通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　John lived with his mother in a big house, and when his mother 1 a month ago, the house became 2 for him. So he bought a smaller 3 in the next street. There was a very nice old clock in his 4 house, and when the men came to take his things 5 the new house,  John thought, "I'm not going to let them 6 my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they 7 it, and then repairing it 8 very  expensive." So he 9 himself and began to carry it down the road 10.

　　It waw heavy. 11 he stopped two or three times 12 a rest. 

　　Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and  looked 13 John for 14 seconds. Then he said to John, "You're a  foolish man, aren't you? Why 15 you buy a watch like everybody else?"

1. A. dead　　B. died　　C. was dying　　D. had dead

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2. A. biggest B. too big C. enough big   D. more big

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3. A. one　　 B. shop　　C. that　　　　 D. ones

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4. A. new　　 B. second  C. first　　　　D. this

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5. A. to　　  B. in　　  C. at　　　　   D. off

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6. A. to carry　　   B. carrying　　   

   C. carried　　　　D. carry　　  

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7. A. break　　　　  B. are breaking　　

   C. have broken　　D. will break　　 

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8. A. is　　  B. will be  C. takes　　   D. spends

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9. A. picks up it　　  B. picked up it　　 

   C. picked it up　　 D. picks it up　　　　

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10. A. in his arm　　  B. in his arms　　

　　C. without arms　　D. among his arms　　  

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11. A. But　　B. Only　　C. So　　　　   D. And 

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12. A. had　　B. has　　 C. having　　   D. to have

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13. A. for　　B. at　　  C. around　　   D. out

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14. A. a few  B. few　　 C. a little　　 D. little

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15. A. do　　 B. don't　　C. didn't　　   D.did

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I saw a pen on the ground and ______．

　　A．picked it　　B．picked up it C．picked it up　　D．pick up it

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

　　I lived on the top floor of a large, old wooden house. As I heard the terrible words “Fire! Help!” in the middle of night, I (1)j　　 out of bed, opened the door and began to run. I was so frightened, instead of the stairs, that I went in the wrong way without my shoes. The floor became very hot under my feet. I ran into a room to get to the windows. But before I could (2)r　　 it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over (3)f　　 like a bundle(捆) of clothes, and I picked it up to keep my face safe from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor fell in under me and I suddenly fell to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

　　I saw a doorway in front and quickly got (4)t　　. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry. I nearly dropped it to my (5)s　　. Then I saw a woman running towards me. The people around were all (6)p　　 as she took the bundle out of my arms. She was Mrs Black and I saved her baby.

根据短文内容填入所缺单词，首字母已给出

　　One day a crow f　　 a piece of meat. She picked it up in her mouth and flew to a tall tree. She was just going to e　　 the meat when a fox saw her. He came and stood u　　 the tree and said, “H　　 pretty you are! You must be the prettiest bird in the world(世界).”

　　The crow was very p　　 with these words. Then the fox spoke a, “I can see your pretty face, but I have not heard your voice. W　　 don't you sing a song?” This pleased the crow again. She opened her mouth and b　　 to sing. As she opened her mouth, the meat dropped d　　. The fox picked up the meat at once and went away w　　 it.