David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small  46   for fifteen years. It was a small place with only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he   47   a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His  48  moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had  49  friends here. At first he often played by  50  .

His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David  51  staying with her and talks to her a lot. Now they're good friends.

One afternoon, Cathy told David, “It'll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?”

“  52  . I'm glad to,” the boy said happily.

David got home and thought about what  53   he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he  54   to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't telephone her because he didn't know her  55  . At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What's the matter, dear?”

“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?”

“Nothing," the woman said, "I just wish I were sixteen.”

（   ）46. A. town          B. city          C. village         D. country

（   ）47. A. open          B. opens         C. opened        D. opening

（   ）48. A. home         B. shop          C. building       D. family

（   ）49. A. a few         B. few           C. a little         D. little

（   ）50. A. himself       B. him           C. his            D. he          

（   ）51. A. like          B. enjoyed        C. liked           D. enjoys

（   ）52. A. Well         B. No            C. Sorry           D. Certainly

（   ）53. A. book         B. dress          C. present          D. pen      

（   ）54. A. forgot        B. forget          C. remember       D. remembered

（   ）55. A. home         B. number        C. place           D. address  

This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my  1  , and I had been doing this for a long time!

    Mum came into the kitchen, asking, "Are you ready(準(zhǔn)備好的), Sam?"     

"Yes," I answered quietly,2  in fact I wasn't ready, really!

    On my way to school, I could feel my heart beating (跳動(dòng)) fast. I hated this.

    I went into Mrs. Green's class. She is smiling (微笑), and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.

    "Hi, Sam," she said to me as I walked  3  the classroom.

    "Hi," I said and quickly sat in my  4  . I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Green started, "Sam, it's time for you to give your speech."  "  5  in front of everybody? Oh, no! "

    I stood up slowly, looking at the ground and I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up, and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Green knew I was  6  , so she came beside me, and put  7  hand on my back.

    She said to the class, "Sam has worked very hard on his  8  and I know it is a very interesting report." Then she turned to me and asked, "Sam,  9  did you like best about the report on Hawaii?"  

      I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing, and I  10  to talk. I talked and talked in front of the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn't nervous. The class cheered when I finished and Mrs. Green was smiling.

1. A. house         B. class.             C. party              D. home

2. A. But            B. Then            C. So              D. Or

3. A. away         B. out of            C. into                D. from

4. A. seat           B. bed               C. desk             D. car

5. A. Put up        B. Stand up         C. Fix up          D. Dress up

6. A. glad          B. active            C. nervous          D. happy

7. A. she          B. her                C. hers                    D. herself

8. A. dictionary     B. magazine         C. newspaper         D. report

9. A. what         B. who                    C. where           D. whom

10. A. came.     B. allowed          C. forgot           D. started