always eats too many cakes at parties."

"Don't worry," answered the lady. "At my party, a child can only have three cakes - and the cakes are small!"

"Oh, good!" Bobby's mother answered happily.

On January 6th, she took Bobby to the party.

When it was time to eat, Bobby took four cakes and began to eat them.

"You can only have three cakes, Bobby!" said the lady. She asked him to put the fourth one back on the plate.

"I can't," answered Bobby. "I ate that one first."

根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。

56. How many children were there in Bobby's class?

_____________________________________

57. When did the children have parties?

_____________________________________

58. What did Bobby like more at parties, the games or the food?

_____________________________________

59. What happened sometimes when Bobby ate a lot of cakes at parties?

_____________________________________

60. Where did the lady ask Bobby to put the fourth cake back?

_____________________________________

Ⅸ. 词汇运用(每小题1分，共10分)

A)根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。

61. My sister is studying at home for the coming English ________(考试).

62. She decided not to ________(接受) the job.

63. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on ________(工作日).

64. These ________(大事) are the most important.

65. I bought two ________(日历) yesterday.

B)根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

66. The ________(prepare) for the party took hours.

67. Dale ________(refuse) to tell me about it and I don't know what to do.

68. All of them were ________(surprise) at the news.

69. He ________(delete) my name from the list ten minutes ago.

70. We have ________(guest) staying this weekend.

Ⅹ. 完成句子(每小题2分，共10分)

根据汉语意思，用恰当的短语完成英语句子。

71. 我们将另找时间访问那所学校。

We'll visit the school __________________________________.

72. 我妹妹常在商业街闲逛。

My sister often __________________________________ at the mall.

73. 我朋友拒绝了我的邀请。

My friend __________________________________ my invitation.

74. 他一家人打算去青岛旅行。

His family are going to __________________________________ to Qingdao.

75. 我们所有人都希望尽快收到你的来信。