选词填空。根据短文内容，用方框中所给的词填空，使短文完整、正确（每词只用一次）。（本题共5分，每小题1分）

　　Hi Henry,

　　Thank you for your __1.____.I'm sorry I can't visit you this week,I am __2._____busy.This evening I'm going to my cousin's ____3._____party.And tomorrow,I have to go to see the doctor.On Wednesday,I have tennis ___4.____ with the school team.On Friday evening,I'm going to the movies with some ___5.____.Can you come to the movies with us on Friday?

　　Have you heard of Henry Ford? He was the 1 son of a farmer in Michigan. Like most farmers at that time, his father William hoped he would help him on the farm, but Henry was not interested in farm work 2 . He did everything he could 3 away from it. Once he wrote:“ 4 a waste it is for a man to spend hours behind a slowly moving horse”.

　　However, Henry was not a lazy boy. He liked to do mechanical work, and mended clocks and watches for 5 friends. Later, he took a 6 as a mechanic, showing great interest in steam engines. In 1908, he built the famous “Medel T”. This car was so popular that it was 7 for twenty years. Five years 8 that he started the Ford Motor Company. It made the U. S. a nation on wheels, and helped the U. S. become what it is now.

任务型阅读 (共5小题，计5分。)

Martin, Henry, Margaret, Joseph和Alex五个人都想要参加各自喜欢的俱乐部。请仔细阅读题中的个人情况说明，然后从A到D的四个项目中，选出符合个人要求的最佳选项。

(　 )81. Martin wants to learn how to be a team leader and how to organize activities.

(　 )82. Henry is interested in gardening and taking care of flowers and plants.

(　 )83. Margaret wants to have a try in the making of TV programs.

(　 )84. Joseph hopes to be given a chance to act in a play.

　　　　　　 Club information

A. This club is a group of students who are interested in the art of TV broadcasting. Members learn how to use equipment in our television studio. They also work as part of a team to produce TV programs.

Advisor: Mr. Koehler

B. The aim of this club is to help the members to develop their own leadership skills by organizing different kinds of activities. The members meet every Tuesday from 3:00 to 4:00.

Advisor: Mr. Wells

C. This club for students in Grades 2 and 3 helps plant and take care of the School Front Garden and the Butterfly Garden.

Advisor: Mr. Michael

D. This club produces musical and nonmusical plays in which 75 to 100 players can act depending on which play is chosen. The plays like Dinosaurs Alive, Disney Days and so on have been enjoyed by many people. All students are welcome.

Advisor: Mrs. Sands

(　 )85. Alex likes basketball very much and wants to become a member of the school team. What club will he choose?

A. Do you want to play with classmates? You can take part in kinds of activities.

　　 B. Do you want to become a Kobe or a James in our school? Our club has invited a retired NBA player, who will help you a lot.

　　 C. Do you want to travel all the world? We will invite a famous traveler to introduce the world.

　　 D. Please take part in our club. The teachers will help you practice spoken English.

阅读理解

　　O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862．O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.

　　When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

　　He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.

1．________ was the real name of the famous American writer of short stories.

[　　]

A．O. Henry

B．William Sydney Porter

C．Carolina

D．Texas

2．O. Henry was sent to prison because ________.

[　　]

A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B．people thought he had stolen money from the bank

C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D．he broke the law(法律) by not using his own name

3．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．O. Henry was from a rich family.

B．O. Henry was in school for a long time.

C．O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself.

D．O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.

4．O. Henry got most materials(材料) for his stories from ________.

[　　]

A．his happy life as a boy

B．the city and the poor of New York

C．the newspaper

D．his life in prison

5．People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because ________.

[　　]

A．they had surprising endings

B．they were easy to understand

C．they showed love for the poor

D．they were about New York City

想验证你的阅读理解能力吗？请仔细阅读上述的3a短文，注意细节，并根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。

(1)The e-mail message is from Henry to Sonia.

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(2)Sonia is going to her aunt's birthday party on Monday evening.

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(3)Sonia has to see the dentist on Tuesday.

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(4)Henry is going to the movies with some friends on Friday evening.

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(5)Henry and Sonia are going to the concert on Friday.

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