—_____________?   —It’s windy.

A. What’s the weather           B. What was the weather like

C. How’s the weather like        D. How is the weather

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
Kitty was a student in a small town. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e  【小题1】  .
She went s  【小题2】  after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d  【小题3】  to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any c  【小题4】  .” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classes finished.
On her way home on the train she felt h  【小题5】  , so she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat and left. But when she remembered it and r 【小题6】  for it, it was gone. Kitty began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother was gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h  【小题7】  this, they asked her for her mother’s a   【小题8】  so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b  【小题9】   .
And now a week passed. Kitty got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g  【小题10】  , but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”

6. Where is Kate going next month?

   A. To the USA.         B. To the UK.        C. To Italy.            D. To France.

7. What’s Libby like?

  A. She’s as beautiful as Ditlady.          B. She’s more outgoing than Ditlady.

  C. She’s as quiet as Ditlady.             D. She’s more athletic than Ditlady.

8. What was the matter with Harbinger last week?

  A. He had a cold.                       B. He had a headache.

  C. He had a fever.                       D. He had a toothache.

9. What kind of friends does Harbinger like to have?

A. Those who are different from him.        B. Those who are the same as him.

C. He doesn’t like to make friends.          D. He likes to have different kinds of friends.

10. What does the underlined word “similar” mean?

A. 一致的          B. 相似的          C. 友好的           D. 简单的

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner .And as soon as he finished eating，he went back to his room without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books again. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an “A” in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “What made you make such great progress ? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”

“Well then,” she asked again. “What was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (十字架), I knew they weren’t joking. ”

1.Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could eat well there.

B. Because he could earn more about nuns.

C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

2.Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A. was still the same as usual       B. ate so much at dinner

C. kissed her hello after school      D. worked hard but said little

3.“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 用功 B. 捶书 C. 发泄 D. 振作

4.The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the nail

B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign

D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

5.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.

A. we should be strict with ourselves

B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes

C. a catholic school is better than other ones

D. nuns are good at helping children with their math

Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion（冠军）. Like many young trainers, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness prevented her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming.

For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.

Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span(跨度) of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling(与---作战) the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.

When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.

1.What was Nyad’s early interest?

2.When did Nyad set the record for a ten-mile marathon swimming?

3.According to the passage, how many times did Nyad join the long-distance swimming?

4.What did Nyad do after she finished swimming?

5.What can we learn from the passage?