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When Mr. Holland was a young man, he played a lot of football, and he had always been thin and very strong. Then he worked in 1 for many years, and he 2 to work in a car. By the time he was 40, he was fat and soft.

One day one of his friends said to him. “Would you like to be 3 ?” “Of course I would,” Mr. Holland answered.

“Well.” his friend said. “ 4 going to your office by car and get a bicycle.”

Mr. Holland had not ridden a bicycle for many years. “It's very 5 to learn to ride a bicycle again at your 6 .” his wife said.

However, it was not too hard for Mr. Holland to do. He 7 read the newspaper in the evening. Now he bought a bicycle and 8 riding that every evening 9 . He hoped that it would 10 him to get thinner, and he got a lot of 11 from it.

He found some little roads which were not really very narrow. Still, they were too narrow for 12 and there he got away from the 13 of the city. They were becoming 14 for him. They were not really very loud, but they were too loud 15 Mr. Holland.

Then he began to go to his office on 16 . Sometimes all the cars stopped at a 17 . He went past them to the 18 , because his bicycle was 19 .

Yesterday he stopped to a red light, a man came up behind him on 20 . He stopped too and said to Mr. Holland. “Have the police taken your driving license away too?”

1．

A. his home　　　　　　　　　　 B. an office

C. the fields　　　　　　　　　　 D. the workshop

2．

A. drove　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. walked

C. came　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. arrived

3．

A. softer　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. thinner

C. fatter　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. younger

4．

A. consider　　　　　　　　　　 B. finish

C. begin　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. stop

5．

A. easy　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. enjoyable

C. possible　　　　　　　　　　 D. hard

6．

A. all　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. first

C. age　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. time

7．

A. usually　　　　　　　　　　 B. seldom

C. never　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. even

8．

A. enjoyed　　　　　　　　　　 B. experiment

C. practiced　　　　　　　　 D. pretended

9．

A. instead　　　　　　　　　　 B. either

C. thus　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. only

10．

A. help　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. have

C. lead　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. put

11．

A. help　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. pleasure

C. knowledge　　　　　　　　 D. courage

12．

A. animals　　　　　　　　　　 B. people

C. bicycles　　　　　　　　　　 D. cars

13．

A. people　　　　　　　　　　 B. noises

C. voices　　　　　　　　　　 D. cars

14．

A. much too　　　　　　　　 B. too much

C. much harmful　　　　　　 D. too many

15．

A. for　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. from

C. on　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. with

16．

A. his bicycle　　　　　　　　 B. the bus

C. the car　　　　　　　　　　 D. his way

17．

A. street　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. corner

C. red light　　　　　　　　　　 D. crossing

18．

A. front　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. end

C. Last　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. office

19．

A. big　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. narrow

C. new　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. useful

20．

A. a car　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a bus

C. another bicycle　　　　 D. the same bicycle