A shopkeeper was sent a telegram 1 him that his ticket won 100,000 pounds in the sweepstake（跑马采票）． He happened to be 2 having heart trouble, and his wife opened the message． 3 that the sudden news might cause a fatal（致命的） 4 to her husband, she asked the family doctor to dinner and requested him to 5 the good news with tack（机智）． After dinner the doctor drew his 6 to one side．

    “How’s business?” the doctor began．

    “It could be better． I could use a few hundred pounds,” said the shopkeeper．

    “Well,” 7 the doctor． “You 8 a sweepstake ticket． What would you do if you won 1,000 pounds?”

    “Nobody ever wins,” the man answered with a word． “But if I won． I would send my family to the seashore, and 9 my debts．”

    “I would buy this house and a cottage in the countryside．”

    “What would you do if you won 100,000 pounds?”

　　 The man 10 , “Doctor,” he said seriously, “I swear（发誓） I would 11 you half of it．”

    The doctor gasped, opened his mouth and 12 dead．

[　　]1．A．saying B．informing

　　　　 C．reading D．writing

[　　]2．A．work B．home C．here D．there

[　　]3．A．Afraid B．Hoping

　　　 　C．Fearing D．Thinking

[　　]4．A．shock B．disorder C．beat D．stick

[　　]5．A．past B．take C．carry D．pass

[　　]6．A．friend B．wife

　　　　 C．keeper D．patient

[　　]7．A．swept B．smiled C．shouted D．cried

[　　]8．A．buy B．win C．have D．won

[　　]9．A．pay for B．return

　　　　 C．pay off D．turn in

[　　]10．A．lay down B．looked up

　　　　 C．went out D．came in

[　　]11．A．take B．give C．bring D．carry

[　　]12．A．jumped B．sat

　　　　  C．stood D．dropped

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阅读下面短文，根据上下文和空白处单词首字母的提示填写单词，使短文内容完整，逻辑清楚合理，语言结构及单词拼写正确．将所缺单词完整地填写在短文下方相应题号后的横线上

　　Baby chimps(黑猩猩) and human babies grow and learn in different ways. One scientist raised a baby chimp at h 1 with his own baby son, Donald. The were t 2 the same. They played with the same toys. They were taken on walks t 3 . They were put into bed at the same time.

　　At first the chimp s 4 to develop faster than Donald. She was the first to follow o 5 like “Come here.” She was stronger than Donald. She could use her hands and fingers b 6 .

　　B 7 after many months, Donald began to c 8 up. He was the first to start drawing instead of just scribbling. And Donald learned to do something the chimp n 9 learned to do－pronounce w 10 an talk.

1．________ 2．________ 3．________ 4．________ 5．________

6．________ 7．________ 8．________ 9．________ 10．________

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    在下面的短文中有10个空格，每个空格有A、B、C、D四个选项，根据上下文选择一个最佳答案。

　　 Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper．That is ___1___ men first began to write six thousand years ago or more．The alphabet we now use ___2___ down to us over a long period of time．It was ___3___ from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt．

　　 Picture-writing was useful in many ways．It could be used to express ideas as well as ___4___．For example, a drawing of a man meant the object “man”．___5___ a drawing of a man ___6___ on the ground with a spear in him meant “death”．

　　 Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese and the American Indians also developed ways ___7___ writing in picture．But only so much could be said ___8___．Thousands of pictures would have been needed to express all the ideas that people might have．It would have ___9___ many thousands more to express all the objects ___10___ to men．No one could draw so many pictures in a lifetime．Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all such drawings in a lifetime．

1．

[　　]

A．when B．because C．where D．how

2．

[　　]

A．went B．showed C．appeared D．came

3．

[　　]

A．developed B．discovered C．increased D．grown

4．

[　　]

A．stories B．animals C．objects D．subjects

5．

[　　]

A．But B．For C．Besides D．Because

6．

[　　]

A．lies B．lying C．laying D．lain

7．

[　　]

A．to B．about C．on D．of

8．

[　　]

A．as follows B．this way C．that much D．at least

9．

[　　]

A．drawn B．shown C．done D．taken

10．

[　　]

A．known B．with C．called D．in