" Wanted: A violin. Can’t pay much. Call…"

      The ad in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. Because my family was  36  , I couldn’t have a violin. So I asked, "Daddy, may I have a   37  ？" Daddy’s face looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy went home with a case in his hand. Inside the case was a second—hand violin for seven dollars.

      No one could know how   38  I was when I took my violin to school for my first lesson. Several years later, I became famous as a violinist. And then, I carefully   39  the violin away.

      Now   40  this ad, I discovered the case deep in my closet(储藏室). I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   41   , walked to the telephone and called the number.

      Later in the day, a man aged about 30 knocked at the door. "I’ve been expecting

someone can answer my advertisement.  My daughter wants a violin so    42   ," he said, examining my violin. "How much is it?"

      I said, "   43  dollars. "

      "Are you surer" he asked. "Seven dollars," I   44   and then added, "I hope your daughter will be   45   to have it and enjoy it as I did. "

      I smiled, but I found my tears roiling down my face.

1. A. rich            B. poor            C. large            D. small

2. A. drum          B. guitar           C. violin           D. piano

3.A. surprised      B. excited          C. bored           D. interested

4.A. carried         B. put             C. took            D. threw

5.A. about         B. by              C. in              D. for

6. A. ad           B. violin            C. case          D. newspaper

7.A. badly         B. easily          C. quickly         D. luckily

8. A. Ninety         B. Twenty         C. Seven           D. Five

9. A. repeated       B. showed          C. reminded        D. suggested

10.A. clever          B. sad            C. afraid            D. happy

More and more Americans are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are  41   bikes to work? We can answer the question in  42  ways. First, bikes don’t need gasoline (汽油), so it takes  43  money to use them. Second, a bike doesn’t  44 much space (空间), so it is  45 to find a                   place for it. And riding a bike is good for one’s  46 . People often drive their  47 to offices or to shops, but now people think riding bikes is a good way of doing sports.
That’s  48  more Americans are now riding to work  49  bike, and they are  50  their own cars at home.

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Harry is eight years old. He goes to school near his home. He always goes there and comes home on foot. One day he came home from school late. His mother saw him and asked him, "Why were you late, Harry?"

"My teacher was very angry and asked you to go to her office tomorrow."

"To her office? Why?" his mother asked. "Because she asked a question in the class." said Harry. "Nobody could answer it, but I could. "

"You are so clever, my son. " his mother said with a smile." What is her question?".

Her question is "Who put the tomato on my chair and made my trousers dirty?" said Harry.

1.Harry was late because _______.

        A. he did his homework at school 

 B. he played football at school

        C. his teacher asked him to stay at school

D. his teacher asked him to give a talk at school     

2._______can answer the teacher's question in class.

     A. Nobody  B. Harry  C. Many students  D. Some students

3.There is a _______on the teacher's chair.

A. book      B. tomato       C. bag       D. pen 

4.The teacher asked Harry's mother to school because _______

        A. Harry is eight    

B. Harry goes to school an foot

        C. Harry's home is near   

D. Harry made her angry

5.The teacher's trousers were dirty because _______.

       A. she sat on the ground     

B. it was raining hard .

       C. she sat on the tomato     

D. she had it for a long time