找出每組單詞中劃線部分的讀音與其他三個不同的選項。

1. A. nine               B. five              C. bike             D. his

2. A. name       B. game              C. hat              D. cake

3. A. long               B. sofa             C. clock             D. sock

4. A. me                B. letter             C. pen              D. red

5. A. this          B. that               C. thing              D. the

完形填空。

I was not quite seventeen when I decided to join the US Army. My mother tried her best to    1     me out of my dream, then finally signed the papers that would allow me to be a solider.       One day, nearly two years after the Philippines (菲律賓) became my     2   , I was told to go to the office of Lieutenant Colonel (中校) Boyd. He seemed to be a kind man, but I was pretty sure that he hadn't called me in to    3    the time of day.        Standing before his desk, I waited     4    as he read through some paperwork. Then he looked up. "Why, Private (二等兵), haven't you written to your mother for more than six months?"         I felt weak in my knees. Has it been    5    long? I thought.         "I don't have anything to say, sir."         Lieutenant Colonel Boyd told me that my mother had got in touch with the American Red Cross, which in turn informed me about that. Then he said, "Go to that desk, and you'll find some paper and a pen. Sit down right this minute and write to your mother, Private?"        "Yes, sir."         When I finished a short letter, I stood before him again.         "Private, I'm     6    you to find something to say to your mother at least once a week. Do you understand?" I did.          Some thirty-five years later, my     7    mother's mind was not as good as it used to be, and I had to place her in a convalescent home (療養(yǎng)院). As I     8    her own things in a big old strong box, I found some letters tied with a bright red ribbon (緞帶).          They were the letters I had     9    from the Philippines. I sat on the floor of her room that afternoon reading each one, tears (眼淚) running down my face. I now realized how deeply I, as a    10   , had made her worried by my careless thoughts.          The lesson I learned may have been too    11    to help my mother, but it's still    12   me good.          These days I don't need an officer standing over me to write my loved ones on a regular basis (定期).

(     )1. A. talk      (     )2. A. space    (     )3. A. lose      (     )4. A. worriedly  (     )5. A. that      (     )6. A. ordering  (     )7. A. angry    (     )8. A. looked for             (     )9. A. written  (     )10. A. son      (     )11. A. early    (     )12. A. made

B. carry          B. home            B. take            B. excitedly      B. very            B. asking          B. sad            B. went through   B. heard                      B. soldier        B. late            B. kept

C. push      C. country  C. waste    C. nervously  C. quite    C. telling  C. aged                  C. put away              C. brought  C. young man  C. long      C. done

D. take           D. dream          D. pass          D. unhappily       D. too            D. saying to                            D. sorry         D. brought out    D. saved         D. grown-up        D. short          D. given

    Ever since we became pen pals, Julien has sent me strange things. Once, she sent her sneeze in a jar. (“I have a cold, can you tell?”she wrote. ) Then she sent her fingerprint. (“So you’ll recognize me in a crowd.”)

    Julien sent me breakfast, all right：cornflakes. Soggy, milky, grainy, crumbly, limp cornflakes scraped from the bottom of her cereal bowl. I lost my appetite, but I read the letter.

Dear Caitlin, These cornflakes were so nutritious that I wanted to share this high-fiber, low-sodium，just-three-calories，balanced breakfast with you. Enjoy， Julien P. S. Next week I’m sending you a sunset.

    “She’s mistaken,” I told my mom. “No one can send a sunset, not even Julien. It’s impossible.”

    “I don’t know,” Mom said. “Julien might find a way. After all, she did send you her sneeze.”

    A week later I checked the mail and found a box with air holes and the words “FRAGILE—THIS SIDE UP” printed in bold black letters on the top. It was from Julien.

    I stroked the box with my fingers. It was perfectly dry. I smelled it. It didn’t smell. I held my breath and started opening the package. What if sunbeams spring out and hit me in the face like those fake snakes in a can; I thought?

    My hands shook as I lifted the last flap and peeked inside. Where in the world was the sunset? All I could find was a letter and a twisty, gray, papery shell. It looked like a submarine. I read the letter.

Dear Caitlin， The sunsets at my house are so beautiful that I had to give you a piece. I counted at least five different colors in one yesterday. Can you find more? Hugs and smoochies， Julien

    I looked again at the gray shell. That’s no sunset, I thought. “You must mean the submarines at your house, Julien，” I said. Without reading the postscript, I laid the letter and the submarine on the kitchen table. Then I left the room to find a pen so that I could cross out “sunset” and write“submarine” above it.

    When I returned, I stared in shock at the submarine. A creature was oozing out of it ! Was it a sea monster? I looked closer. It was a winged creature... an insect... a butterfly. An orange, blue, purple, red, and gold butterfly. It looked like... a sunset!

    While the sunset opened and closed its wings to dry them, I read Julien’s postscript. It said, “P. S. Next week I’m sending you Japan.”

1. What does the underlined word “oozing” probably mean?

   A. moving             B. jumping             C. swimming           D. flying

2. What did Julien really want Caitlin to see in the fourth mail?

   A. The setting sun.                          B. Colors of a sunset.

   C. A colorful butterfly.                       D. A new submarine.

3. We can learn from the passage that Julien was ___________.

   A. strange and clever                        B. honest and friendly

   C. creative and giving                       D. funny and inventive

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

   A. Caitlin was from Japan and had never seen Julien.

   B. Caitlin’s mom thought Julien’s gifts were fantastic.

   C. Caitlin was pleased with the cornflakes that Julien sent.

   D. Caitlin was expecting another unusual gift from Julien.