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The snow lasted nearly a week. The ground turned white and the wind blew in through the b__【小题1】___ window. Old Jack looked outside and it seemed the sun was shining b___【小题2】___. He got up and tried to get some food in the kitchen but f___【小题3】___. He remembered he had eaten up the l___【小题4】___ piece of bread yesterday. He wanted to get a little from the store nearby, but the shopkeeper had said he would n___【小题5】___ sell him anything on credit(赊).
Now Old Jack went out. There were few walkers in the street and most shops were closed. He tried to beg some food but nobody felt s__【小题6】___ for him. He got even h___【小题7】___ and didn’t know where to go. At last, he n___【小题8】___ a woman at the bus stop, with a bag on the ground.
“It must be full of food..” he thought to himself. Then he walked towards the bag gently. But before he took it away, the woman found it and called out. “ Thief! Stop him!” He tried to run fast but couldn’t . He fell over and he stood up, he found h___【小题9】___ between two policemen.
“What were you thinking of when you stole the bag?” asked a policeman.
“ I’ll be full for a week if I’m successful and the prison will o___【小题10】___ me some food if I’m caught.

There was a woman in Nanjing , who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially(尤其) the younger one, Ben,       he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed(看似) so      .

    The mother       that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the library to read a     a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s      , the teacher held up a rock（石头） and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him      . Why did Ben raise his hand? They wondered（想知道）. He    said anything, what could he possibly want to say?

    Well, Ben not only       the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew       the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were   . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book      .

Ben later went to the       of his class. When he finished high school, he went to University （大学）and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben grew up, he       something about his mother that he did not know as a    .

She, herself, had never learned how to      .

1.A. because       B. so                  C. but            D. though

2.A. clever         B. had                C. slow           D. quick

3.A. asked         B. decided             C. forgot          D. heard

4.A. notice         B. message            C. book           D. question

5.A. class         B. room               C. office          D. lab

6.A. think          B. leave               C. speak          D. answer

7.A. always        B. even               C. quickly        D. never

8.A. found        B. played              C. knew          D. threw

9.A. whether      B. when               C. where          D. why

10.A. afraid        B. surprised            C. worried        D. unhappy

11.A. pictures      B. exercises            C. shops           D. reports

12.A. top          B. end                C. back           D. side

13.A. learned       B. remembered         C. understood      D. guessed

14.A. doctor        B. child                C. student         D. teacher

15.A. read         B. work               C. teach           D. show

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so  1  . The mother  2   that she would help her sons to do  3    in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to  4  a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked  5  anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him  6   . “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his  7   whispered（耳语） and wondered. “He  8   said anything. What could he possibly want to say?” To their surprise, Ben not only  9    the rock, but also said a lot about it. He  10   other rocks in its group and even knew  11   the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were  12   . Ben had learned this from doing one of his book  13   .

Later Ben became the  14   student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and  15  became one of the best doctors in the United States.

1. A. clever                   B. difficult                    C. slow                 D. quick

2. A. seemed                 B. decided                    C. wondered          D. told

3. A. well                      B. bad                          C. right                 D. good

4. A. see                       B. find                          C. read                  D. buy

5. A. that                      B. if                             C. how                  D. why

6. A. think                    B. leave                        C. ask                   D. answer

7. A. classmates            B. students                   C. teachers            D. friends

8. A. always                  B. ever                         C. sometimes         D. never

9. A. found                   B. played                      C. knew                D. heard

10. A. said                    B. told                          C. called                D. named

11. A. whether                     B. what                        C. where               D. why

12. A. afraid                  B. amazed                     C. worried             D. unhappy

13. A. pictures                     B. exercises                  C. shops                D. reports

14. A. top                            B. slow                        C. low                   D. rich

15. A. at first                B. at the end                 C. at last                D. now