Mary Roda's parents came to New York from Australia．They lived in a tall building．A man named Donald Smith lived in the building，too．He   1   a toy company．One day Donald gave Mary，the 4-year-old girl，a new   2  ．She played with the toy and said．“This is fun!” A few weeks later Donald gave her   3   toy．She played with it．She said，“I am not  4   this toy．It doesn’t work．” She was a(n)    5    little girl．Donald liked her honesty，and they became friends．For years Donald gave Mary new toys，and she gave him very good   6    about the toys．

When Mary was thirteen years old，Donald    7    her a new ball．The ball had a balloon（氣球）inside it．Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water．She wanted to paint the ball in crazy colors．She wanted to   8    rice or beans（豆子）in it to make it noisy．The company made these    9  ．Mary’s ideas were a great success! The company   10   thousands of the balls．

That Christmas Donald gave Mary a（n）  11   gift．He made her a vice-president（副董事長(zhǎng)）of the toy company．  12    made$200，000 a year．Her job was to see   13   the new toys were fun．She took a ear from her school to her office．She worked for three or four hours a day at her job，  14    she had to do her homework．Mary was a busy teenager．She had  15 _ time to be with her family．Her parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important．

Today Mary works at a college．The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their future．

1．A．owned                    B．found                  C．helped                 D．chose

2．A．gift                       B．book                    C．toy                        D．bag

3．A．one                       B．another                C．other                     D．the other

4．A．angry with            B．surprised at             C．tired of                  D．interested in

5．A．kind                      B．honest                 C．helpful                   D．lovely

6．A．ideas                       B．skills                    C．names                    D．facts

7．A．lent                       B．called            C．returned                 D．showed

8．A．grow                      B．eat                       C．put                        D．cook

9．A．inventions              B．rules                       C．mistakes                D．changes

10．A．sent                     B．had                      C．sold                       D．received

11．A．amazing                 B．interesting              C．beautiful                 D．boring

12．A．He                       B．She                     C．It                          D．They

13．A．that                     B．if                         C．how                             D．why

14．A．so                       B．but                      C．or                          D．then

15．A．less                     B．more                   C．much                         D．most

WHAT’S ON IN SHANGHAI

This March is a busy month in Shanghai．There is lots to do．Here are the exciting activities．

Live Music—Late Night Jazz（爵士樂(lè)）

Enjoy real American jazz from John Davis，the famous guitar player．This is his third visit to Shanghai．The first two were sold out，so get your tickets quickly．

Scottish（蘇格蘭的）Dancing

Take your friends and get ready to dance till you get tired．Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn．Teachers there will teach you to dance．

Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum

There are 120,000 pieces on show here．You can see the whole of Chinese history．It's always interesting to visit．

1．If you want to watch John's performance，you can call at                  to book a ticket．

A．6466-1877              B．6888-6888              C．6402-1877             D．6466-8736

2．Bob and his friend want to go Scottish dancing．They should prepare         for the tickets．

A．￥180                     B．￥120                  C．￥90                      D．￥60

3．At 2 p．m．on Monday，you can                      ．

A．enjoy real American jazz                              B．take your friend to do Scottish dancing

C．go to visit Shanghai Museum                       D．see the whole of the world history

These days，a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular．People who go there can not only enjoy their meals，they can also enjoy playing computer games and have fun with their family and friends on the Internet．uWink is the restaurant's name．It is in Los Angeles，and it's about fun and food．

In uWink，there are no waiters or waitresses around you．The screens have replaced（取代）them．You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring it to the tables．You can also play video games with the people at the next table．The screens can show music videos，movies and so on．But mainly they are used to show video games．

It's an interactive（互動(dòng)的）restaurant where you will control your meal and your time．The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go．There will be no waiting for a waiter，and no misunderstandings（誤解）in the kitchen．Different kinds of foods are served at any time of day．uWink is a place which hosts “room games”，where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same time．

The owner of the restaurant hopes that uWink can make it easy for people to be interactive，have fun and enjoy a delicious meal．

1．Where is the restaurant—uWink?

2．How can you order the food in uWink?

3．When is the food served in uWink?

4．Why is the service fast in uWink?

5．What do you like doing best in uWink? Why?

Sally is a cute and lively girl．We all like_______ ．

A．she                      B．her               C．hers

Jimmy used to be a short boy, but now he is the_______ in his class．

A．tall               B．taller             C．tallest

If you want to speak English well，it’s _______for you to practice as often as possible．

A．necessary            B．different        C．wrong

一Excuse me．Could you please not talk________ in the museum?

一Oh，sorry．

A．loudly           B．carefully       C．clearly

This disabled girl needs our help．We are _______to do something for her．

A．stopped               B．invited                 C．supposed

I find time _______very quickly when I do something interesting．

A．goes out              B．goes by                C．goes off