He only said it ________. He didn't really mean it.

1. A.
   fun
2. B.
   for fun
3. C.
   as fun
4. D.
   funny

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When Pat was twenty-one years old, he began to work in a small office in a city. At first he never travelled anywhere, but then he became a little more important, and he began to go to other cities for a few days to do some work there. Of course, he stayed in small hotels when he was away from his home, but he did not know very much about living in hotels at first. One evening when Pat came back from the office he said to the clerk（职员）at the desk in the hotel,“Good evening. Did any letters come for me today, please?” the clerk was busy, but when he finished his work he went to a big pole of letters and said,“What name, please?”“Well,” answered Pat, “the name will be on the letters.”

1. Pat became a little more important ______ .

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A. when he was twenty-one years old

B. when he worked in a small office in a city

C. after he was twenty-one years old

D. after he went to other cities

2. Pat went to other cities _____ .

[　　]

A. to find some work　　　B. to do some jobs

C. for travel　　　　　　 D. for rest

3. A hotel is ______ .

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A. a building where you can buy a meal and hire a bedroom

B. a building where we keep old things for people to see

C. a place for us to see a film

D. a place for you to post letters

4. —Were there many letters in the hotel? 

　 —______ .

[　　]

A. Yes.　　　B. No.　　　C. None.　　　D. Few.

5. —Could the clerk find Pat's letter if he only said “The name will be on the letters”?

　 —______ .

[　　]

A. Yes, he could　 　　B. No, he couldn't

C. Yes, maybe　　　　　D. No, I'm not sure

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One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood (木头) 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.”[来源:学|科|网]
The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is that 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 (包括) your own one.”
根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）。
【小题1】 The man was so poor that he only had one axe.
【小题2】 The old axe fell into the river when the man was cutting the wood.
【小题3】. The fairy asked the man if he lost a gold axe, then the man said “No”.
【小题4】. When he saw his own axe, the man was very happy.
【小题5】. At last, the man had two axes.

The train started moving. It was full of people of all ages. Near the   46   sat an old man with his 30-year-old son. As the train passed by, the son was very   47   as he looked out of the window. “Dad, look! The green trees moving away from us are very beautiful.”

This behavior from a 30-year-old son made   48   people feel strange about him. Everyone started murmuring (小声嘀咕) about the son. “This man seems to be stupid.” Ross said to his wife. Suddenly it started   49  . Rain drops fell on the travelers through the window. The 30-year-old son said with joy, “Dad, look! See   50   beautiful the rain is.”

Ross’ wife got angry   51   the rain drops made her new suit wet. “Can’t you see it’s raining, old man? If your son is not feeling well, get him to a   52  , and don’t let him annoy(打扰) us.”

The old man didn’t say anything   53   . Then he answered in a low voice, “We are on the way back from the hospital. He was blind when he was born, and he only   54   his vision(视力) last week. Everything is new to his   55   Please excuse us for the trouble...”

1.A. floor                  B. window                   C. door

2.A. excited                B. sad                      C. surprised

3.A. another                B. other                    C. the other

4.A. raining                B. shining              C. blowing

5.A. what                   B. how                  C. which  

6.A. because                B. because of               C. why   

7.A. restaurant                 B. hospital                 C. hotel 

8.A. at first               B. at last                  C. at times

9.A. has got                B. gets                     C. got  

10.A. ears                  B. eyes                     C. nose