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．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 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 for?”
Charlie is twenty-three now．He 1 a university(大学)and found work in a factory last year．It's 2 and there are no more than fifty workers in it．And only he 3 in a university．So he looks down upon(瞧不起)his 4 ．He always thinks he's right and never agree with 5 ．He likes to say,“I've never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn't 6 a foreign instructions(说明书)．An old worker studied it for two days and 7 Mr White, the boss(老板)of the factory, 8 it meant．The boss asked him why．He made a few excuses to say for 9 ．And he didn't agree with the old man．The boss became angry and asked,“Is it 10 that you've never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn't make Mr White 11 and had to say,“No, it isn't, sir．”
Having 12 this, the workers were happy．One of them asked,“It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie 13 his mind at once and said,“I made only one mistake in my 14 !”
“When?”the boss asked in surprise．
“Just now, sir,”answered the young man．“When Mr White 15 me acknowledge(承认)I was wrong!”
(1)
[ ]
A．
visited
B．
left
C．
built
D．
reached
(2)
[ ]
A．
small
B．
big
C．
new
D．
old
(3)
[ ]
A．
lived
B．
traveled
C．
arrived
D．
studied
(4)
[ ]
A．
parents
B．
teacher
C．
workmates
D．
classmates
(5)
[ ]
A．
another
B．
other
C．
the other
D．
others
(6)
[ ]
A．
see
B．
write
C．
understand
D．
read
(7)
[ ]
A．
told
B．
asked
C．
taught
D．
laughed at
(8)
[ ]
A．
when
B．
what
C．
how
D．
where
(9)
[ ]
A．
him
B．
himself
C．
them
D．
themselves
(10)
[ ]
A．
clever
B．
sure
C．
true
D．
able
(11)
[ ]
A．
sad
B．
sadder
C．
angry
D．
angrier
(12)
[ ]
A．
heard
B．
listened
C．
guessed
D．
reported
(13)
[ ]
A．
lost
B．
hated
C．
changed
D．
thought
(14)
[ ]
A．
life
B．
office
C．
family
D．
bedroom
(15)
[ ]
A．
helped
B．
made
C．
watched
D．
had
完型填空
Mr．Li had never been up in an airplane before and, he had read a lot about accidents．So one day when a friend came to his house and wanted to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr．Li was very 1 ．He thought to 2 ．“If I don’t agree, my friend may not be happy． 3 if I agree, I am really afraid that there might be some danger．” 4 , however, his friend made him believe that it was very 5 , and Mr．Li got on the plane．
His friend 6 the engine(发动机)and the plane began to move along on the ground of the 7 ．Mr．Li was very frightened and 8 his eyes．After a minute or two he opened them, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, “Look 9 those people down there．They look as 10 as ants(蚂蚁), don’t they?”
“Those are ants, ”answered his friend．“We are still on the ground．”
Two days ago, Bob 1 a letter from his girlfriend, Mary．She wrote, “I will leave Beijing for London at ten 2 June 5th．Please meet me at the airport．”
Now Bob was standing at the airport and 3 some flowers．He was 4 because Mary’s plane was three hours late, but 5 knew why．Bob walked over to the bar at the airport and had a drink．He walked back to the gate．There was still 6 news．He walked back to the bar and had 7 drink．
8 , Mary’s plane landed and the people on the plane started coming out, Bob smiled and 9 Mary．After a time he stopped 10 because the last one from the plane was not Mary．
Bob said to himself, “ 11 luck!What 12 ?” He went over to the information desk．“ My name is Bob Waston, ” he said “ Have you got any message 13 me?”
“Yes, said the girl standing there; ”A telephone message 14 China．With these words, she handed him a piece of paper．“ Mr Bob Waston, Sorry, I’ll return next Sunday．London Airport．”
Bob thanked the girl at the airport, gave the 15 to her and said good-bye．
(1)
[ ]
A．
hear
B．
heard
C．
got
D．
receives
(2)
[ ]
A．
in
B．
on
C．
for
D．
at
(3)
[ ]
A．
hold
B．
holds
C．
to hold
D．
holding
(4)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
pleased
C．
surprised
D．
angry
(5)
[ ]
A．
nobody
B．
anybody
C．
somebody
D．
everybody
(6)
[ ]
A．
some
B．
good
C．
no
D．
a piece of
(7)
[ ]
A．
other
B．
others
C．
the other
D．
another
(8)
[ ]
A．
Two hours late
B．
Two hours later
C．
Two hours over
D．
Two hours after
(9)
[ ]
A．
looked for
B．
looked up
C．
looked at
D．
looked after
(10)
[ ]
A．
smile
B．
to smile
C．
smiled
D．
smiling
(11)
[ ]
A．
Good
B．
Bad
C．
Happy
D．
Nice
(12)
[ ]
A．
has happened to her
B．
was happened to her
C．
did she happen
D．
was she happened
(13)
[ ]
A．
about
B．
with
C．
for
D．
at
(14)
[ ]
A．
to
B．
for
C．
in
D．
from
(15)
[ ]
A．
tickets
B．
flowers
C．
news
D．
papers
完型填空
Mr．West was born in a small English town．His father had a 1 there．The shop keeper didn’t think it was 2 for his son to go to school．So he taught him how to get 3 money．They got much money there and then 4 to the city．Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr．West has to do it 5 him．As he has little knowledge, Mr．West is often 6 in public and sometimes he gets into trouble．So he 7 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them 8 they go in．He often goes to the parties and carefully 9 what the learned(学问的)en say．He hopes to make friends with them．
Once Mr．West was told that it was a 10 writer’s birthday that day．He hurried there with his wife．He gave the writer some 11 presents and the old man thanked him．After 12 they began to talk about the literary works．
He could hardly answer any questions．The writer had to ask him 13 one, “What was Shakespeare?”
“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr．West．“But people do not like it now．”
The writer had a smile and soon he stopped 14 ．On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now．Shakespeare is a 15 cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”
