【正文】 ed 1 him. “He mustn’t go through( 經(jīng)過(guò) ) life making excuses all the time,” his father said “N obody will believe(相信 ) him. He won’t be able to keep a job. No bright girl will marry 2 .” “I don’t know 3 we can do,” said his mother. “I have a good 4 ,” his father said. “If this doesn’t work, nothing will” The next day was Daniel’s birthday. When he thought of getting nice presents, he couldn’t wait. He woke up expecting his parents to wish him “Happy birthday!” but all they said was “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry up, 5 you’ll be late for school. “There were no presents, not even a card. He was very 6 . “Never mind,” he thought. “They’ll give me a surprise( 驚奇 ) after school.” But they didn’t. Finally, at dinner he said to his parents,” Today is 7 .” “Oh!” his father said. “So it is. I 8 .” “So did I, “his mother said. “How could you fet?” Daniel asked. “There must 9 a reason.” “Well, yes, his fat her said.” We have a really good excuse for fetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn’t remember your birthday 10 we were too busy.” Poor Daniel. He never had a silly(愚蠢的 ) excuse for not doing something again! ( ) 1. A. with B. about C. at ( ) 2. A. he B. his C. him ( ) 3. A. what B. why C. where ( ) 4. A. excuse B. message C. idea ( ) 5. A. or B. and C. then ( ) 6. A. happy B. sad C. excited ( ) 7. A. Sunday B. my birthday C. Father’s Day ( ) 8. A. believed B. agreed C. fot ( ) 9. A. be B. is C. are ( ) 10. A. although B. before C. because Ⅵ . 任務(wù)型閱讀。s take a short rest. 6. Please don39。 （山東臨沂） Do you know something about Akuapem people? They live in eastern Ghana(加納 ), where the sunshine hugs all the time. They are very friendly. Now let’s have a look at how the Akuapem people receive a visitor. A visitor is often weled warmly in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is weled into the house, he is offered a seat and water at the very beginni