三、短文填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意。然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,使短文内容通顺、合理,每个词限用一次。
sing, draw, friend, swim, chess, join, sport, year, they, speak
My name is Linda Miller. I am 13 1. ______ old now. I like to play 2. ______. I like volleyball and ping-pong. I often play them with my 3. ______ after school. I want to 4. ______ the sports club. I have a brother and a sister. 5. ______ names are Jim and Mary. Jim likes to swim and he wants to join the 6. ______ club. My sister Mary likes to 7. ______ and dance. She wants to join the music club. My classmate Bob likes to play 8. ______. He is in the chess club now. He can also 9. ______ Chinese. He wants to join the Chinese club. Jane is another classmate of mine. She can 10. ______ well and she wants to join the art club. What can you do? What club do you want to join?

1.years 2.sports 3.friends 4.join 5.Their 6.swimming 7.sing 8.chess 9.speak 10.draw

1. A ______ can swim.
2. A ______ can speak.
3. A cat can ______ trees.
4. She can even make delicious ______!
5. She is good at ______.

1. duck 2. parrot 3. climb 4. cakes 5. cooking