Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.
【小題1】Which is Mary’s invention?

I’m Mary. I have a piece of good news to tell you. My parents bought a new flat in the centre of the city. The rooms are not big, but they are all comfortable. There are more rooms than our old flat. I am excited(激動) because I have my own bedroom. In the old flat, I share the bedroom with my sister.
My favourite room in the new flat is my bedroom. I can be alone (單獨) in it. It is my own small world. I can listen to music, read comics and chat with my friends on the phone. I can also look for things on the Internet and send e-mails to my e-friends.
Kitchen is my favourite room, too. I like helping my mother with the cooking. She is not only a good teacher but also a good cook. She often teaches me how to make some different dishes. She lived in Sichuan when she was a child. So she likes hot food and she can cook very delicious hot food.
【小題1】What’s Mary’s new flat like?

Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.

1.Which is Mary’s invention?

A. Teaching her friend.  

B. A new language. 

C. Go shopping.  

D. Making hamburgers.

2.Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?

A. Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.

B. Because it’s easy to speak new language.

C. Because her friend Jean likes it.

D. Because she wants free hamburgers.

3.What do they do in the store?

A. They buy some things.

B. They talk with the clerk.

C. They want to understand what people say.

D. They use their new language and talk about people and things.

4.The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.

A. maybe they need help  

B. they talk about him   

C. they laugh at him  

D. they invent things

5.According to the passage, creating something new is _____.

A. boring    

B. interesting   

C. hard   

D. easy

I’m Mary. I have a piece of good news to tell you. My parents bought a new flat in the centre of the city. The rooms are not big, but they are all comfortable. There are more rooms than our old flat. I am excited(激動) because I have my own bedroom. In the old flat, I share the bedroom with my sister.

My favourite room in the new flat is my bedroom. I can be alone (單獨) in it. It is my own small world. I can listen to music, read comics and chat with my friends on the phone. I can also look for things on the Internet and send e-mails to my e-friends.

Kitchen is my favourite room, too. I like helping my mother with the cooking. She is not only a good teacher but also a good cook. She often teaches me how to make some different dishes. She lived in Sichuan when she was a child. So she likes hot food and she can cook very delicious hot food.

1.What’s Mary’s new flat like?

A．Big and comfortable                     B．Small and not comfortable

C．Big but not comfortable                   D．Small but comfortable

2.Mary can do the following things in the bedroom except(除了)______.

A．play the piano                          B．chat with her friends

C．send e-mails                           D．listen to music

3.Which room does Mary like best?

A．The kitchen                            B．Her bedroom

C．The sitting room                        D．Both A and B

4.What does Mary’s mother do?

A．A teacher.                             B．A nurse.

C．A housewife.                           D．A worker.

5.Where did Mary’s mother live when she was a child?

A．The old flat                            B．The centre of the city

C．Sichuan                               D．The new flat

Mary is a Chinese girl. Mary is her English name. She likes English very much. So she reads English every morning. At school, she studies hard and often talks to her friends in English. She likes listening to her MP3. Her father gives it to her as a birthday present.

She watches TV only on Saturday evening. Does Mary like sports? No, she doesn’t. But she likes music. She can play the guitar.

Mary has a happy family. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a teacher. Her parents like her very much. And all the teachers and her friends like her, too.

51. Mary is from ________.

   A. the USA                     B. Canada                     C. China                       D. England

52. ________ is her favourite subject.

   A. English                      B. Chinese                    C. History                     D. Math

53. She watches TV on ________.

   A. Monday evening         B. Saturday evening     C. Friday evening          D. Sunday evening