Mrs. Brown was very 　21　 . Her husband thought she should have a balanced diet, and he made her not eat meat 　22　 cakes.

One morning, Mrs. Brown 23 a nice cake for her husband, and his husband ate half of it. 24 he went out, Mrs. Brown cut a very small 　25 of cake and ate it. It was very 　26 . So she cut another piece and ate it, too. In a few minutes she ate 　27 the cake. “My husband is going to be very 　28 .” She thought, “What should I do?” She made another 　29 very quickly, ate half of it, and put the other half on the table. Mr. Brown came back later and when he saw the half of the cake on the table, he 　30 very happy.

（　 ）21. A. thin　　　 B. fat　　　 C. healthy　　　 D. strong

(　 ) 22. A. or　　　　 B. and　　　 C. but　　　　 D. with

（ ）23. A. buy　　　 B. bought　　 C. make　　　 D. made

(　 ) 24. A. Before　　 B. After　　　 C. When　　　 D. While

(　 ) 25. A. bag　　　 B. glass　　　 C. bottle　　　 D. piece

( ) 26. A. bad　　　 B. delicious　　 C. terrible　　 D. well

(　 ) 27. A. /　　　　 B. down　　　 C. for　　　 D. up

(　 ) 28. A. angry　　 B. happy　　　 C. lazy　　 D. sleepy

　(　 ) 29. A. bread　　　 B. breads　　 C. cake　　 D. cakes

(　 ) 30. A. is　　　　 B. was　　　 C. are　　　 D. were

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.
One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.
“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”
Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.
“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”
“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”