Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days.        he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a        future.

When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be        his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months       , he found a new job in a big       . Workers in this company        traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to        it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The        thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he        the company.

He was so        at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a         shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he        reading books. Three years later, he        the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three        and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.

“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most        thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”

1.A. While                           B. When                     C. Until                                 D. If

2.A. bad                         B. bright                       C. coming                            D. interesting

3.A. tired of                         B. crazy about                      C. interested in          D. afraid of

4.A. ago                          B. before                     C. later                                 D. afterwards

5.A. factory                          B. shop                                  C. school                               D. company

6.A. hardly                          B. usually                             C. seldom                            D. never

7.A. like                           B. prefer                                C. hate                                  D. practise

8.A. worst                   B. happiest                           C. best                                   D. strangest

9.A. reached                        B. called                                C. left                                    D. started

10.A. happy                        B. energetic                       C. rich                                 D. poor

11.A. cloth                           B. fruit                                 C. book                      D. dress

12.A. enjoyed                B. finished                    C. began                               D. forgot

13.A. married                    B. knew                     C. met                                 D. visited

14.A. sisters                        B. brothers                      C. cousins                            D. children

15.A. difficult             B. important                         C. amazing                            D. Boring

Mr. King worked in a factory. He liked playing soccer and spent much time on it, so he was sometimes late for work. His boss was so angry that he fired Mr. King. Mr. King couldn't find another job. Finally he got into trouble and lived a difficult life.
One of his friends felt sorry for turn and introduced him to a headmaster, whose school was just in need of swimming coach (教练). Mr. King began to teach the school children to swim. He wasn't a good coach. Two months later, the children learned nothing. Few of them could swim.
It was a hot Saturday. The children wouldn't stay in the classroom and wanted to swim in the river. Mr. King failed to stop them. Before they started, he drew a red line below the knee of each child. He said to them, "Come out of the river at once if the water reaches the line."
【小题1】Why did the boss fire Mr. King?

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem! Here is how it works.
The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispered in a soft voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” After minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once , or you’ll be late !”
If you don’t get up after the second recording, a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. The bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed awake!
Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores. There is only one bed--- the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest. Maybe someday a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores. Maybe people will buy millions of beds. Then Hiroyuki will be rich. If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich, he won’t need to work, and he won’t need to get up early!
【小题1】 The bed is useful to the people _______.

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. One morning, he got up very  31  because his clock stopped. He 32  to shave （刮脸） quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got  blood （血） all over his 33 , so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 34  ironing （熨） .While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 35 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he  36 he couldn’t go to work by bus. He  37  for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 38  in. In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman  39  a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When  Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman 40  to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was  41  till 3 p.m.  42 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived  43 the office at about 4 p.m., his boss  44  a look at him and told him to find  45 job.

1.                A．early           B．late            C．worriedly D．fast

2.                A．tried           B．hoped          C．wished   D．wanted

3.                A．coat           B．sweater         C．jacket    D．shirt

4.                A．need          B．needed         C．needing  D．to need

5.                A．money         B．change         C．bill  D．pay

6.                A．wondered      B．thought         C．believed  D．decided

7.                A．looked         B．wished         C．waited   D．telephoned

8.                A．got            B．sat             C．came D．entered

9.                A．by             B．with           C．in   D．through

10.               A．seemed        B．said           C．happened D．appeared

11.               A．stopped        B．caught         C．left   D．kept

12.               A．At last          B．In the last       C．At the end D．By the end

13.               A．at             B．in             C．to    D．from

14.               A．took           B．gave           C．showed   D．has

15.               A．another        B．the other       C．other D．others