Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents   41  _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

　　One morning,  Jimmy ,  one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.

　　"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

　　"Let me try, " Martin said. "I   42  it isn't too hard for me. "

　　Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out,   43   .

　　"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be  44   for us to do. " Jimmy said.

　　"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can   45  one in a shop. "

　　"A computer is very   46   ,  and we don’t have enough money. "

　　"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (总统)   47  some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.

　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They   48   the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.

The next morning, they    49   the post office on their way to school. They found   50  ,  the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very _31_. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the _32_ of the cat, was lying_33_ the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the_34_. So he said to him, “What a nice cat you have! Will you _35_ it to me?”

The farmer asked, “_36_ will you give me for the cat?”

“Twenty dollars. Would that be enough?”

The farmer thought for a few minutes, then he _37_. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “My cat will certainly feel _38_. May I take the bowl _39_the cat can drink with it?” But the farmer said, “I’m _40_ I can’t give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold twenty cats already.”

1. A. old       B. new       C. big       D. small

2. A. teacher    B. servant    C. doctor     D. owner

3.  A. in        B. over       C. beside     D. under

4.  A. cat       B. bowl       C. bottle      D. milk

5. A. sell       B. give       C. pass        D. return

6. A. What     B. Where  　  C. How much　 D. What time

7. A. agreed    B. refused     C. replied       D. stopped

8. A. tired      B. thirsty      C. comfortable   D. excited

9. A. while     B. until        C. so that       D. though

10.A. sorry      B. happy       C. sad          D. grateful

 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

1.Williams    ▲    his students a wonderful speech on Manners last Wednesday.

2.The Greens and the Browns    ▲    next door to each other for many years.

3.Lucy    ▲     for London on business in three days.

4.—Were you at school when he came to see you?

—Yes, I    ▲    a math class.

5.Betty will ring me up when she    ▲    in Beijing.