完形填空。 （10分）

Mrs. Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat’s first winter. One evening it was __1___ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs. Andrews looked __2___ everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, __3___ she telephoned the police and said, “ I have ___4___ a small black cat. Has ____5____ found one?”

“No, madam,” said the policeman at the other end, “But cats are really very __6___ animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts（融化）and somebody finds them, they are quite ____7____.”

Mrs. Andrews felt ____8___ when she heard this “And”, she said, “Our cat is very ____9___. She almost talks.”

The policeman was getting rather tired. “Well then,” he said, “Why don’t you put your __10____ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now.”

(    )1. A. here        B. there        C. inside         D. outside

(    )2. A. at          B. for         C. after          D. around

(    )3. A. so          B. or          C. if            D. because

(    )4. A. got         B. sold        C. lost           D. bought

(    )5. A. he          B. she        C. anybody       D. everybody

(    )6. A. bad         B. good       C. weak          D. strong

(    )7. A. well         B. ill         C. careful        D. worried

(    )8. A. worse       B. happier     C. colder         D. younger

(    )9. A. busy        B. clean       C. clever         D. angry

(    )10.A. cat         B. book       C. hands         D. telephone

  The students were having their chemistry（化学）class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes．Miss Li asked again，“Why don’t you answer my question？Didn’t I tell you what water is like？”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said，“Miss Li，you told us that water has no color and no smell．But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell．”Most of the children agreed With him．
“I’m sorry，children．”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier．That’s a problem”．
【小题1】The students were having their _______ class．

After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to   1  a week ago. She liked the city and went traveling there for   2  first time. Now she was walking along a quiet street when she saw a man working in a garden. She   3   to watch him carefully. The old man worked   4   and she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.

“I have a garden, too.” The woman said to herself. “ I   5  such a gardener. Why don’t you bring one to America?”

So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he    6   to go to America with her.

“ I’ll pay for your fare(费用), too.” said the woman. “ You’ll be able to get   7   soon in my country, I think.”

“ Thanks a lot,” said the old man, “but it’s    8   that I already have another position（职位）. I can’t give it up. I’ll have to work for you   9   they elect(选举) me next time.”

“Oh?” the woman said in surprise. “    10  are you, then?”

“The president of France.”

1.A. Toronto             B. Paris                C. Moscow

2.A. a                       B. /                    C. the

3.A. ended                   B. went on              C. stopped

4.A. slowly                  B. hard                 C. badly

5.A. need                    B. hope                 C. hate

6.A. disliked                B. agreed               C. believed

7.A. lonely                 B. happy                C. rich

8.A. glad                    B. unlucky              C. lucky

9.A. until                  B. unless               C. if

10.A. Whose                  B. How                  C. What