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Mary didn’t know what to send to her grandparents for Christmas. It was always hard to choose a good Christmas present for them. They didn’t need much, and it was hard for her to be creative every year.

One year, she sent them a big wooden elephant. It sat on the counter for a year, but then it disappeared, probably into a closet somewhere. Another year, she made handmade soaps with nice smells, but they probably weren’t any better than store-bought soaps. Last year, she sent lots of nice pictures of herself in frames, but grandparents’ house was small, and they couldn’t hang up very many.

This year, she decided on fruit. She lived where it was warm and there was lots of nice fruit. Her grandparents lived up north, where it colder and they couldn’t get fresh fruit all year, or at least not oranges and grapefruit. Fresh fruit was healthy for her grandparents, too.

Mary went to a fruit store and sampled the red oranges. She really liked them and bought a kilogram. Then she tried three kinds of grapefruit. The white ones were sour. The star grapefruit were interesting, but the dark red grapefruit were great. So she got a kilogram.

Mary carefully packed the fruit in a box to keep them safe and dry in case one got smashed and its juice got everywhere. Then she wrote the address on the box and mailed it from the store. She felt happy with what she bought.

A few days later, Mary got a phone call from her grandparents, thanking her for the lovely fruit. They said it was a healthy, tasty, and very thoughtful gift. Mary had never felt sogood before.

1.Mary wastroubled because she___________.

A. had no idea for a holiday gift

B. we no creative in her work

C. could notafford Christmas gifts

D. found her grandma bard to please

2.What didMary send her grandparents last year_________.

A. A wooden elephant

B. Handmade soaps

C. Her own pictures

D. A store-bought closet

3.In se1ecting the gifts, Mary was ___________.

A. excited

B. impatient

C. exhausted

D. thoughtful

4.Which ofthe following did Mary buy for her grandparents this year_________.

A. Yellow oranges

B. Dark red grapefruit

C. White grapefruit

D. Star grapefruit

5. Mary’s grandparents___________.

A. loved her gift

C. wrote her a letter

B. sent her a card

D. put her gift away

“it’s only fair, ” mr. el explained to his new fourth graders as they stood in line waiting for the lunch bell 3 , “that we turn things around. every year you guys line up in alphabetical order(按字母次序). alphabetical order to go to lunch, to go to gym, to go home, and so on. this year we’re using reverse(相反) alphabetical order.”

mindy vale put her hand down as mr. el pointed 4 her. “i’ve always had to stand at the back of the line, ever since kindergarten! now i’m near the 5 . thank you, thank you!”

the teacher smiled. 6 , he called on christopher cash, a serious and thoughtful young man. “mr. el, i think you should 7 ” this policy. this is very drastic and unnecessary. this could confuse our fragile young minds!

“put a lid on it, chris!” shouted david tyler.

“we won’t have any outbursts like that, david! ” mr. el said firmly. he turned 8 “don’t 9 , christopher. we only have strong minds in this class.” christopher.

“how many of you think this is a good idea？ ” mr. el asked. as you would probably 10 , most of the hands that went up were in the latter half of the line.

1. a. hated b. liked c. heard d.needed

2. a. no b. that c. his d.her

3. a. ring b. to ring c. ringing d. rung

4. a. out b. for c. in d. to

5.a. last b. front c. bottom d. forward

6.a. so b. therefore c. then d. after

7. a. reconsider b. carry c. think d. make

8.a. at b. in c. toward d. down

9. a. move b. worry c. scream d. speak

10. a. expect b. doubt c. forget d. review

A.to

B.for

C.of

D./

A.kindness

B.kind

C.kindly

D. unkind

A.of, light

B.for, big

C.like, small

D.of, heavy

A.nearly

B.hardly

C.merely

D.barely

A.that

B.why

C.whether

D.when

A.from you to

B.of you to

C.by you to

D.that you

A.does;friend

B.does;friendly

C.do;friend

D.do;friendly