One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked, “I hear you are very clever and       is difficult to you. Can you tell me         you are so clever?” Tom answered with a smile. “Oh, I am not clever. Instead, you are too foolish(愚蠢的).” The rich man became      . Tom said, “Sir, please         angry. If you don’t agree（同意） with what I said, now let me       you a very easy question: If you have a group of sheep, and I give you        group of sheep, now how      groups of sheep do you have?”

“Wow! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two.      knows that. I have two groups of sheep, of course.”

Tom laughed and laughed, and then said, “You are quite      ，sir. Two groups of sheep put together still one group. That’s the       question in the world, isn’t it?”

1.A. something     B. nothing      C. everything   D. anything

2.A. what         B. when        C. how              D. why

3.A. happy        B. worried      C. angry       D. sorry

4.A. not          B. don’t be      C. don’t       D. not feel

5.A. say          B. speak        C. ask         D. tell

6.A. two         B. the other      C. one         D. another

7.A. many          B. much                     C. few                   D. little

8.A. People       B. Anybody     C. Somebody   D. Nobody

9.A. right         B. clever       C. wrong       D. difficult

10.A. harder        B. easier       C. hardest      D. Easiest

Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15 years old, his father        him to work on the farm for one year at his free time. Jim was        with his father's idea. 'That isn't my job. I have         schoolwork to do. ' At hearing this, his father said, 'I promise(答应) to give you the best present if you       finish one year's work. , Jim thought for a while and       . Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked       until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed      . Jim's crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him, 'I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,' said the father, Now, tell me       you want.' The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. 'I've already got the       present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to       .

Once upon a time , there was a child ready to be born. So    16  he asked God, “They tell me you are sending to    17 , but being so small and helpless,    18  am I going to live there?”
“   19   the many angels(天使), I chose the best one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you. ” God replied.
“But here in heaven(天堂), I do    20    else but sing and smile! That’s enough for me to be happy.”
God said, “Your angel will sing and smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and you’ll be   21 .”
The child said, “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me   22   I don’t know the language that men speak?”
God told the child, “ Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear, and with     23   patience(耐心) and care, your angel will teach you   24  .
The child said, “I’ve    25   that on the earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”
God said, “Your angel will protect you  26  it means risking her life(冒生命危险).”
“But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more.”
“Your angel will always talk to you about    27  and in face, I will always be next to you.”
At the momen0t there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from the earth could already be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked, “ Oh , God, since I am about to    28  now, please tell me my angel’s    29   !”
“It is not hard to remember,” God replied    30 . “You will call your angel Mommy.”