Mr. Edison was a professor. He worked in a ____1____. He was busy with his research work all the time. But his wife whose father was a ____2____ businessman had nothing to do at home and ____3____ a lot of time dancing.

　　It was the woman's birthday one day. There ____4____ a birthday party in their house. All their friends were invited to ____5____ it. That afternoon, when everything was ready, Mr. Edison came back from his lab, being ____6____. As soon as she saw him, she called out, “Oh dear! Our guests will soon come, but you ____7____ the old clothes! Go to change to the best ones !”

　　Mr. Edison had to go upstairs. The party had been on for half an hour, but he didn't come downstairs. The woman felt ____8____. She looked out a few times and then told her girl servant to go to ____9____ what had happened to him. To the girl's surprise, the professor was ____10____ in a bed.

　　For Mr. Edison, it was time to go to bed after he came upstairs and took off his clothes.

（　）1. A. cinema　　　　　　 B. theatre　　　　　　　　 C. university　　　　　　　　  D. park

（　）2. A. rich　　　　　　　　 B. poor　　　　　　　　    C. nice　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. foolish

（　）3. A. took　　　　　　    B. spent　　　　　　　　   C. used　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. gave

（　）4. A. will be　　　　　　 B. would be　　　　　　 C. has been　　　　　　　　   D. had been

（　）5. A. hold　　　　　　　　 B. appreciate　　　　    C. watch　　　　　　　　　　   D. attend

（　）6. A. hungry　　　　　　 B. tired　　　　　　　　    C. sorry　　　　　　　　　　    D. satisfied

（　）7. A. are wearing　　  B. will wear　　　　　　 C. are putting　　　　　　    D. will put on

（　）8. A. happy　　　　　　  B. shy　　　　　　　　　　 C. excited　　　　　　　　　　 D. strange

（　）9. A. look up　　　　    B. find out　　　　　　   C. think over　　　　　　　　 D. send for

（　）10. A. afraid　　　　　　 B. awake　　　　　　　　 C. asleep　　　　　　　　　　   D. alone

　　It was the woman's birthday one day. There 4 a birthday party in their house. All their friends were invited to 5 it. That afternoon, when everything was ready, Mr. Edison came back from his lab, being 6 . As soon as she saw him, she called out, “Oh dear! Our guests will soon come, but you 7 the old clothes! Go to change the best ones!”

   Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often   36   some books from the library. He keeps   37   to the radio every morning and reading   38   after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His   39   worship (崇拜)him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke's little son, is only nine. He   40   likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too   41   to understand him and choose   42   ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with it.

　　One day Mike read   43   about the electric lights and was   44   it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him   45   questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, “Fathers always know  46  than sons!”

　　The boy thought for a while and said, “  47  !”

　　“ Oh? Why?”

　　Mike didn't answer and   48  , he asked, “Who invented the electric lights?”

　　“Thomas Edison.”  49   Mr Clarke.

　　“ Why didn't his father invent them, then?”

　　Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know   50   to answer!

36. A. finds                  B. sells                        C. buys                D. borrows

37. A. listening             B. watching                 C. going                      D. touching

38. A. newspapers               B. letters                       C. stories              D. messages

39. A. teachers             B. parents                     C. classmates               D. students

40. A. also                   B. never                       C. even                 D. only

41. A. old                    B. clever                      C. young              D. able

42. A. more difficult     B. the most difficult       C. easy                 D. the easiest

43. A. something          B. nothing                     C. everything               D. anything

44. A. worried about     B. interested in              C. afraid of           D. angry with

45. A. few                   B. little                         C. a little               D. a few

46. A. more                  B. most                       C. less                  D. least

47. A. I don't think so. B. Neither am I.            C. I agree.            D. So do I.

48. A. instead               B. carefully                  C. quickly             D. brightly

49. A. asked                 B. answered                  C. told                 D. answers

50. A. when                 B. what                       C. where              D. which

Mr. Wise,

I’m a slow student. Most of my classmates are much better than me, so I usually get stressed out. I spend much time studying for the tests but I can’t get good grades. Sometimes my father gives me some help. He tells me not to worry about it, but it doesn’t work. What do you think I should do? 　　

Li Lei

Dear Li Lei ,

　　Many famous people were not so good when they were young. Edison, a famous scientist, did poorly in his studies when he was a young boy. But, as an adult, he made many inventions that helped a lot of people. When I was at young age, I didn't do well at school. I just kept working hard and, at last, I succeed. You should take it easy and try your best. Tomorrow is another day. I believe you can do better.

Mr. Wise  

(    ) 41. Li Lei feels worried because _____.

A. he doesn’t like going to school   

B. he is not as good as most of his classmates 　　

C. his father doesn’t like him           D. he doesn’t want to work hard

(    )42. Li Lei writes this letter to _____ .

A. ask for some help                               B. find a pen friend

C. tell his father his problem             D. let all his classmates know it

(    )43. Mr. Wise writes about a famous person to ______.　　

A. show how much he knows about his problem   

B. show that he hates Edison　　

C. make Li Lei angry                          

D. make Li Lei feel better　　

(    )44. In Mr. Wise’s letter , “Tomorrow is another day” means “ ______”.

A. Tomorrow is the weekend.       B. One can get good friends tomorrow.

C. Tomorrow is the same as today. D. There are a lot of hopes in our lives.

任务型阅读。阅读短文，并回答问题。（10分）
　　The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting(会议) to plan the vacation. “First,” Mr Wilson said, “we should decide where we are going.”
　　“I don’t agree,” Mrs Wilson said, “I think we should decide when we are going first. We don’t want to go to places when they are cold.” Mr Wilson agreed, so the family’s first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in July.
　　“Now we can decide where to go,” said Mr Wilson.
　　“But, Dad,” Ben said, “don’t you think that where we go depends on how we go? If we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can’t go far.”
　　Again, Mr Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane.
And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr Wilson’s friends at work asked, “Where are you going for vacation?”
　　“Well,” Mr Wilson told him, “we are going in summer by plane, but I don’t know where we are going!”
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
【小题1】Why did the Wilsons have a family meeting?
                                                                       
【小题2】What did they decide first?
                                                                       
【小题3】When did they decide to go?
                                                                       
【小题4】How did the Wilsons decide to travel?
                                                                       
【小题5】What they didn’t decide？