用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每词限用一次。

【小题1】He’s unhappy because of his little dog’s__________ .
【小题2】This factory was built in the _____________ century.
【小题3】Welcome to Paris. It is one of the _____________ cities in Europe.
【小题4】Would you mind_____________the door when you go out?
【小题5】You’re only twelve years old．Don’t get your ears __________ .

Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker.

Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成……习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

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2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

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任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语

3._____________________________________________________________________________4._____________________________________________________________________________

任务三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

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短文填词根据短文内容和以下提示：1)首字母提示，2)语境提示，3)汉语提示。在每个空格内填上一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义正确，拼写准确。(10分)

We are students of No. 10 Middle School. Recently we have 1. (拜访) a paper factory. The paper factory is 2. to the river which gives us 3. (饮用)water. But we found that the factory was p 4. waste water directly into the river. Now the water in it is very dirty. Lots of fish have 5. . Some farmers say that some of their 6. (羊) and cows have become 7.? and some have already died 8. they drank the water from the river. So we are 9. to you to see if you can do something about this. We think the 10.(污染) must be stopped right now. Thank you!

Yours sincerely，

Mike and John