The city of Venice，in  Italy，is one of a kind．It is built on more than 120 islands，just off arrival．After explaining where my new house was，I told him that I had left the key under the doormat．Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back，I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator（冰箱）．

　　Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house．At the moment，he said，he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal．He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator．Now，he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon．When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house，he answered that the only problem  was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat，but luckily，the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and  he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great surprise．There is no apple tree outside my window，but there is one by the living room window of my next-door  neighbor’s house！

　1.When my friend arrived，I could not go to meet him because________．

　2.A doormat is a mat______．

3.I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____．

　4.At last my friend______．

　5.The writer left the key under the doormat so that______．

Winning a marathon is one of the　　1　 things that an athlete can do. A marathon is 42.2 kilometres of running without a 　 2　 .

The most famous marathon runner was Abebe Bikila. He 　 3　 many hours running in the mountains near his home. Later, when he became　　4　 of the emperor's (皇帝) palace guards, he　　5　 on running. He enjoyed it.

Not many people had 　 6　 Bikila when he entered the 1960 summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.　　7　 two hours and fifteen minutes after the marathon began, he　　8　 the running and became a famous track star.

Bikila started the race in a 　 9　 pair of running shoes. They soon began to　　10　 his feet. After only a few kilometres he took them　　11　 . He was used to running barefoot (赤脚), and that was the 　 12　 in which he ran the　　13　 of the race!As he entered the stadium two hours later, Bikila was 25 seconds　 14　 of the next runner. People rose to their feet, 　 15　 . No one that they had ever heard of could run such a race 　 16　 , and Bikila had just run it faster than anyone else in　　17　 .

Four years later, Abebe Bikila　　18　 to win a second Olympic marathon. A month before the race he　　19　 have an operation. This time he ran along the streets of Tokyo. When he entered the stadium at the 　 20　 of the race, he was four minutes ahead of the next runner.

1. A. most smallest B. hardest C. longest D. easier

2. A. breath B. look C. stop D. doubt

3. A. took B. experienced C. put D. spent

4. A. one B. many C. any D. some

5. A. had B. passed C. kept D. held

6. A. thought about B. read C. heard of D. spoke to

7. A. So B. But C. However D. Later

8. A. watched B. practised C. decided D. finished

9. A. new B. nice C. everyday D. proper

10. A. touch B. feel C. hurt D. move

11. A. on B. off C. out D. down

12. A. hour B. day C. time D. way

13. A. other B. left C. distance D. rest

14. A. ahead B. in front C. instead D. because

15. A. laughing B. calling C. cheering D. smiling

16. A. bravely B. barefoot C. on time D. strangely

17. A. earth B. world C. history D. mankind

18. A. liked B. hoped C. began D. waited

19. A. might B. ought to C. was told to D. had to

20. A. point B. end C. time D. beginning

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　An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with me, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived．I was still at the office at the time, but had made arrangements（安排）for his arrival．After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the door-mat（蹭鞋垫）．As I was likely to be home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink．

　Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat．At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal．He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator（电冰箱）．Now, he said he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him．When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been left open, and he had climbed in．I listened to all this in astonishment．There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbour's!

1．The story was about______．

[　　]

A．a thief who entered the writer's house

B．an old friend of the writer's who returned from some foreign country

C．a man who liked to climb an apple tree

D．a man who tried to enter his friend's flat but got into the flat next to his friend's

2．When his friend arrived from abroad, the writer was______．

[　　]

A．at the airport

B．at home

C．still at the office

D．on his way home

3．As the writer was busy and couldn't go home on time, he asked his guest______．

A．to cook something for him

B．to have a meal and drink himself

C．to wait for him

D．to go into the kitchen and cook first

4．A flat is a ______．

[　　]

A．house

B．set of rooms

C．hotel

D．restaurant

5．The writer was surprised to find that his friend had______．

[　　]

A．entered his neighbour's house by mistake

B．entered his living-room by climbing the apple tree

C．entered the house from the back door．

D．got into his living-room through the open window