Maria was born in Peru（秘鲁）.She grew up in a small village. She  46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she  47 to high school. Her family was very  48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  49 in a shoe factory.

When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria   51 in the United States，she was not very happy.

She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  52 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  53 worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（将来）in the new country.

1.                A．went to school   B．go to school     C．goes to school  D．begins school

2.                A．went           B．didn’t go       C．began    D．wasn’t

3.                A．rich           B．poor           C．happy    D．glad

4.                A．works          B．is working       C．is going to work D．worked

5.                A．moved         B．go             C．stayed    D．lived

6.                A．reached        B．arrived         C．got  D．moved

7.                A．tell            B．talk            C．know D．say

8.                A．when          B．so             C．or   D．and

9.                A．studying        B．studied         C．study D．studies

10.               A．to do          B．do            C．to be D．be

根据句意和首字母提示在横线处填上一个适当的单词，使句意完整正确。

1.— Maria, which is the last month of the year? ---Well, it’s D    .

2.Li Lei made a wish before he b       out the twelve candles on the birthday cake.

3.I am s     my friends will come at 8:00. They told me they would come on time.

4.Lucy couldn’t d       which one was better, so she asked her mother for help.

5.N   go swimming alone in the river! It’s too dangerous.

阅读理解

1.Who is the letter from? It’s from _________.

A. Jane             B. Jack             C. Michael

2. Who is NOT in Class 2, Grade 1? __________.

A. Kangkang         B. Jack             C. Jane

3. What does the letter talk about? It talks about __________.

A. food             B. vegetables           C. hamburgers

4. The students in Class 2, Grade 1 want to go to _________ this Saturday.

A. cook dishes          B. have a picnic        C. buy some food   

5. Maria wants to take __________ to West Hill Farm.

A. camera, kite and apples                  B. bowls and guitar

C. kite, chicken and knife

Do you have a dog? I have a cute   41 . It’s my birthday present (礼物)   42  my uncle. Its name is Maria. It’s an   43  dog. It is big and it is yellow in color. It likes running and jumping (跳跃). It   44  playing ball games with me. It’s great fun   45  with it. Maria is very   46 . It can play basketball. It is a basketball star in my neighborhood. Can it put the   47   into the basket (篮框)? Yes, it can.   48  does it do it? It uses (使用) its head (头). Maria is really good at it. All my friends like to   49  it play basketball. I’m   50  to have it. It brings me more friends. It is funny, too. It can dance to the music. What a lovely dog!