There was a little boy who got angry easily. His father gave him a bag of nails(钉子) and told him that every  16  he got angry, to drive a nail into the back wall. The first day the boy had 17  37 nails into the wall. Then he put fewer and fewer nails. He found it was　18   to be not angry than to drive those  19  into the wall. 　Finally the day came when the boy didn't get  20  at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to be not angry. The days  21  and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that  22  nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the  23　. He said, "You have done  24 , my son, but look at the holes in the wall. The wall will  25  be the same. When you say things 　26 , they leave a scar(伤疤) just like this one. You  27  put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter  28  you say I'm sorry, the wound（伤口） is still there. A mental hurt is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you  29  and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always　30　 to open their hearts to us.

1.A. time        B. day         C. week             D. year

2.A. turned      B. driven     C. pulled          D. threw

3.A. harder      B. tougher    C. easier           D. worse

4.A. sticks     B. knives       C. nails            D. forks

5.A. happy          B. sad          C. excited         D. angry

6.A passed          B. came         C. returned         D. happened

7.A. some           B. many         C. all              D. most

8.A. house          B. nails       C. room             D. wall

9.A. badly       B. well       C. sadly            D. kindly

10.A. never       B. sometimes      C. often         D. always

11.A. politely     B. carefully   C. happily        D. angrily

12.A. must          B. need        C. can           D. should

13.A. how much    B. how long     C. how many times   D. how far

14.A. cry           B. jump         C. lose         D. smile

15.A. refuse      B. want           C. fail          D. learn

句型转换。(每空1分，共25分)

1.Kate is the oldest girl in our class.(改为同义句)

Kate is than in our class.

2.This bag is 90 yuan. That bag is 70 yuan.(改为同义句)

This bag is than that one.

3.He is cleverer than the other two.(改为同义句)

He is the three.

4.I am less careful than Ma Xueru.(改为同义句)

Ma Xueru is than I am.

5.I don’t think Maths is as interesting as English.(改为同义句)

I think English 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 Maths.

6.Wangxin’s mother often listens to her children’s problems.(改为一般疑问句)

Wangxin’s mother often to her children’s problems?

7.Liu Xiaowei went to see a friend yesterday afternoon.(对划线部分提问)

Liu Xiaowei yesterday afternoon？

8.Xu Xiya wants to be a doctor when she grows up.(对划线部分提问)

Xu Xiya when she grows up?