根据已给的首字母给各句空白处填上一个适当的词，使句子完整、正确。

1.Last year Cindy was thirteen years old. And tomorrow will be her f?????????? birthday.

2.How can you make y???????? understood (明白) if you cannot express clearly?

3.Don’t open the door until the car s??? _???? .

4.Christmas is the most important holiday in w??????????? countries.

5.Today is so cold. The temperature is b??????????? zero.

6.You’ll have to speak louder. The old man is a bit d??????????? .

7.This teapot is made of glass. It’s broken e????????? .

8.Susan didn’t get m????????? until she was thirty-nine.

9.Ted got an A in this English test b????????? of his hard work.

10.My sister Tracy is m????????? interested in sports than in music.

　　One day Mr. Smith broke a teapot by mistake. He was worried because his wife liked it very much. But when Mrs. Smith came back and saw the broken pieces, she didn't get angry.“It doesn't matter, Jack,”she said.“Aunt Helen's birthday is coming near. I'll send this teapot to her and she'll think it broke in the post,'”

　　Then she said to Anne, their servant,“Collect all the pieces carefully and put them in this box. Take it to the post office and send it to Aunt Helen.”“OK.”Said Ann.

　　Aunt Helen came to the city to visit Mr. and Mrs. Smith a few days later. She was angry when she came into their house. She said,“Why did you send me a broken teapot for my birthday?”

　　“But Aunt Helen,”Mrs. Smith answered nicely,“it broke in the post!”

　　“Oh?”Aunt Helen said.“Why was each piece of it in one piece of paper, then?”

A．her birthday was coming near

B．they needn't buy any present for her

C．the teapot was their favourite

(3)“It broke in the post!”means“________!”

A．We broke in the post office

B．The postman broke it on the way

C．You broke it yourself

A．gave her an excuse

B．said they had done wrong

C．was very much afraid

A．The post office told her everything.

B．Not all the pieces were there.

C．Each piece was inside a piece of paper.

Meeting the English Family

　　Rosa and her classmates were in a street in West London. The sky was dark. This was Rosa's big day, her first day in England.

　　Rosa got out of a taxi. The driver carried a very heavy bag for her. They walked through the rain to the front door of a big Victorian house.

　　A small girl opened the door. She was four years old. Her brother stood behind her. He was only two years old. One minute later, a young woman came to the door.

　　“Welcome to Wembley!” she said and she offered Rosa her hand.  “These are my two children, Elisabeth and Isaac” “Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Frost! said Rosa with a strong Spanish accent.

　　The two children ran back into the living room.

　　“Don't worry about them! They're a little shy. And please call me Diana! Now let me show you your room and then we can have a nice cup of tea. Or would you like some coffee?”

　　“I'd like to try a cup of English tea, made in England.”

　　“This is your bedroom. There's a nice view (视野) of the football stadium (露天体育场) and here's a little desk where you can study. The bathroom and toilet are just opposite your door. Now I'll go and put the kettle on.”

　　“Excuse me. What's a kettle?”

　　“In England, we use a kettle to make hot water, we can then put the hot water in a teapot or use it to make coffee.”

　　Rosa was happy with her new home, but she was a little puzzled (困惑的). Perhaps her mother Maruja was right. The British were not normal people. They did not kiss when they met and they lived in large Victorian palaces. Their favourite drink was tea and they used strange metal kettles to make the water hot. What was she going to say to Elisabeth and Isaac? How could she make friends with two shy English children? Perhaps the answer was in the big, black psychology (心理学) book.

(1) It was Rosa' s big day. She and her classmates were in

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(2) Rosa's hostess (女主人) was called

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(3) What could Rosa see through the window when she was in her bedroom?

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(4) In this passage the underlined (下划线的) word “it” means

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(5) After reading the passage, we know that

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A. Rosa had some trouble in getting on well with the hostess

B. the two children didn't like Rosa

C. Mr. Frost offered Rosa much help

D. Rosa was happy with the new family, but she couldn't understand some of their customs(习俗)