五、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
At the 1 (begin) of every month, the Jones family sit down at the kitchen table to make a budget. They understand the importance of managing their money 2 (good), no matter how difficult it can be sometimes. Mr and Mrs Jones teach their kids that it's important to save 3 a rainy day.
Their son, Timmy, is a 4 (play) in the school football team, and he dreams of becoming a famous sports star one day. This month, Timmy needs 5 new pair of football shoes, 6 there is a problem: the money. Shoes are priced 7 (different). Timmy's dream shoes are beyond the family's budget.
Timmy knows that he needs to find a cheaper pair. After 8 (look) through many stores, Timmy and his dad find the 9 (suit) pair. It's not expensive, and it is just right for Timmy's needs.
Timmy learns an important lesson about money and responsibility(责任). He has the support of his family and a pair of shoes to play the game he 10 (love).
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六、完形填空。
Do you ever buy any second-hand things?
Do you 1 anything of yours to others?
Any stories behind it?
After a whole week of heavy rain, a comfortable summer day came 2. My family were driving to a nearby town when my daughter found a yard sale—a kind of traditional activity about selling and buying 3 things. We saw a set of toys for kids, a couple of violins for 4 lovers, huge piles of clothes and a piece of furniture or two for sale. Best of all, we saw lots of 5 people sitting, standing and talking, laughing in the sunshine in the front yard.
Seeing all of these, memories(回忆) of my childhood were 6. My mum was a good yard sale shopper. Most of my clothes then came from yard sales, so 7 hated going to the yard sales. But something 8 when I saw that they also sold old books there. After that, I always read the books until it was time to leave and sometimes my 9 would buy me one. Soon a large part of my home 10 came from yard sale books.
And a question comes into my mind. 11 do we have yard sales? We throw our old things and we buy “new” old things. It certainly isn’t for the money. We show our love and 12 for all the old things. They are more 13 than new ones.
I think a yard sale is not just about a 14 but also teaches us something about life. We
can’t really have anything here. It is time to let it go and pass it on through the 15. Now, it has become a traditional culture.
()1. A. send B. sell C. save D. spread
()2. A. finally B. specially C. quickly D. carefully
()3. A. expensive B. cheap C. new D. old
()4. A. music B. sport C. fashion D. animal
()5. A. smiling B. crying C. singing D. dancing
()6. A. took away B. brought back C. took apart D. brought down
()7. A. she B. they C. I D. we
()8. A. stayed B. changed C. missed D. stopped
()9. A. son B. daughter C. dad D. mum
()10. A. shop B. library C. cinema D. bank
()11. A. When B. Where C. How D. Why
()12. A. respect B. luck C. sadness D. hope
()13. A. useless B. endless C. beautiful D. meaningful
()14. A. lifestyle B. surprise C. symbol D. deal
()15. A. activity B. celebration C. festival D. show