David was a middle school student. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and he had a very big 1  . They lived in a small village  2 fifteen years. Later on Mr. Hill opened a shop in our town and  3 a house here last month. Then his family moved to the new house and David began to  4  in our class. But at first he had 5 friends at school. He was always alone. His neighbour Cathy was a  6  girl. She had many friends. When she found the boy 7  talked with others, she decided to  8 him. She talked a lot with him and sometimes played with him. So very soon   9 became good friends.

    One afternoon, Cathy said to David, "It'll be my 10  birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday 11 . Will you please come?"  "Certainly, I'm glad to." the boy said  12  . David got home and thought about 13he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he forgot    14 the girl what she liked. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, "What's the matter, dear?" "What would you like   15   it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?"

    "Nothing," the woman said, "I just wish I were 16."

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Do you want to become an astronaut? If you want to be one of the few people to experience the thrill of lift-off(发射), see the Earth from on high and float(漂浮) in a spacecraft, then how do you go about it?

First, you must really want to become an astronaut as it takes many years of study and work before you even begin your astronaut training. Most astronauts begin when they are between 27 and 37. Second, you need to be clever enough to attend a university to study engineering, medicine or one of the sciences. Many astronauts also learn to be pilots in their country's air force(空军). Third, astronauts come from many different countries, so they need to speak English. Then they can all talk to one another. Fourth, you must be healthy as astronaut training can be very tiring. Lastly, on a spacecraft, astronauts live and work in a very small space, so you need to get on well with people.

    Are you still interested? If so, maybe you will become one of the men or women that orbit the Earth in a spacecraft, walk in space or visit Mars. See you in space!

    In the universe, as we all know, there is the sun, the moon, the earth and a good many stars. Through our geography lessons, we know the earth goes around the sun, and the moon goes around the earth. We have day and night because the earth keeps turning all the time. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.

    Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. Big things will look smaller when they are further, and small things also look bigger when they are nearer.

    The sun is big enough to give out very strong light. The moon can't give any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually (事实上) the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon also because they are further away from the earth.

    There are many other planets in the universe. But of all the planets, only on the earth there are living things and people can only live on the earth, too. But at 9:00 a.m. on October 15th，2003, Chinese pilot Yang Liwei was sent up to space. He stayed there for 21 hours. It was the first time for Chinese to get into space.

    All        the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep        (health), happy and to live longer.   

    People play different        (sport) in winter and summer.        is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating.

    Some sports are very popular and people everywhere like       . For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men, women, boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about it. Running and jumping        (begin) long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather        (new) than others.

    I also like        (do) sports and I look        (strong). I have entered a lot of competitions. I        (win) many prizes already. I hope everyone will do sports and be healthy.

A. I talk with some old friends from school. I can find them on the Internet. There's a cool new website where I can find people. So I put in a friend's name, and there he is!

B. I often check out some book sites. I like to buy some books on line, because some of the books can't be found in bookstores. It's great!

C. Every morning I read the news on line and catch up on all the sports results. I don't have to take newspapers to my office.

D. I always watch the flash movie's on line. Sometimes I play the flash games on line.

E. I often go traveling by train. To order train tickets on line is much easier and faster. And I can get tickets in my office or at home.

①http: // www. train. cei. got. cn         

②http: // www. Daily news. com         

③http: // www. Book 385. com         

④http: // www. Flash8.com.cn         

⑤http: // www. Friend net-find. Info         

要点提示：1.张老师是我的英语老师，他来自河南，38岁。2.他高个子，有着黑色短发，看上去很年轻，性格外向(outgoing)。3.他很喜欢运动和音乐。4.他是良师益友，对我们既严格又很友好。当我们取得好分数时他为我们感到骄傲。5.对他表达谢意。