I don't do well in English, I still work hard on it.

A. or B. so

C. but D. and

— have you been like this?

—For a week.

A. How long B. How often

C. How many times D. How soon

Mobile phones are very common now and they are than before.

A. cheap B. cheaper

C. cheapest D. the cheapest

—Is that Jack speaking?

—No. He isn't in right now. He to the cinema.

A. would go B. went

C. has been D. has gone

—What did the teacher say?

—The teacher told us at the Capital Museum on time.

A. arrive B. arrived

C. arriving D. to arrive

—Would you like to go hiking with us?

—Sorry. My grandmother is ill. I'll go to her.

A. look after B. look for

C. look at D. look up

If he , I will let you know. He also wants to see you.

A. will come B. come

C. comes D. came

—I want to know the day after tomorrow?

—Ask Jim. He must know.

A. what will he do B. what he will do

C. what he did D. what did he do

—I'm sorry to keep you waiting for me so long.

— .

A. I don't think so B. That's right

C. It doesn't matter D. I'd love to

Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move. Because other children weren't allowed to come near him, he felt 1 and blue.

There wasn't much he could do except look out of the window. Time passed, and his feeling of hopelessness just 2 , until one day he saw something strange in the window. It was a bird eating a sausage sandwich. The bird came in, said "good afternoon" to the boy, turned around, and left.

Of course, the boy was very surprised. He was still trying to 3 what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey blowing up a balloon. After a while, as more and more crazylooking characters 4 outside the window, he laughed happily. 5 when seeing a pig playing the guitar or a dog wearing a pair of glasses and singing. The little boy didn't tell anyone about this 6 , who would have believed him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his 7 , and in his body. Before long, his health had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he got to talk to his friends, and told them all the 8 things he had seen. While talking, he saw something sticking（伸出）out of his best friend's school bag. The boy asked him what it was, and finally his friend had to 9 him what was in the bag.

There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits and disguises（伪装）that his best friend had been using to try to 10 the little boy up!

From that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.A. great B. sad C. nervous D. pleased

2.A. grew B. changed C. lost D. happened

3.A. work out B. make up C. point out D. look for

4.A. filled B. looked C. appeared D. came

5.A. crying B. thinking C. singing D. laughing

6.A. though B. because C. so D. but

7.A. heart B. hands C. health D. head

8.A. little B. humorous C. strange D. happy

9.A. provide B. send C. show D. satisfy

10.A. wake B. cheer C. pick D. raise