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Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his 1 and now he has near sight ( 近视 ). But he wouldn’t want 2 to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often 3 him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business (出差 ). He 4 a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth (平坦). He fell over some times and it 5 his clothes dirty. 6 he got to the village. Suddenly it began
I do? My son hasn’t 7 yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what was the 8 with his son. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to town to look for his son.
“You may first take the 9 home for my friends. Let me stand here against him 10 .” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.
1.A. one B. another C. other D. others
2.A. hoped B. told C. let D. wished
3.A. down B. over C. back D. off
4.A. long B. wide C. high D. narrow
5.A. either B. all C. both D. neither
6.A. stood B. went C. lay D. walked
7.A. gone B. bought C. returned D. been
8.A. wrong B. accident C. thing D. matter
9.A. meat B. dinner C. bread D. money
10.A politely B. instead C. safely D. kindly
Key: 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B
to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his 7 was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎 ) it had 8 . And he ran into the house, 9 .
A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “ 10 are you running after my hen (母鸡 )for?”
1. A. ears B. nose C. mouth D. eyes
2. A. anybody else B. nobody C. woman D. somebody
3. A. follows B. takes C. brings D. carries
4. A. took off B. got off C. got on D. came on
5. A. let B. made C. gave D. felt
6. A. At first B. At home C. At times D. At last
7. A. clothes B. bag C. hat D. glasses
8. A. legs B. hands C. shoes D. arms
9. A. always B. also C. either D. too
10. A. What B. Why C. Which D. Who
Key: 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
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Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot 1 things. So his wife al-ways had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”
One day he went on a long trip (旅行 )alone. Before he 2 home, his wife said, “Now you have all these 3 . They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and 4 the train with it.
About half 5 hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and 6 , “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find 7 . He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket 8 I got on the train,” said the old man.
“I believe (相信)you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy 9 one,” said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going? I can’t 10 my station!” theold man said sadly.
1. A. a lot of B. a kind of C. a piece of D. a pair of
2. A. got B. left C. went D. moved
3. A. money B. clothes C. tickets D. things
4. A. had on B. went on C. got on D. passed on
5. A. a B. an C. the D. this
6. A. say B. said C. says D. saying
7. A. it B. this C. that D. ticket
8. A. when B. till C. before D. after
9. A. other B. the other C. the others D. another
10. A. forget B. get C. remember D. see
Key: 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. C
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Once a lion(狮子) saw a fine young horse and wanted to eat it. But the horse was very 1 and he could not catch her. Then the lion had an 2 . He told the 3 that he was a good 4 and could do something for them. The horse was 5 , She understood 6 the lion wanted to do.
So one day when the lion was near the horse，she told him that there was 7 wrong with one of her feet and asked him to look it 8 . Of course, the lion was very glad to do so. Then the horse raised(抬起 ) one of his legs from the ground 9 the lion looked at her foot, she kicked him on the 60 . The lion fell to the ground. The horse laughed and ran away.
1. A. beautiful B. young C. careful
2. A. idea B. way C. answer
3. A. friends B. animals C. birds
4. A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher
5. A. sad B. afraid C. clever
6. A. what B. how C. where
7. A. nothing B. something C. anything
8. A. after B. over C. for
9. A. Before B. After C. When
10. A. head B. legs C. hands
Key: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A . C 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. A
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Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered (坏脾气的) and never gave way to 1 .
One day the father decided to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 2 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got what his father wanted, he turned 3 and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t 4 enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But 5 of them would give way to the other. They 6 straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall 
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