Just recently I had been wondering if there was much point in doing little acts of kindness．So often they get 1 , and occasionally they come back to bite you!
Then, just last week, after a long travel, I found myself 2 at a bus station．The bus was four hours late! So, I guess I wasn't in a good 3 ．
That's when a woman asked me if I had any spare 4 to help her get a bus ticket．
“Oh, sure, ”I said sarcastically(挖苦地)．“How much would you like?”
As I spoke, I mentally kicked myself for my 5 and reached into my bag for some money．As I handed her five dollars, I heard low sounds from her stomach because of real 6 ．
I reached back into my bag and brought out a 7 I had bought earlier．I handed it to her with a(n) 8 that I hoped would make up for my earlier tone of voice．Getting a 9 look at her now, I realized she was extremely tired, like she had had several months of 10 days!
As she took the food, a look of 11 washed over her．In return, she tried to give me a Milwaukee bus ticket! I don't live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably 12 be used, but I took it．
A few minutes later she came back over, apologized, and told me she was still 13 of five dollars．I took some singles out of my bag and slipped a twenty in there as well． 14 , the voice in my head told me I was being a fool．
Five minutes later she came back again and tried to 15 my twenty．When I said it was for her so she could get something else to 16 , and that I was completely serious and I wasn't taking it 17 , she started crying and hugged me．
From now on, when I wonder if it is 18 trying to help someone, I will remember that woman．Maybe I am really making a 19 for someone．So, sure, sometimes my efforts might not be noticed, and sometimes they might come back to bite me, but they might actually 20 another human being!
I did very badly at school．My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2 but a failure．”
After five years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl．It was the best 4 that could have happened to me．I 5 I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 ．Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 8 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done．” So I tried hard with my 9 and went to college．My first novel 10 while I was at college．
After college I taught during the 11 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history．I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time 14 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University．I began to feel proud of myself 15 was a working-class boy who’d 16 school early, now teaching at the university．
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style．Now I’m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars． 18 what does it mean?I 19 wish all the people that have put me down had 20 ：“I believe in you．You’ll succeed．”
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A．
bright
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useless
C．
simple
D．
hopeful
(2)
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A．
anything
B．
something
C．
everything
D．
nothing
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A．
low
B．
poor
C．
good
D．
useful
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A．
support
B．
happiness
C．
surprise
D．
thing
(5)
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A．
admitted
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decided
C．
planned
D．
told
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A．
me
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them
C．
her
D．
it
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wrong
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right
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stupid
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faulty
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see
B．
know
C．
understand
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face
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A．
experiment
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practice
C．
writing
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composition
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came on
B．
came in
C．
came out
D．
came back
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day
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night
C．
month
D．
year
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A．
graduation
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pass
C．
degree
D．
success
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giving in
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giving back
C．
giving out
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giving up
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while
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if
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when
D．
or
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there
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here
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it
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that
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left
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attended
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changed
D．
graduated
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tired
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calm
C．
nervous
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famous
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And
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But
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However
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Well
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just
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exactly
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so
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very
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praised
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said
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answered
D．
advised
完型填空：
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend, I was getting some work done in my study, while she 1 to be having a good time in the other room．No problem, I figured．But then it got a little too 2 and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response．I 3 my question and heard her say, “Oh…nothing…” Nothing?．
I got up from my desk and ran out 4 the living room, where I saw her numbing across the hall．I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick 5 into tile bathroom．I had her 6 !I told her to turn around．She 7 ．I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
8 , she turned toward me．In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick．And every square inch of her face was 9 with bright red!As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child．“ How could you…You should know…How many times have you been 11 …．What a bad thing to do…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been．But 13 I could let loose, I looked 14 at the sweater on her．In big 15 it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 16 seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, 1 saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 ．“Sweetheart let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how 19 you look．” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t 20 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me．
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[ ]
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happened
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liked
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appeared
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pretended
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long
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quiet
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calm
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strange
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asked
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answered
C．
raised
D．
repeated
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into
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of
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from
D．
for
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A．
way
B．
turn
C．
change
D．
progress
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followed
B．
scolded
C．
cornered
D．
fooled
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laughed
B．
listened
C．
agreed
D．
refused
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Slowly
B．
Eagerly
C．
Angrily
D．
Unfortunately
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filled
B．
marked
C．
printed
D．
covered
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every
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such
C．
any
D．
one
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told
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beaten
C．
frightened
D．
forbidden
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reports
B．
notice
C．
advice
D．
words
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as
B．
when
C．
since
D．
before
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up
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down
C．
in
D．
on
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signs
B．
letters
C．
messages
D．
figures
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because of
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instead of
C．
in spite of
D．
as a result of
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value
B．
sadness
C．
pities
D．
tricks
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preventing
B．
getting rid of
C．
destroying
D．
doing wrong on
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dirty
B．
ugly
C．
special
D．
silly
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A．
have
B．
get
C．
take
D．
miss
完型填空：
Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area．
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 1 drive to a store and back home．He always looks 2 and down the streets of his neighborhood．He looks for anything 3 such as strange cars, loud noises, 4 windows, or people gathering on street corners．
Tim 5 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA．The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday of every month．That’s 7 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 8 ．Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 9 their homes, streets and families safe．
Tina Stedma, president of 10 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim．
“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not 11 them．Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or, to make them feel 13 sitting in their own homes．”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 14 out for one another．“We 15 each other’s homes．We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends．Usually a 16 of four or five of us goes out together．If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 17 ．For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 18 , or someone destroying property(财产)，we report to the police．”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 19 a lot in keeping crime down．Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can’t do 20 ”．
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yet
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still
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just
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rather
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carefully
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clearly
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nervously
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coldly
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familiar
B．
unusual
C．
expensive
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interesting
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curtained
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open
C．
old
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broken
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attends
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belongs
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goes
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turns
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meets
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quarrels
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sings
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searches
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where
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why
C．
when
D．
how
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politics
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wealth
C．
health
D．
safety
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A．
keep
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hold
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let
D．
protect
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its
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his
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their
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your
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round
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on
C．
about
D．
to
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A．
fight
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chance
C．
courage
D．
mind
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unlucky
B．
unsafe
C．
disappointed
D．
discouraged
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A．
set
B．
let
C．
hold
D．
look
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A．
care
B．
enter
C．
watch
D．
manage
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A．
group
B．
set
C．
number
D．
crowd
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A．
judges
B．
police
C．
firemen
D．
doctors’
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A．
work
B．
burden
C．
service
D．
trouble
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A．
produce
B．
find
C．
get
D．
help
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A．
anything
B．
everything
C．
harm
D．
wrong
完型填空：
“ It was all his own idea, ” says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob．Peters．Bob had, 1 made a motherhood contract(合同)－declaring that for 70 days this summer he would 2 the care of their four children and all the housework． 3 he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was very confident．
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to 4 ．“ I was beaten down, ” admits Bob．“ Not only is motherhood a 5 task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being．”
Bob and Pat were married in 1991．After the marriage, Pat 6 a secretary to help put him through university． 7 Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids． 8 two years ago Pat went back to work．“I had been 9 children so much,” she 10 , “ I couldn’t talk to a grown-up．” She continued to run the household, 11 until Bob signed the contract．
Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were 12 ．For the last three weeks, the family 13 a lot –sometimes having MacDonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner．
14 housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean 15 the bed is made．“I found 16 I shut the doors,” he says．Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out．“ When we went to 17 Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts 18 side out so they would look clean．”
Now that Bob has publicly 19 he was wrong, he is 20 the child-raising and household tasks with Pat．
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A．
only
B．
just
C．
nearly
D．
ever
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A．
stick to
B．
set about
C．
think about
D．
take over
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A．
If
B．
As
C．
Since
D．
Although
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A．
carry on
B．
give up
C．
break down
D．
find out
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A．
strange
B．
pleasant
C．
difficult
D．
serious
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A．
sent
B．
employed
C．
learned from
D．
worked as
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A．
In time
B．
Before long
C．
Since then
D．
Later on
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Then
B．
Thus
C．
So
D．
Still
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A．
near
B．
after
C．
about
D．
around
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A．
insists
B．
sighs
C．
jokes
D．
apologizes
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A．
besides
B．
therefore
C．
however
D．
otherwise
(12)
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A．
terrible
B．
tasty
C．
expensive
D．
special
(13)
[ ]
A．
starved
B．
traveled
C．
worked out
D．
ate out
(14)
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A．
Due to
B．
As for
C．
Along with
D．
Except for
(15)
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A．
until
B．
before
C．
if
D．
unless
(16)
[ ]
A．
an easier way
B．
a cheaper way
C．
a cleaner way
D．
a harder way
(17)
[ ]
A．
receive
B．
welcome
C．
greet
D．
fetch
(18)
[ ]
A．
good
B．
wrong
C．
fight
D．
opposite
(19)
[ ]
A．
admitted
B．
suggested
C．
agreed
D．
explained
(20)
[ ]
A．
operating
B．
realizing
C．
sharing
D．
performing
完型填空：
Mr．Jones woke early one morning, before the sun had risen, it was a beautiful morning, 1 he went to the window and looked out．He was surprised to see 2 middle-aged professor, who walked in the university just up the road from Mr．Jones’s house, 3 the direction of the town．He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying an umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag．Mr．Jones thought that he must have 4 by the night train, and decided to walk to the university instead of taking a taxi．
Mr．Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had 5 a long rope to one of the branches so that they could swing on it．
Mr．Jones was 6 to see the professor 7 when he saw the rope, and looked 8 up and down the road．When he saw that there was nobody in sight, he 9 into the garden, put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat on the grass and 10 the rope．He 11 it hard to see whether it was strong enough to 12 his weight, then ran as fast as he could and swung into the 13 on the end of the rope, his grey hair 14 all around his face．Backwards and forwards he swung, 15 taking a few more 16 steps on the grass when the rope began to swing 17 slowly for him．
At last the professor stopped, 18 his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat, picked up his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and 19 his way to the university, looking as 20 and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be．
