It’s 3:00 a.m. Angela is ready to start the day at the family bakery. She has three children, and they all   1   at the bakery. Vincent and his wife, Angela, are the owners of his family’s bakery.

Vincent’s father owned the bakery, and   2   Vincent’s grandfather owed the bakery. Now, Vincent and his wife own and run the bakery.

   3   in the family works in the shop. The oldest daughter, Claire decorates many of the special cakes. Marie, is the   4   child. She works at the counter, and sometimes she makes cookies. Paul, the youngest, is 14, and he makes bread. Vincent says, “Paul has good hands for bread.” The whole family works in the bakery, but the children only work here before or after

  5   .

The bakery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day   6   Monday. The bakery sell cookies, cakes and bread. For special holidays,   7    Easter and Christmas, Vincent keeps the bakery open   8   6:00 p.m., and Angela always prepares fresh coffee for their customers.

Mr Martino is a regular customer. He visits the bakery every morning. He always buys the round loaf of bread with no butter. He says that it’s good. Mrs Salerno is   9   a regular customer. Every Friday she buys two loaves of Italian bread and a large box of cookies. Her

  10   daughter, Laura, always gets one free cookie. Mrs Salerno says that Vincent’s bakery is the best in the area.

1. A. play            B. study           C. help           D. eat

2. A. at least        B. later on        C. since then      D. before that

3. A. Everyone        B. Someone         C. No one         D. Only one

4. A. first           B. middle          C. only           D. last

5. A. school          B. breakfast       C. lunch          D. class

6. A. from            B. on              C. except         D. to

7. A. for example    B. such as          C. as well as     D. in addition  

8. A. after           B. before          C. at             D. until

9. A. just            B. still           C. also           D. even

10. A. six year old   B. six years old    C. six-old-years  D. six-year-old

It’s Christmas Eve (圣诞节前夕). Santa is getting ready for Christmas. Santa puts on his red jacket and his red hat.

There are lots of presents (礼物) on Santa’s sleigh (雪撬) for children around the world. 1.Santa gets to Amy’s house. Amy is sleeping at home. Santa climbs down the chimney (烟囱) with Amy’s present. Oh dear … he is too fat. 2.“Help!” shouts Santa.

Amy hears the sound. She gets up and helps Santa come out.

“Thank you, Amy. 3.”

“ Yes, Santa. Let’s go!”

Amy and Santa fly into the air. They go all around the world with the Christmas presents. 4.Then she puts the presents under the trees.

The sleigh flies back to the North Pole for more presents. Santa’s factory is very busy. There are robots, dolls, balls and teddies.

Amy is at the North Pole. It is snowing. 5. She has lots of fun.

“Thank you, Amy. Here’s a special present for you.” Santa gives a present to Amy.

“Thanks, Santa. See you again next year!”

A. Can you help me give away the presents?

B. Now Santa is off!

C. Amy goes down the chimneys.

D. Santa is on the way to Amy’s cousins home.

E. He can’t move!

F. Amy plays in the snow.

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　　　　I am Mary. I'm five years old. My brother is three years older than I. My sister is two years younger than my brother.

　　　　My brother is a school boy. He goes to school before 7:50 a.m.But he always gets up after 7:35. After he gets up, my grandma, my mother and my sister are very, very busy. My grandma gets his breakfast ready. When he eats his breakfast, my sister is under his table and puts his shoes on. My mother gets his books and puts them 　　in his schoolbag. Then he goes to school in a hurry.

根据短文内，选择最恰当的答案。

　　1. How old is Mary's brother?　　　　　　　　

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　　 A. six　　B. ten　　C. nine　　D. eight

　　2. When does Mary's brother go to school?　　

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　　 A. before 7:45　　B. before 7:50

　　 C. after 8:30　　 D. after 8:00

　　3. How are Mary's grandma, mother and sister?

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　　 A. happy　　B. busy　　C. lazy　　D. warm

　　4. Does her brother go to school in a hurry?

[　　]

　　 A. Yes, he does　　　B. No, he doesn't

　　 C. Yes, he is　　　　D. No, he isn't