“Dear Mary, I’m your present. My first letter is in the world ‘book’, but not in ‘look’ .My second letter is in ‘ink’, but not in ‘thank’. You can find my third letter in both ‘ink’ and ‘book’. And my last letter is in ‘she’, but no in ‘ship’. What am I?”

Mary thought hard. B—I—K—E! She smiled and said, “Aha, I know, Mum. But where is it?” Her mother said, “Look at the back of the card.” Mary turned it over and read, “Come and look for me in the garden.”

Mary hurried to the garden. There under a big tree she found her present—a nice new bike!

“Happy birthday, Mary!” her parents said.

“Thank you, Mum and Dad.”

A．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下列各句.

1. Mary ______ home and saw a ______ on the table.

2. The card said, “There is a ______ for you.______ for it in your room.”

3. In her ______, she saw a new red box ______ the bed.

4. Mary’s ______ was in ______.

5. Mary ______ her new bike in the ______.

B．根據(jù)短文意思選擇正確答案

6. Mary’s birthday was on ______.

A. March the fifteenth　　　　　　　　　　  B.May the fifth

C.March the fifth　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.May the fifteenth

7. Mary’s birthday present was ______.

A. a beautiful card　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      B.a beautiful box

C.a beautiful bike　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.a comfortable bed

8. The first card was on the table. The second card was ______.

A. on the bed　　     B.on the desk　　　　　　      C.in the box　　    D.in a book

9. Mary’s present was ______.

A. on the back of the card　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　      B.on her bed

C.in her room　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.in the garden

10. Mary’s parents were ______.

A. very kind and funny　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.very poor

C.very rich　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　  D.very young

John: Here’s a good shop. Shall we buy mother’s birthday present here?
Mary: Yes, that’s a good idea. Shall we go inside?
Tom: No. Let’s look in the window. Shall we buy her a sweater?
Anne: Er, no. It’ll soon be summer. Let’s buy her a blouse to wear. There’s a nice one in the window.
John: No, she has two blouses. Let’s buy a ring.
Mary: Oh, no! They’re diamond rings. Look at the price. The cheapest is ＄15.
John: A real diamond ring is at least ＄500.They only look like diamonds.
Tom: Shall we buy a table? It’s only ＄15.
Anne: It doesn’t look good, just like a big box. Mum likes chairs.
Tom: But they haven’t any here.
Mary: What about a pen? So cheap! Only ＄10.
John: She has a lot of pens and pencils. All of them are new. 
Tom: Oh, look here. These flowers are beautiful.
Mary: They aren’t real and will never die.
John: And they’re the cheapest of all these things. Yes, let’s buy them.
Anne: All right.
【小題1】Who finds the shop to buy the present first?