Dear Mom and Dad,
I will go to Alice’s home with her after school, and I will have supper and sleep there. Don’t    21   about me. You know that Alice is one of my    22  friends. If you want to talk with me, you can    23   68610598 after 6:00 pm.
Please forgive me for not telling you first. I don’t think you will    24 me to do so if I tell you first.   25  I think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends’ houses sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I’m not a little kid    26 . I hope I can make decisions for    27  .
At home, there are too many   28  for me to obey: Don’t stay out so    29  ; don’t have meals before    30   hands; don’t watch TV without finishing homework, etc. Parents should be    31   teenagers, but we need freedom, too.
I don’t like doing my homework    32   at home. I’d love to study    33   Alice. We can learn a lot from each other.    34   please allow me to stay at Alice’s house once a week. If you    35  , Alice can stay at our house with me, too.
Yours,
Lillian

完形填空（共15题，每小题1 分，计15分）

Miss Carter is a beautiful girl. Her father __1___ two years ago and her mother made a terrible mistake and was sent away. They began to live a    2   life. When she __3__ middle school, she couldn't go on studying. Her uncle found a __4__ for her. Mr. Baker, a rich shopkeeper, hired (雇) her. Her work was to clean the rooms and sweep the floors. She tried her 5  and worked hard. Mrs. Baker liked her and paid her  6  than the other servants (佣人).

It was Sunday. Mr. Baker was reading and Mrs. Baker was watching TV in the sitting room. The girl came in and said, “I'm ___7__, Mrs. Baker. I have to tell you I can't work for you any longer.”

It   8  Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The woman asked, “What makes you say that? Aren't we _9__ to you?”

“Yes, you are, Madam,” the girl said. "Have you found a piece of __10__work yet?" Mrs. Baker asked.

“No, I haven't,” Miss Carter said. “  11   I don't think you trust me.”

“You are __12__, Miss Carter,” said Mr. Baker. “I always think you are a  13  girl. And I often leave my keys in my study.” “It was 14  that you often left the keys in your study,” said the girl. “But I could use none of them to   15  the safe(保险箱).”

“Well,” said Mr. Baker. “You can go right now!”

1.                A．died           B．dieded         C．dying     D．dead

2.                A．excellent       B．fine            C．good D．hard

3.                A．finished        B．stopped        C．end D．over

4.                A．work           B．works          C．job D．jobs

5.                A．better          B．good           C．best D．well

6.                A．much          B．more           C．little D．less

7.                A．sorry           B．glad            C．angry    D．please

8.                A．in surprise      B．surprise        C．surprised D．surprises

9.                A．friendly        B．friend          C．rich D．cold

10.               A．good           B．better          C．best D．well

11.               A．But            B．And           C．Though    D．What

12.               A．wrong          B．right           C．foolish    D．bright

13.               A．bad            B．good           C．well D．happy

14.               A．poor           B．true           C．bad   D．well

15.               A．break          B．answer         C．find D．open

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Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which   1  until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the  2  street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to  3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them  4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a   5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly   6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to   7 the necklace. The earrings would cost   8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that   9 . Quick!”
With shaking   10  , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.

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My problem is my parents. They never stop going on about how I should keep my room tidy, keep my hair tidy and wear smart clothes. They even make me do the washing-up after dinner every night! None of my friends have got such tenable parents.  What should I do?
Helen, USA
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Hi, Helen. I think you should do what your parents ask. They’re much older than you and you should respect them. It’s their house you live in and their money you spend.
Emily, Australia
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Helen, why should your parents do all the housework? You should help around the house. –it’s only fair. I don’t think you should change your appearance though. Teenagers should look like teenagers.
Simon, England
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