Randy couldn’t wait to get to school. It was Mrs. Anderson’s birthday, and she promised the class a special treat to help her celebrate. Randy knew that Mrs. Anderson was a great baker. She always made the most delicious cakes and cookies for the school bake sales. Randy’s mouth __27__ as he walked into the room and took his seat.
　　Mrs. Anderson had a long covered box on her desk, and the room smelled wonderful from whatever Mrs. Anderson had made. Everyone sniffed the air and smiled in anticipation. __28__ the class was quiet, Mrs. Anderson said, “As promised I have a special treat for you today.”
　　Randy’s stomach growled.
　　“Wait, Mrs. Anderson,” Olivia said. “We have to sing happy birthday first.”
　　Randy sighed. He really wanted to see what Mrs. Anderson had made. But the class always sang on someone’s birthday. So Randy sang __29__, imagining cakes and cookies the whole time.
　　Finally it was time to eat. Randy sat forward in his seat to get a good view of the box. Mrs. Anderson said, “I decided to do something a little __30__today. I wanted to share something really special with you, so I made my grandmother’s famous blueberry muffins.” With a big smile, she uncovered the box.
　　Randy sat back in his seat. Blueberry? Randy didn’t like blueberries. Mrs. Anderson walked around the room, giving out the muffins. When she got to Randy’s desk, he politely said, “No, thank you. I don’t like blueberries.”
　　“Are you sure you don’t want to at least __31__ one?” Mrs. Anderson asked. “You could pick the blueberries out if you’d like.”
　　“No, thank you.” Randy lowered his head. He’d skipped breakfast, and now he was really hungry. He watched his classmates eat the muffins and comment on how delicious they were.
　　Finally Randy couldn’t __32__ it. He was so hungry he didn’t care if the muffins had blueberries. Just as he was about to raise his hand, Mrs. Anderson put a muffin on his desk. “As a birthday present to me, do you think you could at least try one?”
　　sniff: 嗅 anticipation: 期待 　　 stomach: 肠胃　　　 growl: 吼叫
　　sigh: 叹息 muffin: 麦芬蛋糕 　　　 comment: 评论
　　27. A. dried　　　　 B. opened　　 　 C. closed 　　 　 D. watered
　　28. A. Once　　 　　 B. Before　　 　 C. Because　 　　 D. Then
　　29. A. alone　　　　 B. along　　　　 C. loudly　 　 　 D. carefully
　　30. A. different　 　B. difficult　　 C. surprising　　 D. interesting
　　31. A. buy　 　　 　 B. smell　　　　 C. try　　　　 　 D. borrow
　　32. A. have　　 　　 B. love　　 　　 C. hate　　 　　　D. take
　

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean 1 person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and 2 . Dogs and other pets can give 3 to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their 4 when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “ 5 ”for a blind （瞎的）person or “ 6 ”for a deaf（聋的）person. Scientists have found that pets help people live 7! They make people happier, too. Because of that animals are brought into hospitals for “visits”.

Americans hold “Be 8 to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, take 9time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious 10 .

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a 11 dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to 12 them. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.

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

2. A. persons　　　B. people　　　C. plants　　　D. animals

3. A. sadness　　　B. sad　　　C. happiness　　　D. happy

4. A. family　　　B. pets　　　C. children　　　D. parents

5. A. eyes　　　B. ears　　　C. hands　　　D. feet

6. A. eyes　　　B. ears　　　C. hands　　　D. feet

7. A. alone　　　B. together　　　C. shorter　　　D. longer

8. A. Bad　　　B. Happy　　　　C. Nice　　　　D. Sad

9. A. less　　　　B. more　　　　C. no　　　　D. some

10. A. food　　　B. meat　　　C. drink　　　D. milk

11. A. lovely　　　B. little　　　C. street　　　D. home

12 A. help　　　B. catch　　　C. beat　　　D. stop

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was (16)____ in hospital. By the time he was six, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him (17)____.

  Children in our neighborhood always ran around during their play, and Joey would jump and run and play, (18)_____. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

 In his(19)_____ grade, he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, (20) ____only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

 He ran four to five mile every day - even when he had a fever. I was (21) ____, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running (22) _____. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said he had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept (23) _____.

Two weeks later, the names of the team (24) _____ were caked. Joey was Number Six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just took it. How (25) ____he was!

(   ) 16. A. spent    B. taken    C. cost    D. paid

(   ) 17 A. talk      B. sit       C. study   D. walk

（  ）18 A. either    B. too      C. though  D. yet

（  ）19. A. six     B. seven     C. eighth  D. nineth

（  ）20. A. so      B. if        C. then    D. because

（　）21. A. excited  B. tired     C. pleased  D. worried

（　）22. A. alone   B. away     C. almost   D. already

（　）23. A. riding   B. walking   C. playing  D. running

（　）24. A. jumpers  B. runners  C. doctors  D. teachers

（　）25.A.good    .B. lucky      C. clever   D. well

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean 1 person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and 2  . Dogs and other pets can give 3 to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their 4 when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “ 5 ”for a blind （瞎的）person or “ 6”for a deaf（聋的）person. Scientists have found that pets help people live 7 ! They make people happier, too. Because of that animals are brought into hospitals for “visits”.

Americans hold “Be 8 to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, take 9 time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious 10 .

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a 11 dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to 12 them. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.

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

2. A. persons　　　B. people　　  　C. plants　　 　 D. animals

3. A. sadness　　　B. sad　　　     C. happiness　 　D. happy

4. A. family　　　 B. pets　　　    C. children　　　 D. parents

5. A. eyes　　　  B. ears　　　    C. hands　　　   D. feet

6. A. eyes　　　  B. ears　　　    C. hands　　　   D. feet

7. A. alone　　 　B. together　　　 C. shorter　　  　D. longer

8. A. Bad　　　  B. Happy　　　　C. Nice　　　  　D. Sad

9. A. less　　　　B. more　　　 　C. no　　　    　D. some

10. A. food　　　 B. meat　　　   C. drink　　    　D. milk

11. A. lovely　　　B. little　　   　C. street　　    　D. home

12. A. help　　 　B. catch　　　   C. beat　　　     D. stop