When Bill and Kate married(结婚), neither of them had much money, so they were not able to __44__ a house. Two years later, Bill’s father died (去世了) and ____45____ him some money, so they bought a  house..When they moved into ___46___ for the first time, one of Bill’s friends sent him a bottle of wine _____47____ a present. The bottle was in a paper box.
At that time, Bill and Kate had a lot of ____48___to do. They had to clean the house and decided where to  put  their TV sets, beds, cupboards, desks and tables. They were so busy  that they forgot about the bottle of wine. They put it in a cupboard and didn’t ____49___open the paper box. A few months later, when they had a baby, Bill __50___ some friends to his house. He thought of the wine and found it out from the cupboard. It was so sweet.   Bill had never thought that would be the best present for the wonderful party for his wife and his baby.

Adopting(领养) a pet can be a lot of work, but it is also great fun. Mollie Lesser, 18, of Chicago, US, recently adopted a little dog named Cookie. Cookie is not Mollie’s first dog. The family had another dog that passed away over the summer. They were very s __1.__, so they adopted Cookie last autumn. It was only six m__2.__ old. “My parents compare it to having a baby,” Mollie said. “It can take a lot of time.”

Cookie needs to be w__3.__ or let into the backyard several times a day. His trainer, Lisa Collins, says a young dog actually needs to be let outdoors every two hours.

Owning a dog is not just about playing with it. O__4.__ also want their dogs to do something helpful. Collins says that, t__5.__ proper training, animals can learn to listen to orders from b__6.__ adults and kids. Having a dog not only means providing it with fresh food and clean water every day, it also needs special care and a_7.__. And patience and training are also necessary. Mollie said her dog has already chewed(咀嚼) up a pair of leather shoes. Her parents have been working with Collins to stop its bad behaviour l__8.__ chewing or jumping on people. Having a pet takes a lot of time, but Mollie doesn’t m__9.__.

“Falling in love with a pet is easy, but adopting a pet is a big decision,” said Lesser. “Think it over b__10.__ you adopt a pet."

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Last year Tom left school. He came to Taibei to  1  a job. He went from one company to  2 but  3 wanted him. Now he had little money.He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt 4 and tired. It was very late at night and  5 was full of people. They were waiting 6 tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying a baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it  7 he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know  8  to go. Just then, an old man came and said，“Young man, I saw what happened just now. I have a big company. I need a good young man like 9 . Would you like to work 10 me?”

1.A.find                    B. see                 C. look

2.A.the other               B. other               C. another

3.A.everyone                B. no one              C. nothing

4.A.happy                   B. sad                 C. glad

5.A.the city                B. the company        C. the station

6.A.to buy                  B. to sell             C. to give

7.A.less than               B. more than           C. worse than

8.A.what                    B. why                 C. where

9.A.the woman                B. you                 C. her

10.A.with                   B. for                 C. to