Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people．At one time 1 did not like their students to  2  with them．Perhaps it was too easy．Pens can leak(漏)and it is  3 to spill(溢出，流出)the ink．But it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them．

    Ladislao Biro  4  for a newspaper in Budapest．He spent all day  5  his desk．Day in and day out，he corrected  6  of thin，cheap paper with a pen and ink．He often had to stop to   7  his pen and it did not write  8  on the thin paper．He and his brother George  9  some experiments．They wanted a pen that did not leak，with ink that did not spill．Why not  10  a little ball at the end?

  Two Englishmen，Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles，liked the  11 . It was the  12 in the second World War．The Air Force(空军)  13  a non-leak，non-spill pen for the men to write with in  14 ．Martin and Miles made and  15  many thousands of Biro “writing—sticks” to the Air Force.

1．A．factories                B．schools            C．shops               D．restaurants

2．A．play                      B．write                C．come               D．meet

3．A．easy                      B．hard                 C．free                 D．popular

4．A．1eft                       B．waited              C．looked              D．worked

5．A．on                         B．near                 C．at                    D．in

6．A．mistakes                B．books               C．pages               D．diaries

7．A．mend                    B．fill                    C．brush               D．change

8．A．well                      B．down               C．out                  D．up

9．A．kept                      B．finished            C．began               D．studied

10．A．find                     B．wear                C．grow               D．use

11．A．matter                 B．result               C．meaning           D．idea

12．A．day                     B．time                 C．break               D．year

13．A．bought                 B．took                 C．needed             D．preferred

14．A．planes                  B．ships                C．trains               D．buses

15．A．bought            B．lent                C．moved            D．passed

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

On Fridays, I come home from work at about 2:00 in the afternoon and I just have a rest. On Friday evenings, I don’t go out, but __36__ a friend of mine comes for __37__. He or she __38__ the wine(酒) and I cook the meal. I love cooking! We listen to music or we just __39__.

On Saturday mornings, I get up at 9:00 and I go to the __40__ to buy something. Then in the evenings, I sometimes go to see a film. I love __41__! Then I eat in my favourite Chinese __42__. On Sunday... Oh, on Sunday morning I stay in bed __43__. I don’t get up until 11:00! Sometimes in the afternoon I __44__ my sister. She lives in the village and has two children. I like playing with them, but I leave __45__ because I go to bed at 8:00 on Sunday evenings.

What is the best way to study? This is a very important question. Some Chinese students often   31  very hard for long hours. It is a   32   habit, but it is not a better way to study. An efficient(讲效率的) student must   33   enough sleep, enough food and enough rest. Every week you   34   to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It's good       35   your study. When you return to your studies, you'll find yourself   36   than before and you'll learn more.

Maybe we can   37   that learning English is   38   taking Chinese medicine. We don't mean that it's bitter (苦的). We mean that like Chinese medicine, the efficiency of your study   39   slowly but surely.   40   slowly but surely every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”