My name is Li Ping．I am a happy girl．I have many friends．One of them is   1   , and also my favorite．Can you   2   who it is? It's my radio．

When I was little, my family   3  to Shanghai during the winter holidays．I didn't have relatives（親戚）or friends there．I couldn't talk to   4   ．I hoped that I could go back one day because I   5   my hometown．Sometimes I became sad．

Thank God, I had my old friend … the radio beside me．She   6   me a lot of fun and happiness．She read me stories．She took me to beautiful   7   around the world．The most important   8   all, she helped me to get to know more about this city．The radio had some fun games．I made phone calls to the   9   station to answer their interesting questions．I had a lot of fun with the radio．It   10   my life more colorful．

1．A．special                B．personal             C．usual                D．trendy

2．A．guess                B．find                 C．choose                     D．pick

3．A．drove                B．moved             C．went                D．entered

4．A．someone             B．nobody             C．everyone             D．anyone

5．A．liked                 B．thought             C．remembered         D．missed

6．A．gave                B．brought             C．took                D．stored

7．A．places                B．cities                C．towns              D．countries

8．A．of             B．at                  C．in                   D．with

9．A．radio         B．train                 C．bus                 D．TV

10．A．helped              B．put                C．brought             D．made

Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in a big city, and one summer they went to the country（農村）for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet, clean place.

One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting in the warm sun in front of his house. Mr. Green asked him, “Do you like to live in this quiet place?”

The old man said, “Yes, I do,” Mr. Green said, “What are the good things about it?”

The old man answered, “Well, the people here know each other. They often come and visit me, and I often go and visit them. And there are also lots of children here.”

Mr. Green said, “That’s interesting. And what are the bad things?”

The old man thought and thought then said, “Well, the same things, are they?”

1.Mr. and Mrs. Green _______ the country very much, because it was a quiet clean place.

2. One day they _____ for a walk early in the morning.

3. The old man ________ enjoyed the country.

4. The people in the country are very ________.

Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place. 46  ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people  47 sealed (密封的) letters.
The 48  for the first decorated (裝飾的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card  49 a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 50  . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was 51 for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔開的) postcard. Then people could write their 52  on the back left side. And they put the address 53 . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more 54  picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.
Today, postcards are the 55  most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

【小題2】

A．liked B．hated C．found D．lost

【小題9】

A．surprised at B．interested in C．expected by D．worried about

John and Henry studied in the same school. John lived in fear of Henry — every day he gave his lunch money to Henry, but Henry still beat (揍) him up. He said that if John told anyone he would beat him up in front of all the other kids in his class. John had to ask his mom for more and more lunch money, but he seemed   1   than ever and came home from school hungry every day.

John even cried one day, and a girl told everyone that he was just like a baby and had cried. John was   2   and felt so bad about himself and about school.

One day, John met Jimmy, a boy   3   also had to give his lunch money to Henry. John told Jimmy how he    4   bullying (欺侮), and found that Jimmy felt the same. They finally thought of a good way of dealing with their   5  .

The following day, Henry came to John to ask him for his lunch money.

“I don’t want to give my money to you,” said John.

“What?” Henry shouted.

John said   6  , “I want to have my lunch today, and you, get away (滾開)!”

“You want to get beaten up?!”

Just then Henry’s fist (拳頭) was hitting John’s face, they heard   7   shout, “Stop!” Henry was very angry to hear that. He turned around   8   found that his teacher Ms Brown was standing just behind him. He felt very surprised. Jimmy had taken Ms. Brown to John’s class and she   9    the bullying with her own eyes. Henry was taken to the head teacher’s office.  10  that, he never bullied others again. John and Jimmy helped not only themselves but Henry and other kids.

1.                A．better          B．thinner         C．heavier   D．happier

2.                A．embarrassed     B．excited         C．relaxed   D．pleased

3.                A．which          B．whom          C．who D．/

4.                A．liked           B．suggested       C．appreciated   D．hated

5.                A．accident        B．task            C．trouble   D．friendship

6.                A．strongly        B．politely         C．sincerely  D．fortunately

7.                A．nobody         B．anyone         C．everybody    D．someone

8.                A．but            B．and            C．or   D．however

9.                A．listened        B．saw            C．looked   D．heard

10.               A．Before         B．Behind         C．After D．Except

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣賞）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪漢）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（請人畫像）!”