二． communicate in the new environment, which was very different from 17 of her own country.

One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to 18 an orphanage(孤儿院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children 19 and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children 20 her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started 21 a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(节奏) was the same. Jenny sat a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the 22 , another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They 23 many smiles together.

From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela's 24 on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart: "See, I don't have any language barriers here. We 25 speak and communicate!" At that moment, she understood: we're all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.

16. A. nice B. dangerous C. difficult D. easy

17. A. these B. those C. this D. that

18. A. show B. visit C. build D. improve

19. A. slowly B. early C. hardly D. easily

20. A. looked at B. laughed at C. shouted at D. smiled at

21. A. singing B. writing C. saying D. playing

22. A. club B. talk C. fun D. dance

23. A. forgot B. remembered C. shared D. missed

24. A. hands B. eyes C. influence D. question

25. A. can B. must C. need D. Should

三． 阅读理解（30）

（A）

Betty and I are best friends.Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together.But this year, we had a costume party (化装舞会) instead.

While we were writing the invitations, my mum came in and asked, "Why not invite John？" John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class.I wrinkled (皱起) my nose, "Mum, he wears the same pants to school every day.How could he even afford a costume？" Mum said nothing.The next day, mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it. "I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John." Mum said. But how? We didn't want to make John embarrassed.We discussed it for a long time.Finally, Betty and I had a good