I stood in the doorway，watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．When he realized that I was there，Rocky turned toward me  1  a sad smile．

    “I’m  2  tomorrow，”he said．“I know．”My  3  was almost a whisper（低聲，耳語）．I was angry at  4  for being so weak，but I wasn’t about to（將要）cry．“My  5  is early so there is enough time to come to the airport，”he said．Seeing the sad look on my face，he quickly added，“I  6   won’t leave without saying goodbye．”

    I tried to say  7  ．but didn’t．It’s always better to  8  if you’re about to cr．

    “You promised you wouldn’t cry，”he said to me，thinking that I was to cry．I remember the day he   9   me how to ride a bike．At first I thought he was always right behind me，holding the seat to keep me from  10  ．I was happy with this，but he knew he  11  hold me up all my life．He told me that one day he would have to leave．His coughing stopped my  12  ．What was left to say?  13  could l say goodbye to the person who taught me everything?

    The next morning I   14  ，looked at my alarm clock，and realized he had left  15  before．We never even said goodbye．

Goodbye，Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away，I knew he heard me，even if it was only an answer in his heart．

1．A．In                            B．of                           C．by                         D．with

2．A．leaving                     B．coming                  C．traveling                 D．returning

3．A．word                        B．noise                      C．voice                     D．sound

4．A．me                           B．him                        C．myself                   D．himself

5．A．bus                          B．ship                        C．train                             D．flight

6．A．hope                        B．promise                  C．wish                      D．a(chǎn)gree

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

8．A．cheer up                  B．keep quiet               C．enjoy yourself         D．keep away

9．A．teaches                     B．taught                    C．is teaching              D．had taught

10．A．riding                     B．running                  C．walking                  D．falling

11．A．could                      B．couldn’t                 C．had to                    D．didn’t have to

12．A．dreaming                B．imaging                  C．thinking                  D．realizing

13．A．How                       B．Why                       C．What                     D．When

14．A．gave up                  B．looked up                C．woke up                D．stayed up

15．A．hours                            B．days                       C．weeks                    D．minutes

【小題1】It’s ________ (polite) to ask a woman’s name in western countries.
【小題2】 Lily’s family is very poor, we must do something_______ (help) her.
【小題3】LiTao studies very hard because he knows the _______ (important) of study.
【小題4】The baby is too young , she is _______(able) to dress  herself.
【小題5】‘May I come in , Miss Zhao?’ He asked_________(gentle)
【小題6】------- Why didn’t Jim come yesterday?
-------Because his car______(break) down because of the heavy rain.
【小題7】 When my mother arrived home my father and I ________(plan) the trip to Sunny Park..
【小題8】The film was so__________(bore) that all of them didn’t want to see it.
【小題9】I found Jack_________(interest)when he tell funny stories.
【小題10】There are twenty girls in the swimming club,________(包括) 2 American girls.
【小題11】You’d better not believe what he says because he is__________(不誠實).
【小題12】What a__________(可怕的) snowstorm! It killed many people.
【小題13】It’s fine today, there is no_________(云彩)in the sky.
【小題14】The ___________(樹葉)turn brown and yellow in the autumn.