A woman lives in a small village. Her husband is a  1  ,but he has only a small piece of farm. He can’t get enough crops for his family. When spring comes. They have  2  to eat.

One winter, the man found a job in a town far away from his village. Before he  3 , he said to his wife, “Please take good care of the children when I am  4 . The work is heavy, but I can get some money. Then I’ll bring some  5  for you and our children. Don’t worry about me. I shall often  6  you.”

After that, the woman got a  7  from her husband every month. But as soon as she got it, she  8  to hide it in the box. She was  9  someone could see them.

“You can’t read.” One of her friends said, “Why don’t you ask someone to read them for you?”

“It doesn’t matter !” said the woman, “My husband will read them all for me when he comes back.”

（　）⒈ A. farmer             B. doctor             C. soldier               D. driver

（　）⒉ A. everything       B. something         C. anything             D. nothing

（　）⒊ A. slept               B. left                  C. went home         D. run away

（　）⒋ A. ill                    B. in                    C. away                 D. free

（　）⒌ A. clothes             B. shoes               C. skirts                 D. food 

（　）⒍ A. read for          B. write to           C. hear from           D. look after

（　）⒎ A. letter               B. box                 C. newspaper         D. book

（　）⒏ A. wanted           B. hoped             C. hurried               D. remember

（　）⒐ A. afraid              B. sorry               C. sure                   D. glad

（　）⒑ A. will come           B. came     C. comes    D. is coming

A woman lives in a small village. Her husband is a  1  ,but he has only a small piece of farm. He can’t get enough crops for his family. When spring comes. They have  2  to eat.

One winter, the man found a job in a town far away from his village. Before he  3 , he said to his wife, “Please take good care of the children when I am  4 . The work is heavy, but I can get some money. Then I’ll bring some  5  for you and our children. Don’t worry about me. I shall often  6  you.”

After that, the woman got a  7  from her husband every month. But as soon as she got it, she  8  to hide it in the box. She was  9  someone could see them.

“You can’t read.” One of her friends said, “Why don’t you ask someone to read them for you?”

“It doesn’t matter !” said the woman, “My husband will read them all for me when he comes back.”

（　）⒈ A. farmer             B. doctor             C. soldier               D. driver

（　）⒉ A. everything       B. something         C. anything             D. nothing

（　）⒊ A. slept               B. left                  C. went home         D. run away

（　）⒋ A. ill                    B. in                    C. away                 D. free

（　）⒌ A. clothes             B. shoes               C. skirts                 D. food 

（　）⒍ A. read for          B. write to           C. hear from           D. look after

（　）⒎ A. letter               B. box                 C. newspaper         D. book

（　）⒏ A. wanted           B. hoped             C. hurried               D. remember

（　）⒐ A. afraid              B. sorry               C. sure                   D. glad

（　）⒑ A. will come           B. came     C. comes    D. is coming

—Excuse me．Is the next bus stop far from here?

　　　　　—Not very far．It only          you five minutes on foot．

The world is not hungry，but it’s thirsty.   1  while we say we are short of water.Why？Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can‘t drink or use for watering plants directly.Man can only drink and use the 3% of water that comes from rivers and lakes.   2  ，because some of it has been polluted.

　　Now more water is needed.The problem is how we can avoid a serious water shortage in the future.  3 Scientists are making study in this field.Today，In most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.but it can be used again.Even if every large city reused its water，the water will still not be enough. 4 .

　　The sea seems to give us the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be get the salt out of the sea water.This will be expensive，but it has already been used in many parts of the world.   6 So you see，if we can find out a way，we’ll be in no danger of drying up.

从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文。其中有一项为多余选项。

E. First, we should find out ways to reuse it.

F. And we can’t even use all of that.

There was a little boy who got angry easily. His father gave him a bag of nails(钉子) and told him that every  16  he got angry, to drive a nail into the back wall. The first day the boy had 17  37 nails into the wall. Then he put fewer and fewer nails. He found it was　18   to be not angry than to drive those  19  into the wall. 　Finally the day came when the boy didn't get  20  at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to be not angry. The days  21  and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that  22  nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the  23　. He said, "You have done  24 , my son, but look at the holes in the wall. The wall will  25  be the same. When you say things 　26 , they leave a scar(伤疤) just like this one. You  27  put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter  28  you say I'm sorry, the wound（伤口） is still there. A mental hurt is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you  29  and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always　30　 to open their hearts to us.

1.A. time        B. day         C. week             D. year

2.A. turned      B. driven     C. pulled          D. threw

3.A. harder      B. tougher    C. easier           D. worse

4.A. sticks     B. knives       C. nails            D. forks

5.A. happy          B. sad          C. excited         D. angry

6.A passed          B. came         C. returned         D. happened

7.A. some           B. many         C. all              D. most

8.A. house          B. nails       C. room             D. wall

9.A. badly       B. well       C. sadly            D. kindly

10.A. never       B. sometimes      C. often         D. always

11.A. politely     B. carefully   C. happily        D. angrily

12.A. must          B. need        C. can           D. should

13.A. how much    B. how long     C. how many times   D. how far

14.A. cry           B. jump         C. lose         D. smile

15.A. refuse      B. want           C. fail          D. learn