On the terrible day, father took me to school. When he stopped in front of the school, I didn’t want to get out of the car. I looked at the students outside the building and suddenly felt sick. I slowly opened the car door and slowly got out. The body brace(支架) I wore made it hard for me to move and made me feel ugly. How I wished I were still in my school with all my friends. I didn’t know anyone here. I could feel that everyone was looking at me. I was sure that I would be the ugliest and strangest person they had ever seen. Tears fell on my new dress.
I struggled(奮力) to get through that day, and all the day for the following three days. I feel ugly for most of the time. I could hardly wait to take off the brace.
That day finally arrived on a rainy Thursday in Spring. I was so surprised and excited when the doctor said that I could take off the brace. From that day on, I began to love rain. I was free at last.
I danced up the stairs to the school building the next morning. I wanted everyone to see me, but to my surprise, no one said a word about my brace for the whole day, even Danielle, my best friend. I couldn’t wait to ask her, “Danielle, don’t you notice anything different about me? It’s the brace. The brace is gone.”
Danielle just looked at me and said, “ I know the brace is gone, but I don’t think it’ll make much difference. With or without it, you are still my friend.”
【小題1】How did the girl feel when she first went to the school?
A. She was surprised
B. She was upset.
C. She was angry.
【小題2】Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The girl’s classmates didn’t like her because she was strange.
B. The girl was always unhappy while she was wearing the brace.
C. The girl’s classmates changed their ideas after she took off the brace.
【小題3】The girl took off her brace ___________.
A. The following three days
B. the next day
C. on a rainy Thursday
【小題4】The girl _____________ in that school before she wore the body brace.
A. had never studied
B. had already studied
C. had known some friends
【小題5】What do we learn from the passage?
A. Danielle was quite different from the others in the class.
B. It was not ugly to wear a brace.
C. Few of the girl’s classmates thought that she was ugly.

完形填空，從每小題所給的四個選項中，選出最佳答案填空。（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

One day I go to my good friend Bruce’s home. There are four people in his family. His parents   1 both English teachers. He   2  a little brother.    3  name is Peter. Peter is only five years old. He doesn't   4  to school. So he doesn't know how to read or write. I see Peter sitting at the table with a pen   5  his hand. "What are you doing, Peter?" I ask. "I'm writing   6  my friend, Bill." says Peter. "But how   7   write?" asks Bruce. "You don't know the words, because(因為) you don’t go to   8  ". With a smile, Peter says. "But it doesn't matter（沒關(guān)系）because my   9 and I know the words on the moon. I write to him in the moon language. It’s easy(容易的) for him to read my letter. I tell him an interesting story. I’m sure Bill will be   10  to read it.” What an interesting answer it is!

1.                A．is             B．be             C．a(chǎn)m  D．a(chǎn)re

2.                A．has            B．have           C．is   D．a(chǎn)re

3.                A．Her            B．He’s          C．His  D．She’s

4.                A．go             B．goes           C．to go D．going

5.                A．on            B．in             C．to   D．from

6.                A．in             B．with           C．to   D．on

7.                A．you can        B．can you         C．you may  D．may you

8.                A．the party       B．the zoo         C．school    D．his home

9.                A．brother        B．sister           C．friend    D．teacher

10.               A．sad            B．busy           C．happy D．ill

My cat’s name is Lucy. She is a very pretty cat. Her hair is black and yellow. She has four children. She is very happy with her young babies.

The four children are not all like Lucy very much. The biggest (最大的) child is quite black. It is black with white feet (腳) and white ears. Two children are like their mother. They are black. My daughter says, “Aren’t they pretty ? Can’ t I have the black and white one? Isn’t he a tomcat (雄貓)?”

I say, “I don’t know, but I know the yellow and black ones are female (雌性的) .” “Are they? How do you know?” “For (因為) they are yellow and black. Tomcats never (從不) have that colour. I’ ll tell you something about that. Listen---”

1.Lucy is a _____ .

2.The writer (作者) has _____ cats: _____ baby cats and _____ mother cat.

3.文中劃線單詞 “black and yellow” 的意思是：

4.The biggest baby is _____ with _____ feet and _____ ears.

5.The story tells us the female cat’ s hair is _____ .

Do you know? There is one language ____ in every country in the world. People, young or old, short or tall, thin or fat, use it very often. It is everybody’s second ____ . It is very easy to ___, though you can’t hear it. It is a sign language.

?? When you wave(揮手) to a friend on the street, you are ____sign language. When you ___? up your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me, I think I know the answer,” or “I have some questions to ____.” When you smile at someone, you mean to be ____to him. When you put your forefinger(食指) in front of your mouth, you mean, “___ quiet, please.” When a policeman wants to ___cars or buses, he raises his right arm. Sign language is very useful in quiet places or places ___ of noise. It is different from body language.

1.A.used????????????? ??? B.use????????????? ??? ? C.using????????????? ????? D.uses

2.A.sign????????????? ??? B.action????????????? ??? ? C.language???? ?? D.expression

3.A.write????????????? ??? B.say????????????? ??? ? C.express????????????? ?? ??? D.understand

4.A.use????????????? ??? B.using????????????? ??? ? C.speak????????????? ????? D.speaking

5.A.look???? B.make???? ? C.put??????? ???? D.Take

6.A.ask???? ? B.say?????? ? C.answer???? ??? D.tell

7.A.friend?? ? B.friendly??? C.kindness?? ???? D.kindly

8.A.Take??? ? B.Make????? C.Is??????? ???? D.Be

9.A.say???? ? B.catch????? ? C.stop?????? ??? D.prevent

10.A.full?? ?? B.none?????? C.made????? ??? D.some

請用正確形式填空

1.She wants her daughter _______ _______（be）a teacher.

2. I know the girl _______ （name）Mary.

3.It’s very kind of you _______ _______（come）and see us.

4. The man enjoys ___________（discuss）business with others.

5. When she ______________（hear）the news, she couldn’t help ______（laugh）.

6. There is a boy _________（swim）in the lake.

7. My sister _______（be）born on May 15, 1992.

8.Thanks a lot for ______________（give）me the nice present.