It was the last day of school and I planned to travel to my friend’s hometown. I hadn’t seen him for years and this was a good  36  to meet him again.

I was busy at school so it was rather  37  when I came back home. It was already 10 o’clock at night. Time was running out. After a hurried meal I left.  38  I found a taxi very soon. Asking the driver to drive me fast to the station, I relaxed for a while, imagining what my friend looked like now. I was soon at the station and was sure that I would be able to  39  the train. Unfortunately, I fell on the way and lost some time. To my complete  40  , when I reached the platform, I saw that the train had just left! It was the last train so I had to  41  home.

My mother was glad to see me back as she had a feeling about my trip. But I was unhappy. I tried to relax and went to bed but I had a  42  sleep. The next morning I was very tired. As I was having breakfast the  43  arrived. I read over the pages and was shocked to  44  that the train I missed had had an accident. How  45  I was that I missed the train!

1.A. sign           B. chance         C. sense          D. dream

2.A. strange         B. cold           C. late           D. quiet

3. A. Finally         B. Suddenly       C. Strangely      D. Luckily

4. A. stop           B. see             C. catch          D. miss

5.A. satisfaction      B. hope           C. surprise        D. joy

6.A. call            B. leave           C. reach          D. return

7. A. deep           B. bad            C. great           D. heavy

8. A. newspaper      B. ticket           C. mild           D. train

9. A. find           B. hear             C. feel           D. remember

10. A. hopeful       B. thankful          C. careful         D. painful

It was the last day of school and I planned to travel to my friend’s hometown. I hadn’t seen him for years and this was a good  1  to meet him again.

I was busy at school so it was rather  2  when I came back home. It was already 10 o’clock at night. Time was running out. After a hurried meal I left.  3  I found a taxi very soon. Asking the driver to drive me fast to the station, I relaxed for a while, imagining what my friend looked like now. I was soon at the station and was sure that I would be able to  4  the train. Unfortunately, I fell on the way and lost some time. To my complete  5  , when I reached the platform, I saw that the train had just left! It was the last train so I had to  6  home.

My mother was glad to see me back as she had a feeling about my trip. But I was unhappy. I tried to relax and went to bed but I had a  7  sleep. The next morning I was very tired. As I was having breakfast the  8  arrived. I read over the pages and was shocked to  9  that the train I missed had had an accident. How  10  I was that I missed the train!

(  )1.A. sign           B. chance         C. sense          D. dream

(  )2.A. strange         B. cold           C. late           D. quiet

(  )3.A. Finally         B. Suddenly       C. Strangely      D. Luckily

(  )4.A. stop           B. see             C. catch          D. miss

(  )5.A. satisfaction      B. hope           C. surprise        D. joy

(  )6.A. call            B. leave           C. reach          D. return

(  )7.A. deep           B. bad            C. great           D. heavy

(  )8.A. newspaper      B. ticket           C. mild           D. train

(  )9.A. find           B. hear             C. feel           D. remember

(  )10.A. hopeful       B. thankful          C. careful         D. painful

When I was 14, I decided to make some pocket money by mowing lawns (修剪草坪) in summer. I worked hard because that was my first part-time job. After working for one week, Mr Miller said that he had no money for me. Oh, dear! He wouldn’t pay for my work! That surprised me greatly. I argued with him, and then I went back home.
My parents told me not to complain about Mr Miller. He was in difficulties. Then my mother call up Mr Miller and they talked about something on the phone. A few days later, my mother asked me to return to Mr Miller’s garden, because he was too weak to look after it.
When I came back, Mr Miller said, “Sorry, I have no money, but I can do something for you.” He played CD for me. Hearing the beautiful music, I was so interested in it that I forgot the money and did the work with pleasure. At last, Mr Miller gave me a ticket to a concert.
After that, I became very interested in music. And now, I have been a popular musician. I should thank Mr Miller greatly.
【小题1】Why did the author argue with Mr Miller?

1. Put your wallet in a ________ place.

2.You must turn ________ the lights when you leave the room .

3.My mother was ________ dinner when I came back from school.

4.Just ________ down the street，and you’ll find the park on your right.

5.In China，people often shake ________ when they meet someone for the first

time.

Last Sunday I saw the hardest storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.

Then the strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.

When I came back into the house, it was raining harder. I tried hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing（撞击）sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was—a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room.

1.There was a heavy storm_____ last Sunday.

2. It was very quiet outside because____.

3. The paper flew out of the window because of ____.

4.The storm lasted_____.

5.What happened when I closed the window?