One day a big cat was going into a forest to find something to eat. On his way he met his friend, the old owl(猫头鹰).  The owl greeted him, “Good morning, my dear friend. Where are you going?”  “I’m going to the forest to look for some birds to eat.” The cat answered. “But be careful not to catch any of my children.” The owl said to the cat. “OK,” the cat said. “But what do your children look like?” “Oh,” the owl said, “they are the most beautiful birds in the forest.”

“All right, I know that.” The cat said and walked on to the forest.

The cat entered the forest and saw many beautiful birds here and there. He remembered what the owl had told him and went away. Then after a long time, he saw some ugly birds in a nest. He sat down and ate them one by one. When the owl came back to her nest, she found it was empty.

1.The cat went to the forest            .

2.The old owl        the cat.

3. When the cat saw the beautiful birds, he           .

4.The old owl’s children were           .

5.The owl’s nest was           .

Most shops in Britain open at 9:30 am and close at 5 :00 pm. Small shops usually close for an hour at 1unch time. 1 one or two days a week--usually Thursday and/or Friday--some large food shops stay open 2  8 :00 pm for late night shopping.

Nearly all shops 3 on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and 4 sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.

Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find  5   to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want. One problem is 6 . In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self--\service (自选). When you 7 _one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into it.

8  anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are sure to 9 ,because most shops have detectives (侦探).

 When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not to try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised 10 the British way of queuing( 排队).

1. A. On          B. In           C. With          D. For

2. A. at           B. before        C. until          D. after

3. A. closed       B. are closed      C. are closing     D. closes

4. A. show        B. open          C. buy           D. sell

5. A. where       B. how           C. when          D. what

6. A. knife        B. paper         C. stamp          D. stamps

7. A. go out       B. go into        C. come out        D. come out of

8. A. When       B. If             C. Though         D. As

9. A. catch       B. see            C. find            D. be caught

10. A. to          B. of              C. at             D. for