Maria was born in Peru（秘鲁）.She grew up in a small village. She  46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she  47 to high school. Her family was very  48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  49 in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria   51 in the United States，she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  52 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  53 worked in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（将来）in the new country.

Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife 41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house  42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  43 and usually gave it nice  44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and  45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to   46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”  47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).

   One evening his  49  called and told him that his granddaughter was  50  in hospital. He went to see her  51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t  52  the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he  53  to say “Good morning” to the bird.

Suddenly(突然地) he  54  someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked  55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.

1.A. tired     B. went     C. left       D. worked

2.A. happily   B. alone    C. angrily    D. carefully

3.A. say       B. shout    C. tell       D. speak

4.A. house     B. clothes    C. food     D. words

5.A. asked     B. liked      C. hoped    D. decided

6.A. want      B. teach      C. have     D. with

7.A. to        B. with       C. at       D. about

8.A. anything  B. everything  C. nothing   D. something

9.A. parrot   B. friend   C. wife    D. son

10.A. ill    B. serious    C. bad    D. worried

11.A. at first   B. at once   C. all year round   D. all the time

12.A. wake up    B. stay up    C. sleep late   D. fall asleep

13.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. planned     D. stopped

14.A. thought   B. knew     C. heard    D. found

15.A. up     B. around      C. down      D. over

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry，but there was not any meat in the house. Thinking that there was no   46  way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words   47  it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said, “  48  this to the butcher, and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

  49  the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it   50 , recognized that it was   51  the lady’s handwriting and soon did   52  he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave half a pound of meat     53 .

The next day, the dog came again just at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog   54  meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customer.

But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock. The butcher   55  puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? ”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words there.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to find a small wallet lying there. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner’s   46   . There was nothing inside except a little money and an old   47  —a picture of a woman and a girl about sixteen years old. The young girl    48  the woman. I put the photo back and took the wallet to the
   49   station. I handed the wallet to a policeman.
That evening I went to have    50   with my aunt and uncle. They also    51  a young woman. So there were   52   people at table. Her face was familiar. I was quite    53   that we had met before, but I couldn’t    54   where I had seen her. During the talk, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon.   55   I knew where I had seen her. She was the mother of the young girl in the photo. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to tell her about her wallet.
【小题1】A. wallet                                                     B. name                                       C. money
【小题2】 A. book                                                      B. table                                        C. photo
【小题3】 A. looked like                                           B. took care of                           C. worried about
【小题4】A. bus                                                        B. railway                                    C. police
【小题5】A. dinner                                                    B. breakfast                                C. lunch
【小题6】A. found                                                      B. invited                                     C. had
【小题7】A. three                                                       B. four                                          C. five
【小题8】A. true                                                         B. right                                       C. sure
【小题9】A. get                                                    B. remember                              C. forget
【小题10】A. Suddenly                                       B. Unluckily                                 C. Sadly 

Some people learn a second language easily. Other people have trouble learning a new language. How can you help yourself learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to make learning English easier and more interesting.

The first step is to feel confident about learning English. If you believe that you can learn well, you will learn well. Be patient. You don't have to understand everything all at once. It is natural to make mistakes when you learn something new. We can learn from our mistakes. In other words, do not worry about taking risks.

    The second step is to practice your English. For example, keep a diary or make notes every day. You will be used to writing in English, and you will feel comfortable expressing your ideas in English After several weeks, you will see' that your writing is improving. In addition, you must speak English every day. You can practice with your classmates outside class. You will all make mistakes, but gradually you will become comfortable communicating in English

The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your diary. After each class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question correctly? Did you understand something the teacher explained? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it. Write these achievements in your diary.

    You must have confidence about learning English and believe that you can do it. It's important to practice every day and make a record of your achievements. You will enjoy learning English, and you will have more confidence in yourself.