15.　 A. first　 B. the last　 C. next　 D. the next

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 G

Tom is four years old now. his father works in a middle school and ____1___ P.E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him ___2____. The boy is clever and always ___3___ that he knows more than his little friends too.

One morning Tom’s father ___4__ earlier. The school in which he works was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course he was going to be ___5__ than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later Tom’s grandma ___6__ sick. Her head hurt but she couldn’t go to see a ___7___ by herself. She called her son, but ___8___ answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it.

As soon as Tom went out, he ____9___ his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting and they __10__ went there happily. When they got to the school, there were a lot of people on the ___11___ and the boys’ 400-metre relay race ___12___. They stopped to watch it. And Tom ____13__ what his grandma told him to do. They were attracted by the race. Henry asked, “Why is the front boy running so fast?”

Of course Tom didn’t know about it. He ___14___ for a minute and said, “What a fool! Don’t you see the other boys with ___15___ in their hands are running after him?”

14.　 A. below　 B. above　 C. under　 D. over

13.　 A. saw　 B. looked　 C. noticed　 D. showed

12.　 A. back　 B. toward　 C. across　 D. through

11.　 A. Final　 B. Late　 C. Finally　 D. Lately

10.　 A. any　 B. every　 C. each　 D. some

9.　　　 A. seat　 B. walk　 C. bed　 D. table

8.　　　 A. get down　 B. get out　 C get off　 D. get in

7.　　　 A. sad　 B. angry　 C. tired　 D. excited

6.　　　 A. but　 B. and　 C. then　 D. so