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Bessie is a ___1___ girl. She is only five years ___2____. She ____3____ go to school, and of course she doesn’t know __4___ to read and write. ____5___ her sister, Mary, is a schoolgirl. She is ten.

One day, Mary saw her little sister ____6___ the table with a pen in her hand and ___7___ in front of her.

“What are you ___8___, Bessie?” she said.

“ I’m writing a letter ___9___ my friend Kitty,” said Bessie.

“But how can you?” said her sister. “ You __10___ how to write.”

“Well,” said Bessie, “it doesn’t matter. Because Kitty doesn’t know how to read.”

( )1. A. young B. little C. good D. tall

( )2. A. old B. young C. long D. short

( )3. A. isn’t B. is C. does D. doesn’t

( )4. A. why B. which C. where D. how

( )5. A. And B. But C. So D. Then

( )6. A. on B. in C. at D. for

( )7. A. a paper B. a big piece paper

C. big piece papers D. a big piece of paper

( )8. A. do B. does C. doing D. can do

( )9. A. for B. to C. with D. at

( )10. A. don’t know B. aren’t know

C. can’t know D. may not know