Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 ,his father   16 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was   17  with his father’s idea. “That isn't my job. I have  18   school work to do. ” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺) to give you the best present(礼物） if you  19  finish one year’s work. ” Tom thought for a while and  20 .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   21  until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well.  22 the last day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me  23  you want. ”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the  24  present. No pains, no gains（不劳无获）. I think this is what you wanted   25  to know. ” His father was quite pleased to hear that.

— Mum, my friends are waiting for me outside. May I go out to play with them?

— Yes, you        , but be careful, please.

A．shall             B．must             C．may              D．should

Tom is the son of a farm owner. On New Year’s Day when he was 15, his father   1  him to work on the farm for one year when he was free . Tom was  2  with his father’s idea . “That isn’t my job. I have   3  school work to do . ” Hearing this , his father said , “ I promise (许诺) to give you the best present if you  4  finish one year’s work .” Tom thought for a while and   5  .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   6  until evening , just like any other farmer . Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well .   7  the last day of the year , the father called his son to him , “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year , ” said the father . “Now, tell me   8  you want . ”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat (小麦) . “I’ve already got the   9   present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted  10  to know .” His father was quite pleased to hear that .

1、A、asked                B、let                  C、made              D、stopped

2、A、happy               B、unhappy          C、excited           D、worried

3、A、much too          B、so little            C、too much         D、a lot

4、A、shall                B、must               C、need              D、can

5、A、said               B、answered               C、agreed            D、began

6、A、hard               B、hardly            C、slowly            D、difficultly

7、A、At                 B、On               C、In                 D、By

8、A、where             B、which            C、how             D、what

9、A、least              B、worst           C、best             D、fewest

10、A、mine             B、I               C、my             D、me

Long long ago，there was a man and his wife who worked for an old man．One day，the old man pointed to a big box in his living room and said，“There’s only one thing you mustn’t do：Don’t open this 46　 ．”After saying this，he 　 47　 home．

The woman said to her husband，“There must be 　 48　 expensive in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband didn’t want to do that，　 49　 the woman didn’t give up．

A few days later，the woman made a 　 50　 to find out what was in the box．Before her husband could stop her，she opened the box and looked into it．To her 　 51　 ，there was nothing in it．She tried hard to 　 52　 the box，but she failed．

That evening，the old man came home and found that the box was open．He was very 　 53　 and he asked the woman and her husband to leave his home at once．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said，“We haven’t 　 54　 anything at all．”

The old man shouted，“The box is not important．Now I know that I can’t trust（信任）you．That’s what’s 　 55　 !”

46．A．bag　 　　　　 B．case　　　 　　 C．box　　　 　　 D．backpack

47．A．left　　　 　　 B．went　　　 　　 C．came　　 　　　 D．arrived

48．A．everything　 　　　 B．nothing　　 　　 C．something　 　 D．anything

49．A．so　　 　　　　 B．and　　　 　　　 C．or　　　 　　　 D．but

50．A．suggestion　　 B．decision　　　　 　 C．mistake　　　　 D．living

51．A．joy　 　　　　 B．fun　　　 　　 C．surprise　　 　　　 D．pleasure

52．A．close　　 　　　 B．open　　　　 　 C．throw　　　 　　 D．carry

53．A．afraid　　 　　 B．angry　　　　 　 C．excited　　　 D．tired

54．A．lent　　 　　　 B．broken　　　 　 C．sold　　　　 　　　 D．taken

55．A．important　　　 B．expensive　　　 　 C．useful　　 　　 D．lucky

— Excuse me, Where is the zoo?

—Sorry, I don’t know. Ask that policeman. He ____ know.