Professor Green, known to the world as a scientist, is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well. His mind is always busy        scientific problems and seldom notices what is going on     him.

    One fine day recently, he went    a walk in the countryside, but as      he has a book in his hand. When he went out , he began to read his book . He hadn’t gone far    he run into a big cow and fell down. In the fall, he had lost his glasses, without which he couldn’t see anything. He thought he had hit his head    a fat lady. “I’m sorry, Madam.” He said politely      searching for his glasses. As soon as he had     , he realized his mistake.

Soon he was fixing his mind on his book       and paid no attention to anything else. He had scarcely been walking for five minutes when he fell over again,        both his book and his glasses. This time he got very angry, seizing his umbrella, he gave the “cow” a wild blow. Then, after finding his glasses, he realized with horror that he made a second mistake. A large fat woman was fleeing from him in a horror.

1.A. to think      B. thinking         C. thinking about               D. to think of

2.A. with        B. around                C. for                                  D. at

3.A. for         B. to             C. towards                           D. over

4.A. also       B. often          C. ever                                    D. usual

5.A. when       B. while             C. just then                           D. at that time

6.A. to          B. against        C. about                                 D. onto

7.A. after       B. in            C. before                                 D. during

8.A .put it on     B. taken them off  C. put them on                D. taken them out

9.A. always     B. again               C. usually                             D. very much

10.A. holding    B. getting           C. finding                     D. losing

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　　Manuel came home crying. The children had called him“Fat-so”again, and he hated it. He sat down, and looked very sad.“Don't worry, I'm fat too,”said his mother.“But it's me they call Fat-so,”Manuel cried. His mother felt very sorry for him.“All right then,”she said.“We're both too fat. Let's go on a diet together.”

　　It would not he easy. They both loved bread， cakes, potatoes and chips. To diet, they had to eat salads. The first day was fun, but by nighttime, they felt very hungry.“We won't think about food. Let's think about airplanes,”said his mother.“But keep seeing chocolate in my mind,”Manuel answered. The second day was hard, for they both kept thinking about cream cakes. The third was worse. By now they both wanted to give up.

　　“No, no, we must be strong,”said Manuel's mother.

　　Somehow, they kept on dieting for three weeks, and lost a lot of fat. They liked their new bodies so much they kept going until they were really slim. After a few months, Manuel enjoyed eating fruit, or nuts instead of sweets. Nobody called him Fat-so any more. Some were calling him Spider Legs -- and he loved it.

(1) It's clear that the word “diet” in the reading is about_______.

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(2) Manuel and his mother kept thinking about cream cakes because_______.

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A. the cakes could help them lose weight

B. they had no other food to eat

C. they liked eating them a lot before

D. the cakes could make them think about airplanes

(3) We know from the reading________.

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A. there was no fun at all in losing weight for Manuel

B. Manuel' s mother didn't eat cream cakes at all

C.“potatoes and chips” can make people thin

D. Manuel and his mother eat salads to lose weight

(4) Manuel's mother felt sorry because_________.

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A. her son was too fat

B. Manuel was very sad

C. the other children were not fat

D. Manuel couldn't eat cream cakes any more

(5) Manuel loved others calling him Spider Legs because_________.

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A. Spider Legs sounds good for him

B. the other children are all Spider Legs

C. he didn't eat cream cakes any more

D. he could eat lots of sweets now