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Biggie Burger, a new fast food restaurant, will soon be opened in the town. A large group of kids and parents were holding signs shouting outside it yesterday. They were there because hey didn't want the restaurant to open. Never!

“This kind of food is really bad for us!” said Diana,” It’s high in salt, fat, and sugar. it’s unhealthy and we are going to say ’no’ to it!”

“Our town has been a quiet place. Restaurants like this bring people and also a lot of trouble to this area,” said Barbara.” And I’m afraid they will take business away form our local restaurants.”

Other local people disagree .The officials believe that Biggie Burger will bring in huge amounts of money to help improve the town. And 17-year-old Sandy can’t wait for Biggie Burger to open.” I love their hamburgers and fried chicken wings! And I can get a job there.”

Sandy’s dad, a cleaner, agrees,” Biggie Burger’s prices are just right for a family like ours.”

Michael, who owns a toy shop next door to Biggie Burger, is excited, too.” Maybe people who come for a Biggie Burger will spend a few minutes in my store and pick up something.”

The town will hole a meeting on Thursday to hear sides. Everyone is welcome to attend it. Come and voice your opinion!

1.Biggie Burger was opened yesterday and many people were there.

2. Diana thinks that the food in Biggie Burger is too expensive.

3.Barbara is afraid that fewer people will come to the local restaurants.

4.Sandy has found a job in Biggie Burger and loves food there.

5. Cleaners like Sandy’s dad in the town can afford the food in Biggie Burger.

6. Michael welcomes the opening of Biggie Burger.

7.The town doesn’t care about people’s opinions when making a decision.

阅读理解

Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly）（丑陋的）, and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.

He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.

“I wish I had a friend.” he said to himself every day. “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”

“Dear Editor.” he wrote. “ I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear Monster.” the Editor replied. “ Advertise（登广告）for a friend in this magazine.”

The monster wrote an advertisement（广告）.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine.

“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The Editor looked in Box45.

“Yes, there is one.” she said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character（品行）is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”

1.Why was the monster unhappy?

2. What did the monster advertise for?

3. How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

4. What was wrong about Miss Thwaite’s letter?

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One day a father and his 5-year-old son were decorating（装饰） the Christmas tree. A little boy about six years old came to the front door begging. In Mexico, people taking begging as a normal ____1____ of life. People just accept it and they give ____2____ they have.
When they saw the little boy, the father and the son went to the front door. The little boy was ____3____ dressed and seemed very cold. The father went back with his son and said to him, “give him one of your___4___.” The little boy opened his box and ____5____ an old one, but his father said to him, “No, no---give him your ____6____”And the little boy, like a little tiger, shouted, “no way!” He cried and refused to give what he liked best to the little boy. ____7____ the father insisted (坚持) softly, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys. He may not have a mom or dad. It’s ____8____ outside, yet he can’t stay at home to sit by a fire to enjoy the ____9____ of Christmas.”
Hearing that, the boy, with his ____10____ down, picked out a toy he had just got. He walked to the front door with the toy in his hand, and the father ____11____ in the living room.
After about ten ____12____, his son came running back into the living room.
“Daddy, can I give him ____13____ one” shouted the little boy happily.
The father did not know what had happened to his son and the little boy, yet he felt very ____14____ that his son finally understood the joy of ____15____.

Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She  1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was  2  else’s fault(过错).

She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for  3  . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with  4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person  5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6  left inside you.”  7  she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.

Every morning she asked   8  if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued  9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then  10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.

The woman was very  11 . Unable to control herself, she  12  the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.

As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and  13  what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was  14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been  15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”

1.                A．pointed        B．laughed         C．smiled    D．screamed

2.                A．anybody        B．somebody       C．everybody D．nobody

3.                A．information     B．news           C．advice    D．message

4.                A．juice           B．water          C．milk D．coffee

5.                A．walks past       B．drives past      C．rides past D．runs past

6.                A．water          B．money         C．anger    D．energy

7.                A．Because        B．But            C．So   D．Unless

8.                A．herself         B．himself         C．itself D．themselves

9.                A．drinking        B．serving         C．selling    D．buying

10.               A．put            B．dropped        C．fell   D．threw

11.               A．happy          B．excited         C．surprised  D．angry

12.               A．gave up        B．picked up       C．put up D．cleared up

13.               A．spoke          B．told           C．reported  D．asked

14.               A．already         B．still            C．always D．never

15.               A．on            B．in             C．at    D．to