Helen was so excited at the news that she could          say a word.

     A. ever            B. almost           C. hardly            D. always

Dear Kitty,

    I am sorry that I did not write to you earlier because I have been very busy. I was helping    with a charity show to raise money    31    Project Green Hope. A lot of work needed to be finished, so I did not have much free time.

  I felt very happy when I    32    to be the host. It was exciting,    33   I was also very nervous. I know that lots of people would come    34    the show and many pop stars would come, too. My job was to    35    each star and I also had many other duties.

We practiced a lot before the show. I had to remember to look at the right camera at the right time. At first, I thought I would never be    36    to remember all the words.

  The big day came very quickly, and I was so excited. Twenty minutes before the big event, we    37    the doors and many people came into the theatre to watch the show. The fans of the pop stars were making a lot of noise, so I had to speak    38   .

A lot of    39    has been given to Project Green Hope. I hope more events like this will be organized to raise money for charity and I think more people should be    40    to take part in them.

See you soon .

Best wishes!

Ricky

1.A. with       B. for          C. from         D. towards

2.A. choose     B. chose            C. am chosen        D. was chosen

3.A. or         B. so           C. and          D. but

4.A. to look        B. to watch     C. to notice        D. to find

5.A. introduce  B. teach            C. know         D. help

6.A. sorry      B. glad         C. able          D. afraid

7.A. opened     B. broke            C. locked        D. closed

8.A. quickly        B. happily      C. quietly          D. loudly

9.A.food        B. paper            C. money            D. medicine

10.A. invited       B. found            C. caught           D. carried

Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was said that the island would go down, so all made boats and left except Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to offer her help until the last possible moment. When the island had almost gone down, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a great boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Sadness was close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you .” “Oh, Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love was so excited that she even forgot to ask who the elder was. So Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time understands how valuable Love is.”
【小题1】What would happen to the island?