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Helen and Jenny are good friends．They had two tickets for a pop concert in Sydney．They were very excited about the concert．They decided which trains to c  1  , where to eat and where to go shopping in Sydney．Then they got some really e  2   news．A friend of Jenny's said he could help them go backstage （后台）, and he would ask the pop singers if the girls could come to say "Hello"．He was sure he could get them the singers' autographs．Helen and Jenny could hardly w  3  ！

     Then two days before the concert, Helen had a cold．She stayed in bed and took medicine, but it got worse and worse．On the evening before the concert, she had a fever, tlelen's mother called Jenny．"Helen is too s  4   to go to the concert," she said． "You can find someone else to go with．"

     The next day, Helen was feeling unhappy at home．Then she heard someone knocking at the door．A v  5  came．It was her friend Jenny! She came with a big bag of fruit and lots of their favorite CDs．

     "I gave the tickets to Nancy and Tina in the end, and they went to the concert i  6   of us," she said． "We'll go to a  7  concert when you're well．It wouldn't be much fun without you．"

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Grandma was busy cooking in the kitchen and Sera was always to be here for dinner.

There were many photographs of past and present  1  members and many other old things on her grandma’s table. Among them, she especially loved the large clay pot (陶壶). It was beautiful, painted in many colours.

“May I hold it?” asked Sera.

“Yes, but please be  2 . It is very old.” Grandma picked up the pot with gentle hands, gave it to Sera, and then went into the kitchen.

Sera decided to sit on the sofa. The sofa was a few feet  3  her. She went backward.  4  a toy truck was there. The truck rolled (滚动) away when Sera stepped on it. She fell back onto the sofa. The clay pot  5  out of her hands and up into the air! It landed on the floor.

Sera could hear the clay crack (裂痕). “No, no!” she cried. She heard grandma’s footsteps coming toward her. How could she face her grandma now?

“It’s not so  6 , Sera,” Grandma said. “Come on. You can repair the pot.”

“Let me tell you a story about that pot.”

Grandma pointed to another crack in the pot. Sera had never  7  it before. “My grandma made this crack when she was about your age,” said grandma. “She was carrying it back to the village  8  it fell onto the road. It had been full of  9 , so she got all wet!” She pointed to another crack. “This crack came when I dropped the pot on a big boat that brought  10  here from Canada,” said grandma smiling. Sera laughed and held up the pot. She could see now how each crack had become part of the colourful design--and part of her family’s story.

1.                A．school         B．family          C．team D．village

2.                A．helpful         B．useful          C．careful   D．peaceful

3.                A．behind         B．beside          C．under    D．above

4.                A．Suddenly       B．Amazingly       C．Unluckily  D．Surprisingly

5.                A．picked         B．threw          C．dropped  D．flew

6.                A．bad            B．safe            C．late  D．easy

7.                A．known         B．watched        C．heard    D．noticed

8.                A．when          B．until           C．if    D．unless

9.                A．sand           B．water          C．salt  D．sugar

10.               A．we            B．our            C．us    D．ours

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Grandma was busy cooking in the kitchen and Sera was always to be here for dinner.
There were many photographs of past and present  1  members and many other old things on her grandma’s table. Among them, she especially loved the large clay pot (陶壶). It was beautiful, painted in many colours.
“May I hold it?” asked Sera.
“Yes, but please be  2 . It is very old.” Grandma picked up the pot with gentle hands, gave it to Sera, and then went into the kitchen.
Sera decided to sit on the sofa. The sofa was a few feet  3  her. She went backward.  4  a toy truck was there. The truck rolled (滚动) away when Sera stepped on it. She fell back onto the sofa. The clay pot  5  out of her hands and up into the air! It landed on the floor.
Sera could hear the clay crack (裂痕). “No, no!” she cried. She heard grandma’s footsteps coming toward her. How could she face her grandma now?
“It’s not so  6 , Sera,” Grandma said. “Come on. You can repair the pot.”
“Let me tell you a story about that pot.”
Grandma pointed to another crack in the pot. Sera had never  7  it before. “My grandma made this crack when she was about your age,” said grandma. “She was carrying it back to the village  8  it fell onto the road. It had been full of  9 , so she got all wet!” She pointed to another crack. “This crack came when I dropped the pot on a big boat that brought  10  here from Canada,” said grandma smiling. Sera laughed and held up the pot. She could see now how each crack had become part of the colourful design--and part of her family’s story.