It’s November 6th today. Ben and Lisa want to buy a birthday   46 . It’s their   47 birthday.
“What does she   48 ?” Ben asks Lisa. “I don’t know.” Lisa says, “We bought（買）her some hamburgers last time.”
“Yes,” Ben says, “and we ate (吃) some of them! We can’t do that   49 .”
“Let’s buy her a book. She likes   50 .” Lisa says.
“What kind of book would she like?” Ben asks.
“I don’t know.” Lisa says, “Let’s go   51  ask her.”
The children go to the living room. Mrs. Wilson is watching TV.
“We want to buy a book   52  you, Mom.” Lisa says.“What book do you want?”
“  53  money do you have?” Their mother asks them.
“We have twenty-five yuan.” Ben says.
“Good. That’s enough(足夠) for the book I want. It is Quick and Easy Cooking.”
The children buy their mother the book for her birthday. They   54  her present this time, but they often eat the nice food because their mother learns a lot   55  the book and cooks for them. They are very happy.
【小題1】A.flower      B. present          C.cards
【小題2】A. mother’s   B. Lisa’s          C.brother
【小題3】A.need         B.can               C.must
【小題4】A.before      B.ago               C.again
【小題5】A.running      B.shopping          C. reading
【小題6】A. but         B.and               C.so
【小題7】A. for         B.on                C.about
【小題8】A.How much     B.How often         C.How many
【小題9】A.not eat     B.eat               C.don’t eat  
【小題10】A.from       B.about              C.with

1.Tom’s shoes are the same as those football ____________ (play).

2.My mother asks me            (not play) with fire.

3.----______you _____(play) basketball  this weekend ?----Yes, I am.

4.---- Oh, look at the sun! ---- Yes. It’s a ______ (sun) day today.

5.Mum often makes Kitty ______ (do) her homework before dinner.

6.Walk past the bookshop and you          (find) the bank.

7.Mr. Green has a son. Today is his         (twelve) birthday.

8.______ (get) to the zoo, turn left when you come to the crossroads.

The entrance is on your left.

9.At the fashion show,all the children looked       (happy) at each other.

10.It is cloudy. The radio says it              (rain) tomorrow.

In winter，when the sun hides behind the clouds，everyone feels a bit low. You may be tired and find you want to sleep all the time. What you may not know is：you are suffering from (患有) SAD(季節(jié)性抑郁癥)．

But don't worry—it's normal. Colder temperatures and fewer hours of daylight can steal your energy and put you in a bad mood.

Read on to find out what SAD is and what you can do to help yourself or those around you.

These days，Linda，a US teenager spends most of her holidays sleeping instead of doing sports outside. She has also had trouble concentrating(集中精力) on her homework. When her mother asks her what's wrong，Linda doesn't know what to tell her. Linda may not realize it yet，but she's suffering from SAD. It causes people to sleep，eat sweet food and get sad or angry for no reason.

About 15 percent of American people now suffer from SAD in winter according to the US Department of Health. The US government has taken measures to help people beat it. Local communities encourage people to take part in activities such as exercise，dance or art. And they advise people not to eat too much sweet food.

Like in the US，cold northern European countries such as Finland，Iceland and Russia see a large number of people suffer from SAD every year. So，the sunlamp is widely used in these countries. It's an electric lamp which is just like a “l(fā)ittle sun” that gives off light to make people think the sun is shining and feel better.

1.Colder ________ and less ________ are the main causes of SAD.

2.Linda is feeling ________ and doesn't ________ doing sports because she's suffering from SAD.

3.      people suffer from SAD in        northern European countries.

4.In some northern European countries，the ________ is widely used to make people feel____ .

5.Taking an active part in ________ and eating ________ sweet food can help people beat SAD.

Helen’s eyes are not very good, so she wears glasses. But she doesn’t wear glasses when she is with her friend, Jim. When Jim comes to her house to take her out, she will take her glasses off, and when she gets back, she puts on the glasses.

One day her mother asks her, “Helen, why don’t you wear glasses when you are with Jim? He takes you to many lovely places in his car, but you can’t see anything. ” Helen says, “I look more lovely to Jim when I’m not wearing my glasses and he looks better to me, too. ”

1.Jim comes to take Helen         .

A. to school         B. to work        C. to see lovely places     D. to his home

2.Helen doesn’t wear glasses              .

A. when Jim is with her                   B. when she is at home

C. when she is at school                   D. in the evening

3.Jim and Helen go out          .

A. by bus        B. by car       C. by bikes       D. by plane

4.Which sentence is right?

A. Helen doesn’t like Jim.

B. Helen wants to look more lovely.

C. Jim doesn’t like glasses.

D. Helen’s mother knows Helen very much.

5.Jim looks better to Helen            .

A. when he sees everything clearly清楚地.

B. when she sees everything clearly.

C. when he doesn’t see things clearly.

D. when she doesn’t see things clearly.

Mary is __41__  English girl, but she is in France (法國) now. She is six __42__ old. Her mother says to her. “You are six,   43  you will be school here. You will like the school because (因?yàn)? it’s a __44__ school.” “Is it an English school?” Mary asks. “Yes, it  45  .” Mother answers.
Mary goes to school. The teachers __46__ very friendly and speak good __47__. And there   48  two other English girls in the class, __49__. She begins to like the school.
Her mother takes her  50  school __51__ the morning and brings her home in the afternoon.
One day ,when her mother is at school, Mary runs out  52   the classroom and says, “We have a __53__ girl in our class today. She is six, too. She is very nice, __54__ she isn’t English. She is a German (德國人).” “Doesn’t she speak English?” Mary’s mother asks. “No, but she always laughs __55__ English.” She says happily.