My birthday is coming. Dale will send me       e-dog as my birthday present.　　

A. a       B. an       C. the    　　

Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
　　Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
　　When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
　　Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
　　When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

　　1. A. afraid            B. worried      C. sure           D. happy
　　2. A. joke          B. fun            C. turn      D. game
　　3. A. talk          B. teach         C. show     D. travel
　　4. A. passed        B. arrived      C. lasted      D. changed
　　5. A. made         B. played       C. helped    D. did
　　6. A. weak         B. pleased       C. busy       D. lonely
　　7. A. show          B. visit                C. meet          D. send
　　8. A. farm          B. city            C. family       D. school
　　9. A. wrote        B. called         C. moved      D. returned
　　10. A. family            B. school        C. teacher      D. farm
　　11. A. meeting     B. school        C. summer     D. talk
　　12. A. people      B. cities         C. languages D. places
　　13. A interesting  B. true           C. long           D. same
　　14. A. England      B. Germany    C. farm         D. home
　　15. A. think          B. see            C. remember D. read

用所给单词的适当形式填空

　　　 grade　　 fail　　　 great　　　 get　　　 because

Dear Dad ,

The day before yesterday was Father’s Day .I couldn’t celebrate it for you because I was busy taking the high entrance exam . But I have said “I love you, Dad !” in my heart many times .

You are an ordinary (普通的) man ,but in my eyes, you are the 　81　 father in the world . Every time I have trouble, you always give me advice and help me out. I remember once I 　 82 　　 in a competition ,and I felt very upset . Instead of complaining, you just said to me quietly, “It doesn’t matter . A real man must learn to face many failures (失败) in life bravely .Cheer up !”

Dad,I am not going to buy you anything as a present 　83 　　I don’t think it express my thanks to you .I’ll try my best to get good 　84　 .I think that is the best present you are looking forward to 　　85　 . I’m sure I won’t let you down .

Hope my dear dad is healthy forever.