I stood in the doorway，watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．When he realized that I was there，Rocky turned toward me  1  a sad smile．

    “I’m  2  tomorrow，”he said．“I know．”My  3  was almost a whisper（低聲，耳語(yǔ)）．I was angry at  4  for being so weak，but I wasn’t about to（將要）cry．“My  5  is early so there is enough time to come to the airport，”he said．Seeing the sad look on my face，he quickly added，“I  6   won’t leave without saying goodbye．”

    I tried to say  7  ．but didn’t．It’s always better to  8  if you’re about to cr．

    “You promised you wouldn’t cry，”he said to me，thinking that I was to cry．I remember the day he   9   me how to ride a bike．At first I thought he was always right behind me，holding the seat to keep me from  10  ．I was happy with this，but he knew he  11  hold me up all my life．He told me that one day he would have to leave．His coughing stopped my  12  ．What was left to say?  13  could l say goodbye to the person who taught me everything?

    The next morning I   14  ，looked at my alarm clock，and realized he had left  15  before．We never even said goodbye．

Goodbye，Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away，I knew he heard me，even if it was only an answer in his heart．

1．A．In                            B．of                           C．by                         D．with

2．A．leaving                     B．coming                  C．traveling                 D．returning

3．A．word                        B．noise                      C．voice                     D．sound

4．A．me                           B．him                        C．myself                   D．himself

5．A．bus                          B．ship                        C．train                             D．flight

6．A．hope                        B．promise                  C．wish                      D．a(chǎn)gree

7．A．something                B．a(chǎn)nything                 C．everything              D．nothing

8．A．cheer up                  B．keep quiet               C．enjoy yourself         D．keep away

9．A．teaches                     B．taught                    C．is teaching              D．had taught

10．A．riding                     B．running                  C．walking                  D．falling

11．A．could                      B．couldn’t                 C．had to                    D．didn’t have to

12．A．dreaming                B．imaging                  C．thinking                  D．realizing

13．A．How                       B．Why                       C．What                     D．When

14．A．gave up                  B．looked up                C．woke up                D．stayed up

15．A．hours                            B．days                       C．weeks                    D．minutes

Mr. Wilson was the owner of a large company．One day，he went into his office early in the morning to get ready to go to the  l  ．

    He was leaving his office  2  Jason，a night watchman, came in．Jason just came off work．After saying “Good morning" to Mr. Wilson，Jason told him about his bad  3  ．Last night he dreamed Mr. Wilson's plane crashed（失事）after he took off．Mr. Wilson was  4  to heard this．He decided to go by   5  ．

    Jason's dream  6   ．That morning the plane really crashed just after it had taken off．Later Mr. Wilson returned to his office and heard the  7  ．To express（表達(dá)）his thanks，Mr. Wilson gave Jason 5000 dollars with a letter．Mr. Wilson told Jason that a man like him should be let to go．Jason was surprised and asked，“   8  ?”Mr. Wilson said，“Go home and read the letter，and you'll know why．”

    Jason went home in a hurry（急忙）．  9    he read it，he became very sad．In the letter  10 only one sentence．But it was enough to tell the reason．Can you guess why?

1．A．company               B．a(chǎn)irport                 C．station                   D．house

2．A．a(chǎn)fter                      B．before                  C．when                     D．where

3．A．dream                   B．news                   C．story                     D．idea

4．A．happy                    B．interesting              C．unpleasant              D．surprised

5．A．plane                     B．train                    C．land                       D．ship

6．A．came in                 B．came true             C．opened up              D．took place

7．A．a(chǎn)ccident                B．dream                  C．news                     D．sound

8．A．Who                     B．Where                 C．What                     D．Why

9．A．After                     B．Before                 C．When                  D．As

10．A．was                     B．had                      C．there was                      D．there is