[填空题]My cousin _____ his playground to the city council.

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One day in January, my uncle, my cousin and I decided to go hunting. We left by car in the afternoon. It was a Range Rover with four-wheel drive. It took us three hours to get there. After we arrived at 5:15 p. m. , we fixed the tent, then made coffee and had a short rest. After that, we went hunting, using a falcon(猎鹰). We spent two hours without finding anything. On our way back to the camp, my cousin saw a rabbit. I removed the falcon’s head cover and let go of the aggressive falcon. When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my falcon was a professional hunter. He flew up and came down to trick the rabbit. After two minutes, the rabbit was caught. We took it back to the camp to cook our dinner. We ate the delicious food, drank Arabic coffee, and sat around the fire talking until 10:30 p. m.
We left the camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning. We went north. However, around 10. 00 a. m., our car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours
A. Disappointed.
B. Enjoyable.
C. Comfortable.
D. Exhausted.

[填空题]My cousin was on the plane when the crash happened, but ____________ (信不信由你，他幸存下来而且几乎没有受伤).

[单项选择]—My cousin sent me a wonderful girl from Africa.
—Oh, is that so（　）.
A. Where is it from
B. What's it like
C. How did it come
D. Who sent it to you

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W: I’ve been thinking about my cousin a lot today.
M: Why not go over for a visit
W: But I have to take care of the baby.
M: Don’t worry about that. I will help you out.

What does the man mean（　）.
A. He thinks she should visit her cousin.
B. Her cousin doesn’t visit very often.
C. Her cousin is feeling a lot better today.
D. He doesn’t think her cousin has been at home today.

[单项选择]My cousin likes eating very much, but he isn’’t very ______about the food he eats.
A. special
B. peculiar
C. particular
D. specific

[填空题]I will （）(写) an e-mail to my cousin in Canada.

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Mr. Fern was born in a big city. His father owned several companies and earned a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his business and never asked him how he got along with his studies. So the boy spent most time in the restaurants or cinemas. Of course he was not good at his lessons and learned nothing at school. He made many friends but none of them was good and when they knew he came from a rich family, they began to teach him to gamble(赌博). Of course he lost much money.
Now Mr. Fern was twenty and finished middle school. He could do nothing. But his father didn’ t mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him leave his house. The young man couldn’ t gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money. But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his
A. he was sure his son was good at his lessons
B. he spent all his energies on his business
C. he knew nothing about the education
D. his wife looked after their son

[填空题]It was from his father that my friend got the news that his baby boy suddenly fell ill and was in serious condition.

[填空题]Tom went to city yesterday and had his watch (repair) ______.

[单项选择]My brother changed his major at college several times and he never （） any one very long.
A. stuck to
B. kept back
C. let alone
D. made way

[填空题]The other day my brother Tom was beginning his 44. motorbike then our neighbor， Mary came out and asked 45. him if he was going near the station. So he offered her a lift. She got at the back of the motorbike and46. they drove away. Just before they reached to the station47. a policeman waved to them to stop. “Excuse me， sir，” he said, “You are not sitting on that motorbike properly.” “Whats matter with the way Im sitting？” my brother 48. asked in surprise. “Not you，sir. Its a young lady，” said 49. the policeman, “In this country sidesaddle（偏座） is not 50. permitted when one ride a motorbike.” Mary made an excuse51. that she was from Italy， where it isnt considering to 52. break the law when people take the sidesaddle. The policeman shook head and drove away.53.