In learning English，one should first pay attention to listening and speaking．It is the groundwork of reading and writing．You’d better  31  your best to speak while you do much listening．Don’t be  32  of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your  33 ．While you are doing this，a good  34  is to write-keep a diary，write notes or letters．Then if you can，ask some others to go through  35  you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be  36  found when you write．Through correcting mistakes，you can do better in learning English．

If you are slow in speaking，don’t  37  about it．One of the helpful ways is reading，either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose  38  interesting to read． It mustn’t be too difficult for you．When you are reading  39  this way，don’t stop to  40  the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences．You can do that some other time．

31．A．have         B．send         C．make          D．try

32．A．sure         B．a(chǎn)fraid       C．proud         D．tired

33．A．English      B．Chinese      C．Japanese      D．French

34．A．start        B．idea         C．way           D．manner

35．A．how          B．when         C．why           D．what

36．A．happily      B．easily       C．really        D．slowly

37．A．talk         B．fear         C．worry         D．hurry

38．A．something    B．everything   C．a(chǎn)nything      D．nothing

39．A．by           B．on           C．a(chǎn)t            D．in

40．A．look at      B．look for     C．look up       D．look over

　 A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much 31 in computer．One day，he 32 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland， 33 kilometers away from America．

“I didn't know 34 I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 35 the message kept coming．

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 　36 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 37 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 38　 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. 　39 , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

　　　 “I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but 　40　 saved her life.”

31．A．interest　 　　　　　 B．interested　 　　　　 C．interesting 　　　　　　 D．interests

32．A．sent　 　　　　　　　　 B．sends　 　　　　　　　 C．was sending 　　　　　 D．is sending

33．A．thousand 　　　　　　 B．thousand of　 　　 C．thousands 　　　　　　 D．thousands of

34．A．how　 　　　　　　　 B．what　 　　　　　　　 C．where 　　　　　　　　　 D．when

35．A．So　 　　　　　　　　 B．And　 　　　　　　　 C．But 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．As

36．A．telephoned　 　　　 B．replied　 　　　　　　 C．found 　　　　　　　　　 D．talked

37．A．better　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．worse　 　　　　　　　 C．harder 　　　　　　　　　 D．easier

38．A．with　 　　　　　　　 B．on　 　　　　　　　　　 C．to 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．a(chǎn)t

39．A．Hardly　 　　　　　 B．Happily　 　　　　　 C．Luckily 　　　　　　　　 D．Carefully

40．A．a(chǎn) boy　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．doctors　 　　　　　　 C．the police　 　　　　 D．email

Bruce shook his money box again.

Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. All that he had was $24.52. The　 31　 which he wanted was at least $90. How on earth(究竟) was he going to get the rest of the　 32　 ?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang out(閑逛) with people when you were the only one　 33　 a bicycle. He thought about　 34　 he could do. He couldn’t get money from his parents, because he knew they had no extra(額外的) money.

There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn(掙錢) it. He would have to find a job. He decided to ask Mr Clay for　 35　 .

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr Clay. “You see, my windows need cleaning and my car needs washing”.

That was the beginning of Bruce’s part-time(兼職) job. For the next three　 36　 he worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs for walks and cleaned rooms.

The day finally came when Bruce　 37　 his money and found $94.32. He wasted no time and went down to the shop to　 38　 the bicycle he wanted. He rode home proudly, looking forward to　 39　 his new bicycle to his friends. Bruce liked his bicycle very much because he had bought it with his own money. At last, his dream came true, and his parents were　 40　 of him.

31．A．car　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．bicycle　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．truck

32．A．money　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．help　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．food

33．A．with　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．without　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．behind

34．A．why　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．how　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．what

35．A．food　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．a(chǎn)dvice 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．water

36．A．months　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．minutes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．seconds

37．A．lent　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．lost　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．counted

38．A．choose　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．sell　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．drive

39．A．borrowing　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．showing　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)sking

40．A．famous　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．strict　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．proud

　What must you do when you receive a present 31 your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words “Thank you” are 32 important. We have to use them very often. We say them when someone gives us a drink, 　33 us to pick up things, lends us a book or gives us a gift.

　　Another important word is “please”. Many people 34 to use it. It is rude to ask someone to do something without saying “please”. We have to use it when we 35 something, too. It may be a book 36 a pencil, more rice or help. We have to use “please” to make request pleasant.

　　We have 37 “Sorry”, too. When we have 38 someone, we’ll have to go up and say we’re sorry. When we have forgotten something, we will also say “sorry”. We can make people 39 wrongs by saying it.

　　These three words are 40 . Our children must learn to use them. They are pleasing words to use in any language.

（　 ）31．A、in　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B、at　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C、for

（ 　 ）32．A、so　　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B、very　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、rather

（　 ）33．A.helps　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B、has　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、lets

（　 ）34．A.want　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B、forget　　　　　　　　　　 　 C、remember

（　 ）35．A.ask for　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 B、want　　　　 　　　 　　　　 C、need

（　 ）36．A.but　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B、and　　　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、or　　

（　 ）37．A.learn to say　　　　 　 　　　　 B、learn and say　 　 　　　　 C、to learn to say

（　 ）38．A.fell　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B、hurt　　　　 　　　 　　　　 C、felt　

（　 ）39．A.remember　　　　　 　　　 B、forget　　　　　　 　 　　　　 C、need

（　 ）40．A.difficult but important　　　 B、simple but important 　 C、useful but difficult

  A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden．One day，she said to her  31  ，“Betty，come here．Look at all these little yellow marks on the  32  of the cabbages．They are eggs of a kind of insect(蟲(chóng)子)．They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages．This afternoon you must  33  all the eggs on the leaves and kill them．In this way，you will help us have  34  ，greener and bigger cabbages．”

    Betty didn’t think she should do it  35  and in the end she forgot all about it．The mother fell ill for a few days and  36  work in her gardern. When she was well，she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages．To  37  surprise，the insects had eaten every leaf。When Betty saw this，she began to  38  ．Then her mother said to her．“We should never put off what we have to do today till  39  ．And you must learn to deal with the bad things while they are small，  40  it will turn into a big problem．”

(  )31．A．son                            B. mother                          C．daughter

(  )32．A.  trees                          B. leaves                           C．grass

(  )33．A．find                         B. eat                                C．fly

(  )34．A．worse                      B．better                          C. thinner

(  )35．A.  at most                   B．a(chǎn)t last                          C．a(chǎn)t once

(  )36．A．must                       B. couldn’t                        C. need

(  )37．A.  my                         B.  their                           C．his

(  )38．A．cry                          B．wait                            C．run

(  )39．A.  yesterday                B. today                               C.  tomorrow

(  )40．A. but                           B. or                                 C．a(chǎn)nd