完形填空：
Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!
( )1. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. happy
( )2. A. joke B. fun C. turn D. game
( )3. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel
( )4. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed
( )5. A. made B. played C. helped D. did
( )6. A. weak B. pleased C. busy D. lonely
( )7. A. show B. visit C. meet D. send
( )8. A. farm B. city C. family D. school
( )9. A. wrote B. called C. moved D. returned
( )10. A. family B. school C. teacher D. farm
( )11. A. meeting B. school C. summer D. talk
( )12. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places
( )13. A interesting B. true C. long D. same
( )14. A. England B. Germany C. farm D. home
( )15. A. think B. see C. remember D. read
四、阅读理解：
A man was selling medicine at a fair（集市）．At first he sold bottles of a cure（药剂）for colds（感冒）for just a dollar a bottle．
Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure．
Then，when he had a big crowd， the man held up a very small bottle．
“And now，ladies and gentlemen，he shouted，“Here is the medicine you have been waiting for．The cure for old age．Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever．
“And，ladies and gentlemen，the man continued（继续），“I'm not going to charge（向……要价……）you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine．I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle．I'm not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle．Now，ladies and gentlemen，I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle． Think，my friends，for ten dollars you can live forever．
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this．
One person shouted，“If it can make you live forever，why don't you drink it？
Then an other person cried，“Yes， you look as if you're at least sixty years old．
“Thank you，sir，thank you，the man answered，“I'm so glad you said that． My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine．
The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man ．One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by ，“Is that true？he asked．“Is he three hundred and twenty-nine？
“Don't ask me，the assistant said，“I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years．
( )1．What did the man sell at first at the fair？
A．a cure for colds B．bottles C．a cure for old age
D．a medicine that made people live forever
( )2．The people didn't believe his medicine could cure old age because ____ ．
A．the medicine was too cheap B．the medicine was too expensive
C．he looked quite old himself D．he didn't look honest（诚实的）
( )3．How much did the man charge for the cure for old age？
A．one dollar a bottle B．twenty-five dollars a bottle
C．ten dollars a bottle D．fifty dollars a bottle
( )4．What does the word“assistantmean in this passage（段落）？
A．仆人 B．朋友 C．同伴 D．助手
( )5．What does this passage really mean？
A．The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive．
B．The man is not honest，and so is his assistant．
C．The cheaper the medicine is，the more people will buy．
D．The two men are very honest，and they would like to help people live forever.