二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,计15分)
Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are
1 the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we decided to
2 a costume party(化装舞会) instead.
While we were writing the
3, my mum came in and asked, "Why not invite John?" John had been in our class for only
4 months, but he was already getting better grades in Maths than anyone
5 in class. I wrinkled(皱起) my nose, "Mum, he wears the same clothes to school every day. A costume will
6 him too much money." Mum said nothing.
The next day, Mum gave me a(n)
7 with a shopping certificate(凭证) in it. "I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John," Mum said. But how? We didn't want to make John embarrassed(尴尬的). We
8 it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good
9.
On the day of our party, kids
10, dressed differently. John came in the same clothes as usual.
We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud
11, "Now it's time for the great prize game. It's the following riddle(谜语)..." It was a Maths game. None of us was
12 when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope. He got the prize with pride.
13 went on well as we planned. The next week John wore a new pair of trousers and a new shirt. He felt
14. So did we.
When we help others, we need to find a proper way,
15 we may hurt them in another way.
(
A
)1. A. on
B. in
C. at
D. between
(
C
)2. A. has
B. had
C. have
D. got
(
B
)3. A. instructions
B. invitations
C. interviews
D. instruments
(
C
)4. A. a little
B. little
C. a few
D. few
(
C
)5. A. other
B. others
C. else
D. another
(
D
)6. A. take
B. spend
C. pay
D. cost
(
B
)7. A. letter
B. envelope(信封)
C. note
D. card
(
A
)8. A. discussed
B. talked
C. did
D. worried
(
D
)9. A. information
B. news
C. report
D. idea
(
D
)10. A. reached
B. got
C. arrived at
D. arrived
(
A
)11. A. voice
B. sound
C. noise
D. whisper
(
C
)12. A. interested
B. interesting
C. surprised
D. surprising
(
B
)13. A. Something
B. Everything
C. Anything
D. Nothing
(
A
)14. A. happy
B. happily
C. sad
D. sadly
(
D
)15. A. and
B. but
C. so
D. or
