Chinese brush-pens（毛笔）were used to ________ in the old days.

1. A.
   writing
2. B.
   write
3. C.
   to write
4. D.
   wrote

A. writing　　　　   B. write　　　　  C. to write　　　　 D. wrote

Chinese brush-pens（毛笔）were used to ________ in the old days.

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Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people．At one time 1 did not like their students to  2  with them．Perhaps it was too easy．Pens can leak(漏)and it is  3 to spill(溢出，流出)the ink．But it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them．

    Ladislao Biro  4  for a newspaper in Budapest．He spent all day  5  his desk．Day in and day out，he corrected  6  of thin，cheap paper with a pen and ink．He often had to stop to   7  his pen and it did not write  8  on the thin paper．He and his brother George  9  some experiments．They wanted a pen that did not leak，with ink that did not spill．Why not  10  a little ball at the end?

  Two Englishmen，Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles，liked the  11 . It was the  12 in the second World War．The Air Force(空军)  13  a non-leak，non-spill pen for the men to write with in  14 ．Martin and Miles made and  15  many thousands of Biro “writing—sticks” to the Air Force.

1．A．factories                B．schools            C．shops               D．restaurants

2．A．play                      B．write                C．come               D．meet

3．A．easy                      B．hard                 C．free                 D．popular

4．A．1eft                       B．waited              C．looked              D．worked

5．A．on                         B．near                 C．at                    D．in

6．A．mistakes                B．books               C．pages               D．diaries

7．A．mend                    B．fill                    C．brush               D．change

8．A．well                      B．down               C．out                  D．up

9．A．kept                      B．finished            C．began               D．studied

10．A．find                     B．wear                C．grow               D．use

11．A．matter                 B．result               C．meaning           D．idea

12．A．day                     B．time                 C．break               D．year

13．A．bought                 B．took                 C．needed             D．preferred

14．A．planes                  B．ships                C．trains               D．buses

15．A．bought            B．lent                C．moved            D．passed

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　　Long, long ago there lived a king. He ___1___ horses. One day he asked ___2___ artist to draw ___3___ a beautiful horse. The artist said:“ All right, ___4___ you must ___5___.” So the king waited. He waited and waited.___6___ last, after a year he could not wait ___7___.He went to see the artist ___8___.

　　___9___the artist brought ___10___paper and a brush. In five minutes he finished ___11___a___12___ beautiful horse. The king was angry. “You can draw a good horse ___13___five minutes, yet you kept me ___14___ ___15___a year. Why?”

　　“Come___16___me, please,” said the artist. They___17___to the artist's workroom. There the king saw piles and piles(一堆堆的) of ___18___. On ___19___ piece of paper was a picture of a horse.

　　“It ___20___ me more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five minutes,” the artist said.

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A.love　　　B.loves　　　C.loved 　　　D.loving

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A.and 　　　B.a　　　C.the　　　D./

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A.him　　　B.he　　　C.his　　　D.himself

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A.and　　　B./  　　　C.but 　　　D.when

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A.waited　　　B.to wait　　　C.wait　　　D.wait for

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A.In　　　B.AT　　　C.For　　　D.On

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A.any long　　　B.any time　　　C.any longer　　　D.any longest

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A.himself　　　B.herself　　　C.itself　　　D.themselves

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10.

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11.

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A.to draw　　　B.drawing　　　C.to drawing　　　D.drew

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A.too　　　B.so　　　C.very　　　D.nice

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A.for　　　B.with　　　C.at　　　D.in

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A.wait　　　B.to wait　　　C.waiting　　　D.to waiting

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A.in　　　B.till　　　C.by　　　D.for

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A.to　　　B.up　　　C.with　　　D.without

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A.go　　　B.was going　　　C.went　　　D.come

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A.paper　　　B.pens　　　C.pictures　　　D.papers

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20.

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A.takes　　　B.take　　　C.will　　　D. took