Mr. Brown lived in a small town, but he got a job in a big city, so he moved there with his wife and his
two children last Tuesday.
    The next day Mr. Brown took his new car out of the garage and was washing it when a neighbour came.
The neighbour stopped and looked at the new car for a minute. Then Mr. Brown turned and saw him.
    The neighbour said, "That's a new car. Is it yours?"
    "Sometimes," Mr. Brown answered.
    The neighbour was surprised. "Sometimes?" he said. "What do you mean?"
    "Well," answered Mr. Brown slowly, "when there's a party in town, it belongs to my daughter, Jean.
When there's a football game, it belongs to my son, Joe. When I have washed it and it looks really nice and
clean, it belongs to my wife, Mary. And when it needs gas, it's mine."
New words:
1. garage n. 车库
2. neighbour n. 邻居
3. surprise v. 使惊奇
4. belong to 属于
5. gas n. 汽油

1. There are ______ people in the story.

A. three
B. four
C. six
D. five

2. Mr. Brown worked in ______.

A. a small town
B. a big city
C. the garage
D. the gas station

3. When Mr. Brown was washing the new car, his neighbour came to ask him ______.

A. if the car was new
B. what car it was
C. if the car was Mr. Brown's
D. whose car it was

4. When there was a football match, the car belonged to ______.

A. Mr. Brown
B. the neighbour
C. Jean's brother
D. Jean

5. "Sometimes" in the story means that ______.

A. when there was a party in town, the car belonged to his daughter
B. when there was a football game, it was his son's
C. when the car looked nice and clean, it was his wife's
D. when the car wanted gas, it belonged to him
E. all above.

1. Emily does ______ (好) in math this term than before.
2. ______ (千) of Iraqi people became homeless in the war, which broke out in 2003.
3. He'll graduate from college in a few ---______ (月) time.
4. Yang Liwei with Shenzhou V returned ______ (安全) to the earth on Thursday morning
    after more than 21 hours' travel in space.
5. Though I have ______ (买) my bike for three years, it still looks new and works well.
6. Something has been done to stop the factory from ______ (污染) the environment around it.
7. Tomorrow is my friend's ______ (二十) birthday. I'll buy something special to surprise him.
8. Nobody could explain Saddam Hussein's ______ (失踪) until he was found again near his hometown.

     Once there was a very little beautiful, smart girl in my class. I believed she was perfect. When it came
to the time for my birthday, I i __1___ her to my birthday, and she came. We had a very good time and
e __2___ was very happy. I thought we had become good friends. A few months l__3__    it was her
birthday. I bought a special necklace for her. I could not help thinking about how happy she must be
opening my g__4__  . It made me very excited to imagine the surprise on her face.
     I asked her w___5__ her birthday party was going to be. She replied in a cold v__6___ , "Why do
you want to know? You are not invited; you are just a dork with glasses!"
     Her words h__7___  me. I just wanted to be her friends. I felt really b__8___ when she said that and
I just stood there to look at her. Everyone s__9___ by her came to stand next to me. Then we all left.
     That day I came to understand that t__10__ someone looks perfect, he or she may not be.

     Once there was a very little beautiful, smart girl in my class. I believed she was perfect. When it
came to the time for my birthday, I i_______ (1) her to my birthday, and she came. We had a very
good time and e_______ (2) was very happy. I thought we had become good friends. A few months
l_______ (3), it was her birthday. I bought a special necklace for her. I could not help thinking about
how happy she must be opening my g_______ (4). It made me very excited to imagine the surprise on
her face.
     I asked her w_______ (5) her birthday party was going to be. She replied in a cold v_______ (6),
"Why do you want to know? You are not invited; you are just a dork with glasses!”
     Her words h_______ (7) me. I just wanted to be her friends. I felt really b_______ (8) when she
said that and I just stood there to look at her. Everyone s_______ (9) by her came to stand next to me.
Then we all left.
     That day I came to understand that t_______ (10) someone looks perfect, he or she may not be.

1. Look! The children _____________(swim) at the pool.
2. — What's she doing?   
    — She ___________ (not do) her homework. She's reading.
3. — What are the boys doing?   
    — They are t___________ about the pictures.
4. — How's the w___________ in Beijing?
    — It's raining.
5. It'll be ___________(sun) in Harbin tomorrow.
6. It's very c___________ outside. Please put on your coat when you go out.
7. W___________ is from November to January in China.   
8. The Greens want to go to Hawaii on v___________.
9. Some people are t___________ photos in the park . 
10. We are very ___________ (surprise) at the news.