Unit 2 Growing pains 阶段测试1.doc

Unit 2 Growing pains 阶段测试1 Class: Name: Marks: 满分(85) 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节， 满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题； 每小题2分， 满分30分) A “Don’t worry！ Lots of kids have moved here and made new friends，” my new teacher told me. “Oh， and don’t be concerned about your braces (矫正器). Almost everyone has them here.” Even my new teacher thought I was a nerd (弱者)， and he hadnt even known me for five minutes. If my teacher thought that， I couldnt imagine what the rest of class were going to think. I wondered what kind of speech he gave them about me， “The new girl.” He probably made it sound like I was a nerd whose dad just died and everyone should be nice to me. I wish I was back with my friends at my old school， where everyone knew me. The bell rang， and the class poured in. Maybe if I didnt move， they wouldnt see me. Oh， well， it was a nice try. Everyone looked at me as if I were some kind of alien (外星人). At that moment， a beautiful girl walked in and said with a sweet smile， “Hi， my name is Alicia.” “Um， I’m Annie，” I said. She made a face and said， “Hi， Annie. You can sit with us at lunch today if you want.” “Maybe this new school wouldn’t be so bad after all，” I thought. 1. How did the writer feel when she first came to this school？ A. Excited. B. Proud. C. Worried. D. Calm. 2. Alicia came to the writer to . A. invite her for dinner B. welcome her friendly C. give support to her D. ask her to buy lunch 3. The writer’s life in the new school would probably be . A. very difficult B. better than expected C. even worse D. lonely and boring B My daughter Jersey is a single parent. She works hard to provide for herself and her three young sons. She manages to plan for everything carefully. When her eldest son， David， wanted a bicycle so that he could do a part-time job， the family saved up and soon he was the proud owner of a good second-hand bicycle. One afternoon my daughter asked David to go to the local shop to buy something. He rode his bicycle， bu