother George ___9___ Some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ___10___ a little ball at the end?

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the ___11___. It was the ___12___ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空軍）___13___ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ___14___ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time __1__ did not like their students to __2__ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is __3__ to spill（溢出）the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the __11__ It was the __12__ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空軍）__13__ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in __14__ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.

When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.

A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.

Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州際公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.

“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移動(dòng)） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.

The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.

1.How long has the cat been missing?

A．More than a month                      B．More than two months

C．More than three months                  D．It’s been back.

2.Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?

A．A billboard company                     B．The police

C．The phone company                     D．The interstate telephone line

3.How is the old lady like?

A．Stupid            B．Loving            C．Smart            D．Decisive(有決斷力的)

4.The underlined word was mistyped（打錯(cuò)了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.

A．a(chǎn)ngry            B．surprised          C．happy            D．excited

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．An advertisement                       B．A missing cat

C．A pet’s story                          D．Life without cat

Mr. Evmas lived in a city．He was a math    l   three years ago．He taught well and his students   2   him．So he decided to work in the middle school all his life．But a terrible accident   3    his fortune（命運(yùn)）．

One spring he took his class to   4   a place of interest（名勝）by bus．The children saw a lot of    5    things and had a great time there．But on their way to school，their   6   was hit by a truck because the young driver was drunk（喝醉）．Five students   7   and more than half of the children were    8    in the accident．He didn't know how it had happened and very   9    it and after he came out of hospital，he left the school and became a  __10  ．He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic rules．He worked hard and was strict with the drives．So they were afraid of him．

One afternoon it was very hot．Mr. Evans was    11   ．He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic．Suddenly he saw a    12    rushing towards the crossing．It run so fast that it almost hit a man    13    a bike．He stopped it at once and saw a girl in it．

“   14   your license to me，madam，”said Mr. Evans．

The girl passed on her bag to him and said，“Please look for it in the bag  15  ．I can’t see anything without glasses．”

1．A．worker                  B．teacher                C．doctor                 D．farmer

2．A．liked                      B．wished                 C．helped                    D．a(chǎn)nswered

3．A．beat                      B．won                    C．lost                        D．changed

4．A．build                     B．break                   C．visit                       D．find

5．A．terrible                  B．dangerous            C．safe                       D．interesting

6．A．bus                       B．train                    C．car                         D．ship

7．A．left                        B．lived                    C．died（死）             D．fell

8．A．beat                      B．injured                 C．touch                     D．stopped

9．A．sad about               B．a(chǎn)fraid of               C．interested in            D．worried about

10．A．soldier                 B．policeman            C．bookseller              D．cleaner

11．A．in the corner        B．a(chǎn)t home               C．on duty（值班）     D．in the office

12．A．runner                 B．policeman            C．player                  D．car

13．A．riding                  B．selling                  C．buying                   D．making

14．A．Throw                 B．Show                         C．Lend                   D．Copy

15．A．you                     B．I                         C．yourself                 D．myself