The angry woman stood on the station platform (站臺(tái)). “The railway should 1 me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry Jenks, the man in the booking office(訂票處). “My 2 was for May 22nd, and that night there was no 3 from Jersey (British island in the English Channel 英吉利海峽). My daughter and I had to 4 in a hotel. It cost me 12 pounds.”

　　Harry was 5 . He remembered selling the woman a 6 ticket. “Please come into the office, madam,” he said 7 . “I'll just check(檢查) the Jersey 8 for May 22nd.”

　　The woman and her little girl 9 him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon found out. There was no ship 10 on May 22nd. How had he made such a 11 mistake? As he didn't know what to do, he 12 at the child. “You look sunburnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a 13 holiday in Jersey?”

　　“Yes,” she answered gladly, “the beach(海灘) was 14 . And I can swim too!”

　　“That's fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three.”

　　“I'm four,” the child said 15 . “I'll soon be four and a half.”

　　Harry turned to the mother. “I 16 your ticket, madam,” he said. “But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?”

　　“Er, well…” The woman looked at the child. “I 17 she hasn't started school yet. She's only four.”

　　“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see… 13. 50 pounds. So if you want the railway to pay 12 pounds for your 18 , you will have to pay the railway 13. 50 pounds 19 ．The law (制度) is the law, but the fault(過錯(cuò)) was mine.”

　　The woman stood up, took the child's hand and 20 the office.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

11．

[　　]

12．

[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

16．

[　　]

17．

[　　]

18．

[　　]

19．

[　　]

20．

[　　]

　　A thousand years ago Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to 1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 2 forest left, though there are still some small areas (地方) covered with trees. We call these woods.

　　Elephants, tigers and many 3 animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the 4 began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and 5 pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed 6 to keep themselves warm in winter, to cooking their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared (消失) because there was not enough food for them. 7 did most of the wolves (狼) and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon 8 in the same way.

　　You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong 9 in the zoos. But there are still about 36 different animals 10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong's animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals 11 a rich brown coat and a white patch(補(bǔ)釘) under the tail (尾巴). They look like deer(鹿) but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet 12 . They make a noise rather like a dog 13 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy (敵人)－ 14 .People hunt(獵) these little animals though it is illegal(違法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important 15 people to protect wild animals.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

11．

[　　]

12．

[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

　　During just one minute, 174 babies are born in world. That means people 1 find food for over 250, 000 mouths 2 in one day. The population problem 3 the greatest one of the world today.

　　The world's population is growing faster and faster. In 1990, the population 4 over five billion. An UN re port 5 that the world population will pass six billion 6 the end of the twentieth century. People say that by the year 2010, it will be seven billion. That means 7 in about 600 years, there will be standing 8 only on the earth. There 9 enough space for anybody 10 .

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

It is interesting 1 visit another country, but there are sometimes problems when we don't know the language 2 the customs. It 3 difficult to talk with the people there. We don't know 4 to use the telephone. In a foreign country, we might not know where to eat or 5 to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide 6 to tip waiters or taxi drivers. 1f someone offers some help, what will we say in return? It is not pleasant to have such experience.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

As the weather 1 bad, the boys could not 2 part in their usual sports outdoors. The teachers knew that they might make 3 if they could not find 4 interesting for them to do. Then one of the teachers invented a game in which 5 were violent movements. The teacher made a basket and put it on the wall. Everyone stood a few steps in front of it and threw the ball into the basket. The game was exciting and everybody was 6 of it. Later the game was played by all boys and girls.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

　　Jane lives in a city. Her father is very 1 and has four factories there. The girl is very ugly(丑陋的) and he always 2 a lot of beautiful clothes for her. Now Jane is eighteen years old. She is often 3 about her ugly face. So she never looks in the mirror.

