Question

Mr. and Mrs. King live in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re ______ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often ______ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people like them and their friends often call on (拜访) them and talk with them. We can always hear their rooms are full of ______ and quarrel.

It is a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King are going to have a picnic on the island the next ______. It is a little far from our town. So they have to get up earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After ______ a few friends come to see them while they are cooking some food and drinks for the picnic. Mr. King and his wife have to stop it. They talk a lot and few of them look at the _____ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King are anxious (焦急) but they can’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thinks for a few ______ and has an idea. She says to her ______, “Oh, it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to ______!

Mr. King hears this and stands up and says ______ to the visitors and they leave soon.

So you see, sometimes telling a lie(谎言) isn’t a bad thing.

1.A. nice B. cool C. cold D. careful;

2.A. help B. hurt C. hit D. watch

3.A. cry B. shout C. noise D. laugh

4.A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night

5.A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. meal

6.A. phone B. photo C. clock D. picture

7.A. minutes B. days C. weeks D. months

8.A. visitor B. husband C. brother D. father

9.A. go home B. go to bed C. go shopping D. have a rest

10.A. hello B. goodbye C. sorry D. nothing

Answer 1