Dear David,
How are you ? I’m fine. I’m in London, at the International School of English. I’m in Class 3 with eight students . They are from different countries---Spain, Japan, Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher’s name is Henry . He’s very nice. He’s a very good teacher.
I’m living with an English family. Mr and Mrs Brown have three children. Thomas is fourteen, Catharine is twelve, and Andrew is seven. They are all very friendly, but it isn’t easy to understand them !
London is very big and very interesting. The weather is cold but sunny and the parks are beautiful! Hyde Park , Green Park and ST.Jame’s Park are all in the city centre(中心）.
English food is OK, but the coffee is horrible!
Write to me soon .
Love,
Paula
【小题1】The letter is from ___________ .

One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.

       ___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.

       At Dali's Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.

      The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck's face didn't change in the slightest.  “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice,  “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William's son.”

      The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William's Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.

      That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father's good name had won our neighbors' respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.

  1.A. something            B. anything               C. nothing

2.A. because              B. while                 C. unless

  3.A. Six                  B. Sixteen                C. Sixty

  4. A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused

   5.A. health                B. money                 C. freedom

   6.A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese

   7.A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily

   8.A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange

   9. A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for

   10. A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for

   11. A. letters              B. words                C. sentences

   12.A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered

   13.A. it                    B. him                   C. them

   14. A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer

   15.A. With                 B. For                      C. By

One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
【小题1】A. something            B. anything               C. nothing
【小题2】A. because              B. while                 C. unless
【小题3】A. Six                  B. Sixteen               C. Sixty
【小题4】 A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused
【小题5】A. health                B. money                 C. freedom
【小题6】A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese
【小题7】A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily
【小题8】A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange
【小题9】 A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for
【小题10】 A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for
【小题11】 A. letters              B. words                C. sentences
【小题12】A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered
【小题13】A. it                    B. him                   C. them
【小题14】 A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer
【小题15】A. With                 B. For                      C. By

Dear David,

How are you ? I’m fine. I’m in London, at the International School of English. I’m in Class 3 with eight students . They are from different countries---Spain, Japan, Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher’s name is Henry . He’s very nice. He’s a very good teacher.

I’m living with an English family. Mr and Mrs Brown have three children. Thomas is fourteen, Catharine is twelve, and Andrew is seven. They are all very friendly, but it isn’t easy to understand them !

London is very big and very interesting. The weather is cold but sunny and the parks are beautiful! Hyde Park , Green Park and ST.Jame’s Park are all in the city centre(中心）.

English food is OK, but the coffee is horrible!

Write to me soon .

                                                            Love,

                                                            Paula

1.The letter is from ___________ .

A. David   B. Paula   C. Paula’s classmate  D. Paula’s teacher

2.The writer’s class has ________.

A. many students         B. eight students

C. nine students         D. eight girls

3.The writer（作者） lives ____________.

A. at school             B. in a hotel 

C. with her classmates    D. at Mr Brown’s home

4.Hyde Park is __________.

A. in a school B. in London  C. next to London D. Small

5.The letter is NOT about ____________.

A. the writer’s classmates        B. the writer’s teacher

C. the writer’s dinner            D. London