The tall man was sitting in the chair. He was reading a book. When I talked to him, I found that from boyhood (少年时代), he had the habit (习惯) of carrying a little book in his pocket. He often read every minute when he was not doing anything else. He found a book very useful during the time of waiting, such as waiting for meals, buses, doctors, telephone calls, plays to begin or something to happen.

That was how he found his fifteen minutes a day for reading.

That was how he read his twenty books a year --one thousand in his lifetime.

1.The habit of carrying a book was the habit of ________.

A．the writer                             B．the man

C．the pocket                            D．the boyhood

2.When the man was waiting for the doctor, he _______.

A．talk with others

B．found something to eat

C．read a book

D．wanted to know who the doctor was

3.Sometimes the man read in the theatre, because ________.

A．the play was not interesting

B．the play didn't begin

C．the play was over

D．the man didn't like the play

The man with short hair is __________father.

1. A.
   Simon and Daniel’s
2. B.
   Simon’s and Daniel’s
3. C.
   Simon’s and Daniel
4. D.
   Simon and Daniel

A poor girl was selling flowers in the street  21  Christmas Eve. Her parents were ill, so she  22  get money for food. It was very cold. The girl felt cold and hungry. She stopped  23  a beautiful house. The girl knocked  24   the door and a man came out. She asked  25  he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want  26  . She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the  27  of a tall wall. She looked  28  the flowers. 'Ihe flowers  29  very nice. She suddenly had an unusual feeling. She felt she became light,   30  slowly she began to fly into the sky. She  31  higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them  32  her granny. She welcomed her and asked her why she didn't  33  .The girl told her that she had to  34  to get money became her parents were badly ill. Granny told her  35  and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed  36  .

It snowed  37  that night. The girl died  38  a smile on her face.   39  , people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and   40  .

1.A.  in            B. on              C. at               D.（不填）

2.A. could           B. had better        C. would like        D. had to

3.A. in front of       B. in the front of     C. behind           D. beside

4.A. at              B. to              C. in               D. for

5.A. what            B. why            C. if               D. when

6.A. some           B. any             C.  nothing         D. something

7.A. head           B. foot             C. top               D. middle

8.A. for            B. up               C. (不填)            D. at

9.A. feels           B. felt              C. smelt             D. smells

10.A. and            B. but              C. so               D. or

11.A. went           B. got              C. looked            D. flew

12.A. has            B. was              C. had              D. were

13.A. get money       B. go out           C. come to see her     D. stay at home

14.A. fly into the sky   B. come here        C. sell flowers        D. help others

15.A. didn't worry     B. not to worry       C. to not worry       D. to worry not

16.A. happy          B. happier           C. happiest          D. happily

17.A. heavily         B. heavy            C. largely           D. strongly

18.A. had            B. has              C. with             D. without

19.A. By the way      B. At the same time    C. except the girl     D. By way

20.A. looked after the girl B. talked about the girl    C. enjoyed themselves  D. watched themselves

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight. But what could the doctor do? He had to put on his coat and go downstairs.

When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with his hat in his hand. “How do you do, sir?” said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” In a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, and the man got on the doctor’s car. They drove on for a long time, then the man said, ”Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

“But I must see the patient,” the doctor said, “How can I go back without seeing the patient? Where is the patient?”

“There is no patient,” explained the man, “Nobody is ill. I live here. You see, one must go home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis at this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

1.When the doorbell began to ring, the doctor_________.

A．was sleeping downstairs                  B．was working downstairs

C．was sleeping upstairs                     D．was working upstairs

2.The man asked the doctor ________.

A．to go to his house                       B．to go downstairs

C．to see a patient                         D．to go to a place out of town

3.They left ________.

A．at once           B．after a few minutes  C．on foot           D．on a bike

4.What the man wanted to do was only _________.

A．to fool the doctor                       B．to give the doctor money

C．to get home in the doctor’s car            D．to play a joke with the doctor

5.The doctor must be _________ at last.

A．happy            B．sad              C．angry             D．ill