Ten-year-old Johnny was one of the laziest boys in his class. His homework was always         and it was usually wrong. He only did half the number of math problems     the other children did and in his compositions  he _____ half the number of words. And usually the words were   _  spelled because he was too lazy to use a      

One day his class went on a bus trip. The ____ did not want to take Johnny with them. But there was no one to look after Johnny at the school so she had to take      ."Now, children," the teacher said, "On our bus trip we will____ old buildings, some beautiful countryside, and many other things. I want you to write about  _____ interesting you see on the trip. "The bus trip      . The children looked out of the windows at all the interesting things.

They took notes _____  their notebooks. The teacher was very____  with them. Then she saw Johnny       on the floor of the bus and went up to him.

 "Are you      ?" she asked him.   

 "No." he said.

 "Then      are you lying on the floor?"

 "If I can't see anything," he said, "I can't write about it, can I?"

1.A. late                       B. early                        C. good                        D. fine

2.A. that                      B. who          C. what               D. whom

3.A. learned                         B. made                       C. wrote              D. read

4.A. badly                    B. well          C. correctly                    D. nicely

5.A. radio                    B. pen                         C. library                 D. dictionary

6.A. driver                            B. mother                  C. father                  D. teacher

7.A. him                       B. himself                  C. his           D. he

8.A. hear                     B. listen to                  C. see           D. feel

9.A. nothing                B. something              C. nobody                D. everybody

10.A. ended                        B. began                    C. finished                 D. closed

11.A. over                            B. by               C. in               D. at

12.A. angry                          B. pleased              C. sad                 D. careful

13.A. standing           B. sitting                   C. eating                   D. lying

14.A. busy                            B. sick          C. happy                       D. glad

15.A. where                         B. what         C. how          D. why

Lin Tao has a lot of problems now. Could you help him? Please choose the best advice for him.

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?”

“Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

“Take me over there.” said the young lady.

There were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street.”

‘Oh, no !” said the young lady. “But I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”

1.How did the young woman get to the square?

A．She arrived in a taxi

B．She got there by bus.

C．She got there on foot.

D．The story didn’t tell us about it.

2. The young lady was ___________.

A．45 minutes late                         B．not late at all

C．l5 minutes late                         D．one hour 1ate

3.She wanted to take a taxi because she .

A．didn’t want to be late for the date.

B．thought the square was too crowded.

C．wanted to be seen in a hurry.

D．was too tired to walk.

4. Has she tried not to be too late ?

A．Yes, she took a taxi there.

B．Yes, she had tried her best though she couldn’t succeed.

C．No, she thought being late was better than being earlier.

D．No, she was just going to pretend(假装) that she had tried.

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When I was in Grade Three, I was chosen to the heroine in the school play.
For weeks my mother helped me  1  my lines(台词), But once on stage.  Every word disappeared   2  my head.  My teacher asked me to change   3 and be the narrator.
Although I didn’t tell my mother  4 had happened that day, she   5 my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely  6 day.  It was warm.  In the yard all the flowers came out.  We could see lots of dandelions dancing among the colorful flowers.  How beautiful they were! I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers.  “I think I am going to   7 all the useless grass. ” She said.
“But I like dandelions,” I said, “All flowers are   8  — even dandelions”.
My mother looked at me   9 .  “Yes, every flower shines in its own way, doesn’t it?” she said.  I nodded.  “So that is  10  of people, too. ” She added.
She had guessed my   11 .  I started to cry and told her the truth.
“You will be a great narrator. ” She said.  Then she told me   12 I loved to read stories to her when I was in Grade 1.
Over the next few   13 I learned to take pride in the role.  The big day finally   14 .  A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.  “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, passing me a dandelion.  After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps   15 person who would keep such a common dandelion.