I don't know why ______ so late yesterday.

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My uncle likes hunting very much. He often goes 　1　during the weekend and usually　2　 home with a bag of birds. Last Sunday evening he came home 　3　 than usual. He didn’t say 　4　 when he came 　5　. He threw his 　6 on to the table and sat by the fire. He looked tired and 　7　.
　　“Didn’t you have a good day, dear?”his wife asked.
　　“　8　 do you think?”he answered angrily and pointed 　9　 the bag on the table .“ Look at the bag! There’s only one bird in it and 　10　 me a lot of money!”“Weren’t there any birds?”she asked kindly.
　　“Hundreds of them!”my uncle said,“　11　 I spent the day 　12　 with a 　13　.”
　　“What happened, dear?”she asked.
　　“I shot my first bird at five o’clock 　14　 afternoon. Soon afterwards, I aimed at 　15　 one and 　16　, but I don’t know what happened. I think I slipped because I didn’t shoot the bird. I 　17　 a cow and killed it. The farmer 　18　owned it got very angry with me. I argued with him for hours and 19 theend I had to 　20　 him 50 pounds!”
　　1．A. shoot       B. to shoot　　  C. and shoots      D. shooting
　　2．A. goes        B. comes　　　   C. leaves          D. gets
　　3．A. early       B. earlier　　　 C. earliest        D. the earliest
　　4．A. anything    B. nothing　　　 C. something       D. everything
　　5．A. in          B. out　　　 C. down          D. up
　　6．A. hat         B. bag　　　 C. gun           D. glasses
　　7．A. terrible    B. pleased　 C. wonderful     D. angry
　　8．A. What        B. How　　　 C. Why           D. When
　　9．A. of          B. to　　　  C. up            D. at
　　10．A. paid       B. spent　　 C. took          D. cost
　　11．A. So         B. Or　　    C. But           D. And
　　12．A. talking    B. arguing　 C. hunting       D. playing
　　13．A. policeman  B. hunter　　C. farmer        D. cow
　　14．A. that       B. this　　  C. one           D. some
　　15．A. the other  B. the　　   C. another       D. some
　　16．A. fired      B. lit　　   C. began         D. opened
　　17．A. frightened B. shot at　 C. hit           D. missed
　　18．A. who        B. which　　 C. whose         D. whom
　　19．A. at         B. in　　    C. for           D. by
　　20．A. borrow     B. lend　 　 C. pay           D. earn

My father often works very hard. And he 　31 goes to the movies. Here I will tell you a 　32 story about him.

　 One afternoon, when he finished his work, and was about to go home, he found a film ticket under the glass on his desk. He thought he 　33 to have not much work to do that day and 　34 was quite wonderful to pass the evening at the cinema.

　 So he came back home and 　35 finished his supper. Then he said good-bye to us and left.

　 But to our 　36 , he came back about half an hour later. I asked him what was the 　 37 　.He smiled and told us about the funny thing that had happened at the 　38　 .

　 Whey my father was sitting in his seat, a woman came to father’s seat and said that the seat was hers. My father was 　39 , he took out the ticket and looked at it carefully. It was Row 17, Seat 3. And then he looked at the seat. It was 　40 . So he asked her to 　41　 her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat 　42 　in it was Row 17, Seat 3.

　 Why? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering, suddenly the woman said, “The 　43 of the tickets are different.” 　44　 they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, “Oh, I am sorry, I made a mistake. My ticket is for the 　45　 a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left.

　 31. A. always　 　 B. seldom　　　 C. often　　　　　 D. sometimes.

　 32. A. funny　　　　　 B. sad　　　　 C. bad　　　　 D. strange

　 33. A. happened　　 B. liked　　　　　 C. pretended　　　 D. wanted

　 34. A. it　　　　　　　 B. this　　　　 C. that　　　　 D. which

　 35. A. early　　　　　 B. quietly　　 C. quickly　　 D. suddenly

　 36. A. surprise　　 B. joy　　　　 C. sorrow　　　 D. delight

　 37. A. matter　　　　　 B. date　　　　 C. time　　　　 D. price

　 38. A. hall　　　　 B. theatre　　 C. office　　　　　 D. cinema

　 39. A. interested　　　 B. surprised　　　 C. frightened　 D. disappointed

　 40. A. different　　　 B. unusual　　 C. the same　　 D. strange

　 41. A. bring　　　　　 B. get　　　　 C. see　　　　 D. show

　 42. A. said　　　　 B. named　　　 C. told　　　　 D. shown

　 43. A. designs　　 B. colors　　　 C. prices　　　 D. owners

　 44. A. .But　　　　 B. However　　 C. So　　　　　 D. Yet

　 45. A. exhibition　　　 B. play　　　　 C. concert　　 D. film