Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
　　Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
　　When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
　　Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
　　When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

　　1. A. afraid            B. worried      C. sure           D. happy
　　2. A. joke          B. fun            C. turn      D. game
　　3. A. talk          B. teach         C. show     D. travel
　　4. A. passed        B. arrived      C. lasted      D. changed
　　5. A. made         B. played       C. helped    D. did
　　6. A. weak         B. pleased       C. busy       D. lonely
　　7. A. show          B. visit                C. meet          D. send
　　8. A. farm          B. city            C. family       D. school
　　9. A. wrote        B. called         C. moved      D. returned
　　10. A. family            B. school        C. teacher      D. farm
　　11. A. meeting     B. school        C. summer     D. talk
　　12. A. people      B. cities         C. languages D. places
　　13. A interesting  B. true           C. long           D. same
　　14. A. England      B. Germany    C. farm         D. home
　　15. A. think          B. see            C. remember D. read

J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. She   46  born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years  47    than her. Both girls liked   48    to their father’s bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story  49    the age of six.

On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn’t know it. In 1992, Rowling began   50    the first Harry Potter book for young   51   . It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is   52   with people of all ages and about sixty   53    books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That’s   54    the Harry Potter series has been so popular.

J.K. Rowling is very   55   with the success. Now she’s really enjoying life. She said she would go on writing children’s books.

(    )46.A.is               B. was                C. has

(    )47.A.old              B. young              C. younger

(    )48.A.listen            B. speaking            C. listening　　

(    )49.A.in               B. at                  C. to

(    )50.A.write             B. wrote              C. to write

(    )51.A.writers           B. drivers              C. readers

(    )52.A.best             B. popular              C. glad　　

(    )53.A.million           B. million of           C. millions of

(    )54.A.when            B. where               C. why

(    )55.A.sad              B. worried             C. happy

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel.

　　“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1 The story happened _______.

　　  A. in England       B. on a ship from Norway to England

　　  C. in Norway       D. on a ship from England to Norway

2 Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?

　A. Because he had no money

 B. Because he didn’t feel very well

 C. Because he didn’t want to eat anything　

D. Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell

3 The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because ____

A. his friend had given him some money

B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship  D. he was too hungry

4 How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

　　  A. Only one       B. Two       C. Three       D. None

5 After the traveler finished eating, ________.

　　  A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill

　　  B. he drank a lot

　　  C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)

　　  D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals