根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限填一词。

  The worst traveler in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he f  1.  from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome,  s 2.  he got off the plane.

　　When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy  t  3.   made his friends late. While looking for their address, Paul found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. He found many high m    4.   buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people spoke English but not Italian and that main street signs were w   5.   in  English.

　　Paul knew very l    6.  English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same l    7.    .

　　After twelve hours’ traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to  a  8.  policeman But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣)so many people who spoke English as policemen.

　　Paul didn’t b    9.  he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was s 10.     to the airport in a police car.　

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
　　There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
　　Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
【小题1】Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

My mum only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to    16    the family when I was young.

   One day my mum came to 　17  hello to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed（尴尬的） that I threw her a hateful  18  and ran out.

   The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “Your mum only has one eye!” and   19     at me.

   I hated my mum and decided to leave her, so I studied very hard. Later I got a chance to go abroad to study and I left my mother.　20　graduation I worked, bought a house and got    21  there. Then I had kids of my own. I was happy with my wife and my kids. But one day someone knocked at my door. It was my  22   !When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I   23   at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” And to this, my mum 　24   answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have got the wrong   25   ,”and she disappeared.

   One day, a letter regarding a school reunion（聚会） came to my house. So I 　26   to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house.

   My neighbours said that she    27    . I did not have a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

   My dearest son,

    I am thinking 　28　 you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your 　29　 .

     I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was still an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

   You see…when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you grow up with one eye. So I gave you    30    .

   …  With all my love to you!

   Your mother

1.A. support       B. provide       C. offer         D. prefer

2.A. speak          B. talk          C. say           D. tell

3.A. cry           B. look          C. laugh         D. smell

4.A. smiled             B. shouted       C. knocked     D. laughed

5.A. After              B. Since        C. Before        D. Until

6.A. worried            B. excited       C. married       D. satisfied

7.A. Dad                B. friend        C. son           D. Mum

8.A. said               B. screamed      C. talked        D. added

9.A. quietly            B. happily       C. loudly        D. angrily

10.A. name           B. address       C. number       D. city

11.A. laid           B. told          C. lied          D. lay

12.A. returned       B. moved        C. hurt          D. died

13.A. over              B. of            C. out           D. about

14.A. wife           B. son           C. family        D. daughter

15.A. his               B. yours            C. hers             D. mine

An old lady went to the shop last Sunday. She passed a bank and saw a car near the door. A man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock(锁).

　　The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun（枪）out of the pocket and said to the clerk, “Give me all the money.” But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “Young man, you are foolish. Never leave your keys in your car. Someone is going to steal it. ” The man looked at the old lady for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk. He took the keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money.

1. Last Sunday, an old woman ______.

A. had nothing to do 　     B. went out for a walk　

C. went to buy something    D. went to see the man

2.The man got off his car and went into _____.

A. a police station　　      B. the post office　　

C. the shop　             D. the bank

3. The old lady saw ______ on the car.　　

A. a gun　  B. a bag　  C. a lot of money    D. the keys

4. The old lady ______.

 A. knew the man　　     B. thought the man was a thief　　

C. didn’t know the man　　D. wanted to catch the thief

5.When she gave the young man his keys, he ____.

 A. took them and ran into the bank  　　

B. thanked her very much

 C. was very surprised 

D. said nothing and went to the police station