My name is Grace. Today is Sunday. It is a nice day. It is also my grandfather's birthday. He is 80 years old. My parents and I go to his home. We don't get up early because the alarm clock (闹钟) doesn't work. We don't have much time for breakfast. We go to a supermarket to buy some fruit and a birthday cake at eight thirty. Then we go to my grandparents' home quickly. We get there at 11:15. My grandparents are very happy to see us. We have lunch at 12 o'clock. After lunch, we play chess with my grandfather. It is interesting. We go home at about four o'clock in the afternoon. It is a happy day.

    My mother is a junior high school teacher. She (A)_ English.

    My mother gets up at 6 o'clock every day and has breakfast at 6:30 a.m. She always (B)arrives at school at 7:25 a.m. (C)She usually has two lessons in the morning. In the afternoon, she has one lesson. (D)放学后, she plays volleyball with her students.

     (E)_ the evening, she cooks dinner. After dinner, she prepares her lessons. (F)She sometimes helps me do my homework. She usually goes to bed at 11 p.m.

    Everyone likes to listen to stories.下面是一个有趣的故事。

    Henry goes to his friend Sam's house. There is a big party there in the evening. It starts at 7:00" I can eat delicious food and meet my old friends there," says Henry. And he is happy. Henry starts from his home at 5:30 pm. When he comes to a big tree, he sees a box of apples under it. "I don't want these apples. I want the party" And then Henry comes to a river (河). But there aren't any boats (船). What a bad day! Henry can't go to Sam's house. So he decides (决定) to go back home. ~d then he is happy to see the apples under the tree on ~s way home. He eats

them for dinner before he gets home. They are delicious.

    A few days ago,I ran into(撞上)a stranger as he passed by.I said sorry to him, and he said,“Excuse me too,I wasn't even watching for you.”We were very polite,this stranger and I. Then we went on our way after saying goodbye.

    Later in the kitchen at home,as I cooked our meal,my daughter Betty walked up to me, very quietly.When I turned around(转身),I nearly knocked her down.“Get out of the way!”I shouted angrily.She ran away,crying.

    That night,when I lay in bed,my husband said to me,“You were so rude to Betty.Go and look around on the kitchen floor,and you'll find some flowers there.Betty brought those for you.She picked them herself－pink,yellow,and your favorite blue.”

    When I heard this,I thought deeply:While meeting with a stranger,I was calm and polite;but with my daughter,I was not patient(耐心的).I felt sad and tears began to fall.

    I quietly went to Betty's bed.“Wake up,my dear,”I said.“Are these the flowers you picked for me?”She smiled,“I found them by the tree.I knew you'd like them,especially the blue.”I said,“I am so sorry that I treated(对待)you that way today.”And she whispered,“Mommy,that's okay－I still love you anyway.”I kissed her and said,“I love you too and I do love the flowers.”

    That day Betty gave me a lesson on how to get along with each other in the family.I spent much time on work before and didn't realize how important family life was.I decided to do better in the future.

根据短文内容完成下列各题。

    Li Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy who works hard in school and gets good grades. It is hard to believe that he used to be a "problem child". Li Wen lives in the Sichuan countryside. As a small child, he seldom caused any problems. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.His parents moved to the city to look for jobs. He had to live with his grandparents. Li Wen began to cause problems for himself and his family. He was no longer interested in studying. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}and he failed his examinations.

    Finally, his parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school. There were so many rules, and he used to keep breaking them. One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and she advised his parents to talk with their son in person（亲自）. So his parents took a 24-hour train ride and a five-hour bus ride to go back to their hometown. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. To Li Wen's surprise, their conversation changed his life. …Now Li Wen has really changed.

    Paul is a boy in Brazil. He has many pen-friends around the world. He likes writing to them and receiving their letters in return. He started writing to his first pen-friend, Thomas Wright from Britain, when he was ten years old. They have been writing to each other for two years now.

    Paul also has five other pen-friends. They are from Korea, Malaysia, Switzerland, Norway and Mexico, He got their names and addresses from various sources (各种来源): the International Pen-friend Club, the Look and Learn magazine and the newspapers.

    Paul enjoys writing to people from other countries because he finds it very interesting to learn more about those countries and the different cultures and customs that are found there.

    He hopes to visit his pen-friends some day. In the meantime, he will continue writing to them and enjoying their friendship.

    He will also try to look for penfriends from other countries such as Holland, the Philippines and Japan.

    Needless to say, all the letters of Paul and his pen-friends are written in English—the international language.