Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, __1 __she didn't．It was disappointing．Her mother was __2__ about that．

One morning，Dinah just __3__ and was looking through the window．She saw her cousin skating on the __4__．He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never __5__ before．It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋)．Dinah thought it was interesting to __6__ on the street．She got up quickly and went outside．She asked her cousin if she __7__ try his shoes on．Her cousin said to her，”I know that your __8__ has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t 1earned．It is just because you are __9__．If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of __10__ like this．”

From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading．On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin．

Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, __1 __she didn't．It was disappointing．Her mother was __2__ about that．

One morning，Dinah just __3__ and was looking through the window．She saw her cousin skating on the __4__．He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never __5__ before．It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋)．Dinah thought it was interesting to __6__ on the street．She got up quickly and went outside．She asked her cousin if she __7__ try his shoes on．Her cousin said to her，”I know that your __8__ has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t 1earned．It is just because you are __9__．If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of __10__ like this．”

From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading．On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin．

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　　Tommy hated school and was always looking for 1 not to go. If he sneezed, he asked his mother to 　　 2 a note saying he has a cold. If he had a headache, he asked his mother to take him to 3 during school hours. He spent more time at home than he did at 4 . On the days that he did go to school, he looked for excuses to come home 5 . One day he came home from school 6 . His father was surprised.

　　“You’re home early,” he said. “Is the school closed today?”

　　“No, Dad,” Tommy said. “It’s open. I came home early.”

　　“How did you do that?” his father asked him. “What did you say to 7 ?”

　　“I told her that I had a new baby 8 and I had to come home and 9 you.”

　　“But your mother has had twins,” his father said, “a boy and a girl. You’ve got a baby brother and a baby sister.”

　　“Yes, I know, Dad!” Tommy said. “I’m 10 my baby sister for next week.

1．A. time　B. questions　C. excuses　D. things

2．A. write　B. find　C. give　D. put

3．A. the headmaster　B. the doctor　C. his father　D. his friend

4．A. hospital　B. classroom　C. school　D. office

5．A. only　B. finally　C. quickly　D. early

6．A. after school　B. in the afternoon　C. in the evening　D. in the middle of the morning

7．A. your teacher　B. your mother　C. your grandma　D. your uncle

8．A. cat　B. dog　C. cousin　D. brother

9．A. see　B. help　C. wake　D. tell

10．A. taking care of　B. writing to　C. saving up　D. putting down