Charlie is twenty-three now. He1a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s2and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he3in a university. So he looks down upon his 4 . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with5. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”

But once the young man couldn’t6 a foreign instructions （说明书）. An old worker studied it for two days and7Mr. White, the boss of the factory,8it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for9. And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it10 that you’ve never made a mistake?”

The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White11 and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”

Having12 this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”

Charlie13 his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my14 !”

“When?” the boss asked in surprise.

“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White15 me acknowledge （承认）I was wrong!”

1.                A．visited          B．left            C．built D．reached

2.                A．small           B．big            C．new D．old

3.                A．lived           B．traveled        C．arrived   D．studied

4.                A．parents         B．teacher         C．workmates    D．classmates

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

6.                A．see            B．write           C．understand    D．read

7.                A．told            B．asked          C．teached D．laughed at

8.                A．when          B．what           C．how D．where

9.                A．him            B．himself         C．them D．themselves

10.               A．clever          B．sure           C．true  D．able

11.               A．sad            B．sadder         C．angry D．angrier

12.               A．heard          B．listened        C．guessed   D．reported

13.               A．lost            B．hated          C．changed   D．thought

14.               A．life            B．office          C．family D．bedroom

15.               A．helped         B．made          C．watched   D．asked

Charlie is twenty-three now. He1a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s2and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he3in a university. So he looks down upon his 4 . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with5. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t6 a foreign instructions （说明书）. An old worker studied it for two days and7Mr. White, the boss of the factory,8it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for9. And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it10 that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White11 and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having12 this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie13 his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my14 !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White15 me acknowledge （承认）I was wrong!”

先阅读短文，掌握其大意.然后从方框中所给的12个词中选出最恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个次限用一次。（每小题1分，共15分）

Weather affects all of us in one way or 1.__________ directly or indirectly. For example, good weather makes people happy. Bad weather makes people sick and depressed. 2.___ , on a fine day, one can go out for a walk or play a game in the open. On a rainy day, however, he can only stay3.__________. In a word, weather is a part of life for all of us.

The first thing that many people do after getting up is to 4.___________ what the weather is like. With the acknowledge of the weather people can arrange work and life of the day. If it is fine, he may 5.__________ to go on a picnic. If it is 6.___________, he will have to take a raincoat or an umbrella with him when he is leaving the house. 7.___________ the weather may be like, one tends to adjust his activites to it accordingly（相应地）.

In order to know how the weather will be, some special people are organized to provide this information. They 8.___________ data（数据）, analyze（分析） them and predict（预报） the weather of the coming day. This information, which is announced 9.____________ the radio or on TV, is usually very accurate（准确的）. 10._____________ to the efforts of those professionals, we can always know the weather and get prepared for it.