初中英语广州版5A 05

[06:55.09]When I got to school,
[06:56.63]classes......already......(begin).
[06:58.90]'Oh no!The test will be over by now,'
[07:02.14]I thought to myself.
[07:03.71]I was right.
[07:05.06]The test......just...... ......(complete).
[07:07.70]The students were handing in their papers when I walked in.
[07:10.86]Mr Xu was surprised that I...... ......(arrive) so late.
[07:14.42]After class,I told Mr Xu about My bike.
[07:17.89]That made me late for my next class,PE.
[07:20.76]Then,at the end of the PE class,
[07:23.12]Mr Zhang wanted to know why I...... ......(be) late.
[07:26.56]That made me late for lunch!
[07:28.52]My friends...... ......(not wait) for me,either,
[07:31.40]so I had to eat lunch by myself.
[07:33.75]The afternoon was not much better.
[07:35.89]Either I was thinking about losing my bike
[07:38.55]or I was thinking about being late.
[07:41.30]Finally,it was time to go home.
[07:43.75]As I...... ......(not take) any money to school,
[07:46.21]I had to walk again.
[07:47.88]My parents...... ......(get) home before me.
[07:50.83]They were waiting for me.
[07:52.48]'Happy birthday!'they cried.'
[07:54.83]Do you like your present?'
[07:56.68]'What present?'I thought.
[07:58.43]'Were you surprised when you saw it outside this morning?
[08:01.59]I looked outside and I understood.
[08:04.23]My parents...... ......(buy) me a new bike
[08:07.68]but I...... ......(not see) it this morning.
[08:10.03]I was too surprised that my old bike wasn't there.
[08:12.98]The new bike...... ...... ......(put) in place of my old bike.
[08:16.14]I didn't want to tell a lie,
[08:18.13]but I didn't want to make my parents feel bad,either.
[08:21.19]'I love it,'I said.
[08:22.73]I didn't tell them about my terrible birthday.
[08:25.78]2.Read about two best friends
[08:29.94]and answer the questions.
[08:31.69]What is a best friend?
[08:34.04]How long will you know your best friend?
[08:37.38]Many people say that they have a best friend
[08:40.44]but they have a different best friend each year!
[08:43.60]Carrie and Eileen are best friends.
[08:47.05]They are both old women with children and grandchildren,
[08:50.29]but they have been best friends
[08:52.43]since they were twelve years old.
[08:54.28]That was seventy years ago.
[08:56.32]They met at a village school
[08:58.67]after their families had moved to Canada to work as farmers.
[09:02.33]When they were children,
[09:05.20]they had lots of fun together and they got into lots of trouble.
[09:09.04]They both loved climbing tall trees.
[09:12.52]They both loved swimming in the summer
[09:14.97]and playing in the snow in the winter.
[09:17.71]When they were older and married,
[09:20.07]they wrote letters to each other.
[09:22.52]When telephones became common,
[09:25.39]they often phoned each other.
[09:27.85]Later their husbands became friends,
[09:31.22]then their children.
[09:33.57]Now their grandchildren are friends.
[09:36.13]As best friends,
[09:38.59]Carrie and Eileen have helped each other with their problems.
[09:42.35]They have given each other advice
[09:44.70]and shared many happy moments.
[09:47.65]They have taken an interest in each other's hobbies.
[09:51.31]When one became interested in cooking or music,
[09:54.83]the other one became interested,too.
[09:57.68]Most importantly,
[10:00.03]they have listened to each other