A．a notebook　　　　　　 B．a worksheet

　　C．a packed lunch D．the entrance money

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。由第二段内容及第三段中的Thursday和worksheets可知，应选B项。

　　3．The underlined part "on the warpath" in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by "________"．

　　A．angry B．easy

　　C．doubtful D．happy

　　解析：选A　词义猜测题。由该段中的"be warned"和"she's likely to give you a real telling­off"可知，对于迟到现象校长会很生气，故选A项。

　　4．We can infer from the letter that Mark and Jack ________.

　　A．always sit together

　　B．might not get along well

　　C．are very good students

　　D．don't like Disney movies

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。由最后一段中的"you shouldn't have any disciplinary (纪律的) problems"可知，如果Mark和Jack不坐在一起的话就不会有什么纪律问题了，所以他们俩有可能是合不来，故选B项。

　　B

　　It's not easy to die when you are only fifteen.

　　Those were the words that began the story I heard from Robert White, a North Carolina factory worker. He and his wife were visiting their daughter Lee in the hospital as they did every evening.

　　This evening, Lee suddenly said, "I always dreamed of swimming with dolphins (海豚), free and happy in the open sea. I still dream of it."

　　It seemed like an absurd dream because she was so ill that she couldn't walk without help.

　　Robert and his family talked it over and decided to do everything they could. They had heard of a research center at Grass Key, and they phoned them.

　　"Come at once，" they said.

When they arrived there, Robert took Lee to the dolphins, Nat and Tursi. At first, they seemed uninterested, but when Lee called them softly by name, they came over. They kissed