He was lying．He ________ that he was ill so that he could stay at home to play the game．

1. A.
   predicted
2. B.
   supposed
3. C.
   pretended
4. D.
   suggested

A young man worked very hard on his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. One day he found that he couldn't fall asleep at night. As he became ill, he couldn't go to sleep. When he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always failed.
After a few days he decided to see a doctor.
"I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?" he asked.
"I have a suggestion," said the doctor. "You can try to count numbers. When you count to one thousand, you will be asleep. I am sure of it. "
The next day the man returned to the doctor's office.
"Well," said the doctor. "How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"
The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said. "I tried to count one, two, three.. , up to one thousand. But when I counted to five hundred and sixty--nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep. "

1. 1.

   Why couldn't the young man go to sleep at night?

   1. A.
      Because he didn't finish his lessons
   2. B.
      Because he worked too hard
   3. C.
      Because he was worried about his homework
   4. D.
      Because there was a lot of noise
2. 2.

   What did the doctor ask the young man to do?

   1. A.
      To drink much water before going to bed
   2. B.
      To count numbers while he was lying in bed
   3. C.
      To count numbers before he went to bed
   4. D.
      To take some medicine and go to bed earlier
3. 3.

   The young man returned to the doctor's office the next day because_____

   1. A.
      he wanted to thank the doctor
   2. B.
      he felt better and wanted some more medicine
   3. C.
      he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers
   4. D.
      he still couldn't go to sleep at night
4. 4.

   The young man counted_______

   1. A.
      from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea
   2. B.
      from 1 to 569 and fell asleep
   3. C.
      from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep
   4. D.
      from 568 to 1,000
5. 5.

   In fact the young man ______

   1. A.
      didn't understand the doctor's suggestion
   2. B.
      was not able to count numbers
   3. C.
      was very afraid to stay at home by himself
   4. D.
      wasn't sleepy at all

Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife 41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house  42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  43 and usually gave it nice  44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and  45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to   46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”  47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).

   One evening his  49  called and told him that his granddaughter was  50  in hospital. He went to see her  51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t  52  the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he  53  to say “Good morning” to the bird.

Suddenly(突然地) he  54  someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked  55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.

1.A. tired     B. went     C. left       D. worked

2.A. happily   B. alone    C. angrily    D. carefully

3.A. say       B. shout    C. tell       D. speak

4.A. house     B. clothes    C. food     D. words

5.A. asked     B. liked      C. hoped    D. decided

6.A. want      B. teach      C. have     D. with

7.A. to        B. with       C. at       D. about

8.A. anything  B. everything  C. nothing   D. something

9.A. parrot   B. friend   C. wife    D. son

10.A. ill    B. serious    C. bad    D. worried

11.A. at first   B. at once   C. all year round   D. all the time

12.A. wake up    B. stay up    C. sleep late   D. fall asleep

13.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. planned     D. stopped

14.A. thought   B. knew     C. heard    D. found

15.A. up     B. around      C. down      D. over