Old Brown lived in a city. He had no job but he was rich. He was good __1___stealing. But his neighbors didn’t know that he was a thief.

    One day a friend went to see him, but he was __2___ . His son, young Brown, came out to ___3__ the man and asked him to have a cup of tea. About half __4___ hour later old Brown came back.“ Mr. White asked me to return five hundred dollars to you, Mr. Brown,” said his friend. “Thank you, my friend,” said old Brown. But ___5__ his surprise, the man couldn’t find his wallet. He looked very worried.“___6__ has happened to you, my friend?” asked old Brown. “I can’t find my wallet,” said the man. “But it__7___ in my pocket just now.” “Who was here?” “Only your ____8___.” “I see,” said Old Brown. “Don’t worry. I will get it back for you.” Old Brown went out. Soon he came back with the wallet. His friend was __9____and asked, “Did you blame your son?” “Please don’t speak loudly,” said old Brown. “My son doesn’t know I have taken out the wallet ___10___ his pocket.”

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

（   ）2. A．in                 B．out                  C． on                  D．back

（   ）3. A．meet              B．visit                 C．look                D．watch

（   ）4. A．a                   B．an                   C．the                  D．/

（   ）5. A．of                  B．at                 C．in                 D．to

（   ）6. A．When            B．How                C．What               D．Which

（   ）7. A．is                  B．are                  C．was                 D．were

（   ）8. A．wife                     B．neighbor          C．daughter          D．son

（   ）9. A．happy            B．sorry               C．sad                  D．tired

（   ）10. A．for               B．from                C．to                 D．off

Two teachers were sitting in the teachers' room. For a moment there was silence. Then one of them, Miss Smith, said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him! I just can’t let him   16   . "

"Now Alice," said her friend, Mrs Jackson, "is he so terrible a student?"

"That's just the trouble!" the other woman answered, "Tom was ever my   17   student. The problem is that he is so lazy that he never gets his work done. He hasn't handed me a piece of homework for three     18    !"

Mrs Jackson had never seen Miss Smith so   19   before. "Have you had a word with him about it?" she asked.

"Why should I? Every student must hand in homework. I made    20   very clear on the first day for class.  I don't know what has happened. When the lessons started, he did so well that I   21   thought about asking the school to give him a scholarship(奖学金). But now he often sleeps in class! I've never seen such a   22   in a student."

"You should have a talk with him. Give him a chance. "

Miss Smith spoke to Tom and learned all about it. He was studying all day and working most of the night in a factory to   23    for his schooling. Of course he was   24   in class and sometimes could hardly   25   awake. Miss Smith soon asked the school to give him a scholarship and he was able to devote himself to his lessons again.

1.A. leave          B. pass         C. work         D. sleep

2.A. laziest            B. busiest        C. worst         D. best 

3.A. minutes        B. hours       C. weeks        D. years 

4.A. worried            B. pleased          C. useless          D. kind

5.A. them           B. him              C. that             D. one

6.A. even          B. only         C. mostly           D. still 

7.A. trouble            B. hope         C. change           D. danger 

8.A. pay           B. call             C. save             D. share 

9.A. forgetful          B. careless         C. asleep      D. tired

10.A. seem         B. keep             C. look             D. get 

There lived a young man in a village. He was born in a      family. His parents had a lot of farms and got much money . He was in school for only four years, but he thought he knew all.        the villagers called him Mr. Know-All. And he told his servants not to tell him the results（结果） directly (直接地). The servants . were afraid of  him and had to listen to him.

    One day Mr. Know-All went to     his friend who lived in a town. He stayed there for nearly a week. Suddenly one of his servants came and called out, “     , sir!”

“What happened?”

“Your cat has died!”

“What’s there to be surprised at （吃惊）?” said the young man. “Throw it to the river. By the way, of what illness did it die?”

“It     much meat of the horse and died.”

“What? Has my horse died, too? And what illness did it die of, then?”

 “It pulled(拉) the carried (马车) to the hospital,” said the servant. “ We made it     as fast as possible. When we reached the hospital, it was so tired that it couldn’t     up any longer and died.”

“Wait a minute,” said Mr Know-All. “What did you go to the hospital for?”

“To     your mother there.”

“What’s the matter with my mother?”

“She     down stairs and hurt her head. We sent her to the hospital, but it was too late. The doctors operated on（动手术）her at once, they tried their best to save her, but she died!”

Mr Know-All became angry and shouted, “Why didn’t you tell me about it      ?”

“You never let us tell you the results directly, sir.”

1.A. worker’s        B. teacher’s         C. farmer’s         D. soldier’s

2.A. But            B. Then            C. Or              D. So

3.A. look after       B. hurt             C. look for         D. visit

4.A. Good news      B. Bad news        C. Good morning    D. Good afternoon

5.A. ate             B. saw             C. touched         D. cut

6.A. run            B. walk             C. jump            D. fly

7.A. sit             B. lie               C. sleep           D. stand

8.A. post            B. bring             C. take           D. put

9.A. went           B. lived             C. stayed          D. fell

10.A. early          B. earlier            C. earliest         D. the earliest

    There lived a young man in a village. He was born in a  1   family. His parents had a lot of farms and got much money . He was in school for only four years, but he thought he knew all. 

  2   the villagers called him Mr. Know-All. And he told his servants not to tell him the results（结果） directly (直接地). The servants . were afraid of  him and had to listen to him.

    One day Mr. Know-All went to  3  his friend who lived in a town. He stayed there for nearly a week. Suddenly one of his servants came and called out, “  4  , sir!”

“What happened?”

“Your cat has died!”

“What’s there to be surprised at （吃惊）?” said the young man. “Throw it to the river. By the way, of what illness did it die?”

“It  5  much meat of the horse and died.”

“What? Has my horse died, too? And what illness did it die of, then?”

“It pulled(拉) the carried (马车) to the hospital,” said the servant. “ We made it  6  as fast as possible. When we reached the hospital, it was so tired that  it couldn’t  7  up any longer and died.”

“Wait a minute,” said Mr Know-All. “What did you go to the hospital for?”

“To  8  your mother there.”

“What’s the matter with my mother?”

“She  9  down stairs and hurt her head. We sent her to the hospital, but it was too late. The doctors operated on（动手术）her at once, they tried their best to save her, but they dialed!”

Mr Know-All became angry and shouted, “Why didn’t you tell me about a  10  ?”

“You never let us tell you the results directly, sir.”

(  )1. A. worker’s        B. teacher’s         C. farmer’s         D. soldier’s

(  )2. A. But            B. Then            C. Or              D. So

(  )3. A. look after       B. hurt             C. look for         D. visit

(  ) 4A. Good news     B. Bad news     C. Good morning   D. Good afternoon

(  )5. A. ate            B. saw              C. touched         D. cut

(  )6.A. run           B. walk             C. jump            D. fly

(  )7.A. sit            B. lie               C. sleep           D. stand

(  )8.A. post           B. bring             C. take           D. put

(  )9.A. went          B. lived             C. stayed          D. fell

(  )10.A. early          B. earlier            C. earliest         D. the earliest

　　It was the woman's birthday one day. There 4 a birthday party in their house. All their friends were invited to 5 it. That afternoon, when everything was ready, Mr. Edison came back from his lab, being 6 . As soon as she saw him, she called out, “Oh dear! Our guests will soon come, but you 7 the old clothes! Go to change the best ones!”