15、Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She __1__ him very much and as he was not a __2 __ child, she was always __3__ that he might be ill, __4__ she used to take him to see the best __5__ in the town four times a year to be looked __6__.
　　During one of these __7__, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him, “Have you had any __8__ with your nose or ears recently?” Mick __9__ for a second and then answered, “Yes, I __10__.”
　　Mrs. Ball was very __11__. “But I’m sure you have __12__ told me that, Mick!” She said worriedly. “Oh, really?” Said the doctor __13__. “And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy?” “Well,” answered Mick, “I always have trouble with them when I’m __14__ my sweater off, because the __15__ is very tight.”

　　1. A. loved            B. hated         C. missed              D. cared
　　2. A. rich               B. clever        C. strong               D. happy
　　3. A. afraid            B. surprised    C. glad                  D. sure
　　4. A. which            B. for             C. but                   D. so
　　5. A. player           B. teacher       C. doctor               D. lawyer
　　6. A. round            B. over           C. for                    D. after
　　7. A. talks                     B. years          C. visits                 D. stays
　　8. A. answer          B. thing          C. word                 D. trouble
　　9. A. waited           B. thought      C. stood                D. looked
　　10. A. did                     B. will           C. have                 D. do
　　11. A. excited         B. interested   C. pleased              D. surprised
　　12. A. already        B. just            C. never                D. always
　　13. A. angrily        B. seriously    C. happily             D. carefully
　　14. A. turning        B. taking        C. keeping             D. putting
　　15. A. collar          B. nose           C. mouth               D. ear

14、Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story __1__ their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a __2__ children’s book. Either the author has aimed (定目標(biāo)) too __3__, so that children can’t follow what is in his ( or more often, her ) story, __4__ the story seems to be talking to the readers.
　　The best children’s books are __5__ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy（令人滿意的） the __6__ who hears the story and the adult（成年人） who __7__ it. Unfortunately（不幸的是）, there are in fact few books like this, __8__ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not __9__ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as __10__ of children’s literature（文學(xué)） were in fact written for __11__ “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious（明顯）of this.
　　Children, left for themselves, often __12__ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a __13__ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative (并非想象的 ) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics（連環(huán)圖書）, full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.
　　Perhaps we parents should stop __14__ to brainwash（洗腦）children into accepting（接受）our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so __15__ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥協(xié)）over the bedtime story.

　　1. A. to                 B. in                     C. with                  D. around
　　2. A. short            B. long                C. bad                 D. good
　　3. A. easy             B. short        C. high                       D. difficult
　　4. A. and              B. but                 C. or                   D. so
　　5. A. both            B. neither      C. either              D. very
　　6. A. child            B. father       C. mother             D. teacher
　　7. A. hears             B. buys        C. understands       D. reads
　　8. A. but             B. however     C. so                    D. because
　　9. A. hard            B. easy         C. enough            D. fast
　　10.A. articles        B. work        C. arts                 D. works
　　11. A. grown-ups   B. girls        C. boys               D. children
　　12. A. are             B. show       C. find                 D. add
　　13. A. school        B. home        C. office              D. library
　　14. A. going        B. liking      C. trying               D. preferring
　　15. A. same         B. friendly      C. different         D. common

13、Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
　　Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
　　When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
　　Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
　　When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

　　1. A. afraid            B. worried      C. sure           D. happy
　　2. A. joke          B. fun            C. turn      D. game
　　3. A. talk          B. teach         C. show     D. travel
　　4. A. passed        B. arrived      C. lasted      D. changed
　　5. A. made         B. played       C. helped    D. did
　　6. A. weak         B. pleased       C. busy       D. lonely
　　7. A. show          B. visit                C. meet          D. send
　　8. A. farm          B. city            C. family       D. school
　　9. A. wrote        B. called         C. moved      D. returned
　　10. A. family            B. school        C. teacher      D. farm
　　11. A. meeting     B. school        C. summer     D. talk
　　12. A. people      B. cities         C. languages D. places
　　13. A interesting  B. true           C. long           D. same
　　14. A. England      B. Germany    C. farm         D. home
　　15. A. think          B. see            C. remember D. read

12、Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the __1__ and they are much __2__.
　　Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, eats some fruits and vegetables, but he __3__ most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruit and flowers are so __4__ and beautiful that they sold much more __5__ in the market than those of other villagers.
　　How does Tom grow these beautiful things? He is so __6__ that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio.
　　He __7__ the music all day.
　　That is quite true. Tom __8__ things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything __9__. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows more clearly that music makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love __10__ as much as people.

