根据对话内容。在句中横线上填写适当的话语(话语可能是一个句子．也可能是一个短语或一个单词)．使对话完整、正确。

( Eric came back home from school on Friday evening. )

Eric: Hi, Dad! I'm back.

Dad: Hmm, Eric ! How was your study this week?

Eric: Pretty good. And I have good news to tell you. Do you want to know?

Dad: Of course. (56)______________________ ?

Eric: I won first prize in the English speech contest.

Dad: Well done. (57)                         your science? Any progress?

Eric: Yes, Dad! At least I tried my best and learned a lot from my mistakes.

Dad: Good! I' m sure that you can catch up with your classmates very soon.

Eric: Thank you, Dad! I've been busy these days and 1 feel tired. Shall we  (58).                             tomorrow?

Dad: A picnic? Why not? We all need to relax ourselves.

Erie: Great! (59)                            ? And what time?

Dad: Let's go to Central Park at 8:00 in the morning.

Eric: (60).                                              ?

Dad: The radio says it' s a fine day. Finish your homework first and we can help mum do something for the picnic,

Eric : That' s wonderful, Dad.

根据对话情景，填入恰当的单词。

A: How was your weekend, Jack?

B: Pretty good. I went to watch 2012 Xiamen International

Marathon.

A: Really? What was the result?

B: A runner from Kenya named Peter Kamais 1.________

the first prize of men’s race in 2:07:37, he also broke the

record. The women’s title was claimed by Ethiopian

（埃塞俄比亚）, Ashu Kasim, who finished in 2:23:09.

A: He was great. How was the 2. ___________?

B: It was rainy and cold, the temperature was only 11-16 C. But over 70, 000 marathon runners took part in it.

A: Did you 3. __________ any foreigners? What do they think of Xiamen?

B: They said Xiamen is clean and 4 ___________. And people are really friendly, they get much

5 ___________ when they meet trouble.

A: I am so proud on hearing this. I should 6. ____________ every day and make myself stronger.

B: A good idea. Then you can be a Marathon runner next year.

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl，Sarah．

     41  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   42  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   43  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  44  Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  45  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living  46  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  47 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was   48 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 49  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   50 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  51  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  52  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  53  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 54  to Portland．

  “Don't think of saving money as something  55 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．

1.A．Until         B．Because                   C．After                          D．Unless

2.A．found        B．tried                    C．asked for                 D．Iooked for

3.A．more than     B．less than        C .shorter than               D．higher than

4.A．can          B．may                       C．was able to         D．might

5.A．difficult      B．possible               C．useful                    D．different

6.A．already       B．sometimes       C．hardly              D．always

7.A．helps         B．becomes        C．makes                         D．means

8.A．food          B．rest                 C．studying                    D．playing

9.A．Soon         B．Finally             C．Once                 D．Again

10.A．prepared      B．took             C．caught                   D．picked

11.A．pay          B．lend                    C．spend                    D．save

12.A．along         B．up                    C．down                   D．around

13.A．because of     B．because           C．before                   D．between

14.A．another       B．the other              C．others                  D．the others

15.A．hard         B．interesting        C．nice                          D．great

Long long ago, there was a little girl living in a small poor house on a hill. When she played in her little garden, she could see a beautiful house high on the other hill. This house had golden windows. They were so nice that the little girl dreamed all day, “How fantastic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows!”

When she was old enough to go outside her garden, she asked her mother if she could go for a walk outside the gate. Her mother agreed, telling her to keep close to the house and not to go too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl walked until (直到) she got to the gate of the house with golden windows.

As she looked at the house with golden windows, she was so disappointed (失望的). All the windows were common and very dirty.

So sad that she didn’t go any further and turned, heart broken. As she went back, she was surprised to see a little house with golden windows as the sun shone (照耀) on her own house.

She realized (意识到) that she had been living in the “house with golden windows” all the time. Everything she dreamed was right there under her nose!

1.What did the girl dream of?

A. Having a bigger garden.

B. Going outside her garden.

C. Having lots of gold in the house.

D. Living in a house with golden windows.

2.Her mother told her ________ when the girl went out.

A. to play in the gardenB. not to go too far

C. to clean the windowsD. not to go outside the garden

3. How was the girl feeling when she reached the gate of the house on the other hill?

A. Disappointed B. Interested C. ExcitedD. Angry

4.The underlined word “fantastic” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A. 可怕的 B. 不切实际的 C. 极好的 D. 奇怪的

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. The Little Girl’s Home

B. The Golden House on the Hill

C. The Little Girl’s Dream

D. The House with Golden Windows