Helen and Sally are cousins. Helen is a writer. She lives  41  to Sally, She is  42  writing every day. She doesn’t want to talk to others when she is  43  . Her friends know her well. If they want to see her, they often 44  her first. If Helen tells them she has  45  , they will come to her house.

Sally works in a  46  , She is a bank clerk. She has lots of friends and they often come to see her and talk with her.  47  Helen can’t write well when they are talking. She doesn’t know what to  48  to Sally. Now Helen is talking about it with her best friend Ruth. Ruth is  49  to help Helen. She says, “You can put a note on  50  door. It would say, ‘Nobody is at home. Please come another day.’”

Helen and Sally are cousins. Helen is a writer. She lives  41  to Sally, She is  42  writing every day. She doesn’t want to talk to others when she is  43  . Her friends know her well. If they want to see her, they often 44  her first. If Helen tells them she has  45  , they will come to her house.
Sally works in a  46  , She is a bank clerk. She has lots of friends and they often come to see her and talk with her.  47  Helen can’t write well when they are talking. She doesn’t know what to  48  to Sally. Now Helen is talking about it with her best friend Ruth. Ruth is  49  to help Helen. She says, “You can put a note on  50  door. It would say, ‘Nobody is at home. Please come another day.’”

My name is Nick.. I have four new good friends. They are Dick, Helen, Jack and Amy.

     Now, they’re in the garden. Dick and Jack are boys. Dick is tall and strong. Jack is tall but he’s not strong. He is thin. Helen and Amy are girls. They’re twins. They are short and slim. Dick is thirteen. Helen is thirteen too. They’re in the same class. Jack is in Class4. His shoes are black and his T-shirt is white.

1.Where are Dick and Helen now?

A. In the library.    B. At home.    C. In the classroom.    D. In the garden.

2.Who is tall and thin?

A. Helen       B. Dick         C. Jack        D. Nick

3.What is Amy like?

A. Short and slim    B. tall and slim    C. fat and short      D .fat and strong

4.What colour is Jack’s T-shirt?

A. Black       B. Red         C. White       D. Brown

5.Who are thirteen years old?

A. Dick and Helen          B. Dick and Jack  

C. Simon, Helen and Jack    D. Jack and Amy

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Helen and Jenny are good friends．They had two tickets for a pop concert in Sydney．They were very excited about the concert．They decided which trains to c  1  , where to eat and where to go shopping in Sydney．Then they got some really e  2   news．A friend of Jenny's said he could help them go backstage （后台）, and he would ask the pop singers if the girls could come to say "Hello"．He was sure he could get them the singers' autographs．Helen and Jenny could hardly w  3  ！

     Then two days before the concert, Helen had a cold．She stayed in bed and took medicine, but it got worse and worse．On the evening before the concert, she had a fever, tlelen's mother called Jenny．"Helen is too s  4   to go to the concert," she said． "You can find someone else to go with．"

     The next day, Helen was feeling unhappy at home．Then she heard someone knocking at the door．A v  5  came．It was her friend Jenny! She came with a big bag of fruit and lots of their favorite CDs．

     "I gave the tickets to Nancy and Tina in the end, and they went to the concert i  6   of us," she said． "We'll go to a  7  concert when you're well．It wouldn't be much fun without you．"