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—At about seven o’clock.

A. do B. does C. did

—It’s an oval.

A. What shape B. What color C. What time

A．where are you going to spend

B．how you are going to spend

C．where you were going to spend

D．how were you going to spend

A. eleven; eleven B. eleventh; eleven C. eleven; eleventh

I'm very thankful to the cat and it always makes me think of the time I was with him.

Five years ago, when my father was dying, I travelled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. I felt very sad and it was one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away, I stayed alone in his flat. There were so many things to deal with. I was lonely and I hated the silence of the flat.

But one evening the silence was broken: I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell asleep.

The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been left by his owner. His owner had moved out, so the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the flat, I tried to work out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the flat door, he ran to me and jumped into my arms. It was clear from that moment that he didn't want to go anywhere. I started calling him Willis in order to remember my father's best friend.

From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap, time seemed to pass much faster.

When the time finally came for me to return home, I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.

It's been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have said how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.

【1】The writer felt ______ after her father passed away.

A. happyB. lonelyC. nervousD. relaxed

【2】As soon as the writer saw the cat, she ______.

A. had pity on himB. showed no interest in him

C. felt very frightenedD. felt angry with his crying

【3】The underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph means that the writer ______.

A. was too busy to keep the cat as a petB. was used to staying alone in the flat

C. needed something to fill my empty flatD. needed something to look after to kill time

【4】The cat rescued the writer by ______.

A. telling her what real life wasB. helping her tidy the flat every day

C. helping her finish the tasks on timeD. making her feel better in her hard times

【5】According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?

A. The cat didn't like staying in the writer's flat.

B. The writer and the cat were both homeless.

C. Willis was also the name of the writer’s father’s friend.

D. The cat was left by his owner because of an accident.

【6】What's the best title for the passage?

A. A lovely catB. My father and a cat

C. What I got from a catD. How to take care of a cat

A．to wake him up B．wake him up

C．to wake up him D．wake up him

—_____ 22 boys.

A. How many , They are B. How much , They are

C. How much , There are D. How many , There are

Unlike their classmates, they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons. Grace had to attend the art lesson and Karen had to attend her ballet lesson. “How I wish I could do something different today,” said the twins with one voice. All at once, an idea came to Grace and Karen at the same time. “How would you like to be me for a day?” they asked each other. It seemed like a wonderful plan to them. After giving each other a description of their own friends, Grace put on Karen’s ballet dress while Karen put Grace’s brushes and paints into her bag. Then they left for their classes.

When the art lesson started, Karen was lost. Unlike Grace, Karen was poor at drawing. When the art lesson finally ended, Karen didn’t dare to hand in her work.

Meanwhile, Grace was struggling in the ballet class as well. As she had no idea about the dance steps, she had to follow her classmates blindly. As a result, she kept knocking into them. Their ballet teacher became impatient with her, “Karen, you should remember the basic steps. You can’t rely on copying what others are doing.”

When Karen and Grace got home, they were tired out. They decided that they would never try to be someone else they were not. It seemed that the grass was not always greener on the other side.

【1】Did Grace and Karen like Saturdays?

【2】When did the twins get up on Saturdays?

【3】What was the twins’ plan when they decided to do something different?

【4】How did Karen feel at the beginning of the art lesson?

【5】Why did the ballet teacher become impatient?

【6】What does the underlined part “the grass was not always greener on the other side” at the end of the story try to tell us?