　　1. A. week             B. month        C. season        D. year
　　2. A. better            B. worse         C. less            D. later
　　3. A. buys              B. sells           C. borrows     D. lends
　　4. A. dear                     B. bad            C. big            D. small
　　5. A. politely         B. quickly      C. slowly        D. carefully
　　6. A. angry            B. busy          C. tired          D. lazy
　　7. A. listens to        B. hears          C. watches      D. speaks
　　8. A. fills               B. plants         C. throws              D. makes
　　9. A. does                     B. moves       C. grows        D. plays
　　10.A. work            B. rain           C. stories        D. music

11、Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I __1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
　　When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
　　Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
　　The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __12__ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

　　1. A. stole                     B. bought              C. sold           D. wrote
　　2. A. went          B. sat           C. seated        D. looked
　　3. A. sit               B. seat          C. lie            D. laugh
　　4. A. pushed          B. took                C. put           D. pulled
　　5. A. jumping        B. playing   C. sitting        D. sleeping
　　6. A. He               B. It             C. Who         D. What
　　7. A. cut              B. washed     C. covered     D. colored
　　8. A. coffee           B. trouble     C. chocolate    D. matter
　　9. A. carelessness   B. anger       C. surprise      D. happiness
　　10. A. first             B. second     C. very                D. last
　　11. A. stood         B. took        C. cried        D. looked
　　12. A. strange               B. wrong      C. OK          D. funny
　　13. A. and             B. but                 C. so            D. while
　　14. A. spelt         B. corrected  C. made        D. found
　　15. A. finish          B. leave       C. jump        D. shop

10、For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __1__ countries, people can turn on their __2__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __3__ things.
　　Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __4__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __5__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.
　　In Germany, __6__ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __7__ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __8__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.
　　Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __9__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __10__ like this new way of buying things. They call __11__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __12__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __13__.
　　The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __14__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __15__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.

　　1. A. European              B. Asian                C. American          D. African
　　2. A. lights            B. switches            C. radios               D. TVs
　　3. A. some else       B. another many     C. the other           D. many other
　　4. A. Such as         B. For example      C. For teleshopping       D. It is like
　　5. A. takes             B. cost                  C. spends               D. spend
　　6. A. to                 B. until                 C. unless               D. by
　　7. A. begin            B. leave                 C. open                 D. turn on
　　8. A. people           B. women              C. businessmen      D. officials
　　9. A. to go out                                          B. going out
　　C. to buy things                                 D. buying things
　　10. A. still             B. don’t         C. even                 D. won’t
　　11. A. teleshopping B. TV            C. radio                 D. telephone
　　12. A. appearing     B. coming out C. for sale             D. to buy
　　13. A. in the shop   B. on TV        C. they bought              D. by this way
　　14. A. the same with                    B. different from
　　C. as big as                          D. larger than
　　15. A. the number  B. the quality  C. the places          D. the buyers

9、Nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow __1__ he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.
　　One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, ran out and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.
　　__3__, while he __4__ in the street near his house, he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, __6__ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard.
　　The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals, he ran out and shouted, “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?”
　　“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back, “This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him!”

　　1. A. so many vegetables                 B. many vegetables
　　   C. as many as vegetables              D. as many vegetables as
　　2. A. was eating     B. ate             C. had eaten           D. has eaten
　　3. A. Next day                           B. Next morning
　　   C. Last morning                       D. The next morning
　　4. A. walks            B. waked        C. was walking      D. walking
　　5. A. ruined           B. had eaten    C. ate                    D. had ruin
　　6. A. so                 B. and            C. but                   D. or
　　7. A. beside           B. nearby              C. near                  D. near by
　　8. A. that               B. which        C. why                  D. what
　　9. A. for                B. to                     C. with                  D. on
　　10.A. reason          B. when         C. why                  D. because

8、Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is __1__ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is   2   it’ll never   3  . That’s   4   we mustn’t waste time.
　　It goes without saying that the   5   is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do   6__    useful.
　　But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and   __7  . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own __8  .
　　In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t   9   today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to   10  .

　　1. A. much       B. less            C. much less          D. even more
　　2. A. cost       B. bought          C. gone               D. finished
　　3. A. return     B. carry           C. take               D. bring
　　4. A. what       B. that            C. because            D. why
　　5. A. money      B. time            C. day                D. food
　　6. A. nothing    B. something       C. anything           D. everything
　　7. A. reading    B. writing         C. playing            D. working
　　8. A. time       B. food            C. money              D. life
　　9. A. stop       B. leave           C. let                D. give
　　10. A. lose      B. save            C. spend              D. take

7、Food is very important. Everyone needs to __1__ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is __2__. We begin to get knowledge even __3__ we are very young. Small children are __4__ in everything around them. They learn __5__ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to __6__ story books, science books…, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __7__ to find out answers. What is the best __8__ to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get __9__ knowledge. If we are __10__ getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.

　　1. A. sleep             B. read           C. drink         D. eat
　　2. A. sport             B. exercise      C. knowledge  D. meat
　　3. A. until                     B. when         C. after          D. so
　　4. A. interested      B. interesting  C. weak          D. better
　　5. A. everything     B. something  C. nothing      D. anything
　　6. A. lend                     B. read           C. learn          D. write
　　7. A. try                B. have          C. refuse        D. wait
　　8. A. place             B. school        C. way           D. road
　　9. A. little                     B. few            C. many         D. the most
　　10. A. often           B. always              C. usually       D. something

6、Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
　　At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.
　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

　　1. A. finished       B. did            C. began         D. had
　　2. A. ever           B. never          C. easily        D. no
　　3. A. The other      B. Another        C. One           D. A second
　　4. A. anything       B. something      C. nothing       D. everything
　　5. A. picked up      B. put away       C. took away     D. threw away
　　6. A. water          B. basket         C. well          D. work
　　7. A. full           B. empty          C. filled        D. clean
　　8. A. While          B. As soon as     C. Before        D. Since
　　9. A. have done      B. will do        C. do            D. are doing
　　10. A. what          B. why            C. when          D. that