In the old days, his father was not able to earn enough money to ______ his family.

A. raise　　 B. bring up　　 C. make　　 D. support　

Mr. Black _______ Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane _______ on Sunday.

A. leaves; takes off　　　　　　 B. is leaving; takes off

C. is leaving; took off　　　　 D. leaves; is taking off

The UN is trying to ______ the world ________ hunger.

A. get rid of; by　　　　 B. rid; of　　　　　 C.be rid of ;by　　　　 D.get rid; of

1've only seen one copy of Gone with the wind in the bookshop opposite．Tom，g。and buy　 ．

A．one　 　　　　 B．a(chǎn)ny　 　　　　C．other　 　　　 D．the others

Four Year-Old Boy Becomes Queen Elizabeth’s Pen Pal

London, England: A four-year-old boy has become pen pals with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Tom Stancombe started exchanging letters with the queen after he set free a balloon, carrying his name and address, at a school party and it landed in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

The queen spotted the balloon and asked her personal assistant, Angela Kelly, to write a letter on her behalf.

She wrote: “The queen was delighted to find that your balloon had traveled all the way to the gardens at Windsor Castle.”

Tom, who proudly put the letter on his wall, wrote back to say that his great, great grandfather, the artist Petrus Johannes Arundzen, had been commissioned (受委托) to copy Dutch masters on display at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.

　 Angela at once replied that she would contact the Royal Collection to find out what had happened to the art works. She kept her word and two weeks later wrote to Tom to tell him what had happened to the etchings, explaining they now form part of the print collection in the Print Library.

　 Angela then asked a favor of Tom, writing: “Would you be able to ask your Mummy and Daddy for me if they know anything more about your great, great grandfather. Royal Collection would love to know more about him.”

　 Along with his parents, Tom wrote back to fill in all the gaps about Petrus Johannes Arundzen.

　 Although Tom’s parents don’t think there will be any more letters exchanged between the pair, they were touched that she had taken time to contact them.

　 Tom’s father said: “I don’t expect we’ll go another one, but I think it’s incredible they bothered replying at all.”

1. What is Windsor Castle?

　 A. A playing garden. B. The queen’s home.　　　 C. A post office. D. A rose garden.

2. What does the underlined word “etchings” mean?

　 A. Photos.　　　 B. Paintings.　　　　　 C. Postcards.　　 D. Cartoons.

3. How does the queen know the boy?

　 A. By chance occurrence.　　　　　　　　 B. By exchanging letters.

　 C. By letting go the balloon　　　　　　　　　　 D. By the queen’s secretary.

4.Tom’s parents ___________.

A. feel very much shocked about the letters and refuse to answer them

　 B. try to deal with the friendship naturally but refuse to do anything about it

　 C. don’t take the matter very seriously but somehow feel good at heart

D. don’t think this friendship will last long but still look forward to new letters

I wish that I ___ with you last night.

A. went B. could go C. have gone D. could have gone

– Excuse me, may I ask you some questions?

---Sorry. I’m too busy and haven’t even a minute to ______.

A. spend　 B. spare　 C. share　 D. stop

As I______ the little grass house in the forest, my heart beat more and more quickly.

A. approached　 　　 B. walked 　　　 C. ran　 　　　 D. stepped

__________ I toured the Great Wall, I was deeply impressed with the beautiful scenery.

A. Foe the first time B. At firstC. It was the first time D. The first time

“Our team is _____ to win the match.” “Really? But I don’t think so.”

A. easy　　　　　　　　　　 B. difficult

C. possible　　　　　　　　 D. sure