— Do you have the time?

　 — Sorry, I have no watch.

　 — ____

　 A. What a shame!　　 B. Thanks anyway.　

C. It doesn’t matter.　 　 D. Why not buy one?

— Why didn’t you say hello to him yesterday?　

— What a shame! But never before ___ I ___ him.

　 A. / ; had met　 B. have ; met　　 C. did ; meet　　　 D. had ; met

“Weren’t you a carzy kid !” said Sitster .

I was . The 　1　 I was seven , Father gave me a new , bright as gold . He had taken it out of his pocket several times , 　 2 to be examining the date on it waiting for me to 　3　 it . He couldn’t offer me anything until I had 　4　 some sign that the gift would be 　5　 .

“You can 　6　 it if you want it , Peter ,” he said at long last . “Oh , thanks . ”I said 　7　 more . I couldn’t show any of my eagemess .

I satrted with it for the 　8　 . For a penny you could buy the magic cylinder of “Long Tom ” popcom（爆米花）. 　9　 the more I thought my shining 　 10　 disappearing forever into the black drawer the store keeper 　 11　 his money in , the slower my 　12　 became as the store came nearer and nearer . I 　 13　 down in the road . I began to play with the penny , putting off the 　 14　 . I closed my eyes and 　　15 it deep in the sand ; and then , with my eyes still closed , 　 16　 and walked around and then came back to search for it . I did that again and again . Alas , once 　17　 often , the penny was lost .

It was almost dark when their 　18　 talking awakened me . It was Mothen who had found me . “Peter ! When made you come up here and hide ?” I was to have told her the whole story but Father was there . How could I bear the 　19　 to repeat the 　 20 thing before him !

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

2. A. pretending　　 B. appearing　 C. trying　　 D. managing

3. A. want　　　　 B. find　　　　 C. notice　　 D. pick

4. A. shown　　　 B. expressed　 C. raised　　 D. said

5. A. nice　　　　 B. valuable　　 C. useful　　 D. welcome

6. A. spend　　　 B. pay　　　　 C. cost　　　 D. have

7. A. something　 B. nothing　　　 C. anything　 D. not any

8. A. sand　　　 B. store　　　　 C. field　　　 D. restaurant

9. A. So　　　　 B. And　　　　 C. But　　　 D. Still

10.A. penny　　　 B. gift　　　　 C. cent　　　 D. money

11.A. kept　　　 B. hid　　　　 C. locked　　　 D. held

12.A. kept　　　 B. hid　　　　　 C. locked　　　 D. held

13.A.lay　　　　 B. sat　　　　　 C. went　　　 D. broke

14.A. decision　　 B. idea　　　　 C. mind　　　 D. thought

15.A. dropped　　 B. covered　　　 C. threw　　 D. huried

16.A. rose　　　 B. left　　　　 C. turned　　　 D. felt

17.A. very　　　 B. quite　　　 C. too　　　　 D. rather

18.A. surprised　 B. frightened　 C. disappointed D. excited

19.A. pity　　　 B. shame　　　 C. sadness　　 D. regret

20.A. funny　　　 B. silly　　 　 C. interesting　 D. clever