Jane Scott is fourteen and the year before last she began to study in a middle school. She likes dancing and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks it difficult to learn. She falls behind her classmates and once failed the math exam. She decides to drop it. Her father is angry with her when he knows about it.
It was Sunday. Mr Scott gave a call to his sister, who teaches math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math. The woman came quickly and said. “You’re a clever girl, Jane. I’m sure you’ll soon do well in math if you work hard at it.”
“I’m afraid I can’t, Aunt,” said Jane, “Girls can’t be good at math.”
“I don’t think so,” said the woman. “I was good at it when was a girl. You must do more exercises and practice a math problem again and again until you master it. Remember: Practice makes perfect. Well, it’s a math problem. Think about it and practice it again, and you’ll work it out.”
“OK,” said the girl, “Let me try.”
About an hour later, Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I’ve done the problem ten times.”
“Well done!” her aunt said happily, “What result did you get?”
“Ten answers.”
【小题1】Jane has difficulty in learning ______.

Mary’s dime（一毛钱）

It was Sunday afternoon. I decided to clean up the room nicely so that my parents would feel   1  when they returned from a long ride! Then, I sat in the room, having nothing to do.

　　 What else could I do? Then, with no reason, I suddenly  2  the pale face of that little beggar(乞丐) girl. I could see the glad light   3  her eyes when I put the dime in her little dirty hand.

　　  How much I  4  that dime, too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs, but those sugar apples looked so attractive, and were so   5  — only a dime a piece — that I wanted to have one.

　　  I could imagine the little girl stood there in front of the  6  in her old dirty dress, looking at the   7  that were put all in a row in the window. I wonder what I should say, “Little girl, what do you want?” I gently asked. She felt   8  and looked straight at me, just as if（似乎）nobody had spoken so   9  to her before. She realized what I had meant, so she said seriously and sadly. “I was thinking how good one of those delicious hamburgers would  10 . I haven’t had anything to eat today.”

　　 Now I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good lunch today,   11  this poor girl has not had a mouthful yet. You can give her your  12 . She needs it a great deal more than you do.”

　　 I could not run away from that little girl’s sad,  13  look — so I dropped the dime right into her hand. How  14  the girl was! I am so glad I gave her the dime,  15  I had to go without the apple lying there in the window.

1.                A．disturbed       B．unhappy        C．satisfied  D．interested

2.                A．saw            B．remembered    C．forgot    D．described

3.                A．filling          B．protecting       C．attracting D．touching

4.                A．hated          B．loved          C．missed   D．noticed

5.                A．valuable        B．meaningful      C．expensive D．cheap

6.                A．market         B．library          C．store D．bookshop

7.                A．dresses         B．magazines       C．books    D．candies

8.                A．surprised       B．excited         C．pleased   D．worried

9.                A．happily         B．kindly          C．angrily   D．sadly

10.               A．taste           B．sound          C．feel  D．smell

11.               A．since          B．so             C．and  D．but

12.               A．apple          B．hamburger      C．dime D．candy

13.               A．proud          B．angry          C．calm  D．hungry

14.               A．grateful        B．unlucky        C．lonely D．friendly

15.               A．unless         B．if              C．though    D．because

It was Sunday yesterday. Bruce went to play football with his friends. Soon he felt   1  and took off his coat. On his way home, he forgot to put it on. This morning, he didn’t feel    2  

and couldn’t go to school. His mother told him   3  and then went out to buy some   4  

for him. An hour later he didn’t want to lie there,   5  he stood by the window and looked outside. The weather was fine today. Soon his mother came back and said, “It’s   6  outside. Go to sun yourself    7   you take the medicine.”

Bruce took the medicine and went out to play alone (独自地) beside a house.   8  a salesman（推销员）came up to him and asked, “Did your mother come back, my little friend?”

“Yes, sir,” answered the boy.

The man began to ring the doorbell（门铃）but   9  answered. He rang it  10  a long time and became angry.

“There is no one in the house, You played a joke（玩笑）on me!” said the salesman.

“ But that’s not my house,”  Bruce answered.

1.A. tired               B. hot              C. cold

2.A. good               B. nice             C. well

3.A. lie in bed          B. to lie in bed    C. to stay at home

4.A. medicine            B. food             C. fruits

5.A. so                 B. but              C. and

6.A. cold                B .warm             C. rainy

7.A. after              B. before           C. when

8.A. During this time    B. At that time     C. Just now

9.A. anyone             B. someone          C. no one

10.A. with             B. at                   C. for

It was Sunday yesterday. Bruce went to play football with his friends. Soon he felt   1  and took off his coat. On his way home, he forgot to put it on. This morning, he didn’t feel    2  
and couldn’t go to school. His mother told him   3  and then went out to buy some   4  
for him. An hour later he didn’t want to lie there,   5  he stood by the window and looked outside. The weather was fine today. Soon his mother came back and said, “It’s   6  outside. Go to sun yourself    7   you take the medicine.”
Bruce took the medicine and went out to play alone (独自地) beside a house.   8  a salesman（推销员）came up to him and asked, “Did your mother come back, my little friend?”
“Yes, sir,” answered the boy.
The man began to ring the doorbell（门铃）but   9  answered. He rang it  10  a long time and became angry.
“There is no one in the house, You played a joke（玩笑）on me!” said the salesman.
“ But that’s not my house,”  Bruce answered.
【小题1】A. tired               B. hot              C. cold
【小题2】A. good               B. nice             C. well
【小题3】A. lie in bed          B. to lie in bed    C. to stay at home
【小题4】A. medicine            B. food             C. fruits
【小题5】A. so                 B. but              C. and
【小题6】A. cold                B .warm             C. rainy
【小题7】A. after              B. before           C. when
【小题8】A. During this time    B. At that time     C. Just now
【小题9】A. anyone             B. someone          C. no one
【小题10】A. with             B. at                   C. for

单词拼写。根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】One of the rules is that all the students must pay a________ to their teachers in class.
【小题2】A k________ person is a person who knows a lot about everything.
【小题3】My mother p________ coffee to tea. But I like tea a lot.
【小题4】I won’t go to his birthday party u________ I am invited.
【小题5】The old man lives alone and aren’t happy these days. Let’s go to see him and c________ him up.
【小题6】He told his mother he needed a mobile phone, but she gave a d________ ear.
【小题7】When he got to school, he found the classroom was e________. He realized it was Sunday.
【小题8】There are many a________ and modern things on display in the museum.
【小题9】---W________ backpack is it?
--- I don’t know. Let’s ask them and find the owner.
【小题10】My bike is broken. I’ll get it r________ this weekend.