What did he see? Why, the“blackboard”was not a blackboard. It was the back of a carriage（四轮马车）.

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!”

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!”

A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls and nobody liked her. So she was always    1    and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother    2    her a beautiful hair clip（发夹）. When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than    3  . She decided to wear it to school.

On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled    4    her. Most of her classmates said    5    to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip    6    her happiness. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. All her classmates wanted to know what happened to her，   7   she didn’t want to tell them about her beautiful hair clip.

When she went back to her    8    after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I    9    it by the door this morning.”

She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school at all.

It is not important what we wear or    10    we look. The most important is how we think about ourselves.

1. A．excited                             B．unhappy                               C．tired

2. A．told                                  B．dropped                               C．gave

3. A．now                                 B．before                                   C．ago

4. A．at                                     B．for                                       C．on

5. A．goodbye                           B．thanks                                  C．hello

6. A．borrowed                         B．brought                                C．bought

7. A．if                                     B．but                                      C．or

8. A．classroom                         B．shop                                    C．home

9. A．knew                               B．liked                                    C．found

10. A．how                               B．what                                    C．when