(1) Shanghai is ________ as “Shopping Paradise”.

Mom:    Daniel, I need to talk to you about your behavior. Dad and I realize there is probably an explanation for why the house is so dirty, but you shouldn’t have run out of the room and closed the door so hard like that.
Daniel:     Mom, I’m sorry, but I was so angry! You want me to act like an adult but you and dad treat me like a child. Why didn’t you just ask me what had happened?
Mom:    Well, I know that grown-ups are supposed to make good decisions but sometimes we make mistakes. We were angry too. None of us stopped to think and we should have. Can you explain to me now why the house was a mess and what you did with the money we left?
Daniel: Spot was sick, Mom. Eric and I didn’t want to call you and dad on your vacation, so I used the money you left and some of my own to take him to the vet. We stayed there and waited for him all day. That is why we didn’t have time to clean the house.
【小题1】 Who is Spot?

Mrs. Baker’s sister was ill. She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday, but not at the weekend, so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spend the weekend with her at her home in a neighbouring town. But as Mr. Baker could not cook, she had arranged (安排) for his sister to come over and spend the weekend looking after him at their home. This meant that Mr. Baker had busy time when he came home from work on Friday evenings. First he had to drive home from the railway station. Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train. And then he had to wait until his sister’s train arrived, so as to take her to his house.
Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station to catch her train back home, and then wait for his wife’s train, so as to bring her home.
One Sunday evening, he had seen his sister off on her train and was waiting for his wife’s arrival when a porter ( 搬运工 ), who had often seen him at the station, came over and spoke to him, “You are having a lot of fun,” he said, “ But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other, and then you will be in real trouble!”
【小题1】 Who was ill?  ___________

Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said ____36____ had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I took him on __37__ my student.
Although Robby tried very hard, ___38____ he was not good at music. However, he continued and _____39____ the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say:“My mom is going to hear me play someday.” But it seemed hopeless. He didn’t have a talent for music.
One day, Robby stopped ____40____ to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still practicing. He asked ____41____ he could take part in my concert and I agreed.
The night of the concert came. The high school gym ___42____ with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then Robby came up on the stage, and began to play the piano.
He played _____43___ well that everyone was on their feet, clapping(鼓掌)excitedly. In tears, I ran up on the stage, “Oh, Robby! ____44____ did you do it?”.
“Well, Miss Green…remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and died this morning. And well…she was born deaf, so tonight was the ____45___ time she ever heard me play the piano. I wanted to make it special.

Yesterday Princess Eva(夏娃公主)was happy. She went to a carnival. The weather was sunny, and the food was       . There were Clowns and a band(魔杖). She had a good,      there was a bad magician at the party.

　Princess Eva saw the magician and she laughed. The magician didn’t        . He touched her mouth with a wand. He said, “From now on, you can’t talk. You can’t laugh. ”And Princess Eva        make a sound.

　Princess Eva could feel, and hear, and see, and smell, and taste. But she couldn’t      . She couldn’t laugh. A doctor came and looked at her fingers, her      , her eyes, her nose, and her tongue. She wasn’t sick. But something was      . Even a clown couldn’t make her laugh!

　But then one day, a nice man came to town. He had a band of      . His dog, his cat, and his horse sang for the princess. They made loud noises. They sounded      ! The Princess started to      . “Look! I can laugh! I can talk!” she cried. It was a happy day.

1.A. bad    B. terrible   C. delicious   D. awful

2.A. Because B. But      C. So       D. though

3.A. tell     B. shout    C. say      D. laugh

4.A. can’t   B. mustn’t   C. couldn’t  D. needn’t

5.A. talk    B. listen     C. smile    D. laugh

6.A. leg     B. feet      C. neck     D. ears

7.A. right    B. OK      C. wrong    D. nice

8.A. plants   B. colors    C. shapes    D. animals

9.A. good    B. nice      C. terrible   D. happy

10.A. cry    B. walk     C. laugh    D. run