My phone rings a lot, but most of the time it’s for my cat, Stoop！ Well, the caller doesn’t want to talk to my cat. He wants to talk about him.

　　You see, my cat really walks around. I wanted to make sure that Stoop could always come home. I bought a little collar with a tag (标签). The tag said, “I have home. If I look lost, phone Fred Sparks 86689889.”

　　And then my phone began to ring. One call was from a man I hadn’t seen for years.

　　“Hello,” he said, “I see you are back in the town. I stopped to pet(抱) a car the other day. And there on his collar was your phone number！ You borrowed me $20. How about paying me back？ It’s been a long time, you know？”

　　That wasn’t the only time Stoop cost me money. Another caller was a taxi(出租车) driver. He said, “I find a cat in my car. A cat with a phone number！ I have sent him home.”I gave him my address, and had to pay $2.5 for the help.

　　Another time, the phone rang late at night. A woman shouted at me, “Come and get your cat. He is making a mess of (弄乱)my room. He is running after my cat.”I tried to quiet her. She told my her name was Helen Burns, and gave me her address. She lived in the next street. I went over to get Stoop.“I’m sorry,”I said. Helen did not want to listen to me. She closed the door at once.

　　Two days later, Stoop did it again. But this time I took along a box of sweets for Helen and a doll for her cat. Helen liked that, and we went out to dinner together.

　　Now when the phone rings, I think, “Maybe it’s for me！” Why do I think so？ Because sometimes Helen calls.And when she does, she doesn’t want to talk about my cat. She wants to talk about us.

Question：

1．Why did the writer have so many phone calls？

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2．What trouble did the writer have because of the cat？ Please write down.

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Born as the only child in the family, I am the “king” of the family. My parents are both businessmen and they come home every two weeks. Because they don’t spend much time with me, they always feel guilty* and will buy me many expensive things and let me do whatever I want. My grandparents never let me do any chores because they want me to do my schoolwork.

?? I used to take everything for granted*. I never said “thank you” to people. As time went by, I found that my classmates didn’t like me and my best friends left me. one day, I asked Leo, who used to be one of my best friends. He said that I was selfish, rude* and bad-tempered*. “No one wants to make friends with a person who always receives but never gives anything!” he said. I was shocked* at his words. “Oh, no! Please don’t leave me. I need friends! I will be lonely and unhappy without friends!” I locked myself up in the room and cried. “I want my friends back. But how?”

?? Then I noticed that all the popular kids in the class friendly to others. They always smile and say “thank you” to others. They do whatever they can to help when others are in trouble. Other kids like them and always play with them. “I need to change! I will get my friends back,” I said to myself. From then on, I started to change myself. I learned to say “thank you” to others. I smiled and volunteered to help other kids. I tried to be as nice as I could. Gradually, I found that other kids liked to talk with me and they would ask me to play with them and even told me their secrets. My friends came back to me again.

?? Now I have more friends than I used to do and I am happier than I used to be.

1.What’s the boy’s life like at home?

A. His parents spend much time with him.????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B. He has to do lots of housework.

C. He can do what he wants to do.?????????????

D. He does much more homework than other kids.

2.What did the boy do to change himself?

A. He learned to say “thank you”.

B. He always smiled at others.

C. He helped others as much as he could.?????????????

D. All of the above.

3.The underlined word “gradually” means ___________.

A. To begin with????????????? ????????????? B. Sometimes????????????? ????????????? C. In a word????????????? ????????????? D. Slowly

4.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

A. To make more friends, you need to try to please them.????????????? ?????????????

B. A person who always received but never gives can still have many friends.

C. The boy lost his friends at first because he didn’t like them.

D. To be a nicer and better person, we need to make some changes.

(1)I was only an 11-year-old girl when my parents told me that we would soon move to America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear(忍受）the thought of never hearing the radio program for school children again which I listened to every morning.
In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving, I even felt a little excited because I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures.
The first four years in America taught me the importance of optimism（乐观）, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools and I (2)________most of my time(2)_________learning the English language.I hardly had any time for fun. Sometimes I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried(再婚), and things became even harder for me. It took me some time to get used to my stepfather(继父). I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times.”
I had to do many things for the family since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated(翻译）all kinds of information and took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there.
Luckily, things got better and better later and almost all common troubles went away at last  From those experiences I have learned one important rule: Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little!
【小题1】将（1）句译成中文：_________________________________________________________
【小题2】在（2）处填入两个合适的词，使句意完整，上下文通顺：__________; __________
【小题3】回答问题：Why did the writer feel excited when they were leaving?
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【小题4】在文中找出此句的同义句：
Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other.
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【小题5】 在文中找出主题句：___________________________________________________________

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

A: Hi, Tina.

B: Hi, Lucy.

A: 1.

B: I’d like to go to Bali.

A: 2.

B: Because Bali is a beautiful island. And I have many friends there.

A: 3.

B: It takes about five hours.

A: 4.

B: I’ll stay there for 2 weeks. 5.

A: I’d love to, but I have to stay at home.

A. Why do you want to go to Bali?

B. How long will you stay there?

C. Would you like to go with me?

D. How long does it take to get there?

E. Where would you like to go for your vacation this year?