阅读理解　阅读下面短文，然后根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。

　　Can you remember the day you spoke your first word?If you can, you are unusual．Probably it happened sometime near your first birthday．

　　Try to imagine what the first few months of your life were like．You spent most of your time eating and sleeping．It took only a few sounds to let people know when you were happy or if you needed something．As you grew older you were not asleep more of the time．Your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you．You watched and listened．You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things．It seemed that there had to be a certain sound for each thing and each person．

　　In time you began to try to make the sounds you heard．And one day you were able to make the right sound for one thing．On that day you“found out”the secret of language．The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing．One sound might be as good as another．“Abbadabba”would be just as good as a sound to mean“dog”．But it's no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning．Only when a group of people use the same group of sounds for things can everybody understand one another．Then, and only then, do these people have a language．

　　After you discovered the secret of language, you learned words．Some of the words meant things, such as“book”,“chair”,“bed”and“shoe”．Some words meant doing things, such as“go”,“give”,“eat”and“throw”．And some words described things such as“good”,“bad”and“funny”．Soon you learned to put words together to express an idea such as“I want to go out and play with my friends．”You have discovered language．You were learning to use it to get what you needed and wanted．

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短文填空根据短文内容，在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

　　One day, John’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire(退休)after working for forty years．John said 　　1　　．“I’m only nine, so it means Grandpa has been working…er a really long time．”

　　His parents said,“Yes．That’s 　　2　　 we are going to have a surprise party for him．”

　　John loved his grandpa and wanted to do 　　3　　 for him．He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before．He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position(职位)on that card, so he decided 　　4　　 a new one for his grandpa．

　　When the big day came, John was ready．But he 　　5　　 want to put his gift together with the others’．He carried it around with him the whole evening．

　　When all the other people had left, John took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave 　　6　　 the gift．

　　His grandpa smiled,“Well, it must 　　7　　 a nice gift．May I open it now?”

　　“Sure!”John said excitedly．

　　As Grandpa opened it, tears(眼泪)came into his eyes．John gave him the 　　8　　 gift he had ever had!It was a business card with his new position：FULL-TIME GRANDPA!John said,“Now your full-time job is being my grandpa!”

　　“Well．　　9　　 do I get paid?”his grandpa asked with a smile．

　　“As many hugs(拥抱)as you want!”With 　　10　　 words, John gave his grandpa a hug．

　　“Well, I guess that I’m the richest man in the world!”said Grandpa．

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