At the beginning of the world, it was Bear who owned Fire. Bear and his people carried Fire with them ________ they went.

   One day, Bear and his people came to a great forest, where they found many acorns(橡子) ________ on the forest floor. Bear set Fire at the edge(边缘) of the forest, and he and his ________ began eating acorns. They went further and further away from Fire, eating the delicious acorns and looking for________.

Fire blazed (发出火焰) up happily for a while  ________ it had burned almost all of its wood. It started to smoke. "_______ me! Feed me!" Fire shouted to Bear. But Bear and his people did not hear Fire's ________.

   At that moment, Man came walking through the forest and saw the small Fire.

   "What should I feed you?" Man asked, He had________ seen Fire before.

   "I eat sticks and wood of all kinds," Fire said.

   Man ________ a stick and put it on Fire. Man got a second stick and then a third one... By this time, Fire's hunger was satisfied.   

   Man warmed himself by the Fire, enjoying the changed colors. Man and Fire were very happy together, and Man fed Fire sticks whenever it got hungry. And now Fire ________ to Man.

1.A. whatever       B. however                 C. wherever                     D. whenever

2.A. blessing                B. playing           C. sleeping          D. lying

3.A. people          B. sister                    C. brother         D. parents

4.A. less                    B. more                       C. little              D. few

5.A. until                    B. unless                C. if                D. but

6.A. Hire                    B. Twist                        C. Feed             D. Mend

7.A. education              B. step                         C. voice             D. cries

8.A. ever                   B. never                      C. always            D. often

9.A. picked up               B. took up          C. looked up       D. put up

10.A. lowers       B. cheers               C. likes                     D. Belongs

At this moment in different places of the world people are doing different things. In Beijing it's early morning. People are sleeping.
In London people are leaving work to go home. They are waiting for buses or running for trains. Some people are driving their cars. Some are having      afternoon tea at home or walking to the pubs(酒吧) to have a drink.
In Moscow(莫斯科) it's evening and people are having supper at home or in restaurants. Some are going to watch a ballet(芭蕾舞). Some are drinking in the pubs.
In Los Angeles(洛杉矶) it's morning. People are working in their offices.     Children are starting their lessons.
New York is midday now. People aren't working but having lunch. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking coffee or Coke. Some people are seeing friends or shopping.
【小题1】When children in Los Angeles are starting their lessons, people in Beijing
are                 

The lecture on smoking was over at last. As we boys were rushing towards the playground, Jim passed by the table. The watch, which Mrs Smith had 41_____ on the table as she started her lecture, had disappeared.

We were about to go back for class again when the headmaster called us 42_____ and said, “ I’ve got little 43_______ for you boys. Mrs Smith has just lost her watch on the playground. This kind of thing has happened 44______”.She said, “It just falls off her wrist (手腕).So, look around for it, will you? 45______ if you’re clever enough to find it. You will get a big reward(奖赏)”

At once we started looking for the watch. Everybody wished to be the 46____ one. Suddenly, Jim stopped and bent(弯)down as if to 47_____ something. And 48­­­­_______ he was in front of Mrs Smith, all smiles, 49______ the watch to her.

Mrs Smith, however, didn’t seem 50______ at all. In fact, she looked angry. She took the watch without 51______a “Thank you.”

Jim got his reward—a large piece of paper from the headmaster. He 52______Jim to write a composition 53______ the dangers of smoking. What could 54______ Jim write about? He hadn’t listened to the lecture and had nothing to say on the 55_____.

5.A. Say         B see               C. Gues             D. Check

At this moment in different places of the world people are doing different things.
In Beijing it's early morning. People are sleeping.
In London people are leaving work to go home. They are waiting for buses or running for trains. Some people are driving their cars. Some are having afternoon tea at home or walking to the pubs（酒吧）to have a drink.
In Moscow（莫斯科）it's evening and people are having supper at home or in restaurants. Some are going to watch a ballet（芭蕾舞）. Some are drinking in the pubs.
In Los Angeles（洛杉矶）it's morning. People are working in their offices. Children are starting their lessons.
New York is midday now. People aren't working but having lunch. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking coffee or Coke. Some people are seeing friends or shopping.
【小题1】According to the passage we can see that at night some people in Moscow like to         .