87.In autumn, you’ll see ___________(落)leaves everywhere.

86.In 2007, Hong Kong people will have their tenth ___________(庆祝)for returning to the motherland.

81.a_________　 82.w_________　 83.n____________　 84.h__________ 85.a___________

　 Once, there lived a woodman and his wife l____76____near a forest. One day, when the woodman was a_____77______ to cut a tree, a fairy(仙女)a____78_____ , saying she would let him and his wife have wishes if he didn’t hurt the tree. The woodman a_____79____ and the fairy disappeared.

　 When he got home, he was very hungry, so he wished to have a big sausage. His wife was s___80_____ to see a sausage. When she learn the story about the fairy, she was a____81_____ with his husband. She said she w_____82______ the sausage were stuck to her husband’s nose. As n____83______ of them could pull the sausage off the nose, they wished nothing had h____84_____. Surely, the three wishes were wasted. And the woodman owned nothing at a_____85____.

76.l_________　 77.a__________　 78.a____________　 79.a__________ 80. s__________

A：How are you feeling now? George and I was quite anxious about you when Ann called us yesterday．

B：Not too 　66　 　yet．I still have a headache and my right 　67　 　can 　68 　take a cup．

A：What about your legs?

B：Much better．I feel less 　69　 in my knees　 70　 I can’t walk．

　 　Just now the doctor and the nurses told me to stay in bed for two weeks．

A：That’s OK．But how did it 71　 ?

B： Oh，yesterday morning I cleaned the windows．In order to 　72 　the work easier，I climbed over the window and stood 　73　 　the windows．1 worked quickly，but suddenly I 　74 down to the garden．When 1 woke up，I found myself 　_75___ in bed in the hospital.

A：You’re lucky that you live on the second floor．

Why do we count things in group of ten? The reason is that we have ten fingers. Long　 41　 , when people had to count a lot of things, they matched them against their　 42　 . First they counted out enough objects to match the fingers of　 43　 and then put them away in one group.　 44 there were more than ten, they formed more groups. We can call our number “two-handed” numbers, because they developed from the 　45hat people counted things on two hands.

Some people had “　 46 numbers”, too. Because there are five fingers on one hand, they counted things out in groups of five. It was　 47 by Romans who lived in Italy over 2000 years ago. We call their written numbers Roman numerals and we use them even today. In Roman numerals, “I” stands for one, and “V” stands for five. For six, the Romans wrote “VI”. 48 　people counted objects in groups of 12. We　 49　 use the 12-in-one-group system for telling time with a clock. We count the　 50　 from one to twelve and then start with one again.

41.(　　　 ) A. time　　　　　　　　 B. ago　　　　　　　　　 C. before　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. time before

42.(　　 ) A. numbers　　　　　　　　　 B. hands　　　　　　　　　　 C. fingers　　　　　　　　　 D. feet

43.(　　 ) A. all hands　　　　　　　　　 B. both hands　　　　　　 C. each hand　　　　　　　　　　 D. either hand

44.(　　 ) A. If　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. As　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Because　　　　　　　　 D. Finally

45.(　　 ) A. idea　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. rule　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fact　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. reason

46.(　　 ) A. one-handed　　　　　　　 　 B. two-handed　　　　　 C. ten-in-all　　　　　　　　 D. half

47.(　　 ) A. discovered　　　　 　　 B. made　　　　　　　　　　　 C. taken　　　　　　　　　　　 D. used

(　　 )48 A. Few　　　　　　　　　　 　 　 B. Many　　　　　　　 　　　 C. Sometimes　　　　　　 D. Very often

49.(　　 ) A. still　　　　　　　　　　 　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. seldom　　　　　　　　　

C. used to　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. have stopped to

50.(　　 ) A. numbers　　　　　　　　　 B. hours　　　　　　　　　　　 C. minutes　　　　　　　　　 D. time