　　One day Ann, a friend of 4 , gave her a ring. On the telephone she asked the girl to 5 a sweater for her in a shop and she went there by car. The woman in the shop 6 all kinds of sweaters to Ann and she liked the red sweater best and she wanted to buy it. She put it on and stood in front of a mirror and asked Jane to see if it fitted (適合) her. The girl had a 7 in the mirror and began to 8 . And Ann understood what her friend did so for. She felt very 9 for it. But she did not know how to comfort (安慰) her. She thought for a 10 and said, “Don't be sad, Jane. I see your face every day, but I'm never so sad as you.”

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

　　Mr. and Mrs. Smith were singers, and they travelled to a lot of countries. When they went by plane, people checked diem and their things, of course, 1 they did not want them to take guns (槍) on to the plane with them.

　　One day Mr. Smith came to 2 the plane, and the men searched(搜查) 3 and his things. When he was ready 4 on the plane, Mrs. Smith arrived. She was late 5 in a hurry, but the people searched her and her bag 6 . Mr. Smith heard her 7 and said to the men happily, “Oh, that's very good! I've 8 those scissors (剪子) here and there 9 several days, and now you 10 them for me! Thank you very much!”.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

　　It was Christmas Eve. It was very cold. A poor girl was selling flowers in the street. Her parents were ill, so she 1 get money for food. She felt cold and hungry. She stopped in front of a beautiful house. The girl knocked 2 the door and a man came out. She asked 3 he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want 4 . She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the 5 of a tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers 6 very nice. She suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt she became light, 7 slowly she began to fly into the sky. She 8 higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them 9 her granny who welcomed her and asked her why she didn't 10 . The girl told her that she had to 11 to get money because her parents were badly ill. Granny told her 12 and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed 13 .

　　It snowed heavily that nit. The girl died with a smile on her face. 14 , the people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and 15 .

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

11．

[　　]

12．[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

　　Once a beggar (乞丐) had walked about five miles in the hot sun. He was quite tired and wanted 1 . As he came to a crossing, he saw a tall tree. On one side 2 the tree he saw a board (木牌).

　　“Take This Road to Franklin” was written on the board.

　　“I will rest under the 3 ,” said the beggar. “I can lie on the board while I sleep.” As the beggar 4 , a doctor rode up to him.

　　“Wake up, beggar!” said the doctor. “I am lost. Can you tell me 5 road to take to Franklin?

　　“It is too hot to think,” said the beggar. “'Thinking is work in such a 6 day.” “Here is a dollar,” said the doctor, “now, will you think?”

　　“Of course, I will, sir!” said the beggar. “ 7 that road to Franklin.”

　　After a while, a driver stopped to 8 the beggar which road to take to Franklin.

　　“You must give me a dollar,” said the beggar, “for me to start thinking.” The driver gave him a dollar. “Turn to the left,” the beggar said.

　　The beggar went back to 9 . Before long a farmer woke him up.

　　“Which is the road to Franklin?” he asked. The beggar got 10 dollar and the went along the road.

　　“A doctor gets paid when he doctors,” said the beggar to himself. “A driver gets paid when he drives, and a farmer gets paid when he farms. But this time a beggar got paid, and all he did was thinking!”

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]

　　For a long time the zoo didn't have hippopotamus (河馬). Tex wanted 1 very much. But a hippopotamus was hard to find.

　　Then a circus (馬戲團(tuán)) 2 down. It had to sell all the animals. One of them was Cleo-Cleo the hippopotamus! For a while Cleo was 3 on a farm. Poor Cleo! A hippopotamus can't be let 4 on a farm, so Cleo had to lie in a tub (木盆) of water just 5 enough to hold her. She couldn't move anything 6 her head.

　　Tex wanted to buy Cleo. But she was $ 4000! The 7 didn't have the money.

　　Then Tex thought of his friends, the children of Kansas City. 8 they knew about Cleo, they would help. He wrote a story about Cleo and sent it to a 9 . “Help save Cleo, children!” the story said. “Send in your pocket money.”

　　The children 10 . They sent in enough money to buy Cleo. And Cleo came to live at the zoo.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

10．

[　　]