认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式、使对话通顺。

（J=Joyce; T=Tom）

J: Tom，I am going to the UK for my further study．Could you give me some （1） a        about living there?

T: Yes，of course．I will tell you all that I know to help you （2） a                           to the new life easily．Is your English good?

J: I think it’s not bad．I can speak it （3） f        ．

T: OK．Then you shouldn’t have a problem finding a （4） p         job．

J: What kind of job?

T: I used to work in a bar in the evening when I was at university but the pay is （5）u      not very high．

J: But it can improve your English，right?

T: Yes．You’re expected to talk to the （6） c         all night because they may ask you a lot of questions or ask you to give them different kinds of wines．But there are also some problems  in a bar．It’s a bit noisy and quite smoky．

J: Er．I don’t think I would like such a job．

T: Well，in that case，you can work in a restaurant as a waitress，taking people’s （7）o        ．That’s another way to use your English to （8） c         with different people．

J: OK， that sounds good．I will （9） c         it．

T: And if you’re struggling a bit，you can work in the back of a restaurant．

J: Yeah，I used to wash dishes，and I remembered my legs were hurt after （10） s         up all day．It was a terrible job．

T: I wouldn’t refuse that one．It is not suitable for a girl．

单词拼写

1.As he has no opportunity to achieve his a________, he intends to leave from the company.

2. When something can help people or improve their lives, we say it is ________ (有益的) to people.

3. I’m interested in the classical ___________(文学) of France.

4. I offer you my hearty c______________ on your success.

5. They  will __________（宣布）  the results of the election soon.

6. Tom and Jane want to get d__________ .That means they intend to end their marriage.

7.To his ______________ (满意), he passed the examination.

8.His strength was s__________ to death.

9. The clouds were r______________  in the lake. Didn’t you see them?

10.The sailor had to a___________ the sinking ship.

When Charles Strattion was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T.Barnum, and thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled around the world together.

He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a new name, general Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.

During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.

Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.

Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.

The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding carriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon, just before going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.

Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.

1.“the talk of the town” means _________ .

2.What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding?

3. Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?

4. It was very funny when Tom danced on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ________ .

5. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?

I walked in our garden, _______ Tom and Jim were tying a big sign onto one of the trees.

A. which B. when?

C. where D. that?

My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .
Years ago, I __36__  when I retired I would get a dog to __37__  my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.
One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.
Soon after this, I felt a lump(肿块). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(钙化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.
I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.
Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do
know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.