Dear Benter,

　　You have been away exactly two weeks today but it seems more like two years to me!

　　I’m glad to hear you’ll be back soon. Are you coming directly home, dear? Or do you plan to make some stops   36   the way? I hope you’ll be home in  37  for Patsy’s birthday next Sunday. She is  38  you to show films to her  39  friends.

    Patsy keeps asking every day  40  you’ll be back. She says you never  41   that story you were telling her about  42  train that lost its “ toot”(喇叭嘟嘟声). You’d better   43   and think up a good ending  44  it. You know how Patsy is? She  45  be happy until she knows exactly what ­__46   to the “toot” and  47  the little train got it back  48  !

　　Everything at home is fine except that we  49  you so much! I’ve been  50  with the spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora  51  in to wash the kitchen walls and she did a very good __52  of it. The kitchen looks as though it’s been repainted. I made some new yellow curtains, and they  53  very beautiful.

　 I went to see your mother yesterday. Her  54  is all gone and she looks very  55  . Your sister Jean looks wonderful! She has taken off about fifteen pounds since she began dieting. But now she’s complaining that none of her clothes fit!

   Hope to see you before next Sunday.

　 Love and kisses to you!

            　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     Yours

           　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　            Lynn

1.A in            B. on           C. at           D. along

2.A. time         B. fact          C. all           D. the end

3.A. expecting     B. thinking      C. agreeing      D. hoping

4.A. small        B. short         C. little         D. low

5.A. that          B. when        C. why         D. unless

6.A. finished      B. stopped       C. supplied     D. included

7.A. some        B. a            C. the          D. this

8.A. care         B. arrive        C. pretend       D. hurry

9.A. on          B. for           C. at           D. in

10.A. mustn’t      B. couldn’t      C. won’t        D. shouldn’t

11.A. affected      B. about        C. happened     D. was

12.A. how         B. however      C. because      D. why

13.A. yet          B. too          C. again         D. next

14.A. love         B. think         C. miss         D. care

15.A. working      B. ready        C. together       D. busy

16.A. stay         B. come         C. visit          D. drop

17.A. work        B. job           C. thing         D. clean

18.A. show        B. feel          C. become       D. look

19.A. cold         B. heat          C. health        D. medicine

20.A. good        B. well          C. nice          D. best

 

阅读理解

　　Read these two advertisements, and then answer the questions.

　　When you stretch out in the sun you can do one of three things.

　　You can use no sun tan oil. You can use an ordinary sun tan oil. Or you can use Bergasol.

　　If you don't use any sun tan oil at all when you're in sun that is stronger than you're used to, you will burn surprisingly quickly.

　　If you use an ordinary sun tan oil you will protect your skin to a lesser or greater degree. How much depends on the“protection factor(系数)number”on the bottle.

　　Some of these oils block out so many of the sun's rays you can stay in the sun all day without burning--but you won't go very brown, either.

　　Bergasol will protect your skin like an ordinary sun tan oil. But Bergasol oil also has a tan accelerator(加速剂) which comes from the oil of the Bergamot fruit.

　　It speeds up the rate at which the sun activates(激活) the skin cells that produce melanin.

　　And it is melanin which gives the skin its brown colour.

　　So when you use Bergasol sun tan oil you go brown faster, and as the days pass the difference will become more and more obvious.

　　Unfortunately this special formulation isn't cheap to prepare. So Bergasol is rather more expensive than ordinary sun tan oil.

　　However the price looks more attractive as you do.

　　Protection

　　Many people imagine that“cover-up”means you don't get a tan. Nothing to show for your holiday. What a shame.

　　Not so. With“cover up”, you can get brown if you want to. The point of cover-up is to protect your skin from the harmful rays of the sun--the ones which, according to the experts, make your skin look older.

　　That's what Solex Cover-up is all about--protection for your skin. It has a Sun Protection Factor of 8, which makes it suitable for anyone.

　　Find 0ut how it works for you by consulting(咨询)the Solex Sun Chart. On sale wherever Solex is.

　　With Solex Cover-up, you can tan as slowly as you like. As gently as you like. And with much less chance of peeling.

　　Your tan will look better. Your skin will stay young longer. Solex Cover-up.

　　Gentle tan…full protection.

1．The underlined word“tan”is closest in meaning to _____.

A．brown　　　　B．protection

C．light　　　　 D．health

2．Both Bergasol and Solex serve to _____.

[　　]

A．treat various kinds of skin disease

B．help people enjoy the sun

C．help people get sun tan without being burnt

D．paint the skin with a brown color

3．What's special about Bergasol?

[　　]

A．It is more expensive than ordinary sun tan oil.

B．It has a tan accelerator that makes the skin go brown faster.

C．It has a protection-factor of 8, which makes it suitable for anyone.

D．It protects the skin from the harmful rays of the sun.

4．Which of the following decides how well your skin may be protected?

[　　]

A．The price.　　　B．Melanin.

C．Cover-up.　　　D．SPF number.

—I’m going to the States.

—How long ________you________ in the States?

A. are; stayed　　   B. are; staying　     C. have; stayed　   D. did; stay