Christmas was coming．Mr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children．His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her m  （1）  ．And the harvest（收成）was bad and all his family were going to be h  （2）  the next spring．He was q  （3）  worried about it．

“We have only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day．“You’d b  （4）   take it to the town．Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our c  （5）  ．”

“It’s a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box．It was d  （6）   to walk on the road covered with thick snow．Two hours l  （7）  he was very tired and wanted to have a rest．He put the box to the ground and sat down．

“The air in the box must be close,” the man said to h  （8）  ． “I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it’ll die．”

So he put the cock to the ground．When he started again, he couldn’t catch it any l  （9）   

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith called out a  （10）   ．“You can herald（预示…来临）the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”

（  ）1．Good afternoon．                         A．Yes，R-U-L-E-R．

（  ）2．How are you?                                B．Yes，he is

（  ）3．What’s this in English?                   C．No，it isn’t．

（  ）4．Can you spell ruler?                          D．Red．

（  ）5．What color are the apples?              E．I’m OK． 

（  ）6．What is her name?                                F．Good afternoon．

（  ）7．Is this your pencil?                         G．In your backpack．

（  ）8．Is he your brother?                           H．No．I don’t．

（  ）9．Where are my books?                    I．Jenny．

（  ）10．Do you have a soccer?                 J．It’s an alarm clock．

　　Here's a part of an e-mail answer from Joe giving some advice to his son in college.“When I was young, I often met t______ (1) about what to do and what not to do. My grandmother told me not to worry about those things. I o______ (2) did them once a year or once a lifetime. I_______ (3) I should try to do well those things, and I do them every day. For example, I need to eat every day, so I should learn how to c________ (4). I need to talk to o_______ (5) every day, so I should learn how to work with d________ (6) people and know how to s________ (7) well. I walk every day, so my s________ (8) should be all right and comfortable（舒服）. Every night I sleep, so my bed should let me have a good rest. Taking care of the e________ (9) things m_______ (10) that you do a better job of the one things in a lifetime as well.”

Dear Dad,

I’m writing to you because it’s not easy to talk about it. I still   1  clearly how my uncle died two years ago. In fact, I seriously want to ask you to stop smoking. I’ve looked up a lot of information about smoking and I found out something   2 . You know that smoking is bad for your  3  and can cause cancer. I’ve learnt that it causes many other   4  too. Do you know that over ten thousand people die from smoking every year in Britain?

When mum asks you to smoke   5 , you think she’s angry. Well, it’s true that she doesn’t like the   6  of smoke in the house. When you smoke, it’s also   7  for mum and me. In other words, when we   8  in your smoke, it’s like we’re smoking ourselves.   9 , we can also get disease. Doctors are finding that more and more   10  are falling ill because of the others’ smoking.

I know that it’s very   11  to stop smoking, but you must give it up. Please see the doctor and ask him   12  help. We will do anything we can to help you. You must try to   13  your own life. We don’t want to  14  you because you are so important to us.  15  you, who can help me with my maths homework or mend my bike? Please don’t smoke!

Your daughter,

Meimei

1.                A．remember      B．forget          C．think D．feel

2.                A．interesting      B．terrible         C．boring    D．strange

3.                A．health          B．study           C．work D．mind

4.                A．things          B．mistakes        C．feelings   D．illnesses

5.                A．nowhere       B．anywhere       C．outside   D．inside

6.                A．color          B．smell           C．shape    D．taste

7.                A．useless         B．useful          C．bad  D．good

8.                A．move          B．rest            C．arrive    D．breathe

9.                A．However       B．As a result       C．In fact    D．For example

10.               A．doctors        B．nurses         C．non-smokers   D．smokers

11.               A．difficult        B．easy           C．important  D．dangerous

12.               A．on            B．from           C．of    D．for

13.               A．save           B．waste          C．refuse D．accept

14.               A．trouble         B．lose           C．hurt  D．keep

15.               A．With           B．Without        C．Behind    D．By