B    
Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we had a costume party（化装晚会） instead.
While we were writing the invitations, my mum came in and asked, “Why not invite John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class. I wrinkled(皱起) my nose, “Mum, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?” Mum said nothing. The next day, mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate(凭证) in it.” I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John.” Mum said. But how? We didn't want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.
On the day of our party, kids arrived, dressed differently. John arrived, in an old sheet (床单), but still in the same brown pants as usual. We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, “Now it is time for the great prize game. It is the following riddle（谜语） …” It was a math game. None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.
Everything went on well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.
When we help others, we need to find a proper way, or we may hurt them in another way.
(   )61. The two girls and John were in the same ____________. 
A. group      B. family         C. Team         D. class
(   )62. John’s family may be very _________ according to the passage. 
A. far         B. poor          C. rich          D. small
(   )63. How did John get the prize during the party?
A. By helping others.
B. By asking for help.
C. By getting good grades in study.
D. By winning the math game.
(   )64. John __________ with the shopping certificate after the party. 
A. watch a basketball match
B. saw a movie
C. bought something to wear
D. made a phone call
(   )65. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
A. John wasn’t good at math.
B. The two girls helped John in a proper way.
C. The two girls felt angry when John won the great prize.
D. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt to the party.

C
A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour?”
“If you must know, I make ＄20 each hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy answered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me ＄10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, the go straight to your room and think about why are you so selfish (自私)！”
The little boy went to his room no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed (平静) down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry！Maybe I was too hard on your just now.” said the man, “Here’s ＄10.”
“Oh, thank you Daddy！” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have ＄20 now. Can I buy one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you. ”
(    ) 66. How much does the boy’s father make one hour?
A. ＄10        B. ＄20        C. ＄30        D. ＄40
(    ) 67. In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means             .
A. very angry  B. quite happy     C. too excited  D. a little nervous
(    ) 68. At first, the father refused to lend the money because             .
 A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.
 B. he did not have enough money at that moment
 C. the thought the boy would buy something of no use
 D. the boy always borrowed the money from him
(    ) 69. The boy wanted to buy           with twenty dollars.
A. a new novel for himself      B. a nice present for his father
 C. a toy for his own birthday   D. one hour of his father’s time
(    ) 70. From the passage, we can infer that the boy’s father              .
 A. often played with his son     B. spent little time with his son
C. didn’t love his son at all   D. often came home early