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　　Jim likes playing football. And he also likes watching football matches. As he hasn't enough money to buy the tickets, he has to watch them on TV at home if he's free. But to his regret, he always goes to school from Monday to Friday and misses a lot of important matches.

　　One afternoon there would be the biggest football match of the year in America. Jim wanted to watch it on TV very much, but he couldn't. They would have a physics test the next morning and he had to prepare for it.

　　“Can we have a video, Mum?” Jim asked before he went to school, “Then you'll record the football matches for me.”

　　“I'm afraid we can't buy one,” sighed(叹气) his mother.

　　But the next afternoon in came Jim, with a new video in his arms.

　　“How on earth did you pay for that, Jim?” the woman asked in surprise.

　　“That's easy, Mum,” answered the boy,“I've sold our TV set!”

1．Jim is a________.

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2．Jim often misses a lot of important football matches because________.

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A．he hasn't enough money to watch them

B．his parents don't let him watch them

C．he's busy with his lesson

D．he has to go to school

3．As ________, Jim couldn't watch the biggest football match that afternoon.

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A．he didn't get any tickets

B．something was wrong with the TV set

C．he had to go over physics

D．there would be a physics test at that time

4．Jim's mum sighed because________.

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A．they had no money to buy a video

B．she had no time to. record the match

C．she didn't know how to record the match

D．she couldn't borrow a video

5．In fact, ________.

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A．a video is more useful than a TV set

B．only a video can record all the programmes

C．it's impossible to record any programmes

D．a video can work only with the help of a TV set

Today is January 20th. It's my sister Mary's eighth birthday. In the morning, my parents take us to Zig Zag's Clothes Store. There my mother buys a red sweater for Mary. And we go to Xinhuang Book Store. There I buy some CDs for Mary. My father also buys a book for Mary, and its name is Harry Potter. It's Mary's favorite book. In the afternoon, my parents have a birthday party for Mary at home. Mary'-s friends, Bill, Jim and Cindy come to the party. Bill brings a new pencil case to Mary. Jim gives Mary a soccer ball because she likes playing soccer. Cindy gives Mary an English -Chinese dictionary. Mary is very happy. Oh, I'm Mary's brother. My name is Nick.

1. Mary is ________years old this year.

A.9                 B.7                 C.8               D.10

2. Mary's mother buys a _________ for her.

A. red sweater         B. white shirt            C. red skirt                D. red T- shirt

3. Mary's favorite _________  is Harry Potter.

A. CD                 B. clothes          C. book          D. store

4, Jim and Bill are Mary's_________

A. brothers           B. uncles           C. friends        D. teachers

5. —What does Nick buy for Mary?

  —_________

A. An English -Chinese dictionary                 B. A new pencil case

C. A soccer ball                             D. some CDs

Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.

1.Which is Mary’s invention?

A. Teaching her friend.  

B. A new language. 

C. Go shopping.  

D. Making hamburgers.

2.Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?

A. Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.

B. Because it’s easy to speak new language.

C. Because her friend Jean likes it.

D. Because she wants free hamburgers.

3.What do they do in the store?

A. They buy some things.

B. They talk with the clerk.

C. They want to understand what people say.

D. They use their new language and talk about people and things.

4.The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.

A. maybe they need help  

B. they talk about him   

C. they laugh at him  

D. they invent things

5.According to the passage, creating something new is _____.

A. boring    

B. interesting   

C. hard   

D. easy