完型填空。（每小题0.5，计5分）
Perhaps you ride a bicycle to school. Riding a bicycle can be great fun. Do you know how to ride a bicycle    41  ?
Careful boys and girls learn to ride their bicycle well    42   they go out on the road. How can you tell    43   you are a good rider or not?
If you can ride a bicycle in a straight line, you can ride well. If you can’t, you should practice riding    44   a safe place. To be safe on a bicycle, you    45   
to use both hands and both feet.    46   your feet on the pedals (脚踏) and your hands on the handle bars (把手) at all times.
Do you have a basket on your bicycle? If so, put your books and other things in the    47 .
You know that your bicycle is built for one person. It is not safe to carry anyone
   48   you.   49 is this so? Keep   50 safe by safety rules when you ride on a bicycle.

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   36 , for my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood  37   before me with his head down and said   38 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   39 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.

  40 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   41  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   42  I picked it. Here, it’s for you. ” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   43  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   44 . ” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   45  —he was blind.

Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   46  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome. ” he smiled, and then ran off to   47 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,   48  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   49 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   50  every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

11.cry               B. speak                C. smile            D. see

15.A. waste          B. enjoy                C. lose         D. forget

Dear Peter,
School is going well. I am so  36   and I have little time to go and play 37    the weekend. I always go to the library to  38   newspapers or study English.
If you’re free, you can come to 39  me. You can go straight down Centre Street. 40   you see Blue Bar, just turn left. The name of my apartment (公寓) is Victor. That’s easy to 41 .  I like my house. It isn’t very big,  42  it’s a nice home. If you come to my house, we can watch movies and we can  43 Chinese food. I’m often at home after 7 pm, and I  44  at around 10:30 pm every day because I have to go to school early the next morning. You can give me a  45  before you come.
　　                                                  Your best friend,
Linda
【小题1】A. lazy            B. busy                 C. happy           
【小题2】A. in          B. with                 C. at       
【小题3】A. read            B. look                 C. watch               
【小题4】A. tell            B. teach                C. visit
【小题5】A. So          B. Because          C. When            
【小题6】A. find            B. look                 C. live                
【小题7】A. and             B. but              C. so          
【小题8】A. sell            B. clean                C. cook
【小题9】A. get up      B. go to bed            C. take a walk     
【小题10】A. call           B. number           C. talk