Jeff Keith has only one leg．When he was 12 years old，Jeff had cancer(癌癥)．Doctor has to cut off most of his right leg．

    Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假肢)．The leg is plastic(塑料的)．

    With the plastic leg Jeff can ride a bicycle，swim，and play soccer．He can also run．

    Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs，too．They decided to run across America．

    When he was 22 years old，Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east (東)to the west．He started running in Boston．Seven months later，he stopped running in Los Angeles．Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs．Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles．In every city people give Jeff money．The money was not for Jeff，but for the American Cancer Society(協會)．

    On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about cancer．Jeff is disabled(殘疾)，but he can do many things．He finished college(大學)and is studying to be a lawyer(律師). Jeff says ，“People can do anything they want to do．I want people to know that．I ran not only for disabled people．I ran for everybody．”

1．Jeff's right leg was cut off because he had ____.

    A．an accident       B．cancer                  C．hurt

2．Jeff's friends ran across American with him．They all have ____.

    A．plastid legs           B．running shoes       C．bicycles

3．From the article we know that Boston is ______.

    A．in the west           B．in the east            C．near Los Angeles

4．Jeff Keith wants us to know that ________.

    A．disabled people can do many things

    B．It's 3200 miles from Boston to Los Angeles

C．running shoes are easily broken

5．“I ran for everybody” means ____.

    A．people can do anything they want to

    B．disabled people also can run   

    C．some disabled men will become lawyers

Manners are much more than just saying “please” and “Thank you”．They are ways of showing kindness．

    My husband Bob is a pilot．One day we were invited to a party at his flying squadron(飛行中隊). The noisy room was filled with naughty kids and their chatting moms and dads．Our youngest son，Daniel, was only 2 years old．We let Daniel play with the other kids．

    After a while，he came back with a package of peanut butter biscuits and proudly held them out to us．A pilot who asked “Do you know whose this little boy is?” followed him．

    “Yes，it is mine，”I answered，wondering what he may have done．

    “Well，”replied the pilot，“I’ve been passing out the biscuits to the kids for the last two hours，and your son is one of the youngest guys I gave them to．He was the only one who said ‘thank you．’ What he did makes me pleased．”

    Daniel smiled and proudly repeated，“Thank you．”

1．____ were invited to the party．

    A．Only pilots          B．Everyone             C．Pilots and their family

2．Daniel felt _____   when he showed his biscuits to his parents．

    A．excited             B．stupid              C．proud

3．How long did the pilot pass out the biscuits at the party?

A．All the evening．        

B．For nearly two hours．

    C．For a very short time．

4．How many kids said “Thank you” to the man when he gave them biscuits?

    A．Only one．          B．All the kids．       C．Most of the kids．

5．The pilot felt _______ when he heard Daniel said “thank you”．

A．sad                      B．pleased                C surprised

根據句意完成已給出首字母或漢語提示的單詞，使補全后的句子意義通順，語法正確。

1．Don't c______ the street when the traffic light is red．

2．The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing，the c______ city of China．

3．Tom is an e_________ student in our class．He always gets the first place on the exams．

4．Yesterday an accident h______ to Tony．He's in hospital now．

5．Dale was very n_________ when he stood in front of the teacher．

6．China is an _______(亞洲的)country．

7．My father doesn't ______(允許)me use his computer．

8．The ______(溫度)is very high．I feel hot．

9．This kind of contest ______(鼓勵)people in China to speak English．

10．She has three other pens ___________(除……之外)this one．She has four pens．

閱讀下面短文，用括號內所給動詞的適當形式填空，必要時可加助動詞或情態(tài)動詞。

    A Beautiful Dress

    My neighbor has an eight-year-old daughter．She used to(過去常常)live in the countryside．This year，her parents   1   (bring)her to town to live with them．

    She was very wild and used dirty words when she  2  (be)unhappy．Sometimes she   3   (sit)on the ground(地面)just to make her parents angry．Her parents tried  4  (teach)her by  5   (beat)her．

    However，she just became wilder．They were very disappointed with her，and  6  (not  know)what to do．

    One day their next-door neighbor，an old teacher，  7　(give)the girl a snow white dress(連衣裙)．The dress was very beautiful．The girl really loved it．She   8　　(put)on the dress and became quite another person．Now，she no longer  9  (use)dirty words and would never sit on the floor in the beautiful dress．Since then，she   10   (become)a lovely and polite girl．

根據對話內容，從方框中選擇適當的句子填入空白處，使其意義連貫，完整。

Henry：Hello，Sheila．I didn't expect to see you here．

Sheila: 1 ____________

Henry：When did you arrive?

Sheila：Just after lunch． 

Henry：2 _______________

Sheila：No，it was a nice day so I walked．

Henry：3___________

Sheila：Yes，I had afternoon tea with the girls．

Henry：What did you think of Linda?

Sheila：4_________________．

Henry：5___________________．

Sheila：No，she didn't join us．I haven't seen her yet．

I enjoy _____ the short and interesting article in the magazine．

A．watch               B．see                C．reading

I like comedies．They always ________ me very happy．

 A．make                 B．help                C．take

Kate is a very tall girl _________ long straight hair．

A．in                  B．with                   C．have

My brother Tony and I ________ last Monday．We really had a good time．

 A．join a party         B．joined a party              C．have a test

______ Sunday morning I did homework with my classmates．

A．At                B．In                 C．On