My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never    1   us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea   2   no sugar. My mom’s   3   for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like    4  ! She wanted to teach us to like water or    5   unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to    6   a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I    7  choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people    9  to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really    10  , since I was raised    11   no juice or soda, and I didn’t really    12   only having water. Now people    13   kids to make their own choices,    14   I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15   for, and the parents made the final decisions.

1.                A．needed        B．sold            C．bought   D．left

2.                A．with           B．of             C．off  D．without

3.                A．decision        B．reason         C．hobby    D．experience

4.                A．soda           B．juice           C．water    D．milk

5.                A．another        B．the other        C．others    D．other

6.                A．order          B．reply           C．obey     D．achieve

7.                A．ever           B．never          C．always    D．sometimes

8.                A．think about      B．take care        C．pay for   D．think out

9.                A．like            B．seem           C．study D．get

10.               A．excited         B．difficult         C．interesting D．necessary

11.               A．on            B．with           C．by   D．for

12.               A．give up         B．care about      C．take pride in    D．agree with

13.               A．allow          B．design          C．teach     D．cause

14.               A．as             B．since          C．but   D．though

15.               A．added         B．asked          C．influenced D．regarded

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time ___1___ did not like their students to ___2___ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is ___3___ Ladislao Biro ___4___ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ___5___ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ___6___ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ___7___ his pen and it did not write ___8___ on the thin paper. He and his brother George ___9___ Some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ___10___ a little ball at the end?

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the ___11___. It was the ___12___ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空军）___13___ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ___14___ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time __1__ did not like their students to __2__ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is __3__ to spill（溢出）the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the __11__ It was the __12__ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空军）__13__ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in __14__ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

Ladislao Brio ____4____ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ____5____ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ____6____ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ____7____ his pen and it did not write ____8____ on the thin paper. He and his brother George  ____9____ some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ____10____ a little ball at the end?

Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles, liked the ____11____. It was the ____12____of the Second World War. The Air-Forced ____13____ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ____14____. Martin and Miles made and ____15____ many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air-Force.

1． (　)A．factories　　  B．schools　　　　 C．shops　　   D．restaurants

2． (　)A．play　　　　  B．write　　　　 C．come　　　　  D．meet

3． (　)A．easy 　　　　  B．hard 　　   C．free　　　　   D．popular

4． (　)A．left　　　　  B．waited　　　　 C．looked　　    D．worked

5． (　)A．on　　　　    B．near　　　　 C．at　　　　　　 D．in

6． (　)A．mistakes　　   B．books　　   C．pages　　　　    D．diaries

7． (　)A．mend　　　　 B．fill　　　　  C．brush　　　　    D．change

8． (　)A．well　　　　    B．down　　  C．out　　　　　　  D．up

9． (　)A．kept　　　　  B．finished　　  C．began　　　　    D．studied

10． (　)A．find　　　　 B．wear　　　　 C．grow　　　　    D．use

11． (　)A．matter　　    B．result　　 &n
b
sp; C．meaning　　　　  D．idea

12． (　)A．day　　　　    B．time　　   C．break　　　　   D．year

13． (　)A．bought　　    B．took　　    C．needed　　　　 D．preferred

14． (　)A．planes　　    B．ships　　   C．trains　　　　  D．buses

15． (　)A．sold　　　　   B．lent　　   C．moved　　　　  D．passed