Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street» he 1    a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his _2_   to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his _3 _Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were __4_ _with him.

Mr. Baker loved planting 5    . The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the 6    himself and watered them every day. Several days 7    , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, "Take good care of these trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them. ""Don't 8    about them, sir." answered Billy, "I'll try my best to watch them." Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked," 9   _ anyone ever come to steal the trees? “No, sir.” said Billy. “To stop someone from stealing the trees, I 10   them up six days ago. I have hidden ( 藏) them for almost a week!”

36. A. bought                   B. found           C. carried          D. wanted

37. A. wallet             B. pity              C. thanks         D. excuses

38. A. office              B. factory         C. town           D. home

39. A. pleased            B. angry           C. bored           D. sad

40. A. grass            B. flowers         C. vegetables       D. trees

41. A. garden           B. office           C. city             D. room

42. A. ago             B. later            C. before          D. after

43. A. think             B. talk            C. learn            D. worry

44. A. Did              B. Does           C. Has          D. Will

45. A. sent            B. pulled           C. put             D. picked F.

One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧子)fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女)came out and asked the man what was the matter.

"I have lost my axe, "he said. "It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood. "

The fairy showed him a gold(金)axe and asked, "Is this yours?"

"No,"said the man.

The fairy then showed him a silver(银)axe and asked again,” Is this yours?"

"No,” again answered the man.

Then she showed him the old axe.

"Yes, that is mine,” called out the happy man.

"I know it well enough," said the fairy, "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one. "

1. One day when the man was cutting something,________.

  A. he fell into the water                    B. his axe dropped into the river

  C. his axe fell into a lake                   D. he saw a beautiful fairy

2. The man was sad because________.

  A. he was poor and had no other axes      B. he could not go on working

  C. he liked his axe very much                  D. his axe was a gold axe

3. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn't take them. Because he________.

  A. did not like them                                B. did not know they were made of gold and silver

  C. was very rich                                    D. knew these axes were not his

4. At the end of the story the man had________.

  A. only one axe          B. two axes         C. three axes       D. many axes

5. The fairy helped the man because he was ______man.

  A. an old               B. a young        C. a poor           D. an honest(诚实的)

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