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e.When I 11 home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was 12 because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake(水晶雪花) with a card that 13 , “Happy Birthday.” How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final 14 on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.I was 15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.( )1. A. Certainly B. Unluckily C. Importantly D. Luckily( )2. A. when B. how C. whether D. why( )3. A. But B. Or C. Then D. So( )4. A. on B. after C. before D. in( )5. A. hoped B. hoping C. to hope D. hope( )6. A. was losing B. lost C. would lose D. had lost( )7. A. it B. her C. him D. me( )8. A. had B. was C. played D. feared( )9. A. fell B. to fall C. fallen D. falling( )10. A. with B. at C. from D. off( )11. A. went B. left C. got D. entered( )12. A. excited B. confused(困惑的) C. pleased D. satisfied( )13. A. wrote B. said C. explained D. appeared( )14. A. order B. mistake C. wish D. decision( )15. A. certain B. angry C. sad D. anxious四、閱讀理解ABig sale(甩賣)This week only! ThingsTimeLast week This weekNext weekPencil10 cents(美分)5 cents15 centsPen120 cents60 cents79 centsExercise book89 cents60 cents85 centsTshirt dollars dollars6 dollarsJacket dollars18 dollars dollarsAll storybooks/30% off(折扣)/Letter paper(100 pieces) dollars2 dollars dollars1. 200 pieces of letter paper cost you ________ this week.A. 4 dollars B. dollars C. dollars D. 2 dollars2. A storybook was 15 dollars, this week you can spend only ____ dollars buying a copy. A. B. C. 3. Which are the same price this week? A. Pencil and letter paper B. Pen and TshirtC. Storybook and jacket D. Pen and exercise book4. How many things will be higher price next week than last week? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4BOne day a lonely girl found two weak birds while she was walking in the woods(樹林). She took them home and put them in a small cage. She fed them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a beautiful song. The girl loved them very much and wanted their singing to last forever.One day the girl left the cage’s door open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew out of the cage. The girl watched worriedly as it circled(盤旋) high above her. She was afraid that it would fly away and she would never see it again. So when it flew close, she grasped(抓) at it wildly. She was very happy that she held it tightly within her hand! Suddenly, she felt something had happened to the bird. She opened her hand and was surprised to find the bird was dead. Her love for the bird killed it.She noticed the other bird jumping in the cage. She could feel that it wanted to be free. It hoped to fly into the clear, blue sky. She lifted(舉起) it from the cage and flew it into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times…When the bird was flying happily in the sky, she was so glad. Just then the bird flew closer and sat softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest song she had ever heard.5. The girl held the bird rightly in her hand because she was afraid that ________.A. it would be killed B. it was feeling coldC. the